Evening star., 1922-11-04

And it was i'll that sterling secondary
defense, good throughout. that Cullen
showed at his best. Tackle after tackle
he made, outside of end, inside of end.
in the center of the line and everywhere
an attempt was being made to carry the
ball. And it was Cullen. who was fol-
lowing the play so closely, that when
Penn State back fumbled close to his
own goal line, it was he who was on the
Job to scbop up the oval and rush II
across the goal line for the second
touchdown.
And Cullen handled forward passes
we'll. and his kicking was probably the
greatest single factor in the game. lie
had one kick blocked. but after that his
position was invincihle. And once. When
punting from behind his own goal line,
he sent the ball to Palm who caught 1t
and was downed on Penn States 40
yard line. Kicking of that kind is a
factor in foot ball, which cannot be over
estimated in its value, both offensive and
defensive.
Navy won the game because Of its
superb, volatile and yet cohesive de-
fense and because it had the rare ability
to take advantage Of its scoring oppor-
tunities. Only twice was the Navy In
a scoring position and both times 1t got
cuted forward pass. and the other time
when 1t took advantage Of its opponents
poor judgment and mistake.
Navy has great eleven. team that
will be hard for any other to defeat. be-
cause of its fine defense. and the excel
lent ability Of Cullen to punt the ball
far out of danger. A great defensive.
a defense In which the secondary men
and forwards play as unit, coupled
with a fine punter, Is a tough PROPOSE
ton for any eleven to beat. Navy has
Just that combination. and to make 1t
all the more difficult to whip. 1t COM
bines with that combination strong
running ofrense and clever forward
passing.
Palm. whs caught punts for Penn
State, probably is a fine foot ball player
and a good man to carry the ball and
an excellent quarterback, but If so he
failed to show the best of his wares
against the Annapolis crowd. Catching
punts he often had plenty Of time to get
started for certain gains of five to fifteen
Yards, but threw away the opportunities
by lodging around before any Navy end
got within fifteen yards Of him. Palm
;eerned to have acquired a rather bad
habit that many fine broken field runners
are guilty of. lodging before there Is
anybody near enough to dodge. He also
danced and lodged around behind the
line of scrimmage before he ever
reached Navy forward, and the re-
suit was that he lost much more ground
that he gained.
Once Palm caught CulIen's punt in
twenty yards of him stood and waited
Tor them to come to him. presumably
to dodge around them and hike for
side Of the field and get away for good
gain. but the Navy ends spilled him so
hard that he laid still for two minutes.
yIank Iii, Il h.
cessful against any eleven, which was
much inferior to Penn State. but against
a hard-charging set of forwards. such
as the Navy possesses is anything but
effective.
One OF the prettiest pieces of broken
field running during the day went for
naught. Norris caught forward pass
in the fourth quarter and ran through
the whole Penn State team across the
goal: for what appeared to be Nays
third touchdown. but stepped outside
and then was called back to have his
team penalized for holding.
With the score only to against it.
Penn State unquestionably made an
ground through forward passes
around its own fifteen-yard line. 1t
had one of them intercepted. and
eventually fumbled there, and had
the ball recovered by an opponent
who made a touchdown Had the ball
heen kicked out to midfield that Sec
ond Navy touchdown might never
have been made. OF course. Penn
state could not have won without
points. but a punt there might have
changed the aspect of the contest.
Rather surprising were the short
kickoffs. So consistently short were
the boots that many comments were
heard that the ball was being kicked
short deliberately, so that it would
be kept out of the hands of the backs.
Probably more foot ball coaches
were here yesterday than have ever
before seen a foot ball game in the
south, as they came from all sec
tionS. There were scouts of teams
that are to play either Penn State or
Navy, and others who just came here
TO see a good contest. The day being
Friday. unusual for big games, all
coaches had an opportunity to get
away from their teams. Pop" War
ner Of Pittsburgh. Tad Jones of Yale.
Bob Higgins of West Virginia Wes-
cyan. Bill Fetzer of North Carolina,
Ben Scott of University of Alabama,
Ray Van Orman of Johns Hopkins,
George Hoban of st. Johns. Bill Quig-
ley of George Washington. Joe Dooley
Of Catholic University. Frank Dob