Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-04-13

versIty or college twelve had bee
because they played the kind OF gar
IN any sport Ii was brilliant ,efft
No greater lacrosse game ever
From start of the contest until the
to faltcr, no let-up was evident.
United States did two teams start
pace longer than did Navy and Ma
teams gave their best efforts and
contest
To pick the stars OF the game
both teams as did the referee Just
Every member OF both twelveS sta
place at the right time and perform
play about as well as human mocha
, But even so. there were two or
three men on the field whose per-
tormances stood out because their
physical and mental limitations were
not so circumscribed by the exigencies
OF the game itself. Marty at, one end
OF the field and Branner at the other
end, former on defense and latter on
attack, were the cepters around
which revolved the play when it
wheeled In the direction of one or
the other. In the center of the field.
the pivot on which Rranner and
around which the game itself re-
volved. always lowered Heidlebach.
no pounds of mixture of tightening,
lighter, wrestler. Disraelli, and
cayenne pepper, ready to dart his
way in toward the Navy goal.
Others Also in I.Iruelight.
To speak SD highly of these three
Maryland men is not to disparage in
the least the play OF the others.
Burger. for instance. after the first
three minutes. kept Billing, said 70
be the greatest lacrosse attack man
he Try sax..n - b, Inc
that resembled a count
But 1t is about this same Billing
that much might be written. That
he was the star of the Navy team
evident by the way they continually
kept giving him the ball. He has
proved himself brilliant dodger in
many games. but even SO brilliant 4
dodger As Billing could hope to do
iittls with the handicap of Burgers
1872 pounds hanging tenaciously on
him
1t was not Billing but Cullen. foot
ball star and former Central High
athlete. who was the point OF Savys
attack. He scored two Of Nays
three goals and really was the most
dangerous element with which Mary
lands defense had to reckon. As a
matter Of fact. Cullen played brill
liant lacrosse, so clever that he un-
doubtedly was the outstanding player
of the game. And that despite the
fact he had TO deal with Marty. the
most experienced Of Marylapd's
squad
Navy opened the game with "A dash
ing attack which seemed to bewilder
Maryland for a. few moments After
some close play around the Maryland
goal, Billing got the ball on the out
side. lodged and evaded Burger and
darted his way ipto within few
feet of the netting without oppesi
ton and apparently uNhindered drove
the ball past Sleasman like q bullet
for the first score.
Nays Lead Is Overcome.
The count came so suddenly, within
the first three minutes Of play. that
il mpIetely silenced the Maryland
stands. But only a minute or two
later, Heidlebach had got the ball
on the play from center OF the field,
Narden took a short pass from Bran
Her and almost with the same mo-
ton that he caught the ball flung
it into the Navy net to tie the count.
1t was not many minutes after that
before Lewis, after some clever pass
ing in which Branrer, Marden and
Smith figured, shot the point which
nut Maryland ahead. But the joy of
the Old Liners was shortiiyed be-
cause within the next two minutes
Cullen got in some of his fine play
and dgoves the ball home for the
Nays second counter and the score
which caused the first half to END
to Q Neither team let up though,
and the tie seemed to intensity the
play of both, as each wanted to hn1sh
the opening half with a margin
1t did not take Navy long to score
after the teams came on the heid
for the opening of the scond half
and again it was Cullen who dashed
his powerful frame through the
MARYLAND defense and drove the ball
by Salesman SO fast that the latter
never saw it.
d,SbIed it's efforts in order to hold
its advantage and Maryland turned
on little more gas that 1t might
Come from behind to win. Few in the
stands thought 1t would do so, but
the fifteen minutes after Navy made
its goal in the second half were the
hardest of the game.
Gives Way Under Strain.
II was a strain under which two
lacrosse teams could not continue
there had been no letdown at any
time and the break seemed Inevitable,
and it was. Navy began to feel the
strain first and evidences of that
acted OIL Maryland much the same
IS brilliant fighter is stimulated
by the inward feeling that his OPP
ponent has at last begun TO weaken
and nerves himself to put forth even
greater efforts
So it was with the last fifteen min
utes Yesterday with Maryland and
NAVY. Fine team play and Just as
fine individual work with the reali-
cation that the Navy was weakening
enabled the Black and Old Gold to
get in what apparently was it's best
work of the day. Navy began to
break and was completely outplayed.
Maryland soon got its tying goal
and for the remainder of the game
+he Navy was outplayed and the two
extra goals by which Maryland won
were only a direct evidence OF Mary
lands superiority.
Too much credit cannot be given
MARYLAND for it's splendid effort-not
only did it's men do all that was ex-
pected of them, but not substftu-
ton was necesssary--nor can too
much consideration be shown. for
the last few minutes, just as well as
the victor, and because to lose after
seven years of victories is a loss
which occasions much keenef regret
xhan when defeats come more often.
Line-Up and Summary.
MARYLAND. Position. Mary.
lewis. In home. ..-.s... .blInng
Branner. Out home. ;.......... Cullen
Heidlebach.. go. First attack. ...... Bertschy
Rove..,....... Second attack. Coleman
MarTen. ........ Third attack. .Aibertson
Smith. .......... Oenter ........."..... Miller
Brewer. Third defense. .Flfppin
Hough. ..... Second defense. Taylor
McQuade. -. First defense. '.....s. ines
gsrser. f ro,ss no,,. s HrrSn
Eleisrnan. -. Goal ............... .Dascomb
Goals--Heidlebach. Branner, Lewis, Mhrden
on billing. Cullen f2).