The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-28
NAVY ELEVEN
BEATS ARMY IN
FINAL PERIOD
Line Plunging Attack Car
ries Ball for Only
Touchdown.
VICTORY BY z TO o
Middies Rally COurageousIy
! After Long Defensive
right.
PICTURESQUE GATHERING
Service Celebrities and Social
! Leaders in Crowd of
I $4,000.
VICTORY BY Z TO o
PICTURESQUE GATHERING

Line plunges with uperdreadnought
backs, aided by a smoke screen of de-
layed and double passes, enabled the
Navy to triumph over the Army, Z
to 0, in their annual gridiron clash at
the Polo Grounds yesterday.
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
started seven yards from the goal,
Navy officials among the $4,000 spec
tators could draw an analogy between
the main reliance of football offence
and that of actual battles at sea. Both
elevens had found the forward pass
ineffective for piercing the enemy's
territory far enough. Discarding mod
ern aerial tactics, the Navy relied on
the battleship tackle smashes from a
close square formation so efficiently
that after the touchdown was made
another was prevented only by a
tumble fourteen yards away from the
Army's goal.
Come eleven!' had been the navy
slogan in preparation for the annual
service game and eleven came, meaning
the eleventh victory for Annapolis foot
ball teams over West Point, which
makes the series now stand even. While
future Admirals gamboled in snake
dance over the gridiron Josephus Dam
iels had the pleasure of seeing his last
Army-Navy game as Secretary of the
Navy end in victory for the arm of the
service of which he is the head. He and
Secretary Baker. Gen. Pershing, Gen.
Nivelle of France and other officials
who were among the thousands of civic
and service notables at the game joshed
one another boastingly on the field be-
tween the halves. when the score was
nothing all. While humble sailors of the
feet and wounded A. e. f. veterans
who were side line guests gathered
round. the Army chiefs felt confident
for in the first half the Navy never had
the ball in Army's territory and the
Army had been near enough to the
Nayy's goal to try to score by kicking
three times.
The break of the game came near the
end of the third period y punt by the
Army from its own "a yard line went
outside and netted only IL yards from
the line of scrimmage. forward pass
OF eight yards and six yard line buck
by Conroy gave the Navy first down
22 yards from the Army's goal as the
fourth period opened.
sftt.- H.. ,l,n .Nft
Koehler the big 16-inch gun. In two line
plays he put the ball seven yards away
from the Army's goal and gave the
Navy a first down there. On the next
play a smoke screen was thrown out.
Hamilton, the Navy fullback, >started
from close formation as If for plunge
at the Army's right guard. Conroy in
stead passed the ball to Noyes, then
playing at right halfback. and he turned
and gave IL to Koehler. who plunged
through the Army's left tackle for a
touchdown. King kicked the goal after
touchdown, and there, as it developed.
the scoring ended. but not until after
another brilliant march down the field
by the Middies.
Receiving the ensuing kickoff on it's
own seven yard line. the Navy ran 1t
back fourteen yards, and after fourteen
line plunges had first down fourteen
yards from the Armys goal. Conroy
and Koshler again worked the same
double pass play that made the touch
down. It led to one 20 yard gain by
Koehler in the course of this advance.
and Conroy himself made several
smashes of five and six yards. Noyes
fumblcd the ball. however, and the
chance was gone.