Evening star., 1934-10-22

n YEW YORK, october 22.-It re.
N manned for young Navy team
Y to show in clearer fashion
what modern college foot bal
can mean when the shackles OF safety
first" are removed.
It has been said that only the ex.
perienced pros could mix up q collec'
ton of forwards, laterals, double lat
erals and backward flips, but Buzz
Berries, Bill Clark, King and Pratt
from the banks Of the Severn, shot
this statement full of holes.
With an attack led by Berries, the
Kentucky antelope, the Navy offense
went wide open with a skill and
boldness that would have been OF
vast credit to any veteran outfit In
the game.
Here was team trailing Columbia
the Rose Bowl champions, z to 0
and badly outclassed through the first
six minutes Of play. In place of crack
ing or breaking up, the Navy team
suddenly began Tipping, tossing, peg
ging and passing the ball at top speed
all over the field.
Forwards were turned into lat
erals and laterals into double
laterals with such devastating
effect that even Columbia's
smart defense was soon riddled
| by this unexpected barrage.
Berries, one Of the star backs ol
the year, was ably aided and abettet
by Bill Clark, King and Pratt-witf
| Clark only q step away in genera
usefulness.
1t was the type of foot ball thai
kept $4,000 standing during most ol
the game, trying vainly to follow the
flip-zip of the ball as it passed from
one set of hands to another-whert
not only the boldness, but the mechan
ical skill shown was well above th'
average any foot ball crowd has seen
Out to Score.
"HE surprising feature Of this at
tack was that it continued will
Navy leading-and it continued
rather deeply in Navy territory. Be
tween halves, I ran into Babe Brown
one of the greatest of all Navy for
wards.
Whats the idea" I asked, 'in tax
ing all those passing chances from
Navy territory when you have tn
lead?"
Standing by the door of the Nav
dressing room, Babe Browns eyes ex
panded In some astonishment.
why, they want to score again.
he said. "They are not going to qui
at two touchdowns. I know it's ,
little bold and little daring, but it.
what foot ball needs. The main idea
after all, is to score. We haven't tn
power, so we've gone to the opel
game, no matter whether it's our ter
ritory or their territory"
How long has all this open
stuff been going on?" 1 asked.
This is our first try at it
under fire." Babe said. We've
held il back In our other games,
but we've been working on 1t
all Fall"
1t was the most sporting type O
attack I've seen in q long time and II
degree of skill was astonishing whel
you consider this was its first tris
under heavy pressure.
No wonder the Columbia defens
was caught off guard and broken u
in vain effort to cover about sevel
sectors of the field from the volley O
laterals and forwards showered righ
and left.
/ This type of attack was lucky T.
have such a back as Berries who cal
run, pass and block-who can hit {;
line, run an end, peg a forward or tos
q lateral with few mistakes. Borrie
holds his place as one of the best back
of foot ball, and while, at times, h
was crowded by Barabas, the Lion, h
had more help from Clark and Others
including a better, faster charging lin
that ripped in savagely from start t.
finish.
Opening Up.
VYIHILE Minnesota and Pitts
" btlrgh relied mainly on power
Alabama and Tennessee wen
into the wide omen game in one of tn