Evening star., 1923-12-02

kept their goal lnNlo!dte. Dul dilie'
Stormed their way to /-to-u victc
Marines over the Army in the thrt
the two branches of Uncle Sam IN
An Army forward pass intercept
scoring opportunity late i'll the tour
rival eIevens were beginning to belle
Starting from their opponents 81
.nut the ball across, Frank Goettge.
from the l-foot line. Willie Ryekm
PLAYING laurcls OF the fray. added a
While the foot ball played by the
.lcvens that had been grooming ior
the conflict since late in the sum
fnrr was not particularly hrillah''
i. was of a thrilling variety. THIS
was due mostly to the splendid el-
forts of G0ettge and Ryckman. OIL the
men Of Quantico and the fashy oaii
running OF Noyes and Hahn, Army
hacks Cioettge gave remarhaoie
demonstration of line plunging'
especially i'll the fourth period. whe''
time after time he crashed through
the Army forwards and though ma
..rassed by tacklers made much YARD
age before being brought to earth.
Jeyckmnn Rips Army Line.
Ryckman. too, proved strong
enough to rip the Army line asunder
and pick up ground. despite efforts
: OF Sd Corps men to balk him. fre-
uuently he dragged opposing players
4s he rushed the ball for gains OIL
four to eight Yards. Noyes often
scored heavily in runs from de-
layed pass play. Hahn also got a
deal OF ground for Army with ms
a Goettge. the Army fullback would
have been most conspicuous, nu'
none could compare with the narNtl-
Gus driving backfield star OF the
ouantico combination;
For a time. Army held the upper
= hand, outrusheing the Marines IN the
first period. Then the Sd Corpsileni
got near enough to the DeIiidos koai
Tor Moves to try for points irolh
placement The kick from the 10
rard line was short. however. A few
minutes later, Army rushed ~ Earus 70
the Marines 2yard line onlF 10 en-
counter a stone wall. once later II sol
within the 4O-yard line, but lacked ariNe
enough to thrust through the opposing
forwards and speed enough to skirt tne
ends. Then II resorted futllely TO
aerial attack. ,...o,,
reacted against the Army, certainly
vas not the forte Of the Marines op,,
ponents. The warriors OF ths 81
Corps repeatedly insisted upon heaN
ing instead of kicking the ball, With
nnt cnmnIetine one of the plays Nor
were the Marines able. to 90 anything
in this most important department OF
The modern gridiron game, put theE
were moro alert in defense against
thIs mode OF attack and grabbed Il
pair of Army passes from the air.
Soldiers start Well.
After yielding ground in the hrst
Quarter. the Marines slowly developed
their attack. until in the latter part nl
the game they literally swept Arm!
,,ff its feet Near the close OF the
second period, the Quantic" erld1nril
got into Army territory and Ryckmah
:ttemptel a goal from placement on
the 33-yard line, but kicked 10 a
1ouchback. In the third period, the
Marines made a 60-yard advance that
was halted within % yards OF goal
and again in the final quarter they
: were baked when within striking
distance before the dig scorlhS uiiNe
was launched.
At the outset the Army seemingly
ilad everything its own way. me
Marine line was sluggish ana, WIN
were weak at tackling. few min
utes after Bailey of the Marines made
Tho opening kickoff the Quantico
men found themselves on the de-
fsnslye within their own territory.
TWO rushes by Dodd and another by
Timberlake quickly brought an Army
fIrst down and set the Sd Corps root
crs almost frantic with joy.
But the Devildogs braced and
after a couple of forward passes had
grounded Moves endeavored to boot
The ball over the bar from the 40
yard line. The kick fell short, but
within a yard of the Marine goal.
forcing the opposition to start play
uncomfortably close to the final line.
tIoettge elected to kick. but was
hnr iai nd
the Marines 33-yard line.
Army Bids for Score.
Then Army made its strongest bid
of the game for touchdown. Dodd
took the ball and slammed through
De Marine wall for yards. Noyes
and Hahn plunged as many more for
= first down within 20 yards of the
Marine, goal. Moves tried til; the left left
D s@o Gf the 1srdS Marn Tmbsrafs ns dsan wenl snd
Yards and giving Army first-
down on the 7-yard line.
The Army cohorts We're cheering
wildly and pleading for a touchdown.
while the Marine hackers eXhorted
their team to stand firm. But Noyes
picked up a couple Of yards. and
after Timberlake failed to gain, got
than two yards from goal. the Ma
rines grimly awaited another line
assault Noyes, Army quarterback.
elected, however, to forward pass. but
Tyler, the intended receiver. could
not get to the ball and 1t grounded
for a touchback.
Marines Launch Drive.
The success Of their resistance ap-
peared to imbue the Marines with
. new life. Starting from their 20
. yard line they launched a drive that
brought a. first down just before the
period ended, and whtn play was
+, resumed in the second period con-
9 tfnued their attack until the ball was
2 within Army's 30yard line. Then
the staLwart defense of the Dough-
boys caused thes Marines to shift to
overhead attack, and when this fail
E ed = Goettge punted. Liversedge
. dropped on the ball on Army's 2-yard
: line, shifting the Army attack from
under one goal to the other in less
than a dozen plays.
Army, still believing in the power of
its attack. essayed to rush the ball.
Hahn made no headway, but Noyes
gained few yards. Then Dodd squeez-
ed between McHenry and Beckett and
headed for the Marine goal. The first
Army back successfully eluded would
be tacklers until he had only Goettge to
reckon with. This stalwart Marine
tearing across the field 30 crowded Dodd
tllat he was driven outside, but not be-
fore he had made the longest run of the
game. one Of 81 Yards that put play on
tho Army's 44-yard line.
i,uns by Hahn, Timber,ake and Moves