The Washington times., 1921-10-31

,high-grade punter in Shoemaker ar
III executed well. In spite OF thi'
more readily than it has done at
Opponents without first down.
Owing. to being deprived OF several
iof it's good backs. Hamilton. Mckee
land Rawlings, for instance, the Navy
did not have the usual sustained OF
fensive strength after it's first seiec
tons were taken out. This accounts
for the small score, as both backs and
linesmen were changed at a somewhat
earlier period than usual, and nearly
all of them changed within a short pc
riod.
Plays Were Smooth.
The backfield, composed OF Conroy
Koehier and Cruise, which started for
the Navy against Bethany. carried
through its plays with a smoothness
and precision which even exceeded
the performance against Princeton
which won so much praise from the
experts. The Navy did not kick al
all while this combination occupied
the points. for the simple reas,n that
II did not need to. koehler. Barchet
and Conroy all carried the ball Tor DIG
gains whenever called upon.
out clearly the essential differences
between the backfield work OF the
Navy team and that Of almost every
team which has opposed them this
year. One seldom sees close inter
ference on the part of the Navy team
,or at least one which continues altsr
the first stages OF the play, while this
! is often a feature Of the plays OF visit
ing teams.
The explanation of this is that the
Navy plays are almost all based on
tthe "get.a.man" plan, each player
having some specific player on the
other side to put out Of the play Thls
causes a prompt separation OF the
Navy players, and the man with the
ball is often running alone, but the
opposing players are generally Kept
away from him. 1t Is the perfectlng
of these plays which has made the
dangerous attack of the Navy this and
former seasons.
Navy Is a Little Crippled.
Just now the Navy is little Grip
pied, but not dangerously 80. and
there is no reason to believe that its
, strength will be much below the max
imum when 1t meets Pennsylvania
State on November u. Hamilton,
first choice, Is nursing BAD leg.
and Mckee, a regular last year ana
leading substitute this, has scraped
face. Both were unavailable for the
'tBethany game. Taylor. right end,
Us bruised about the body. and king
the veteran right tackle, retired from
tn ntest with a twisted Knee
Rawlings, a very good substitute
back, is out o' the game for the
serS - .th y ba II" sNra Tei ankle.
The result of Saturdays games
Increased the opportunity for the
NAVY team to land first honors for
the season, or at least share lead
ing place with few other teams,
by winning it's remaining games.
Harvard. of course. has been ellnl-
mated from the first place by the
Penn State tie and Center defeat.
Perm States triumph over Georgia
Tech puts that team out OF the run
ming and increases the Significance
OF the game between the former and
the Midshipmen. Yale, Center, Cor
nell, Chicago and California remain
as possible claimants for premier
honors, besides Penn State, which the
Navy will meet.
Yale Would Be Eliminated.
Yale, of course, would he elimi-
mated by defeat at the hands OF
either Harvard or Princeton, but 1t Is
unlikely that the colors OF either Cor
nell or Center will be lowered by any
of the teams which they will meet
during the remainder of the season.
Cnter has no very strong team to
meet, while Cornell has even less
opposition, excepting only the Uni
versity OF Pennsylvania, which has
so often upset all the Indications of
the season in its game with Cornell.
The others are out of the usual
range of the Navy team.
Much interest was taken here In tho
remarkable score which Cornell ran up
against Dartmouth, by far the most
overwhelming score made against that
team during the era of modern foot
ball. The fact that Dobie, who left
his place as head coach at the Naval
Academy two years ago. is handling
Cornell, and that his well-rememberei
methods are indicated in the tremcn-
dous score of his charges, made the
achievement one Of special interest 70
Naval Academy people.
In view OF the tremendous scoring
ability of the Cornell team and the
weakness of the University of Penn
sylvania this year, a victory OF the
former would appear almost certain.
Yet a jinx has appeared to hover
around Cornell when II plays in Phlta-
delphia, and a big red team apparent
ly of vaster, greater ability, judged by
the performances of the season, has
often been defeated in the final game.
Pennsylvania showing a strength of
which IL gave no suggestion at an
earlier period.
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