The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-28
NAVY ELEVEN
FINDS LATENT
POWER IN TIME
Seizes Opportunity After
Courageous Defence,
Says Parke Davis.
BETTER TEAM WINNER
Statistics Show Superiority OF
Middies in Running Attack
plays Similar.
BY PARKE II. DAVIS.

] by fAhnts H. IA
Navy put upon the defensive by the
/ first play OF the game, the Armys
kick off, and kept upon the defensive
/ through three fiercely and furiously
fought quarters, brilliantly burst upon
the offensive in the closing period OF
| play and oy a mighty fash of power
scored a single touchdown, kicked the
goal and defeated Army, 7 to 0. IL
was a game thrilling and stirring from
start to finish. Navy" said the ex-
perts before the game, will win. but
Navy will have TO fight every inch
for it's victory" This prediction was
correct, but it did not prophesy ar
curately the tremendous odds which
the Navy was forced to faye and
which the Navy gloriously overcame.
Six times in the first half did the
Army stand upon the Nays 80 yard
line. On four of these assaults the
gold and gray banner reached the 80
yard line and twice the 20 yard line.
Three times did the Army in these six
stirring drives attempt to score by
goal from the field the kicker stand
ing twice OH the 40 yard line and
once on the 80 yard line. with the
goal post squarely in front of him.
! In all three instances the Army failed.
Not once during the first three quar-
! ters was Navy within striking distance
of the Armys goal line or cross bar.
In fact throughout these three trying,
| gruelling quarters Navy continually but
! courageously was extricating Itself from
one difficult position and predicament
after another. In the fourth quarter.
! however bad kick of fifteen yards out
! OF bounds On Army's 40 yard line gave
| the Navy its first opportunity of the day.
| Opportunity did not beckon in vain. for
the Nays tremendous latent power sud
denly materialized and in seven plays
the Navy had swept over the eight
glistening lines of lime and scored a
| touchdown.
The winning Play.
The touchdown was scored by Ben q.
Koehler. the left halfback. The Navy
at the time stood on the Arnly's yard
line for a first down. The Navy formed
in close formation. The ball was passed
! TO Conroy, the Navy quarter. who
tented to run 10 the left. but who
handed the ball to Koehler. The latter
| in "A wide sweeping end run circled the
/ Armys left outpost across the line for
the winning score of the day. Clyde w.
King, the Nays right tackle, kicked the
goal
Army Immediately afterward kicked
off and Navy. confident in its power.
instantly launched its second great
smashing drive Of the day. sweeping for
ward eighty yards in a chain OF five first
downs and finally standing on the
| Army's IS yard line for second down
! with ten yards 20 go Here Noyes OF
the Navy fumbled Army captured the
ball and the Navys final attack Of the
day terminated
The astounding ability OF the Army
eleven thus 10 have outplayed the Navy
distinctly and decidedly for three
fourths OF the game is due primarily
| to the tremendous defensive strength
OF it's line OF forwards. Mulligan and
Davidson. the Army tackles. and White
and Storck the Army ends. played with
surprising brllliance, sternming assault
after assault and frequently cutting
| down Koehler and Conroy. the fleet
| Navy backs behind their own line. So
stout was the Army defence throughout
the three first quarters against the Navy
that the Navy's longest chain OF first
downs in these three periods did not g.
coed three links.
Fighting and for'-'n1 gsya eta Army
| during these Three quarters repeaged
opportunities TO score. NAVY however,
in every instance raised auch fn.Elf~
bulwark OF defcrca HuI sent losNN
| fierce counter a. lf trat in nrt NJ
stance the Arm. ralltl. u the middle
] OF the first quar- Army had reached
the Nays 30-yard line. SO fierce was
A IA. Il 1trN "a
by the Blue and Cold that Army could
not advance another inch. French fell
back to try for a goal from the field
The giant Navy forwards crashed
| through upon him 50 furiously that he
was unable TO deliver the kick accurate
~. Precisely the same play was at
tempted twice In the second quart
and again defeated by the treme1dols
charges OF the Navy forwards.
Formations sir tlne
Both elevens presented GUESTS nEigliy
the same type Of FORMATIONS nad glaya
Each used tho ae-F uCGirrstien az Aas
tandem whio1 $3.50 vac Used rr isA by
Harvard. Prhrcgou sna many other
teams Of the Uniie1 states This con
sists OF three OF lhe Sacks forming In an
oblique line behind nr centre. with the
fourth back deployeg slightly 20 the out
! side Of the end. This close formation or
the baci, was imposed in the majority OF
Instances behind the unbalanced line or
forwards in which four men formed one
side OF centre and two 20 the other. The
| Army disclose, a divide formation OF tina
same type as that used by Princeton
against Harvard but lost ground in each
Of the two instances in which the divide
made It's appearance. Both elevens. or
course. frequently employed the kick
formation fror. which to launch running
attacks The Army achieved It's greatest
offensive successes OF the day from the
close formation Of the backs. whereas the
Ma accomplished most Of its advances
m the Kick formation.
Defeusivelv the systems OF the two
teams we're Identical. and presented no
variations from the present standard
methods OF defensive play. In none OF
the major games Of the season has a bet
ter exhibition OF precise tackling been
given than that put up yesterday by the
Army forwards Although opposed by
one OF the most 20 yerful rush lines n
the country. that OF the Navy. Army re-
peltedly tackled behind the Nays lines