Evening star., 1939-10-15
Middies, Indians
Prove Feeble
In Pay Dirt
Big Green Just Thut,
While Tors Appear
Only Tenacious
BY FRANCIS E. STAN,
~ Stan Correspondent Of The star.

by Stan correspondent Of The star
BALTIMORE, Oct. 14.-Navy and
Dartmouth, two big elevens clashing
in their first football battle since
1929 and the second in the histories
OF the two schools, remained among
the undefeated teams Of the Nation
today by struggling f1ercely to =
scoreless tie.
A crowd Of $4,000, scarcely half fill
ing Baltimore's big municipal sta
dium, watched the two teams vain
ly push the ball between the 20-yard
stripes and, on the rare scoring op-
portunities, blithely blow their
chances for victory. The Big Green
crew from Hanover was revealed to
be big and green. Navy was a tena-
clouS outfit, but one that lacked
punch and judgment in the pinches.
The scoreless tie did nothing to
disturb seriously the records of the
two teams but, by the same token,
neither did 1t prove anything. Dart
mouth, winner over st. Lawrence
and Hampden-Sydney by handy
scores, has yet to be established as
potent eleven in big-time COM
petition and the same goes for Navy,
which previously had defeated little
William and Mary and eked out
q 14-to-12 victory over Virginia.
Power Missing In Punches.
Both teams had chances to pass or
pound over for q winning score and
both lacked the power. Dartmouth
got as far as Navys 14-yard line
in the second period and lost the
ball on q pass into the end zone.
In the same quarter, the Navy, hav-
ing staged an impressive counter
attack, threw away its chances by
taking to the air after having
punched holes in the Indians line.
Midway the fourth period, Dart
mouth looked to be the stronger,
tougher team. The Indians were
pushing Navy around the field and
seemed bent on scoring, with
flashy little back, Joe Arico, setting
the pace, but after reaching the a.
yard line Of the Annapolis defenders
the Dartmouths were checked and
long field goal try by q substitute
tackle was woefuly wide Of its mark.
It was quite in keeping, however,
with the general Illustration OF the
afternoon.
Navy More Powerful.
Except for these brief moments 1t
was q drab, colorless game. Navy
was the more powerful team, accord
ing to the statistics, but the two
occasions In which the crowd sat
tense and expectant were Of Dart
mouths doing. This was when the
Indians reached the 14-yard line in
that second quarter and when
Tackle Charley Camp came out of
the line in the final period to boot
that misaimed field goal attempt.
The Indians, after failing to make
a first down or any gain of conse-
quence in the opening period, out
played the Middies in the second.
The punting of Bill Hutchinson,
Dartmouths senior halfback from
New York City, kept the Navy back
on its heels. Then, midway the pc
riod, Hutchinson ran back a MILDLY
punt to the enemy 35-yard line and
Dartmouth made its best scoring
bid.
Indians Pass Goes Awry.
On first down Hutchinson, a very
versatile young man, passed to Capt.
Whit Miller from Seattle. Wash, for
Is yards, putting the ball on Navy's
49,. But, once in pay dirt sector, the
Indians lost their punch. Hutchin- a.,
son failed to gain and Jack Orr and
Bob Krieger picked up only yards
between them, leaving the Indians
with the choice of q field goal
chance or the gamble on a touch.
down by pass.
The Indians elected to throw a
fourth-down pass, Hutchinson cut
ting loose a heave intended for
krieger. The ball SKINNED over
krleger's fingers and into the end
zone, giving Navy the ball on its
own 20.
1t was at this point that Navy
displayed its best offense of the
afternoon. Lou Mayo, Ulmont
Whitehead and Cliff Lenz threw
themselves fiercely into the Big
Green line and consistently gained
yardage. Using only power plays
and end runs off reverses. Navv
marched from its 20 down to Dart
mouths 80. With more than threa
minutes to play it looked as If thu
Mlddles would complete their march.
Navy Quits Gaining Attack.
But for some reason Navy aban-
doned its running game at a mo.
ment when it seemed most effective.
Lenz was called to pass and his
f1rst heave was ill-starred. Instead
OF reaching the arms of the intend.
Cd receiver, the ball was caught bv
Hutchinson, who ran 1t back to his
own 45 to end the threat and the
half. '
Both teams gained considerable.
yardage In the third period. but
not where 1t counted. Toward the
close OF the period and early in the
fourth Dartmouth was the aRgres.
sor. With 142-pound Arico running
the Navy line dizzy, the Indians
gained consistently and marched
and passed from their own % to
Navy's "a, where they gained q
first down.
But, again within reaching dis
tance, Dartmouths attack begged.
Two line thrusts and q pass failed
and 50 Camp dropped back to kick
from placement. The big tackla
seemed to be in too much of a
hurry. He swung his foot almost
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