Evening star., 1938-05-15
F|VE-M|NUTE RUSH
GAINS DAY,STO7
Victor of % Games in Row,
Maryland Needed One
More for Title.
BY BILL DISMER, Jr.,
STAFF Correspondent Of The Star.


STAFF Correspondent Of The Star
ANNAPOLIS, Md, May 14.-Navy
was superior to Maryland for only S
Of the go minutes of game which
probably decided the national lacrosse
championship here today, but in that
space of time in the final quarter
staged an incredible. amazing rally
which resulted in five goals and beat
the Terps, 81.
Incredible, because entering the last
Is minutes of play with a 7-3 lead,
Maryland was outclassing the Middies
as if they were schoolboys instead of
a team representing the Naval
Academy.
Amazing, because not one in the
rain-soaked crowd of 1900 which
looked on through a continuous down.
pour would have taken one to 10 for
Nays chances to snap Maryland's
winning streak of % straight which
had endured through three years.
But suddenly. at the beginning of
the fourth quarter, Navy-which had
not beaten College Park team on the
lacrosse field since l929-began to
function. Hendrix and Miller. both
unassisted, scored twice within
minute and a half to cut Marylands
margin to 7-5. A minute later Muse
shook off a Maryland defense man,
ran into the goal and, half falling,
whipped in another to make it 7-6.
Then. with the Navy contingent on its
feet yelling for tie, Hendrix obliged
with sensational back-handed shot
which sped past the Maryland goalie.
Maryland Ace Erased.
At this point Milton MULTI, whom
Coach Jack Faber calls his best all
around player and who had put up
whale of a game. was hurt. Mulitz
limped off the field, through for the
day. A minute later the game-win-
ming shot was home-on the freakiest
score Of the day, if not of the entire
season
Valiantly defending his goal in the
face of the unforeseen attack, Goalie
Haskin Deeley got his stick on shot
by Ruhe headed straight for the net.
Deeley DETECTED the ball, but it skidded
in the opposite direction he intended
and bounced across into the scoring
zone for Navy's winning point
Ahead for the first time, Navy was
not to be denied. Shifting their de-
fensive tactics. the Middies assigned
Heber Player, 6-foot 200-pound foot
ball guard, to handle Bob Nelson
and Maryland thereafter found itself
thwarted at every turn. For Nelson
either had been on the scoring end or
passing portion of all but two of Mary
lands points. and when he was bottled
up SO were his teammates. In vain did
Nelson try to break away from his big
opponent, but Player stuck as close as
his water-logged uniform. So ef-
fectively did Player guard the Mary
lander that the Terps got only one
shot at the net during the last five
minutes Of play.
The Old Liners battled desperately
up until the last half-minute of play,
but when Navy gained possession after
a face-of behind the Maryland goal,
1t was all over.
Pluck is Rewarded.
For Navy it was a glorious triumph
and clear-cut demonstration of the
academy's tradition of Fight until
beaten Any other team might have
become resigned to an apparent un-
kind fate in the face of such superb
ority as Maryland exhibited in the
first three quarters. Taking to the rain
as if they were the sailors, the Terps
were off to 40 lead before the first
quarter was completed.
Nelson evaded Nays goalie for the
first score of the day in the fourth
minute of play and six minutes later
passed to George Watson from behind
Nays goal for the second point. Be-
fore the Middies could get their breath
the Nelson to- Watson scoring play
was duplicated, with the latter cutting
in quickly to snag Nelson's perfect
pass again. With the score 80, Bill
Wolfe intercepted Navy pass, car
ried the ball the length of the field
and passed it squarely into the crosse
of Gill Croft, who flung a bulls-eye
from 10 yards out.
In the meantime, Deeley had been
playing fine defensive game at Mary
lands goal, making eight saves in the
first half. Navy did not score until
just before the end Of the first period,
when Mann caught the visitors goal
unguarded. Hendrix counted again
for Navy 49 seconds after the start of
the second quarter, but Watson took
another pass from Nelson to make it
SO and then tossed in a long one for a
go advantage. Bowers score from di-
rectly in front made it 6-3 as the
half ended.
Game Becomes Dog Fight.
The game developed into the dog
fight it was expected to be shortly
after the second half began. Knock
downs, flying crosses and spills became
as much part of the play as the
drenching rain, and Rip Hewitt, like
MULTI, was forced to leave the COM
bat because of injury.
Had Maryland won, it would have
needed only to beat Johns Hopkins
next week to clinch the 1888 title out
right. As 1t stands, Navy must hurdle
q tough Army team next Saturday to
enter claim as the national champion.
Pos. Maryland "a. Navy 49,
o. Deeley " James
Wolfe Carey
c. P. Mueller - Du Bois
p. D. -Mulitz - Player
8. D. Meade & Greene
Hewitt Case
g. A. Lindsay Observation-Disclosures Muse
g. Watson ------- Bowers
c. Nelson ---- Miller
+ H. - Croft - -Rindskopf
Score by periods: