Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-19
SHORT PUNT HELPS
CADETS TO 60 WIN
Woods Weak Kick Paves
Way to Score in First
Five Minutes.
~ the Associated Press.

lS.-The poorest punt that
~ Barry Wood ever kicked
Tor Harvard gave the
hard fighting Army team touch
down and a 60 victory over the
Crimson here today before the en-
tire Cadet Corps and $1,000 other
spectators who crowded the sta
dunn to its limit.
This victory, the second the Cadets
have scored in the series of IS foot ball
battles with the Crimson, was earned
early in the opening period when Wood,
! who tied the Cadets last year by COM
plotting a notwithstanding forward
to Victor Harding, stood on the Grim
sons 20yard stripe and was SO rushed
by the Armys veteran forwards that he
was only able to boot 12-yard kick
thu, was grounded on Harvard's 81
yard line
The game was less than five minutes
old when this break fell to the over
joyed Cadets. Carver, the starting
quarterback. was promptly yanked in
favor of the more experienced Bowman.
and the Army drive got under way.
Halfback Letzelter tested the Crimson
line for a yard and Bowman plunged
off his right tackle for Is yards Full
back Herb then faxed line smash,
twisted about and drove outside of his
left tackle. His feint drew the Har-
ward forwards over and aftsr shaking
off a bewildered Crimson cSraggier, he
dashed over the Harvard goal line.
Letzeiter missed his place kick try
for the extra point and the Army was
forced TO fight off the Harvard attack,
which wabbled and stalled four times
inside the Cadets 20-yard line, from
thai point up to the last two minutes OF
play
Just before the game ended. the
Cadets gained the ball on Harvard's Is
yard marker when Fields intercepted
the forward that the desperate Wood
attempted from bshind his own goal
line on fourth down. Harvard was
pushed back 10 yards on two line
thrusts. but time expired before the
Cadets could add to their single touch
down.
Harvard Threatens Four Times.
Four times during the second and
third quarters the spectacular runs Of
speedy Jack Orchard, the games out
standing hero, put Harvard within easy
reach of a score, but Carl Mark and
Messenger, great Army ends broke up
vital lateral pass plays and spilled the
runners for heavy losses, thereby bring
ing the Harvard running game to
dead stop.
with his Iaterals useless, Wood re-
sorted to long forwards to the end zone
and each Of these overheads failed be-
TAn "a vaSfv10
and the other Harvard receivers blank
eted. They certainly did profit from
last seasons Stadium experience.
The failure of the Crimson's running
attack was almost matched by the
Cadets inability to make much use of
their new Warner formations against
the powerful Harvard line. The Army
did not have ball carrier who even
slightly reSembled the departed Red"
eagle and Line Buster Murrell. and, as
n result much of the playing time was
taken up by the punting duel staged
by Wood and Fields, the Crimson booter
getting the most yardage on all but one
of his tries.
Cadets Outgain Crimson.
The Cadets cut-back and spinner
plays gained just 81 yards more than
the total advance made by Harvard ball
carriers. The Army advanced the ball
for Q total of 1871 yards, 119 by rush.
ing, and Harvard's total yardage was
1851 yards, 90 by rushing. Harvard,
however. made eight first downs to
Armys seven.
The Armys overhead game was far
more effective than the Crimson's sup
posedly dangerous attack. Fields
worked his short toss. usually to Bow
man or Letzelter. successfully f1ve times
out Of eight attempts, but one being
Interested Harvard completed but
one Of its eight overhead tries and
three OF them fell into the clutches OF
the enemy.
The rival lines battled almost evenly
during the exciting game, the Cadet
forwards having the slightest of mar
gins, for the chart revealed that the
Harvard ball carriers were checked for
q 4s-yard rushing loss total, but a
yard more than the total OF losses suf-
fered. by the Cadet backfleld.
TAuA.ETn q nd SUMMARY