Evening star., 1954-11-28
Army-Novy
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who ran "a yards, and Craig
took of for II more, putting
the ball on Army's Z.
Welsh Hits Smith.
Army stiffened against further
running but a third-down pass
from Welsh to End Bill Smith
caught the West Pointers with
their defenses completely down.
Smith was in the end zone and
it was Navy, IA; Army, 6. Only
2:02 of the period was used up.
Navy, this time. went So yards
on nine plays.
If Navy got a break when
Roger recovered Bells first
period tumble, Army got a better
one when Fullback Dick Guest,
back to punt. fumbled the ball
and Don Holleder, a real ALL
American this afternoon, claimed
it for Army on the Middies' 8.
It took only single play, Pat
Uebel carrying behind typically
good Army blocking to go across.
When Chesnauskas kicked Sue
cessfully it was 1913.
Uebel Has Quite a Day.
Uebel, who scored all three of
Army's touchdowns in last years
20-7 victory. had quite a day for
himself again this afternoon.
What happened next was his
doing and a shock for the fans,
especially Navy's. He caught a
pass by Welsh, intended for
Beagle, on the first play after
the kickoff and ran it back to
Navy's 42-yard line.
Army struck suddenly, with
Vann passing to Kyasky for the
score. When Chesnauskas added
the point, it was West Points
lead for the first and only time,
20-14.
Just as the Army partisans
were prepared to accept this
score as a criterion, Navy roared
back just before the half. The
Middies took a short kickoff-a
deliberate onside hoot-on their
Al. Then Weaver ran 26 yards
and Welsh threw to end Jim
Owen, who was knocked out of
bounds on> the 1-yard line.
Time was against Navy. but
the problem was solved neatly.
On a quarterback sneak. Welsh
took the ball over on the first
play.
Weaver Clicks Again.
Weaver's kick again was good.
so it was 21-20. It must have
looked as great on the national
TV as the Spectacular" that it
was, and down in New ORLEANS
the bayou boys must have had
their fingers crossed for the
second half.
Joe Gattuso, 81 years old, 1876
pounds and 5 feet 10 inches, all
from Clarksboro, N. j., seemingly
messed up a Navy drive early
in the third period when the
Middies moved from their 40 to
Army's 10, where Gattuso fum-
bled and Holleder recovered. But
a few plays later Bell of Army
muffed the ball and Gattuso, of
all people, recovered.
1t led to the final score and
nobody was used more in the
10-play, 59-yard drive than Cat
tuso. In the big move-a 49,
yard touchdown pass from Welsh
to Smith-he did not participate
so that fans could notice. but
Gattuso had more than atoned
for his tumble.
A bad pass from center caused
Weaver to miss the extra point
that might have made it 1920
at this point. So, with it stand
ing at 27-20. Army and it's ex-
plosive backfield remained a def
mite threat in the final quarter
Army Makes Final Pitch.
Instead. Navy seemed ta ne
en- route to a score when the Mid
dies went down to Armys ~,
where a second down pass by
| Welsh was intercepted by Bill
Chance on the and returned to
the 8-yard line.
Here it was that Army gave 1t
| the big, final pitch. The Cadets
moved the bah from their own
8 to Navy's s. But on fourth
| down, Gattuso. no less. broke
up Vann pass designed to tie
the game.
There was more to Gattuso
He was used with tr"oa :,
which startled spectators, who
/ began to wondei it 10,
being punished unnecessarily
for that tumble. There was q
bad moment late in the final
/ period. for instance. when Cat
tuso had to kick out Of Q deer
hole.
The pass from center was pool
la low. battle-ground dribblel