Evening star., 1949-10-02
Hot-Passing zastrow
Sparks Tars 10 First
win in II Games
By Froncis Stonn
Star SfoH Correspondent

BALTIMORE, Oct. 1.-Navy's
long suffering football forces. per-
forming in manner bespeaking
better days ahead. scored re-
sounding 28-to-7 victory over a
good Princeton eleven today be-
fore 36,736 bipartisan onlookers.
sparked byAa 2o-year old quar-
terback named Bob Zastrow of AL
gonna, Wis, the oft-beaten Mid
shipmen won a hasty 14-0 lead in
the opening period, STAYED off the
Tigers in the second quarter and
heightened out in the second half
It was Nays first victory in
II games. Since the third game
of the 1947 season. when the
Academy defeated Cornell. 1877,
Navy had lost Is games and tied
once.
Despite the fact that fumbles
led to one Of Navy's touchdowns
and to Princeton's only score, it
was a clean, well-played contest
between rivals meeting for the
31st time and for the first time
since 1912, when the Tigers won
10 to o. Navy was slightly favored
although in their respective open
ers the Midshipmen were slapped
down by the Southern California
power house, AZ to 20, while
Princeton was whipping an under
rated Lafayette team, 26-13.
Zastrow Pass is Big Help.
Navy's record brigade of $500
hearty Midshipmen was treated
to q rare thrill as Coach George
Sauer's squad scored after 1855 OF
the opening quarter and came
back before the end of the same
period to make it 14-0. It was
the best start for a Navy team
in recent years and when the
Tars went ahead, 21-7, in the
third period, Navy's band broke
out, spontaneously, and played
Happy Days Are Here Again"
Navy was of to its ninth victory
of the Princeton series (the
Tigers have won 16 and six games
have been tied) when Halfback
Dick Kazmaier fumbled on the
first Princeton offensive play of
the game. Tony Bartuska recov-
cred for Navy on the Tigers 80
and on the fifth play zastrow
passed to Capt. Phil Ryan, right
end, for a first down on the 2.
Princeton gave Navy a battle
for those payoff inches. The
Orange and Black stopped Bill
Powers just short Of the goal. but
Zastrow then pulled a quarterback
sneak and went across. Roger
Drew, Navy's practically fawless
ace-kicker, added the extra
point and it was TO In favor OF
the Midshipmen:
Tigers Have Poor Start.
Princeton had a horrible first
period. Everything went wrong.
Capt. George Sella fumbled the
next kickoff, recovered, and was
smothered on his II. A 15-yard
penalty forced Kazmaier to punt
from behind the goal and Powers,
who caught the ball. raced down
the middle Of the field to Prince
toms 6.
The staggered Princetonians
rallied and recaptured the ball on
downs on their 10, but when they
couldn't gain they again sent
Kazmaier to kick and this time
Navy wound up with the ball on
its 40.
Zastrow tipped a long aerial to
End Ron Andersen, good on Prin-
ceton's 80. Powers swept 81 yards
around right end and Dave Ban
herman and frankie Hauf moved
to the /. Bannerman plunged over.
When Drew kicked successfully,
1t was 14-0.
Princeton, flashing a surprising
mixture of formations of q basic
single wing. began to move in the
closing seconds Of the first period.
The Tigers went from their 20 to
Navy's 10 and then Kazmaier
passed to Jack Bunnell for first
down on the Tars' 20.
Two more KaZmaier passes