The New York herald., 1921-11-27
C0nrOy Gains Touchdo IN;
Cadet French Fights Duel
With BQrchet of the Blue
Precision and Perfection Of Both Teams and Intense
Spirit of Their Followers Make Game Alb
sorbing and Mark It as One of Best
of Their Clashes
by PARKE III. DAVIS.

: III. DAVIS.
ring dash of twenty-five yards. AZ the
quarter was closing. Barchet of the
Navy evened the glories oi he period
by racing out OF a tandem formation
and circling Army's left end for twenty
yards. This same great halfback on the
sixteenth play in the second quarter
again shot out of a tandem formation
cleft Army's line and dashed thirty
yards down the field before being
stopped by French. the final bulwark
between the flying Navy back and q
touchdown.
French Drags Down Conroy.
This brilliant run by Barchet was
duplicated by Conroy few plays iatec
when he took the ball on double pass
out OF 4 kick formation, cut through
tackle and covered twenty yards before
being thrown. On the fourteenth play
in the third quarter the brilliant Bar
chet again started a mighty roar in
the north stands, where $4,000 Navy
followers were embarked, by TAX ng the
ball on q short kick formation. peculiar
to the Navy's scheme of tactics. and
racing swiftly over the sodden ear 4
until stopped by the final but never fail
ing French.
Again, on the ninth play in the fourth
quarter II was Barchet who, from a
tsudam formation. circled Army's right
end and again raced twenty yards bs
fore he ran into the arms of the Il O
cious French. IL was reserved to
great French TO close the remarkable
series OF dashes which characterized this
game by shooting suddenly out Of tan
dem formation In the twenty sixth play
in the final quarter. plunging through
a crevice In the Navy's right wing and
racing thirty yards before being downed
on Nays 2S-yard line. thus making
possible the thrilling drive by the Army
which followed and closed the game
with the forward pass, by which French
tried to tie the score. but which Hamil-
ton of the Navy intercepted.
Wood OutkicI<s the Navy.
Such Is the roll OF the running here 7
of the game Now let us turn to 4
phenomenal punter In Army's ranks
nullified throughout three reriods q
superior rushing assaults of the Ma
and repeatedly drove the Navy back l. 7
It's own territory and frequently TO !
twenty-five yard line. This was Wood.
puntirg halfback Of the Army
Whether punting east or west as the
IL Id lengthv ise lay. Wood outkicked his
Navy opponent fifteen yards on every
exchange. Thus the tale of runts for
the day is eight for the Army for 335
yards and seven for the Navy for u total
of PAS yards. One OF Woods punts ac-
tually travelled the great distance OF
fifty yards and came tumbling down
from its lofty arc against the darkened
sky so swiftly that the Navy back
muffed the ball but luckily recovered it
on his own fifteen yard line.
4
the 4ArDiy's defence may be gauged by
the fact that It excelied the Navy in
tackling behind the opposing line and
that twice In the game Il accomplished
the unusual feat of twice taking the ball
on downs.
Rain Cuts Aerial Play.
a dripping sky. wet and heavy field
and soaked and sodden ball forbade
the forward pass attack that the experts
had predicted would characterize this
game. Nevertheless both elevens cour-
ageorsly called into action this weapon
of assault Six times did Army attempt
70 1cv; nee through the air. Five OF
these assaults grounded and one was In
tercepted.
Navy hurled four forward passes.
Three of these grounded and only one
succeeded. but only for the scant gain
OF two yards. Field and atmospheric
conditions also compelled the backs of
Doth eievens to protect themselves in re-
ceiving punts by signalling for fair
catches. Thus brilliant running back of
Kicks IN this game almost was absent.
Ine battle plans of both combatants
were Identical Each endeavored TO ad.
vance into their adversarys territory
by running attacks varied by an occa-
sionai forward pass. Neither eleven
adopted q kicking attack. but OCCASION
ally punted on an early down SOLELY
TO preserve the value OF their feints
and threats.
Both Teams Use Tandem.
The tactical formations preser.aa hv
the two elevens were highly interest.
ing. Both employed tandem forma-
Ton or the backs behind an unbalanced
Inc. the latter being ACCOMPLISHED bv
a shift. The Army presented the nov
city on Eastern gridirons of the double
shift of The backs This difficult
manoeuvre was accurately timed and
powerfully executed.
The Army's tandem was arrayed as
IN previous years and as has Ia,eiv
been initiated BY Harvard. Prsnceton
and Ncie. Nays tandem at times wa.
similar TO that OF Army and on other
occasions formed obliquely. Navy'a
tandem compared with that OF the
Army was more compact and formed
more closely TO the line OF scrinmare.
Army on one occasion disclosed n
spread formation from which a for.
ward pass was attempted.
The Navy employed two kicking for.
nations. one In which the fullback
stood ten yards distant from the line
OF ecrimmage and the other In which
he stood only five. II was from tbie
short kick formation that NAVY AZ
compished ts best gains. and from
which the brilliant Barchet made the
majority OF his long runs
The tremendous defence disnIaved bv
both teams prevented either from err.
ployinS rowing centre. Throughout
the game seven nssf. INVARIABLY were
on the limo OF defence excepting In oer.
tain particular situations far dista,t
from their own goal line.
First Quarter.
Army won tho toss and chose the
east goal. King OF the Navy Kicked
forty-five yards down the fieid ~
French Army aligned IN kick forma-
ton. Smythe received the boil and
roused the Armv's followers in the
stands to the same pitch and key OF
aRgressveness that the Army team
possessed by dashing around Navy's
right end on the first play for twenty.
five yards.
-Four tanders shot French and Law