New-York tribune., 1922-10-23
Naval Academy
L cam Y ersatile
In Its Attack
Georgia Tech Unable to
Cope With Shifting Tao
tics of the MILDLY Eleven
BY Innis Brown

4 II you incline to the spice that is
supposed to attach to variety, then
an afternoon spent Watching Bob
Folweil9s Navy football eleven in action
this fall ought to carry something
more than a casual appeal. For YER
satility with large and fulsome "V'
. is an outstanding characteristic Of
the methods employed by the Midship-
men in carrying the battle to their ad-
Ability to mix things up and to keep
drawing new cards when the oppo-
sition appeared on the verge of check
ing and battering back the assault
along lines already divulged marked
a the manner Of the victory of the Mid
dies ever the fine Georgia Tech eleven
at Annapolis Saturday. Almost from
the jump the Sailors assumed a pro-
nounced offensive. But the alert
Georgians proved rather apt at dag
\ nosng line Of attack and quick to
muster their defense accordingly. But
as soon as they succeeded in blocking
the drive in one quarter Captain Con-
roy promptly struck on another front
and with a different weapon.
About the only desirable weapon
THAT the Middies appeared to lack was
q real pile-driving, line-crushing smash
into the center of the line. To off,
I
ability to drive through the tackles
with no less than five men available
at carrying the ball. For in addition
to Captain Conroy, Mckee, Barchet
and Cullen, the backfeld quartet, w.
! 3. Taylor, who patroled the right
flank, and who, despite his lack of
extra heft, is rated tha strongest man
in the academy by actual test, was
mustered into the running attack
Taylor Individual Star
II there was an individual hero of
Saturdays victory this chap Taylor
is the first nomination for the Job.
Swinging around from his regular po-
sition on maneuver quite like the
old favorite of tackle over tackle,
when it was something Of a common
practice to employ heavy linemen in
battering-ram tactics Of other days, he
proved very effective auxiliary to
the backfield quartet. Furthermore,
he was something of demon on de-
tense and also proved an adept at
taking passes. He received one long
heave to carry on for a touchdown,
had another in his hands for third
counter only to drop it back of the
goal lines, and completed at least two
more nice long ones.
While on the subject of ends, it i
a
on the work of the veteran Parr on
the other flank. 1t was rumored in
advance that he might be left on the
sldelines when the game started, his
place being taken by Stola. But when
the team took the field he occupied
his regular position and the manner
OF his playing it ought to settle any
further talk of his being displaced. He
1t was who proved the biggest bulwark
q "a i'm &hn = ~ a
Red" Barron, the Tech backfeld ace. |
Never once did the peerless cred" and
his mates succeed in working the
flash past Parr into an open field. |
Ills game was par in every detail.
Cullen First Class Kicker
In Cullen, the Middies showed what
they have lacked for good many
years, q first class kicker. This young !
man did yeoman service at driving
the ball down the field, usually out
distancing the Georgia kiclSers, though |
on one occasion Frye ripped through |
and blocked one Of his efforts and |
came near breaking into an open field |
with no Navy men between him and |
the goal after recovering.
From the Tech standpoint failure in
the passing game was the chief source
Of discontinue, both in the details
Of completing their own tosses and |
in preventing the Middies from going
through with their aerial program.
Failing to turn the fleet Barron into
an open field with rushing tactics,
the Georgians several times tried to
give him the ball ON passes. Twice
McDonough shot the ball straight into
his arms, but both times a Navy !
tackler WAS on hand and hit him such
r jolt as he caught the ball that he
dropped 1t and the pass went as
grounded. On the other hand, in spite
of Techs strictest vigilance, the Mid
dies pulled the ball out Of the air
on both long and medium heaves time
and again for effective gains.
The game was remarkably clean
and sportsntanlike affair. In one re-
spect it was most unusual. Not a
single penalty Of any kind was inflicted.