Evening star., 1954-11-28
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Mississippi at
New Orleans
Third-Period Score
Proves Decisive in
Seesuw Thriller
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after the opening kickoff, Navy
had a TO lead and thus the pat
tern of the game was set. It was
a free scoring affair replete with
long offensive thrusts and fum-
bles, six by Navy and four by
Army. Statistically, the teams
were as evenly matched as the
final score indicated.
Army came back to narrow
the margin to 7-6 before the first
period ended. An oddity was
that Ralph Chesnauskas, tall
ented placement kicker from
Brockton. Mass, missed the kick.
whereas John Weaver made good
Army was conceded a wide edge
in kicking.
Navy boosted it to 1875 after
only 2:02 of the second period,
but the Cadets came back after
recovering a tumble on the Mid
dies 3 and made it 1918. Sixty
two seconds later Army was
ahead, 20-14, thanks to q pass
from Pete Vann to Bob Kyasky.
1t must have gone 55 yards in
the air. because Vann faded far
back from the scrimmage line on
Navy's AZ and Kyasky caught it
Just before diving across the goal.
But with less than a minute
of the half remaining. Navy
came back and scored to make it
21-20 at intermission.
Gattuso Sets Up Score.
There were many heroes on
both sides today. but it was
Navy's Joe Gattuso who quickly
recovered from a goat" role to
set up the seventh and final
touchdown of this wild and
Woolly game.
First, Gattuso fumbled early
in the third period and Don
Holleder pounced on the ball on
his own 10 to get the Cadets off
the hook. Then Gattuso re-
covered a tumble by Tommy
Bell. Ten plays and So yards
later the Midshipmen had scored
to make it 27-20.
There was a final quarter to
be played and, while it was the
only scorless one, it was packed
with drama as first Navy and
then Army seemed headed for
another touchdown-the Mid
dies to wrap up things for keeps
and Army to tie.
Opening Break for Navy.
President Eisenhower-but not
many other top political figures
from Washington-was absent
as Army won the toss and elected
to kick off. Chief Justice War;
rem was among the dignitaries
who saw Navy get break in the
opening minutes when Tommy
Bells tumble was recovered by
Tackle Jim Roger on the Cadets
27-yard line.
George Welsh, Nayy'S quarter
back, ran Is yards on the first
play. Then he missed pass
into the end zone to Ron Beagle
and John Weaver, who belongs
to the long list of heroes, was
thrown for loss. After a Sec
ond long pass by Welsh was in
complete, Navy's competent field
general tipped a good screen to
Bob Craig. swiftest of the Tars,
and behind key blocks by Rover
and Center Wilson Whitmire the
speedster went dozen yards for
the touchdown.
Weaver, who missed only one
of his four placement efforts,
due to no fault of his own,
quickly converted the score to
TO.
Army, looking the part Of the
favorite it was, scored on a, g.
yard drive after the next kick
off. Their ball-carrying backs
Pat Uebel, Bell and Bob Kyasky
were pretty devasting, moving
from their 80 to cross Navy's
goal in 16 plays. The payoff was
Bells skirt of his own left end
for 8 yards, aided by a good block
from Sophomore Kyasky.
Chesnaukas, the good guard
who lives almost next door 20
Heavyweight Champion Rocky
Marciano and has Rocky avidly
roofing for him, missed the
placement that would have tied
up things. TT. His kick went
wide to the right and it was
Navy, Z: Army, 6.
AS the second period started,
it was fourth down for Navy
with about yard to go at mid
field. Army substituted q new
line and it may have been one
Of several unfortunate stra-
tegical moves. Anyway. Welsh
gambled and personally made it
first down on the Cadets 48.
Then he handed of to Weaver.
(See ARMY-NAVY, Page C-6.)
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