The Washington times., 1931-10-22
Navy HAS '0UTS|DE' CHANCE TO BEAT TIGEE
M|DD|ESMUST.
SPEED Up
To Win
BY HARRY COSTELLO

III WIN
BY HARRY COSTELLO
Georgetown Backfield Star, 191O-191S
Navy, struggling along under a
truly dreadful handicap. bids fair
to win over Princeton Saturday.
The Middies, averaging in age
and gridiron experience about on
par with high school or prep
school team, show constant i'm.
provement, thanks to a staff of
able coaches, sympathetic athletic
officers and the esprit de corps of
the Naval Academy regiment.
Navy Is a marvel of modern
football.
Persons old in the game of foot
ball shake their heads, sadly, as
they watch the green Middies go
through their practice sessions.
On Farragut Field one sees youths
who would not be permitted on
such gridironS as those of the var
sity teams of Notre Dame, N. Y. u,
Yale, Cornell, Pennsylvania, Mich
igan. Ohio State, Southern Cali
fornia and numerous other first
flight elevenS.
Navy Has Heart
Then comes the day of the
game. Out trots the Navy eleven.
Much to the surprise of every per-
son in on the show, the Middies
proceed to play a regulation col
legiate game when by every law
of the gridiron they should be
battling Toledo High school, or
or Loyola Prep, or Miami High
School.
OF course, by now, nearly
everyone knows that the great
fighting heart of the Navy,
plus o unit Of purpose, ideal
and effort ON the part Of every
person at Annapolis, makes for
Navy the foundation of success.
Persons who are normally non.
partisan find themselves pulling
strongly for Navy to win. The
stark courage of the youthful
M1ddieS, their failure to COM
plain under circumstances we'll
nigh impossible, combine to at
tract admiration and respect from
the most hard-boiled of football
critics.
RIP" Miller and his associates
OF the coaching staff at An
napolis saw wood day in and
day out. They waste no time
in moaning and complaining.
They work, hard and lntelli-
gently. Their pupils give to the
very limit of their capabilities,
Navy'S practice sessions are per-
fectly organized. There is no
lost motion, no wasted time, no
futile effort. Praise, sincere and
respectful, must be accorded Navy.
The Middle offense should prove
too strong for Princeton, because
Of Navy's sheer aggressiveness
and despite the fact that Prince
TONS individual units are far SUI
perior as gridiron timber to those
under Miller.
"ShOOt the Works"
Navy's running attack, if it
functions up to rs per cent of
its efficacy, added to the tre-
mendous pride Of the Navy team,
winch causes each individual
player to give his utmost, should
give the Middies victory by q
small margin.
Nays field general Satur-
day must be alert to the main
object Of the game, scoring
tOuchdOwnS. 1t should be, in
the case Of the Middies, shoot
Ing the works." Annapolis has
everything to gain, nothing to
lose, in practically every one
Of its remaining Its.
Princeton's off.tackle smash
should bother Navy considerably,
The Annapolis tackles will be in
for a stiff afternoon. So will
Navy's flankers. Navy's backs,
too, must play heads-up football.
The Tiger will be a roaring, bat.
tling animal Saturday following
that defeat by the unusually
strong Cornell eleven. Princeton
is far, far from weak.
Watch Tschirgi
Navy must be Up and at 'em
through so full minutes of play
Saturday. If the Middies are,
Navy should win. If by any
chance the Midshipmen spar for
wind, the Jig is up.
The "cutback" play should
help Navy, due to PrincetOn's
defense. The sharp thrusts Of
Tschirigi ought to aid materi-
ally i'm bringing PrincetOn's
secondary up far enough to
permit of clever generaIShip
with the forward pass by the
Navy quarterback.
Navy's defense, ever sturdy be.
cause of the fighting qualities Of
the players, should not falter
even against the Princeton over
head game. Navy's right half
back on defense must be on the
qui vive at all times, and must
60 after that ball on Princeton
forwards with the speed and
power Of q locomotive.
A tight game, this Princeton.
Navy affair, with the Navy having
an outside chance to win.
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