Evening star., 1920-11-28
NAVY R0UTS ARMY
ON GR|D|R0N, 70
middies March 46 Yards to
Touchdown, Scoring in
Fourth Period.
NEAR SECOND. COUNTER
Cadets Close Enough Thrice in
First Half to Try
Field Goals.
NEAR SECOND COUNTER
BY the Associs ted Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. November 27.-Line
plunges with superdreadnought backs,
aided by smoke screen Of delayed
and double passes. enabled the Navy
to triumph over the Army. Z to 0, in
their annual gridiron clash at the
Polo Grounds today
When, early in the fourth period,
Ben G. Koehler Of Geneva, Neb.. for
mer star at the University Of Ne
braska. crashed over the Army's last
white line on a double pass play that
stareed yards from the goal
Navy officials among the $4,000 spec
tators could draw an analogy be-
tween the main reliance Of foot bali
offense and that Of actual battles at
sea. Both elevens had found the
forward pass ineffective for piercing
the enemy's territory far enough. Dis
carding modern aerial tactics, the
Navy relied on the battleshIp tackle
smashes from a close square forma-
tion SO efficiently that after the
touchdown was made another was
prevented only by a tumble IA yards
from the Army's goal
Series L. Now Even.
Come eleven had been the Navy
service game, and eleven came. mean
ing the eleventh victory for Annap-
oils foot ball teams over West Point,
which makes the series now stand
even. While future admirals gam.
boled in q snake dance over the grid
iron Josephus Daniels had the pleas-
ure OF seeing his last Army-Navy game
a. Secretary of the Navy end In
victory for the arm OF the service
Of which he IL the head. :
He and Secretary, Baker. Gent
lPershing, Gen. Nivelie Of France and
other ofacaals who .~ere amoAe TN
ltheqspa -es se,yic Naa ssfxise notao
S6Iei At the game. 3pSked one AnotfekI
lbeasdlnely On - aASa sbetusAn f66yy
halves. when the score was notht1Eg
MI While sanql113e eei1ers eSf .-1i3h
hsst Ana wonh1ed a II 4. v4tetA es
who were sideiins guests, gktislsiS b
round. the Army chiefs felt cohnd NaGt
for ID the 7first half the Navy S2X5T%
hAd the ball IN Army's territory osSd
the Army had been near enousaeunH
Nays goal to try to score by 44SsJ
Ing three times daDod3
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The break OF the game came n6k1fN
the end Of the third period. A bARtc
by the Army from its own f34-ysDd1
lire went OUTSIDE ana lhetted only a9s
yards from the line of scrimpageuaE.
forward pass Of 8 yards and s-yafnt
line buck by conroy gave the Navyaf
first down z2 yards from the Army,&
goal as the fourth period opened. edf
Then came the change Of tactics.
with Koehler the big sixteen-inch gun
In two line plays he put the ball ~
yards from the Army's goal and gave
the Navy first down there. On the
next play. a smoke screen was thrown =
out. Hamilton. the Navy .fullback,
started from q close formation ~ ifs
for buck at the Army's right guard
Conroy instead passed the ball to
Noyes, then playing at right halfback.
and he turned and gave It to Koehlsr,
who plunged through the -Army's left
tackle for . touchdown. King kicksd
the goal after touchdown. and there.
as it developed. tho scoring ended.
but not until after another brilliant
march down the field by the 4iddies.
Receiving the ensuing kick OF on its.
own 17-yard line. the Navy ran its
back IA yards and after fourteen
line plunges. had first down 14S
yards from. the Army's goal.y
Conroy and Koehler again worked the
same double pass play that made the
touchdown. It led to, one 20-yardg.
gain by Koehler In the course Of this :
advance and conroy himself made
several smashes Of 5 and yards.aQsx
Army IN Desperate ERsrt. s4saS
Noyes fumbled the ball. however,,
and the Army on its own 14-yard line.
started desperatae effort to tie the
game. French made a l4-yard fan
from kick formation on the. first lne-e
up and raised the hopes Of the cheer.s
ing cadets in gray, who were waving
megaphones that formed the letters
~. s. A." in gray. black and gcld-
The rally was short-lived. however
The Army tried forward passes In its
own territory, but the Sailors knew
how to check them and Army's hopes
died when q forward pass was inter-
cepted at midfield by Wattes. q substi-
tute full back When the game erded
the Navy had the bali on Army's "a.
yard line.
Tho strength Of the Navy's line
plunging game may be realized from
statistics Of the game. BY nfty-1ve
rushinx plays the Navy gained . total
Of fss yards net. Of which 80 yards
were gained In twenty-five plays in
the last period. Tho Navy. earned darst
down twelve times, and just haf Of
these downs weretin the last period.
OF eleven forward passes which Navy
tried, only three were successful and
these gainsd . total Of % yards.
Tho Army In thlrty-fcur rushes
made . net total gain of 81 yards.
~ a.. tvalv~ forward naaaea. fonP