Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-11-08

>onc 600 or more Georgetown
field who made things hum with
The game. and the regiment Of
kept up a continual din.
The Navy forwards lived UP 70 their
advance notices They accomplished
wha no other team has been able 10
do this year, turn back the brilliant
Blue and Gray backs. The towering
Middies outcharged and outgeneralel
their opponents.
Save in the first few minutes Of play
when Jack Flavin, who Was as great
I'm defeat as he was in victory, sped
through the Navy team for a run Of
81 yards to touchdown, the speed
and power Of the Georgetown back
field stars were nulliiied because their
flight line had finally met its match.
Malley and Flavin we're frequently
tumbled before they could reach the
line of scrimmago. and the powerful
Hap Ward found the Navy line as
yielding as a concrete wall.
1t was a decisive victory The bet
ter team won. But Withal il was 4
splendid battle.
The Middies received the first kick
OFF, but found themselves forced to
punt. Mallev received the ball ard
returned ii five Yards TO Georgetown.s
43-yard line on the first play from
scrimnage Flavin was called upon to
carry the ball 1t was new forma-
tion for the Hilltoppers. Bill Kenyon
running across from his position and.
as the ball was snapped, diving under
the props Of the Navy left end
Fla,in's Dash Sensational
Flayin sped toward the Navy FAM
and hurdled the PROSTATE form OF
Parr Faced by flock Of Navy men.
The was forced to reverse his direction,
and cut in behind tho line Of scrim-
mage toward the opposite sideline.
Picking his way deity through the
broken field, he emerged from the
melee with only Conroy between him
and the goal. 1t was a question OF
speed, and the Georgetown youth out
stripped this brightest star of the Navy
eleven. and crossed the line. after
completing his tortuous course.
Conroy Is Navy Star
Navy flashed a new star iii the foot
ball armament in the person OF Vim
cent Conrov. a 1.-THE youth from Utah,
who was a large part Of their offense.
He played quarterback When they
needed yard or two, the untiring
Conroy Invariably carried the ball and
almost invariably he made the dis
..ance Koehler. halfback, also show
ed a lot Of speed and punch
How liytle chance the Blue and
Gray had TO win can be cleaned from
the cold and cruel statistics. In the
matter al first downs they totalied
exactly two On the other hand the
Middies made their required distance
TWENTY-FIVE times.
In one department the IIilltoppers
far outshone their opponents; Flavin's
educated toe was never in better form
His swirling punts we're the cause of
wonder as they carried down the field
He averaged nearly fifty yards in sew
eral kicks, while the Navy kickers fell
tar below thar mark
Hillioppers Cd Early Score
Georgetown rootors, who almost
filed the seats on one side Of the
field, had their hopes sent to the high
est mark. when Flavin pulled his
opening 5T-yard dash and gave the
Hilltoppers six-point lead. when
Kenyon missed the goal But the JOY
was short lived
After an exchange Of pnnts. the
Middies began march from midfeld
With conroy doing most of the work,
they rushed the ball to the 21-yard
line as the period closed. On the first
play in the second period. Conroy hit
left tackle for seven yards, giving his
team first down: koehler added five
in the lire putting the bah within nine
yards of the goal
Then FolwelIs men introduced pet
play. II was 4 fake line plunge. on
WHICH Mckee came around and took
the ball. skirting around Georgetown's
right end for a touchdown He was
unmolested on his journey. King
kicked the goal
Nary Endurance Told
savv,a weight ard pewa~ began to