New-York tribune., 1922-11-27

The fact Of the matter Is that this
critical play was not made just SIS the
Army intended ii should be, and the
quick adjustment to the unexpected
conditions and the individual initiative
required therefor spoke much for
emergency resourcefulness and for the
Army's capabilities. The Army is a
high class eleven. 1t may we'll be
doubted whether there is better one
in the East or In the country. Per-
sonally, I do not think there is. and
there hasn't been better quality OF
football all season than this Army
Navy game unfolded.
About that play Of the Arrny's which
wiped out the Navy's lead: The signal
called for double backfeid shift, the
nianeuver the West Pointers brought to
light as something new. But in the
racket attending the game the signal
was not heard by all Of the PLAYERS,
SO there was no double shift. There
wasn't any shift, but the situation was
saved by the players having the wit TO
90 ahead just as if everything was all
right. The receiver and his mate
the Army always had two men out
been.
There was, of course, some OF that
element of what Captain McEwan on
the Army describes as baseball with
out bats and with rubber balls" but
there's some of that in every game. and
this was high class, well played game
for several reasons.
Great Game in Many Respects
1t was rough--rough as you want
'em-but clean in a football sense. At
least there were few penalties. 1t was
dramatic in the extreme, and with
alternating lead, attacking ability re-
warded by scoring and one team right
down to the finish about as likely 70
win as the other, there was little
fumbling, the game never dragged and
the first quarter was particularly fast.
The Navy showed the best running at
tack more than few Of us have seen
this year; the Army's defense made
heroic stands; the players had poise, as
if they knew what they were doing:
the play was we'll favored with sharp
and accurate execution, and the for
ward passing was we'll done and some
thing more than an occasional part of
the equipment.
The Navy outrushed the Army, just
as Yale outrushed Princeton, then
Harvard, but not to as great an extent.
The midshipnen had marked faculty
of putting on steam, and, for that mat
ter, both sides found out that with
two such strong teams any easing up
meant that the other fellow would take
instant advantage and hit hard and
furiously.
The Army players were out on the
field an hour before the game timber
1Yn fufn od
minutes on the sidelines for the game
60 begin. 1t may be doubted whether
that did them any good. They were
sluggish for the first five minutes and
the Navy jumped them. One or two
were bit overkeyed as 60 mental atti-
tude and didn't play their game.
Garbisch, the center, took batter
ing, and though he played hard on
the defense and followed the ball
closely his grit was greater than his
physical resiliency, and Captain
self in the last quarter, did what he
could to bolster the center. That
weakened the line further out, and
the left flank wss not as strong on de-
tense as the right. The appearance
of L. Storck at center, late as it was.
was timely and stopped a gap. Gar
bisch delivered one stroke, his place
kick from the 45-yard line, which
made him far more Of a help than
hindrance in the Army's game.
Fine Interference by Navy
The screen in front of the Navy
runner came hard and fast, and it
was q Job to smash the interference
and get the runner, job TO do it
without q gain being made. Norris,
who took Barchet's place, was fully
as good back, and that play Of his,
the one just prior to the Navy's sec
ond touchdown, when he slanted
through to the Army's one-yard line,
was as irresistible and fiery as any
thing this year.
Wherein the Navy fell down was
inability to gauge the Army's forward
pass and stop the reverse runs Of
Smythe and his wicked ability to run
back punts. One lead which Smythe
got on kicked ball--he was OFF be-
fore the downheld men could cover
the kick--was fatal to the Nayy's
cause.
The Army quarterback played moth
ing safe, nothing in the catching of a
punted ball. He always took the
chance of getting away. The Navy, in
this department., was more consarva-
tive-wise, maybe, seeing that Woods
kicks invariably were we'll covered.
White, and Goodman were extremely
proficient in doWnfield wark The