Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-13
WOLVERINES SINK GRID CRAFT
OF MIDSHIPMEN IN SLASHINC
J. GAME BEFORE $1,000 PERSONS


MICHIGAN STADIUM, ANN AR
BOR, Mich, Nov IL R)--A slashing,
fighting Michigan backfield tore
through the navy line anc off the
ends to win their inter-sectional clash
with the Midshipmen, ,27 to II, mere
today.
Some $1,000 persons crowded into
Michigan's new $1,0O0,O00 stadium to
witness the game.
A versatile line smashing attack,
which twice took the ball over the
Navy goal in the first period, gave
Michigan a lead which they did not
relinquish despite the brilliant passing
and running attack Of Lloyd and
Ransford, Navy backs.
Lloyd, Navys triple threat man,
bore the burden of the Middies'
attack until late in the third period,
when Ransford entered the game with
Michigan leading 81 to g. Immediately
following Michigan's second touch
down., Lloyd got loose around Mich
igan's right end and out-distancing
the wolverines defense men, ran 85
yards for a touchdown. The second
Navy score came in the third period,
when RanSford, after carrying the
attack to Michigan's four yard line,
slipped through the line for touch
down Both of Lloyds tries for point
after touchdown went wild.
The Michigan passing combination
Bennie Oosterbaan to Louie Gilbert,
got under full headway. He grabbed
DO yard pass from Gilbert late
in the final period, which took the
ball to Navy'sl II yard line, where the
wolverines lost the ball on downs
The second Michigan touchdown was
the result of a pass from Oosterbaan
which Gilbert took on Navy's two
yard line, where two Navy tacklers
dropped him.
Michigan's most ancient of plays,
the old 33," paved the way for the
first touchdown, when Gilbert tore
around Navy'S right end 70 go out
of bounds on the II yard line. Rich
and Oosterbaan combined to drive
through the line to Navy's four yard
line, where Rich plunged over center
for a touchdown
Two minutes later Gilbert broke
away on triple pass, to run %
yards, aided by perfect interference.
to Navy's eight yard line. Here a
lateral pass, OoSterbaan to Gilbert
put the ball on the Navy's two foot
line, where Rich again dove high
over the line xor his second touch
down.
On the first play following the
kick off, Lloyd Sneaked off Miehigan'S
right tackle into an open field and
outran Oesterbaan for Navy's first
score. He crossed the goal line Is
yards ahead of the Michigan captain
Line-up.
Michigan: Oosterbaan, l. e.; Pom
merining, l. Il; Palmerolo, l. g.;
Schoenfeld, G.; Baer, r. g.; Poe, r. t.;
Nyland, r. e.; Miller, q. b.; Pucklo-
Wartz, l. hh.: Gilbert, r. hb.; Rich, fb
Navy: Sloane, /. e.; Wilson, ]. t.;
Burke, !. g.; Wood, CO.; Worner. r. g.;
Bagdanovich, r. t.; Moret, a. e.;
Whelchel, q. b.; Lloyd, l. hb.; Miller
r hb.; Clifton, fb.
Officials: Referee, 1CroWell, Swarth-
more; umpire, Schommer, Chicago;
field judge, Hackett, West Point;
head linesman, Hollenbeck, Pennsyl-
vania.
Score by periods:
Michigan ............14 IA 0 13 OF
Navy ............................ 6 0 6. Oh
Michigan scoring: Touchdowns,
Rich Q, Miller, Oosterbaan. Points
from try after touchdown, Gilbert
(place kicks) 3.
Navy scoring: Lloyd, Ransford Sub
for Miller.
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