Evening star., 1924-11-30

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, the Navy field general could be 81
foolhardy.
But Army could not score then. =
field goal going across for touch-
back. And just little while afte'
when the bali was brought out to tht
! 20-yard line the Navy continued II
risky play. A double pass and a for
ward pass behind the line of scrim-
mage We're the first two plays called
But Navy could not gain and it punte
to the 40-yard line.
Navy Flashes Bright Defense.
AT that period. if d Navy defenst
ever was brilliant it reached It's
greatest heights then. Weight. e.
perience, and all the ingenuity OF =
good offense could gain nothing. Th~
Army tried another drop-kick which
| was blocked and recovered. Then
another drop-kick went over the goa
for another touchback
1t was shortly after this when il
seemed that Dame Fortune was grin
ming in unholy glee from behind he;
| hand at the Nays plan Of game b.
cause it was the punting game which
placed the Army in the only really
dangerous position, it was called upon
to work out of A punt from the
Nays GS-yard line went over the
! head OF the Army safety man and
rolled to ATmy's 4yard line. From
that point the Army lined up TO kicl.
and the ball rolled off the side OF
Woods foot in a weak effort, which
sent the oval outside at the 20-yard
mark. the point netting only Is yards.
The Navy stands went wild as from
| that 20-yard mark the Navy backs
| tore through the Army line for :
! first down and then on another play
put the ball just yards ana 6 inches
away from the Army 'goa1 line.
Another line play failed, though and
then two forward passes were
grounded and the ball went TO the
/ Army.
! On that fourth down. many thou
sands thought the Navy should have
tried for a field goal, but the Navy
quarterback probably was working
under the orders to try to get a
| touchdown if he got the chance, his
coaches having figured perhaps that
! il was useless to count on field
| goal winning. And subsequent events
proved they were right in their esti-
mate. Had the Navy got a touch
down at that time, and one of its
passes was close to being caught
within feet of the last lime
mark. the whole tenor of the game
might have been changed. Had il
got field goal 1t would have meant
nothing but a -l2-to-S instead of
| 12-to-0 defeat.
J A good deal more might be writ
! ten of the game, discussing in de-
tail many of the factors which had
they been otherwise might have
changed the contest, but it is need
! less to write of all those things
which might be looked upon as mis-
takes but rather were parts OF
carefully prepared plan of action
based on the best judgment of its
| formulators.
| The Army was strong. IT played
| good, conservative foot ball. If it
| made one mistake, 1t was right al
| the beginning of the game. when II
failed to open up its game after II
intercepted that forward pass on the
| first play inside the Nays 14-yard
line. Navy's line was bent on stop
| ping Harry Wilson and its backs
| played close and closed in fast.
| A forward pass shot down the CEN
| ter and across the goal line or far
to the side. pass which Army used
later in the game. might have pro-
| duced touchdown.
However. the Army played its own
game, and it proved successful. Its
| plan Of action was just as carefully
| thought out Non conservative lines.
II
| ority under such tactics, as were the
| Navy's daring endeavors based on
it's conception of its own inferiority
under ordinary conditions.
| Technical Play Brilliant.
1t was a game with much in it 10
| delight one watching the technical
details. The charging OF the line
men was brilliant. all that could be
| desired. The play of the ends in Gov
| ering punts and protecting their
| wings was excellent. The forward
passing was somewhat haphazard,
| and yet apparently haphazard work on
| offense was actually caused by the
| alertness and clear-headed play OF the
secondary defense behind each line.
| Much might be said of every man
| in ehs game. Much had been said
| prior to the contest of what Harry
| Wilson, the great Army back, would
| do, but standing out in today's con-
4 test as one mighty peak in a great.
| mountain range was Garbisch, tbs
| Army center.
| Great on defense in stopping line
/ plays. seemingly imbued with re-
markable intuition In knowing when
to suddenly drop out of his line
or yards back to intercept a
forward pass straight Gown the
center toward a Navy back, and then
in the crucial mbments to drop-kick
the four goals for all the points
scored by his team, Garbisch was the
homeric figure of the struggle.
| 1t was an Army victory, and justly
so. By no conception of anything
reasonable could 1t have been any
| thing else