New-York tribune., 1922-11-26

Ihse came well along IN the fourth
period, with the Navy leading by a
margin OF ID to 10, With the ball about
their own 20yard line, "Shag' Cullen
lifted good kick FORTY yards down the
feld. 1t sliced Somewhat and eluded
the grasp OF George Smythe, Army
quarterback, but the slipper young
ster ran over. toos it on bound, side
stepped two Navy tacklers, and set sail
fer the Navy goal line, sixty yatdA
Straight up the left side Of the field
he raced, with two Or three ma Ses
humping over would-be tacklers. Then
he suddenly veered to his right. broke
into open space and steered for the
lorthe st corner Of the fed. By this
time the players of both teams were in
a wild turmoil. The Navy rlayers. were
qra tering over to chase him out Of
hounds, while the remainder of the
Army forces were scanning the land
scspe for an OPT ononVs tn I tuey
might NOW down in thei~ IF It to
speed the fleet Smythe on his way.
With speed ynaC was an!.-44s this
young man sped across marker af er
marker, lodging, stif-arming and
otherwise ,eluding the grasp f o.
posing tacklers until he appeared TO
AAt-'N q PNSAhNoS ~ bI4S SUaI DEGELlCallV
cleared. But as he reached the Navv's
l0-yard mark, the last obstacle in his
way, a Navy backfeld man, snaeged
him and brown him down.
Smyths in LimelighG
This dash was easily the most bril-
liant trick of the day, though il carried
but few more thri Is than scve al Other
spirited sprints chat this same Smythc
contributed, to say nothing of a deiure
Of brilliant and perfectly executed
passes, which were thrown and caught
in turn by both forces.
The run did not lead Immediately to
q score, for the Navy rallied and re.
pulsed the attack for the time being
But it was the play that thrust the
Navy into desperate situation from a
pos ton of comparative safety, With
the bali but slight way down in the.
ter.nory and IN heir own possession.
feature mentioned above, which was to
come, 3 bit later.
Four times the Army backs crashed
in, but the Navy defense held, took the
ball on downs, and punted out almost
to midfield. Then the Army began the
march again. A vigorous drive carried
WIG Dalk pEaSh W IIlS NAVY , l2"YarU
line, and again it appeared that the
men from the Point were destined to
score. But on the second play an Army
lineman was offside and the team suf-
fered five--n~8 oonoI+, On r. n ~
play Smythe dallied with the ball hit
too Ling on what was e> .aentiy .ntenu-
ed for a pass. Parr broke through and
nailed him for q ten-yard loss.
NJ III,
plexi5n Of things. Whereas few Sec
onds before a score seemed imminens
the chance appeared TO have drifted al
most out of reach as result Of the
penalty, and now this additional loss
looked to have closed the door Of op-
portunity. But still further changes
were to come. On the next play
Smythe shot q pass to White and the
Army wingman was tossed cut OF
bounds on the seven-yard lire. He had
failc' - overcome the penalty and loss
and to get the original ten necessary
yards by good fiye, Five yards for
q first down and but one try 60 make it.
The situation appeared desperate.
Nov was certainly the time fol
trumps, if any rema ned in the deck
1t happened that at least one was yei
in hand, Wood took the ball on pass
from center and started toward hi.
left flank. He passed to Smythe, who
laid back bit, and the latter in turn
tipped to Dodd, who had raced
through and ever the line. The pay
was well masked indeed. The Navy
may have been expecting pass, but
it wasn't expecting just this. 1t was
a we'll planned ard finely execu ed eff
fort, and it was the shot that sank The
Navy.
Game Super-Briiiiant
The game as whole was super,
brilliant exhibition, and to those wht
may have anticipated one of thost
push-and- pull affairs that take up al
afternoon and result in nothing more
than few futile charges up and dowr
the field with nobody going anywhere
in particular, it was startling sur
prise. Few exhibitions Of the yea
have developed more latitude of pa,
or so much fine variety From th'
standpoint of Che spectators there
was little left to be desired.
From the very first it was apparent
that Ghe Navy fully intended 70 nala
things up with a fury. Hardly has
the frolic got under way when OF
second down, about midheld, DarcEei
nburkad a saaa To parr that l9tteC