Evening star., 1923-10-28

1t was the fourth time they had
knocked at Princeton's goal. Once
In the second period the Tigers
blocked them yards from the the
final fifteen minutes Navy made way
over the contested turf, but each time
Its bid for touchdown failed. Once
fourth down forward pass success
down because three Princeton tao
klers pinned Cullen to the grass 2
yards from the coveted line. That
was Princeton's closest call.
Two Tiger Kicks Fail.
The Tigers, too, forged inside the
hostile 5-yard line once, but failed
to cross. Throughout they were more
inclined to take their field goal try
and start again. Twice Ken Smith
aimed left-footed drop-kicks goal
ward.
From the 37-yard line in the first
period his boot went wide by a few
feet After Dinsmore was crushed
to earth throwing a beautiful and
successful forward pass in the third
period, Smith tried it again on the
43-yard line, but the ball was blocked
almost before 1t left his toe.
Baltimore Stadium dressed up for
Navy day, formed a fitting setting for
such desperate struggle. The Mid
shipmep were unattended last week
at Penn State College, but today the
whole academy was here to urge
them on. Parades of Annapolis cadets
before and after the game made
Impressive watching for the Prince.
who sat in the horseshoe shaped
stands. The Navy Band Wed in mel
ody with the Orange-hatted Tiger
music makers.
Play Carefully Mt Start.
Right at the start the followers of
the Tigers rose in their seats to
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itself equal to it's powerful opponent.
At first neither team wanted to try
to rush the ball. But after a few
exchanges of punts Princeton re-
piled to Navy first down by launch
ing an even better offensive. The
Tigers made two first downs. A
forward pass thrown by Vangefbig
and caught by little Dan Caulkins put
the ball far into Navy territory.
When the drive was stopped Ken
smashed a long drapkick at the goal
posts. He stood on Navy's 37-yard
line for the effort The bail had fine
distance, but missed the mark by a
small margin, passing outside the
posts, though 1t was higher than the
crossbar.
The Navy started a counter attack,
which soon put Princeton on the de-
fensive. Two fine forward passes
took the ball to the other end of the
goals for the second period Navy was
inside Princeton's 15-yard line. Three
times the Midshipmen bored at the
Tiger line.
Ewing Backs Line Well.
Ewing, a new figure in the Prince
ton backfield, did trojan work in
backing up the repulsed weak line.
On fourth down the ball rested on
Princeton's 5-yard line. Again the
Navy backs attempted to beat down
the Barrier. This time they did not
gain an inch, and the Tigers took
charge of the ball.
Then came one of those sudden
Vangerbig punted from behind the
goal line. Mckee muffed the ball and
Howard of Princeton dropped on 1t
on his own 36-yard line. Another
fine punt by Vangerbig rolled the ball
out of bounds on Navys 15-yard
line, and the play was in Navy's ter
ritory during the remainder Of that
period.
When Princeton got the ball Coach
Roper rushed In his best scoring ap-
paratus. Capt Snively, charged to
throw forward passes, was substi-
tuted for Ewing, and Dinsmore re-
a pass, which Beattie grabbed for a
good gain. Then Dick Newby went
in and sent Vangerbig to the side
lines. Newby was the only Tiger in
today's play who started the 1921
Navy game at Annapolis. The Mid
shipmen beat Princeton that day, but
this afternoon Newly partially
avenged that setback.
He tore outside the Navy's right