Evening star., 1940-10-20
Tars Keep Plays
Under Cover in
1910 Victory
Stop EorIy Bulldog
Drive at Goal, Then
Strike Swiftly
BY LEWIS r. ATCHISON,
Star Staff Correspondent.


ANNAPOLIS, Md, Oct. 10
Thrust back to its own 5-yard line
in the first two minutes of play,
Navy hurled back brakes lone scor-
ing threat of the afternoon. then
punched over two touchdowns with
cyclonic fury in the second period
to clinch q 1910 victory in their
intersectional battle this afternoon.
Drake never had a chance after
that startling display Of power.
Two stout Navy lines alternated in
smothering its attempted reverse
plays and it's swift little ball car
rier, Walter O'Connor, was boxed
up as prettily as a Christmas gift
and rendered null and void.
Navy rolled up 18 first downs to
brakes 2, smashed through for
314 yards from scrimmage to the
Bulldogs net total of minus l3, and
were knocking on the door Of an
other touchdown as the game ended.
That sums up the afternoons ac-
tivities as Navy wrote its fourth
consecutive victory into the record.
Navy Plays Under Wraps.
Working briskly and smartly. the
Midshipmen showed a crowd OF
81 900 fans a smooth attack in
marching 55 yards for their first
touchdown and So for the last
Their second resulted from Drake
tumble recovered in the end zone
by Gene Flathmann and was made
with practically no difhculty at all
1t is doubtful If Maj. "Swede'
Larson showed scouts much of the
strategy at his command this after
noon, for the victors contented
themselves with straight line bucks
reverses and enough passes to keep
their arms and aim in trim fol-
games coming UP. Blount, Boothe
Boyer, Werner, Busik, Lenz-weu
everybody had hand in the parade
Credit for the gains merely depend.
ed on who happened to be in the
lineup at that time.
Both MILDLY lines outplayed theh
outmanned opponents, opening ur
gaping holes for their own runner,
and wrecking every Drake attempt
to move straight ahead. Harold
Anderson got loose for 15-yarc
run on the Bulldogs lone excursion
into Crabtown territory and it Wa,
the last time blue-shirted ball car.
rier was seen beyond the line Of
scrimmage.
Middies Launch Drive.
Navy's first march started from 1t.
own As after an exchange of kick
and in less time than it takes Il
describe the play, Busik passed tt
Lenz for a first down on brakes 40
Lenz went around end for eight
more and lateraled to Al Cameron
for another first down on the l6 anc
Busik moved it to the six. inche,
short of a first down as the first
period ended.
A new Navy team came in ant
after Werner hit the middle for
first down Clark passed to Boyer ir
the corner of the end zone for
touchdown. Phil Hurt place kicked
the extra point.
oNoANSAy AlNO ldlCl lllt
| Westerners found themselves trail.
ing by 13 points when O'Connor
trying to run the ball out from hi,
own IL on reverse, was hit hare
by Lars Vanguard and fumb,ed
The ball bounded into the end zone
where Flathmann heaved his $50
pound frame on it for the touch.
| down.
Bob Froude's 37-yard gallop tc
brakes 19-yard line on the first
play Of the final period featured
Navy's last goalward drive-longest
Of the afternoon. Werner plunged tc
the 1-yard stripe on three trie.
before a l5-yard holding penalty
set Navy back on the is. But this
was only a temporary reprieve fol-
the brakes. On the next play Lefty
Sammy Boothe chucked a strike te
Howard Clark and he stepped into
! the end zone for the score.