The New York herald., 1921-11-27
Wy GOAL LINE IN DANGER AS ARMY RALLIES NEAR C OSE


Navy back four yards
1t was now fourth down with two
yards to CO. Boldly the Army ordered
/. Lawrence forward with the ball ane
the latter made the first down Army ;
tandem was now forming swiftly. sud
denly shifting and reshifting. The gains
were short but the bal crept steadily
forward until Al fourth down found the
Army and Nayy's 80 yard line with five
yards to go.
Here Breidster, Army's giant guard,
was dropped back to the 43 yard mark,
where he attempted to kick a goal from
placement. The ball travelled the long
distance, but passed to the left of the
goal posts, and Navy touched back
This amazing display of strength on
the part of the Army men, which had
carried the Gold and Gray standard
from their 10 yard line. where its fol-
lowers had received the Navy kickoff.
the full length of the field, placing
Navy on its own % yard line, swept
away all preliminary estimates of the
power OF the two teams and Installed In
= the 5000 spectators the consciousness
that they were about to witness an even
fight a brilliant battle, with the out
come always in doubt.
Navy attempted TO extricate itself by
q forward pass attack, but two throws
. n ounded and Koehler punted. Army
here adopted a kicking attack in order
to keep Navy close to its goal line.
Woods punt travelled fifty yards and
forced Navy to put the ball in play on
the latter's II yard mark. Navy. equally
aggressive, called into action running
attack Barchet and Koehler struck
army right and left. advancing ten
yards and attaining first down. Koch
Ter from a kick formation added five
more.
A tandem formation again swung into
position. Out of 1t suddenly shot Bar
chet. who, cleaving the Army line,
dashed twenty yards down the field be-
fore being stopped by French, who thus
prevented Navy touchdown. Again
the tandem formed and this time out
leaped Cruise for a 9 yard gain. Other
sacTr gains followed in rapid succession.
3. carrying the ball In an unbroken series
of first downs forty-one yards and plac-
ing the ball on Navy's IS yard line for
second down as the quarter closed.
Second Quarter.
~ Sne two teams exchanged goals
the great throng of spectators arose to
5heir feet keyed to the crisis. Navy
formed in tandem and the Armys line
grew taut from end to end. Twice the
tandem struck without gain. On the
final down Navy formed in kick forna-
ton.
-, The brilliant Barchet was called on
70 make the assault With a tire
faendous smash he hit the Army line.
but was thrown without gain and Army
Aad wrested the ball away from the
sreat Navy team on the fifth down Still
relying on It's superior punting power
Army kicked on the first down, giving
Navy the ball at midfield. Sharp tack
ling and a grounded forward pass in
stantly forced Navy to return the punt
and Army, maintaining it's kicking at
tack, drove the ball back. placing the
Navy on It's own 40 yard line.
The Navy tandem swung swiftly into
position. The bail was passed to
Barchet, who. protected by an almost
fmpregnable intereference swept around
Armys right end and cleared all back
field defenders except French. The lat
ter by a crashing tackle laid Barchet
low. but only after a gain of twenty
yards. Navy now gained and lost three
: yards, but an Army penalty produced
. the first down.
The Navy's tandem was working ac-
curately. Occasionally the Navy seemed
to reinforce the line by an additional
man so closely did the outside back
crouch on the line. Thus the Navy
SWEPT lOTWdEu dCTOSS the ATHly ~
yard line, 20 yard line and 10 yard line,
sending the ball to rest for a first down
two yards from the goal line and a
touchdown.
The sturdy Army eleven arose
courageously to the emergency. Conroy
of the Navy was thrown back for no
gain. Barchet gained a yard. Again
Conroy determined to attempt to score
by a quarterback run through centre
.l.r{..a IL
roy plunged headlong over the line and
Navy had scored. Six points went up
on the score board. King kicked the
goal and the score changed to Navy
and Army 0. The quarter soon ended.
~ Third Quarter.
AS the rival elevens took the field the
speediest players on both sides were con-
spicuous by clean. dry suits and shoes
which they had put on In the intern1is-
sion. Green of the Army kicked off to
Barchet. who ran the ball back fifteen
yards. Barchet and Koehler. plunging
from short kick formation. soon drove
forward twelve yards for first down.
Two sharp tackles by Army behind the
Navy line forced the latter to kick.
Army attempted to pierce the blue
and gold line. but after three assaults
had accomplished no gain. On the line
up Barchet, from a short kick forma-
tion involving fake forward pass by
Noyes. burst forth into a brilliant run
Of twenty-five yards. which might have
terminated In n touchdown but for the
sturdy centurion in Cadet array. the
peerless French. penalty here set Navy
rback fifteen yards and Conroy signalled
Tor a punt.
.. The Army returned the kick and a
prodigious punt by Wood forced Navy to
put the ball in play on its own twenty
yard line Audaciously adopting a run
ming attack, the Navy swept eighteen
yards up the field, when after the fum-
sble Army recovered. Army for tho Sec
lond time In the game was now within
striking distance OF the Navy goal line.
I, Wilhide unlimbered forward pass at
tack. but two throws in succession
grounded. The Army was forced to
kick. but Navy, out OF luck. played off,
side, thus nullifying the kick and giving
the Army the ball on Navy's 35 yard
mark for first down. The Navy's line
sstood steadfast against two assaults and
Wood punted. The ball sailed forty-five
cards, crossing Navy's goal line. and
1he latter for the second time in the
game made n touchback. From the 20
yard line Navy punted and the quarter
ended. -A
Fourth Quarter.
e Army opened the fourth quarter by a
gfurnble, which the Navy recovered. The
slatter could not gain by a running at