Evening star., 1924-11-23

s-trophy placed in competition BY
But Franz's long scoring dash was
not the only feat that thrilled the
assemblage Of members Of the cabinet
ard other high dignitarieS OF the Gov
eminent. ranking Army and Navy
officers. Representatives of the diplo-,
matte corps. Washington society foil.
and throngs Of soldiers and sailors
at the game. Spectacular running
back of kicks. brilliant broken field
dashes and sensational forward passes
were numerous and in the dying
moments of the battle; the Sailors.
full Of fight as ever. made a gallant
try for victory that failed when tho.
Soldiers stemmed the attack on their
eyard line.
Mckee star OF Fray.
Under the rules governing inter-
service contests. each team was
allowed to have but one officer in TT
lineup. The Soldiers aIternatD6
George Smythe and Sidney Douthjt
former West Point grid stars, while
the Sailors used Pat Rooney and Ira
Mckee, who won foot ball Iaurels at
Annapolis. Smythe, oue-tiine all
American back. performed remark
ably well. but Mckee proved the out
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His line smashes, running back Of.
kicks. forward-pass heaving and de-
fensive work were of the highest
order.
The Soldiers. once they found them
selves, all but carried the Sailors Off
their feet at the outset and were a BILE
to cross their opponents line for
touchdown with the initial play of
the second period. But the Sailors
r. ri he
before the first half ended. Then the
old thirteen jfnx crossed the Tars
and all their good playing in the last
two periods went for nau2ht. De
fensively. there was little TO choose
between the teams. Offensively, the
Soldiers depended mainly upon line
plays, while the Sailors frequently
resorted to aerial attack.
The Navy crew tried the forward
pass 19 times. Eight heaves Were
good for 126 yards, the passes rang
ing in distance from 9 to so yards.
and one was intercepted. The Army
outfit attempted eight passes. Three
were successful. for 46 yards. ALL
told, the Sailors registered II first
downs. just one more than Were
credited to the Soldiers.
While Mckee was the high light.
Of the Sailors attack and defense.
Baby Carroll in the backfield 'and
Bigham at right end distinguished
themselves. Carroll punted well and
did some good running on the soft
field, while Bighasn proved a good
receiver Of Nckees spcctacular-
passes. For the Soldiers. SmythS.
Corpl. Selby Buck and Sergt. Bill
Swantic were the backfield stars, and
Franz, Colby and Lindsey were towers.
of strength in the forward wall.
The Sailors opened fire as though
they would auihilate the Soldiers be- =
fore the ga&he was many minutes old.
Three plays after the opening kick
eff Mckee ran IL yards to the Sol
diers' 29-yard line. But Fort Ben
ming braced and forced the Sailors ta
resort to overhead attack. One Of
Mckee's passes grounded for & touch
back and after a brief punting duef
between Swantic and Carroll the Sol
diers, with Buck blazing the way.
launched a drive that carried them
to the Sailors 14-yard mark. =.
Soldiers First 10 Score.
A holding penalty nipped the at
tack, but the Soldiers soon got the
tall again in midfeld and carried it to
the Sailors s-yard line before the
first period ended. In the first play
of the second period Buck bucked
through left tackle to a score, but
Swantic's point-try kick was blocked.
The Sailors then Went to work In
earnest and twice forced their waN
deep into the Soldiers territory
They got to the 2$-yard line before
their first attack was halted Til"
second time they We're more success
full. With Mckee hurting passes ~
Carroll and Bigham, play was moved
to within yards of goal. Thea=
Mckee shot splendid pass to Big
ham, waiting behind the line. Haas
made good with a. kick for an ext
point that would have put his team
ahead, but the kick was ruled out, as
there were not seven sailors on the
line of scrimmage when the ball was
put in play.
At the start of the third period. the
Sailors again penetrated the Soldiers
part of the field deeply, but when
Rooney tried a forward pass near the
.30-yard line, Franz, Soldier end, grab
bed She ball and sprinted 74 yards tc
goal. Again Swantic's extra-point
trial proved futile. The Soldiers then
assumed the offensive AKA as the
period ended had the ball on the
Sailors 39yard line. There the
Sailors got the oval on downs at the
start of the final period and a little
later made q sensational bid for
tie if not victory.
After Swantic had punted to q
touchback, the Sailors carried and
passed the ball from their 20-yard
line to the Soldiers 2-yard line.
Three ruahes netted II yards, tiers
Mckee hurled 30-yard pass 20
Marker and passes of 15 and yards
to Bigham. Mckee then crashed
through the line to a first down on
the 7-yard line. He carried the ball
in the next three plays to the 2-yard
line. Then the Sailors shifted 10
overhead attack and Carroll, stand
ing behind the goal line, failed TO
catch McKee's heave. That ciinc1ed
the game for the Soldiers.
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