Evening star., 1938-10-23
TIGERS CATCH UP
WITH TARS TWICE
Nassau's Air Play Offsets
Middies' Drive in Game
Packed With Thrills.
By JOHN LARDNER,

IN and outside tackle, behind the driv-
ing Of her big and savage line. Twice
Princeton came right back to tie
It up.
At the end, both clubs were heaving
long and desperate passes into the air
in patriotic, but futile effort to tip
the scales one way or the other.
Nays powerful team, rebounding
from an upset defeat by Yale last Sat-
urday, had the edge in the statistical
department, is first downs to 10. The
Midshipmen gained ZIG yards by land
to Princeton's 116 They moved the
ball at will between the 30-yard lines,
and twice they went much farther
than that-all the way to the cash
zone.
Princeton Better in Air.
But the margin was reversed in the
air. and it was up there, once with
the wind and once against it, that
Allerdice, the pitcher got in his deadly
work.
With his team trailing, to 0, at
firebal thrower sparked raid that
carried 55 yards to tie the score. In
the fourth and final period, when
Navy took the lead again, ,13 to 6,
Allerdice faded back to start the most
Spectacular play of the day, forward
lateral maneuver that sent Tom Dixon
over the Navy goal line with the tieing
touchdown.
1t was all Navy in the first half.
The Gobs froze to the ball and ran 1t
up and down the field. They scored
only once, but they showed power
enough to put the conclusion in the
foregone department. For gang of
young men who are preparing to spend
most of their working hours on one
kind of water or another, they travelled
with surprising efficiency on land.
Woods Long Run Tells.
The play which scored first for Navy
In the opening quarter was we'll timed
and perfectly executed. Quarterback
Lem Cooke had spread the Princeton
secondary with passes. At the crucial
moment, with the ball on Navys &c.
yard line, Emmett Wood faxed a re-
verse and burst through the middle on
q delayed buck. The hole was there,
so yards deep. Wood carried on until
his own feet tripped him on Prince
tons 4-yard line. From there he scored
inside right tackle on the first play
His kick for point was wide.
Navy seemed to have the ball game
IN her hip pocket as the half ended.
But when the third period began, it
took Princeton only eight minutes to
tie the score. Hobbled on the ground,
Coach Tad Wieman sent Allerdice in
there to pass. AL Lane and Capt. Tom
> Mountain supplied the change of pace
with end sweeps. One Allerdice pass to
Raymond was good for l3 yards and
another to Aubrey, in the fiat zone,
brought Princeton first down yard
from home. Mountain hit the middle
Tor the touchdown. Pearsons drop-
kick was blocked by Spector and Wal
lace.
Penalty Aids Middies.
But Navy took command again in
the fourth period and its blue-coated.
Wnlte-capped supporters in the grand
stand felt no doubt of the issue when
the team rolled Sc yards down the field
to the score that seemed to be. the
cllncher' A break helped the Sailors
tnls time as interference was called
on Bokum, Princeton tackle, on a pass
from Lenz that dropped free on Prince
tons 5-yard line.
Inc penalty gave Navy first down
ana Cliff Lenz took it over on the third
play. Wood place-kicked the point this
time. That was the ball game as far
rs the future admirals were concerned.
But Princeton had one sinister ivv
league ruse up her sleeve, and she
matcneo power with strategy to earn
q draw. Allerdice passed to Daniel
Tor a gain of 81 yards. Mountain
hanked Navy's left end for II more.
A couple Of line plays brought the ball
to Nays 80. Navy was holding eamely
and was not too much worried.
Then Allerdice faded back. He faxed
. throw to the left, pivoted. and
cropped the ball in Daniels arms in
the nat zone. Two Navy backs closed
''1n on Daniel. With Navy fingers
clutching at his jeans, Daniel tipped
. lateral to Dixon over on the right
side line. Dixon was too fast for the
last Navy back He won the race to
the goal line. The Navy back took
place money.
Hinchman'S Kick Ties.
Here. with the score 81 to - for
Navy, Wieman sent in Bob Hinch-
man, back with a cultured toe, and
Hinchman tied the game into a Sheep
shank knot, once and for all, with a
perfect place kick.
Princeton was in Navy territory
only once In the whole Of the first
half, when Mountain intercepted a
pass by Cooke and penetrated as far
as Nays IS. The drive of the Navy
line, plus the skillful punting of
Cooke and Whitehead, kept Princeton
bottled and corked for % minutes.
Barring injuries, Nays line will be
strong, tough, and seasoned enough in
Q few weeks more to rip open any
team in the east, including Army.
. The best all-around back on the
field today was Emmet Wood, Of Navy,
q fine blocker and cagey diagnostician
who also has great early speed and
shiftiness when ne carries the ball
over the tackles.