Arizona republican., 1921-11-27
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 NEW YORK, Nov. 26-The bat tleships of the Navy eleven ploughed through the heavy seas of the Polo grounds today. battered the Army's team in the rain, and defeated them 2 to 0, and took the lead in the se- ries. Since 1890. the Navy has won 12 times and the Army II.
 The Navy scrapped its airplanes on discovering early that dread naughts were more effective. 1t at- tackled with line plunges and end huns that resulted in an advance of 53 yards to a touchdown in the sec ond period.
 Barchet was the stellar battle cruiser in this advance and indeed throughout the game. From his own A yard line he c 'cled end on kick formation 20 yards. Conroy and Bar chet then alternated in carrying the ball off tackle from a tandem form ation until the ormer smashed over. followed by Kings goal. The prog ress comprised I3 plays during which the Navy earned first down four times.
 Outrushed and outplayed in the line, Army threatened to tie late in the game as inc result of the bril- liance of French. Receiving a punt at his own 40 yard line, he ran it back 10 yards and followed this with a yard run around his right end with interference provided by a double shift of the backs to the right be- fore the ball was passed. In two more plays he had put the ball 10 yards away from the Navy's goal, but was thrown for a 5 yard loss in attempting to repeat
 Here, Hamilton, a substitute back, intercepted q forward pass and the threat of a tie score was averted. Hamilton was tackled as he grabbed the ball eight yards from his own goal. and although the Navy was penalized for offside, it kicked out of danger.
 Navy had the Army on the defen- sive most of the game, twice having the ball within the Army's 25 yard line in the second period only to lose it. Most of the play in the third ! and fourth periods was in midfield. The Army had one real scoring op- 1 portunity besides that which was lost with the interception of a forward 1 pass in the fourth period. This was | in the first quarter when after the kickoff it carried the 41 yards to 1 the Navy's 33 yard line where the l Navy compelled the army to resort to an attempt to score by a goal from | placement. Milligan failed, the bal I going under the cross bar. The advance that eliminated in | this attempt was the only exhibition of offensive power by the Army unti | the flash toward the end of the game Smythe started the thrills on the ! first lineup Of the game by a 2t l yard end run. French made ons smash that gained g yards and an other that earned II, but these gain. were partly offset by a Is yard pen alty for holding
 On its own 20 yard line after tho touchback due to Mulligan's success full kick from placement, the Nav, had its first chance of the game ts display it's offensive. After 13 it had the ball 22 yards from the Army goa as the second period ended. only t, lose it on downs shortly after tn, start of the second quarter. Two for
 ward passes in Navy's territory wer, grounded during this attack, and tn, Navy stuck mostly thereafter t, straight football.
 On the kickoff after Navy's touch
 down. Barchet ran the ball back 4 yards to midfield. Five more play put the ball on the Army's 20 var,
 line. Three plays made no progress
 and an attempt at a placement goa ended in loss of the slippery ball on tumble.
 Illustrative of the midfield stale
 mate in the third period. was tn
 fact that the Navy had the ball il T enemy territory only twice.
 The Navy earned first down times compared with the Army's five
 The Navy attempted four forwar,
 passes. One gained 5 yards. Tn
 others were grounded. The Arm,
 tried 5 forward passes. Four wer
 grounded and one intercepted.