Evening star., 1941-09-28
Boothe's 8O-Yard Run
To Goal Is Big Thrill
OF Tars' $40 Win
Big MILDLY Team Looks
Ready to Go Places
On Grid This Fall
By BURTON HAWKINS,
Star Staff Correspondent.

ANNAPOLIS. Sept. 27.-Regarded !
as the sleeper" team of Eastern |
football machines, Navy set the
alarm for this afternoon and
emerged from its slumber long
enough to smother a sturdy but out
weighed and outmanned William
and Mary outfit, $40, here before
1921 spectators. The Middies did
nothing to disturb the impression
this is the year they'll go places
in the pigskin world.
Outweighed approximately IA
pounds to the man, the Indians
yielded two touchdownS to the pow
erful and plentiful Middies in the
opening period. Coach Swede Lar
son then was content to employ re-
serves in wholesale fashion as Navy
rolled up one touchdown in each
of the remaining quarters.
The largest midshipman regiment
in academy history packed the
stands to give Navy its l94l send
off. They are hoping the Virgin
ians are stepping stones to a sue
cessful season, for it may be the
last year in many seasons Navy will
rank among major football powers.
Under the national defense pro-
gram the academy course has been
whitfield from four to three years
and next season gridiron material
will come from only two classes in
stead OF three.
Boothe Dashes so to Score.
Navy's eleven was no disappoint-
ment to those clean-cut youngsters,
who received their biggest belt OF
the afternoon when Sammy Boothe,
l90-pound halfback from Evanston,
Wyo., intercepted a Harvey John
son pass on Nays 20 and Streaked
80 wards behind excellent down.
field blocking in the third period.
It was a fourth down pass born
of desperation that Boothe plucked
from the sky. He eluded two In
dians at the outset, then emerged
from a horde of tacklers on the
( Navy 40 and saw Tackle Bill CheWn-
ing erase his final barrier, Back Bob
Longacre, on the William and
Mary 7.
BY that time. though, the crowd
knew it only was a matter OF how
high the score would mount and
Coach Larson kept it down by using
substitutes most of the second half,
merely sending his first team into
action to obtain precision without
taking off its wraps.
Navy wasted little time in setting
the stage for its first drive, which
covered 81 yards 1t took over on
its 43 after William and Mary
punted and Bill Busik sparked the
| Middies downheld.
Busik Goes Across.
( Busik passed Is yards to End Bob
Zoeller for the most substantial
gain in moving the ball to the In
dians' q where Busik crashed over
J left guard on a fake reverse, side
/ stepped the William and Mary sec
ondary and romped to pay dirt. Bob
Leonard entered the game and con-
verted as he did after the next three
/ touchdowns. missing only on his
final attempt.
When the Virginians failed to
pierce Navys bulky line later in the
period Jack Freeman punted to
BuSik, who returned ) yards to the
Navy 49, Boothe netted II yards on
a reverse over left tackle. moving
to the Indians Sc. and at that point
Busik cracked left tackle for four
yards and quickly lateraled to Alan
Cameron. who went 80 to score.
! William and Mary made a mild
threat early in the second period
when End Al Vandeweghe recov-
cred Wes Gebert'S tumble of Phil
Cuttings lateral on the Navy 81.
/ The Indians could gain only four
yards, however, and Navy took over
on its 90.
Navy Continues Scoring.
Sherry Werner set Navy's third
/ touchdown in motion later in the
period when he Snatched Jim
Hickey's punt and brought it back
"a yards TO the Middies' Al Werner
/ broke through over left guard for
10 yards, then lateraled TO Gebert,
who added 9 more. Cutting Wer-
ner and Gebert banged away at
( the wearying William and Mary
/ line to move to the 5. where Wer-
ner cracked center for the touch
down and a 21-0 halftime lead for
Navy.
The Indians advanced to Navy's
33-yard line in the third period, but
at that juncture their attack begged
| and johnson unleashed the pass
that Boothe so rudely intercepted
and returned 80 yards.
Navy marched 40 yards to its
final touchdown. with Howie Clark
sparkling the drive. Clark domi-
mated Nays short, but steady
/ gains. moving to the 1-yard line,
where penalty against William
/ and Mary for too many time-outS
automatically showed the ball to
the l8-inch line. Bill Leahy hit
guard for the touchdown, but Leon
ards attempted conversion was
blocked by Guard Garrard Ramsey.
That wasn't Leonard's lone fail
ure. though. for in the fourth period
he attempted field goal from Al
yards out and was woefully short.
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