Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-11-28

and Army's hopes died when for
ward pass was Intercepted AZ midneli
by Waters. . substitute full hack
Whcr The game ended Tie Navy had
Tie ball on Armys forty-sccond-y yard
Inc.
Navy Plays Hu.hinE Game.
The strength OF the Nays line.
rlungins game may DC realized from
stat:stics Of the game. by iii.y-iivc
rushing plays the Navy gained
,ota, OF l"G yards. net, Of which
eighty eight yards were gained in
t'"entytwo plays in The las. period.
'rie Navy earned first down twelve
times, and just half OF these downs
wcre in the last period. OF eleven
forward passes which the Navy tried.
only three We're successful and these
gained total OF thir;y-cight yards
The Army in thirty-four rushcs
made a net total gain OF siXty-onc
ards. OF It's Twelve forward passes
-FOUR were successful for total gain
~ ihirty-one yards. two were inter
cHpted and six were Incomplete. The
Army earned five first downs. only
ono OF which was in the last half
and that was duo 10 Frenchs deS-
perato run.
Poor puntins and penalties kept
&c Navy a. n disadvantage through
t.Ie.-iirst ha!f, resulting in the ball
st:iSIng in the Nays territory
throughout the first two pcr!ods, not
NtIt!istand!nE the fact tina. the Navy
rished the ball farther and gained
niuretby The forward pass. i!ut the
.Hlmy WAS not strong enough 10 take
vantage of scoring opportunities.
tn- The first period !: had the ball
"a;thc Nays thiFty-yard line a. the
.vau,t. largely OF gaining in an cN-
aanEc of punts. y aftc-u-yard ran
lsck by French helped Army IN th!.
zehanGc. Tho failure "f forwafG
asses compelled an effort 10 suor, by
l.,dce kick. Captain W.h.d, holding
tile. slan for French. who was stand
ing on the forty-yard- line. The Kick
was Short. Later in the period the
Army had n ilrs, down on the Navy's
fhir;y-hvc- line. Dui after one
thrceyar'l forward .;n:iSs the Navx
line broke ,horush. .and smcared
French on his co.ty-yarG line. COM
pe!l!ms punt,
In The second period tho Navy FUN
b!cd on its own ,wenty-Gvc- yard line
causing i; 20 lose the ball and put the
.
the slnear!ns OF plays from the l,:ci,
formation, which was the Ariuy's ia
vorite method 81 oncnsc throughout
the game, and the failurr a. forward
: passes 20 work. compelled another
attempt 20 make Il field goal and
l'rench's effort from the ,niriy-y.ird
SO was wide. !ater Navy pun
inst drove the ball only n;,ccn yards
s,.g.. no Bra ~.
TIE Army the ball IN mida.lG. Two
PUSHES and a short forward pass made
II first down on the th.-ty-ssva!-
rrd line, where. a.t,r an ~ .ryytu,l
.,,;einp. 10 advance hy another for.
wari pass. Ftcnch trici ii" thtrl
place kcH, standing in midnc!a. Like
me irevious two. il failed ana tn.
Cadets never seriously threatened
the Nays goal again.
IN fact. III the las; tWo periods. thc
,rmy had the ball in Navy terr!tory
only once and that WAS on the forty.
\ yard line in the ,h!rd period Forced
10 punt here. French again drove tho
hall outside for an advance, a ne,
4ain OF only twelve yards beyond III,
Scr!mmagc line.
Both Teams Pant Poorly.
Poor pun.s by both teams usua1.y
centralized one another. cxccut foi
ssS,the short kick contributing 20 IL,
Navy's touchdown. The Army wa.
~ /: little inferior ia the E.cH.n. game
Dunting eight times for ~ aycras,
~ twen;y-eisht yards beyonl IN
II .:ne OF scrimmage. The Navy Dvn.
IS ed ten times for an average of TWEEN
,y-tivc yards
The Navy suffered fo.;y-Gvc yard
loss in penalties and the Army nf,e.i
yards. So fierce was the detcns. q
& the first half that bc:h teams ,hroy
Se opponents behind Tho l!.c or ,cr.in
sssi mage many times for losses. and a.
IN Intensity az play on the Nays uaf
largely 10 its penalties.
The Navy fumbled the bah ,y.tr
W and lost IL each time. T.in Arm
u funlbi ed once and recovered mo l,3l
9s Captain Even won tn. toss an
chose the east goal.
Clark kicked off 70 parr. VII
n stepped out OF bounds on Nays !;
line. Conroy ran right end 70
sss10 yards and then lost i've yards 0
~ right end. King punted To Frcnc
on Arniy's i0-yard line. The fe.
IS .ssrmy back ran j; back ID Yards an
istepped out OF bounds. F'renc
s$q4 charged twice at Nays tackle. b,
81 the line piled up in front OF him an
SSSito failed to- gain. French puntcd