Evening star., 1923-09-23

glorious opportunity for the institute.
men, and they were not TO be denied
the victory for which they started
to battle with the same fervor that
inspired other V. NJ. l. men years ago
at New Market. A lineup, a signal,
and Caldwell crashed his way through
the center of the line for the five
units of measurement which meant
victory to his team. -,.
No First Down for Marines. -
How decisive was the play of the
V. NJ. /. eleven is shown by statis-
tics as well as by the score. 1t got
five first downs, while its defense was
so impregnable that not even one
first down was made by the Marines,
And with a man of the calber of
Goettge in a backfield, to keep it from
scoring first down al least once in a
game is feat well worthy of the
best elevens.
V. NJ. l. apparently realized that
Goettge was the ace of the opposing
backfield, and it seemed TO have been
coached to combat the ground-gain
ing endeavors of the big fullback-,
And it did. Goettge. despite his
gamer, seldom got started before two
or three V. NJ. /. men were hanging
on his neck and two or three more
had their husky arms entwined
around one or both of his legs. 1t was
one game in which the Marine star
was thoroughly and efficiently COW
cred if he never was before and never
is again.
1t was rather remarkable, too. that.
in contrast to the Marines inability
! to gain, " NJ. /. at times cut wide
holes in the heavier Marine line and
gained good distances. On such a
field as the game was played today,
though. it would have been impos-
sible for any set of backs to GAIN
consistently The ball was so hard
m nj
the time with a thin coating of soft
wet clay-and clay in this part of the
country really is slippery-that it is
remarkable that the backs were able
to handle the ball anything like as
well as they did. -
Score Due Solely to Break.
Probably neither team would have
scored had ii not been for the for
! tunate break which gave the Cadets
the ball in scoring position. But
score they did,. and, no matter what
the conditions, any team that takes
advantage of its opportunity to cross
the opposing goal line and thereby
gains new laurels deserves full credit
for the accomplishment.
Most important of all the facts
which sent the Marines down to de-
feat. aside from v. NJ LIS brilliant
defense, was the kicking of White?
The brilliant Cadet fullback got off
| kick after kick which went fifty
yards. and boots of that length on a
day like this are worthy of more than
passing mention. White gained for
| v NJ !. from ten to fifteen yards
on every exchange with Goettge, and
his kicks were of the kind that ends
get down under even on muddy
! field Punting such as White did to-
| day is almost deciding factor in
any game between evenly matched
| teams and on a field of mire it is an,
advantage that can hardly be over
come by a team less well equipped In
that weapon of defense or offenserr
whichever way one cares to term the
punt. a
Cadets Handle Ball Better.
V NJ l. also had a distinct ad-
vantage on the Marines in handling.
the ball 1t did not tumble so much.
I and 1t also managed to recover many
Of the Marine fUmbles.
| While the Marines went to Lexing-
| ton with Goettge as their brilliant
prove the individual star, two sub
stitutes sent in by the Marines really
| did the best work for them. Bailey.
! who took Larsen's place at center
shortly after the opeping of the sec
ond quarter. and Ridgely, who went
! liantly. One enthusiastic cadet yell
| cd: Get that fellow out of center
and We'll get through again"
Bailey'S defensive play could be ex-
lpressed by only one word-excellent
! Many prominent officials of the
state of Virginia were present, among
! them Gov. Trinkle, Secretary Of
| Navy DENLY, Gen. John A. Lejeune,
head of the Marine Corps. and Gen.
| Smedley d. Butler, commandant at
/ ouantico.