The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-11-17

the past few seasons.
To the man on the sidslineA it apps
effect on the playing Of the Midshil
, . defeat and play a. we'll as it did
football experience teaches that the I
is to win al games. Nothing helps n
One defeat can discount all the
coaching that . team can receive In
q full season. II team can be Kept
In its winning stride there can be no
! question OF the caliber Of the plAyers
: morale. When the individuals feel
confident. food team play !: sure TO
result. II IL only when the conf
are not obtainahle.
Tho members Of the United States
Naval Academy apprecistiv6 what VAN.
ming from the Penn State team would
have meant to their football charges
Had the Navy defeated their Key
stone state rivals. they would have
!, bean able to enter the Army struggle
Z tith full confidence Il victory. THAI
A, unexpected defeat has caused cloud
Of uncertainty to make its appear
/. ance.
Navy Has Strength.
: There 10 no question about the play
: ing strength OF the team that Bob
Folwell has developed down at Annap.
, oils. Any one who Witnessed the well.
earned victory that the Midshtp,nen
/, Gained over princeton on October ~
cannot help but feel that the team
that Folweli has developed 10 one Of
I the very ha6t that the Naval Acsd.
envy has ever had. They have u well
devised offense. while the caliber OF
thsar dsfenss il testified to by the
fact that Bill Roper's Tigsrtown stu.
dents were unable to gain . single
first down against It.
Against Penn State the Navy for
Wards appeared unable to solve the
deceptive attack Of Hugo Bexdek's
Nittany Lions. 1t was the delayed
plays that gained most of the ground
for Acting Captain Glenn Kiilinger
and his Blue and White mates. When
ever Penn State sent regular Tor
nation against the Navy defense IT
was smothered long before 1t got
under way.
However, Just as soon as deception
was employed in cloaking a line play
or off-tackie the Navy linemcn broke
ground. 1t was the failure Of the
Midshipmen to stand UP under this
style OF attack that caused football
critics to wonder whether they are
going to hold together when they
clash with their Army rivals on the
Polo Grounds on November 20.
1t is known that Major DAILY and
his assistants were At Franklin Field
on Saturday when Penn State tri-
umphed over the Navy by IS to Z.
No doubt they made note Of the
plays that gained the most ground
for the state college lads. 1t would
not be surprising IL they initiated
these plays when they send their
ARMY charges against Folwelis Mid
shipmen at the Polo Grounds.
Fear New Plays.
II ia the fear that the Army Is
likely to employ much deception In
their attack which In causing wofri-
ment among Annapolis followers.
One who is close to the situation
at the Naval Academy was heard 10
say, following the defeat sustained
by Folwells lads on Saturday. that
ne was not afraid OF anything that
the Army had at the present time
His fear as to the outcome OF the
seryice school game was inspired by
what Coach Daily and his advisers
NAV nut into their offense between
now and November rs. As this in
dividusl in very close to the powers
that be at Annapolis, his words may
be taken as an indication OF the
way Annapolis sizes UP the situation
What has been said as to the I'M
movement Coach DAILY may bring
about at West Point so far as attack
h concerned may also be applied to
the changes Bob Folweil and his
NAVY advisers can bring about TO
strengthen their defense against de-
layed plays.
Anyone who has followed Folwelfs
l football career knows what hard
worker he is. No mentor OF the game
puts in more hours Of hard and pains
taking work than the Annapolis coach.
He gave Lafayette a team that classed
with the best in the game. Washing.
TON and Jefferson would be a small
college so far as football il concerned
n Bob Folwell had not built IL up.
Pennsylvania failed to give Bob the
yJrt of support that winning team
-, eds to bring about victories.
Middies' Great Record. =,
The record of the Navy team since
Bob Folwell took up the coaching
rsins has been an good II not superior
10 that OF any former Annapolis
eleven. The fact that the Midshipmen
xept Princeton from scoring a single
down IL evidences that the eleven that
Folwell has at Annapolis today is up
TO the high standard that he set for
himself when he was in charge OF foot
hall affairs at Lafayette and Wash
inKton and jefferson.
The Navy morale is not going to lie
lowered as the result of the defeat ty
Hugo Besdek's great Penn State ag-
eregation In our opinion. 1t is admit
Ted football experience teaches that
once a winning streak Is broken 1t is
Nnighty hard to keep a team from
sIumpinG. Princeton lost TO the Navy
and Chicago. After the Annapolis de-
feat a majority Of Tiger followers set
themselves for a defeat at the hands Of
Cnstago.
II 10 seldom that team can recover
quickly after sustaining a defeat, This
was evidenced in the experience Of
harvard in Palmer Stadium. The
cambridge collegians ran up twenty.
enc points against Hugo Bezdek's Penn