Evening star., 1922-12-03

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The Marines fought They fought
harder and harder as the game wore
on. Against odds they fought They
! fought against the brilliancy of Gene
Vidal: against the elements. too. for
the wind twice gave the Army the
edge and placed the ball where Vidal
, could drop il over the bars for three
points at crack.
Then the Marines staged their
grand march. The mighty Goettee
-outdid himself. He hit the line
with speed and power. When he fell
he kept on gaining. lie Was good for
five and ten yards every time he car
ried the ball.
Marines Cal. Most Ground.
The marines gained more grouni
than the Army. The Marines looked
the better team when the first half
ended and the score stood to 6 III
/ their favor.
Gene Vidars good right foot and =
bit of wind from the north produced
! the first score, a drop-kick from the
15-yard line. The Army chose the
north goal, and at once had an ad-
vantage. The playing was fierce from
the start. The Marines tore on few
gains, Goettge making a 2o-yard ruli
on a fake play around the right end.
But the Army soon held and took
/ the ball well down in its own terri
, brought Nidal's first punt. a long
one that went far over McMains
head. The little Marine quarterback
got il on the third bounce and was
/ downed on his 10-yard line.
Goettge had to kick against the
wind; his effort was poor The hail
, went outside on the 20-yard lire. The
Army advanced TO the Marines To-
yard line. but could go no furthe~.
and Vidal kicked it over the bars.
Soon thereafter the quarter ended
Dillon StiHens Army Line.
| In the first quarter the big Army
line worked fine Eut the stor:
changed in the second quarter. Sar
derson and Goettge made great gains.
! DAILY most of the time. Coaches
! Whitehurst and Meacbam paced ,hc
! side lines. Finally they yanked Daly
out and sent in Dillon. The line i'm
went no further Beckett dropped
back out of the lire and tried plac'.
kick. 1t went Wild. and the Army
! side breathed easier as they took pos
session of the ball again.
The wind again hurt the Marines.
Vidal punted well into the air. and as
Marine back waited for the sphere
it fell to the ground. He tried to get
it on the bounce and failed. Van
pegraff fell on the ball on the Ma
| rines' 35-yard line.
Then. against the wind. Vidal
booted another drop-kick from the
35-yard line. 1t was beauty.
So far. vidals toe proved much
line plunging. The former Vest
| Pointer did everything expected o.
him. His old coach. Maj. Daily OF
West Point. smiled with pride on his
former charge.
Fumble Hurts the Marines.
Near the end of the second quartz;
Goettge cut loose again. Time after
time he carried the ball. and plunged
and fell through the Army forwards.
/ Down the field went the Msrines.
/ gaining ), S.. and 10 yards at crack.
Goettge carried the ball on flying in,
passes. Finally sanderson broke
away and carried the ball almost TO
Devil Dogs fumbled and the Army
goal was saved. The Marines went
wild when the Army fumbled too. But
an Army man recovered.
Vidal again kicked, and this time
he fizZled too. The ball Went dead
on the 2O-yard line.
Then clever forward pass. Goettse
10 Sanderson. put the bali over tn"
Army line and MrMains sent his team
to the fore by place kicking for the
| extra point. Now the Marines were
fighting.
Goettse took the kickoff on his
5-yard line and speeded down the
field. He hit tackler after tackler
The Army men were strewn along the
field. He finally stopped at the A.
yard line. having covered 10 yards
Marines Full OF Pep.
The Marines were fun of pep when
the second half was started. Sander
con took the kickoff well back in his
territory and carried il 70 the center
of the field There the Army held and
Goettee had to kick. But the Army
/ wasn't showing much on the ohense.
and with the third quarter only few
minutes old, the Army coaches sent
French. the fash. in. He replaced
! Noyes.
| Army coaches pulled a bone. They
thought they could put Noyes back in
again. They were chagrined on
learning their error. Noyes had
| The teams battled furiously. Nc
Mains intercepted Vidars long pass
and speeded down the field to Armys
25-yard line.
found it solid. 1t was the first time
F: they had thrown him back.
Long Pass Brings Score.
Then McMains shot forward pas
down the field. 1T was a long pass
and went far over the goal line. But
KYLE, the left end. was there to take
. II. That put the Marines farther in
front But McMains failed to kick
the goal
The score was: Marines. IS; Army, G.
| Goettxe was hurt and the Marine
stands were stilled. Goettge WAS out
| some time, but when he arose and re-
1 sumed his place the Devil Dogs raised
| a mighty cheer. The Army cheered.
too. and so did the spectators not af-
| filiated with either side.
Sanderson, on a fake double pass,
| carried the ball through broken
field and over the line. But the play
| was called back and the Marines were
penalixed for holding.
On the first play of the fourth quar-
| ter Oxley. substitute end of the Army,
was badly hurt and WAS carried from,
the field.
Finally the Army worked q forward
pass, French to Vidal. 1t neteed a
nice gain for the Army. Vidal was
hurt on the play. but he stuck to his
post.
Soon afterward Mack went over the
line in q fierce rush and scored q
touchdown for Army. Vidal failed to
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