Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-11-27
NAVY WINS GAME
OVER ARMY TEAM
AT POLO GROUNDS
Football Warriors From
Annapolis Victorious by
Score, Z to O.
CONROY SCORES ONLY
TOUCHDOWN OF GAME
Crashes Through Soldiers
Line in Second Period
King Kicks Goal.
HIGH OFFICIALS WATCH BATTLE
Lend Color To InrEc Crowd Which
Divides support between
f:lrvens.
CONROY SCORES ONLY
TOUCHDOWN OF CAME
HIGH OFFICIALS wArcn BATTLE
Lend Color To InrEc Crowd Which
Divides support between
Elrvens.
lBy Associated prcss.I

NEW YORK, Nov. .7.--The battle
>hips OF tn, Navy eleven plouGhcd
ihIo.eh the heavy scas of the Polo
4G'c, nds today. battered the Army s
t"rtifcations in n In.n, captured the
n; nual service footballs classic by n
score OF : To- o. and took tho lead IN
the series Since 1890 the Navy has
won tncivc tlrnes and tho a. NJ
eleven
5'he Navy scrappnd IT'S airpiancs
upon discovering carly in the game
that dreadnBughts were more ef-
'cctive FOR making progress agains.
the enemy. II made an attack with
bne r!unGcs and end runs that re-
suited in an adyarcc OF hf,y-three
yards To 81 touchdown early in the
second period.
Burchct was the stellar battle
iast white line and Indeed through
ont the game. From his own forty
four yard line he circied end on q
Kick formation for twenty yards.
Conroy and Barchct then ai,crnated
In carrying tho bail OF tackle from
tandem formation until the former
smashed through for "A touchdown,
foiinwcd by Kings goal The progress
to the goal comprised thirteen plays.
during which the Navy earned arst
down four times.
French Threaten. Navy.
outrn.hc'l and outrinyed ~ tho
line, the Array threatened to tie TN
the game late in the last quarter as
the result ~ the hriliiance OF French.
fcceirirG punt 1T his own forty
gard line he ran II back ton Yards
land followed this UP with a twenty
! sirht-yari run around his right end
with Interference provided By n
double shift, Of the hacks TO tho RICH,
before tho ball was passed. In two
more plays he had put the bali ten
Yards away from the Navy's goal line,
hut was thrown for a nve-yard loss
in attempting to repeat
Here Hamilton. q substitute hack
Intercepted forward pass. one al
the five which the Army tried i'm vain
during tho game. and the ,hrcat az -
tic score was avcrted. Hamilton was
tackled as he grabbed the hail ejpb,
yards from his own goal. and al
though the Navy was penalizcd for
ofsidc. Il soon kicked out OF danger
just before the game ended
The Navy had the Army on the ne
fensiye most OF the game. twice hny-
ing the ball within Army's twenty
hveyard line in the second period,
only TO lose II. Once IL was held Tor
downs and on the other occasion lost
the ball on tumble Most OF the
Play in the third and fourth periods
was in mid-neld mud, but the Navy
was the nearer toward the opponents
goal.
Army Has Chance In First Period.
The Army had enc real scoring OBJ
portunity beside that which was los,
with the interception of a forward
pass in the fourth period. This wn.
in he first quarter when right after
the first kick-or IL carried the ball
from its own twenty six yard line
forty-one yards to the Navy's thirty.
+ threeyard line, where the Nav,
solved the puzzle OF the double hor
(Continucd in Part 4, Page Z, Col a.