The Washington herald., 1920-12-13
|KlaCKS, 1BOLSTERED
COLLEGE STARS,
DEFEAT NAVY YARD
Gunmakers Unable to
Stop Smashing Attack of
Georgetown Eleven.
BY n. n. HELGEsEN.

Knickerbockers' well-oiled near
all-coliege grid machine trampled
roueh-shod over the fast Navy
Yard eleven yesterday afternoon at
American League Park In one Of
the best played games Of the inde-
pendent season. The score. Is to q,
just about shows the superiority Of
the Georgetown aggregation ovef
the Gunmakers.
The breaks of the game all went
to the Knicks except opce In the
final quarter when scbofeid. the
Navy Yarders' CLEVER quarter.
ert had fumbled after receiving a
bad pass from center on the Gun
makers 11-yard line, and ran IS
yards for Navy Yarders' only score.
1t would be hard, almost impossi-
BILE, to pick any particular out
standing star in the Nnickerbock-
ers' lineup.
However. Mackert, Curly Byrd's
steppin' piece of machinery, took
the honors for both elevens in the
plunging end of the game. The big
Maryland State fullback gained al
most at will through the Gun
makers line, they being able to
hold him in only one instance. In
the third quarter, with the ball on
the Navy Yard 1s-yard line. Mack
ert plunged the line four times
running. At the end of the final
plunge the ball rested on the 4
yard line. The Navy Yarders had
stiffened and held the crashing full
back to . yards in four attempts
knick Backs show Class
The Knicks' backheld, man for
man, entirely outclassed the Gun
makers. Jack Sullivan, Georgetown
sub this year, showed as much class
as has been seen here this season
in either college or independent
games.
Sullivan crashed the line. circled
the ends and led his teams inter-
ference with pep and energy rarely
seen in an independent battle In this
section. Next to Mackert he was the
line-plunging star OF the fray and
actually gained fully as much yard
age as the former Maryland star.
Van Brocken, the former Hilltop
star. who later played with North
Carolina, easily held up his end of
the backfield work. At quarter he
displayed all his old-time dash and
cIeverness besides frequently carry
ing the ball for long gains. He
showed plenty of class, going
through the line on one occasion
for 30 yards and a touchdown.
Jenkins, a legitimate Knicker-
booker, loses little ia comparison
with the three college Nstars in tho
Knick backfield. He ran the ball
we'll, played his part in interference
and broke up the opposition's inter-
ference in great style and would
probably have shown even better
had the game been closer and the
knicks in danger OF defeat.
weather. Star of Line.
weathers. North Carolina cap
tain, this year was the mainstay OF
the Knicks' line. He frequently
opened holes in the opposing line
big enough to drive a truck through
| and the Navy Yard backs failed
time after time to crash his side
of the line for gains.
Towers and Scoville in the line
and Schofield in the back field car
ried the brunt of the burden for the
Gunmakers. Scoville, after star
ring last Sunday against the Rex
men. came right back yesterday and
played the same type of game. II
was nothing unusual to see him
tackling a Knick back on the op-
posite side of the line and on the
offense most of the Navy Yard gains
through the line were made on his
side.
The Knickerbockers' first score
was made after only three minutes
Of play. Sullivan received the kick
on and ran il back to the 40-yard
| linz Manlxart Nan a.,
made IL first down on two plunCes
( Mackert again hit the line for 3
yards. Jenkins got "a and Van
Brocken 9. Mackert kicked and
Mcbride missed his twisting punt
on the 22-yard line. where the
Knicks recovered.
Van Brockea Goes Over.
Sullivan hit the right side OF the
line for yards. Van Brocken got
{ around left end. .Mackert plunged
over for the score from the 7-yard
line. Mackert kicked goal.
The Knicks kicked off. Navy
Yard failed to gain on three at
tempts and kicked to Sullivan on
their 42-yard line. On the first play
Van Brocken went through the left
side of the line for az yards for the
l
goal.
The Knicks again kicked OF bu,
were off side. Navy Yard refused
the penalty. Two plunges failed to
gain and the Gunmakers kicked "a
Van BrockeT on the 4S-yard line.
Here the Knicks showed their
class. Theyto the ball down the
field in eight plays for the third
score making three first downs
Mackert made the score but failed to
kick goal.
| Navy Yard again elected to re-
ceive and got the ball on their 80
yard line. On the first play the OFF,
cials charged the Knicks with
slugging and penalized them half
the distance to their goal. Dyer
Navy Yard back. fumbled the pass
from center and the Knicks recov-
cred. Four plunges by Knicks failed
to make the required distance. Navy
Yard kick blocked and Knicks re-
Mackert made first down
Mackert and Sullivan again madt
first down. Van Brocken went
around left end for the score and
Msckert failed at goal.
| Navy Yard kicked of. Knicks
rushed the ball, mixing in one for
ward pass for rs yards to their op'
ponents 11-yard line. The Navy Yard
line stiened and three Knick plunges
failed On, the fourth try Mackeri
| dropped-a bad pass from center and
Schofield picked up the loose bal
and ran IS yards for the Gun
makers only score. Mcbride kicked
goal. e.
The game ended a few minute,
later with the ball in midfeld
Score 2s-7.,