Evening star., 1951-12-02
Navy
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1t was TO, after only 6:45 Of the
period.
Navy had another score less
than three minutes later when
Dick Inman fumbled the next
kickoff and End John Gurski re-
covered for the midshipmen on
Army's 27. On the third down.
Vine ran for seven yards and
Frank Hauff picked up a first
down by narrow margin on the
IT. Then, after Hauf had been
stopped for mo gain, Quarterback
Mike Sorrentino passed to Brady
for a touchdown making it 14-0.
The time was only 9:06 of the
opening quarter. =
Cadets Still Full of Fight.
Army still was full of fight. The
cadets took the offensive, lost the
ball on downs, and regained it
when Vine fumbled on his own
AZ, Army recovering. Then came
the crueleSt break Of the day
for the West Pointers.
Fred Meyers, a standout5 49,
year-old performer from Enid.
Okla, sparked a drive to Navy's
6-yard line, helped by Lowell Sis
son. Jack Wing and Kendall Half.
Then, on third down. Meyers at
tempted pass in the end zone
to Half. If he never gains another
yard. or makes another tackle,
Raster has a place in Army-Navy
football history. He grabbed
Meyers pass a good yard behind
the goal line and took off on his
101-yard jaunt.
The longest previous scoring run
had been the 98-yarder by Charles
DAILY on a kickoff at Franklin
Field in 1901. There had been a
92-yard run by Elwyn Rowan from
scrimmage in 1947 and a second
92-yarder in 1949 by Bobby Vim
son from kickoff.
e But this run by Raster took the
prize and it's also possible it
killed Army's chances. The cadets.
while notably gallant in the third
period, when all hope seemed lost,
just didn't have it.
Navy Piles Up Points.
Raster's touchdown and Sny-
der's conversion made it 21-0.
Only once before had Navy scored
more than 81 points against Army
and that was in the opener-back
In 1890-when Navy got "a. Only
twice since did the midshipmen
make as many as 81 points, and
each year-1926 and 1948-the
best they could get was a draw.
Blaik was playing it close to the
vest in the second period, punting
twice on first down, but the second
time he tried kicking from deep
in his own territory, the midship-
men took the ball and scored
again.
Freddie Attaya's second boot
went only to his own 81. In no
time at all Navy, with Franco and
Vine carrying the ball and Sor-
rentino passing. it became 28-O.
The big gain was a 20-yard aerial
from Sorrentino to Smith, who
only year ago was a 150-pounder
e playing at Annapolis. It reached
the one. from where Vine went
over.
Never Had ut So Good.
Navy never had it so good. Only
1890 of the second period had
elapsed and it was 28-0. What's
more, it could have been more
one-sided. Just before the half
time buzzer, Navy's Paul Tetrault
recovered a tumble on Army's 81
and the midshipmen went down
to the Army's 9-yard line. Sor-
rentino, after missing with two
passes. swept his own left end and
was barely short of a touchdown
as the half-tifne gun was fired.
Early in the third period Navy
seemed to have another touch
down it didn't need when Ted
Kukowski blocked a punt and
Right End Bob Hem sl picked up
the ballsand ran all the way. But
the play was called back because
Navy was offside and tie only
score Of this quarter was by Army.
a The Cadets took Middle punt
IN their own AZ. With Meyers
throwing, and with Meyers and
Haf and Tommy Bell running
Army moved to a first down on
the Navy 4-yard line. Here John
Wing pushed the ball to the l.
foot line and Meyers slanted off
tackle for the score. This came
at 13:4S OF the third period and
merely made it 2S-7. Navy.