Evening star., 1954-11-29

UC Instead of thrice Southern California in one
corner it would be the battle of two unbeaten, united giants
UCLA and Ohio State.
There disadvantages too in being independent"
but the advantages may nufy the disadvantages until
second straight" rules are changed.
ON PAPER THE Navy Mississippi game in New Orleans
should be beaut Both feescoring teams with only
three between them Nays two setbacks by Pitt and
Nore Dame by total Of only eight points ssis
sippis lone defeat was by Arkansas, 60
The Rebels could be accused of playing SOFT although
lengthy schedule for they had such North State
Vlanova Memphis State and Houston On the other hand
they handled Kentucky, Vanderbilt Tulane (34 Louisiana
State and Mississippi State
The Sugar Bowers got another break result Of that
nationally teevised AmyNavy game which must have been
as exciting of the It extraordinary
pace at which the service teams played in Philadelphia with
the ball see saving and down the field and each side
Ing at point another
In repayng the game Army partsans doubtless feel the
Cadets deserved 2727 tie And perhaps they did Certainly
the statistics would suggest that tie in order although
statistics are not always perfect gauge of merit
NAVY SEEMED TO MAKE fewer mistakes than Army
Even Col Red Bak limited much when referred to Navy
as zone of the smartest Middle teams I've ever seen.
They took advantage OF our known weaknesses" Baik
continued in post-game dressing session with the
press Zone OF big weaknesses, and will only discuss
that one no secret We have capable nebackers
oncehe fast Navy backs got through they kept going"
Critics found fault with Arys strategy open
ing kickoff This when the Cadets the toss but
elected to kickoff veteran in the press box who has been
watching foba for 40 years shook his dsapprova
II know that coaches prefer to kickoff he said
Tatum at Maryland for instance often kicks off after win
ming the toss But can't it, What way
to score than having possession of the ball?"
Five minutes and 10 seconds after the start Navy had
10 lead It didn't stand throughout the game but
counted when the final figures were posted.
ONE DEVELOPMENT THAT puzzled were the hckoffs
by Armys Ralph Chesnauskas They be
tween efforts to get distance and onde kicks course
was definite onside kick and as turned out fooshly
risky
This late in the period Army led 2O-14 with
less than minute to play having just long pass
from Pete Vann Bob Kyasky MY boys fooled by
score Baik later conded and thought it would
easy to again. They tried get possession of the
but missed Then Navy starting from its A. went the
naming So yards in six plays with only At seconds left We
never reganed the lead"
Army showed timidty as we'll as recklessness at one
point The Cadets had the ball with only two minutes and
15 seconds left in the game but rather than gamble
to tie the game they called Kyasky
to punt This was all Navy needed to out the clock
WHILE 1T WAS lesson in team play by both sides
rarely has game ended with many individual heroes
They in abundance for Army and Navy alike despite
the fact that only Il players got into the battle This
surprise in that most experts felt that Navys plan would be
to outan the Cadets However Coach Eddie Erdeatz
only 20, one fewer than Baik.
Ron Beagle, little Len Benz and Halfbacks Johnny
weaver and Bob Craig went all the way for Navy and Pete
Vann and the superb Pat Uebe did the for Army That
real good clutch quarterback of Navys George Welsh
removed just before the end and his teammates told him
what they thought him standing ovation the bench
1t would be unfair to the heroes the field for
fear of missing one salute order for one who
was watching his first Navy of the year. sitting in the
press box and manning telephone He quiet World
War Marine named Frank Foster, who Annapolis
in 1920 and has been the coaching stats in everything
from football and baseball to rifle swimming water polo
Where has he been all year. if this his first sight Of
Navy Watching and scouting Army, course Bak gave
the unsung scout his due when he sa Foster fine Job
of scouting and the Mddes played against in much the
South Carolina (only other team to beat
Army. He exploited our weaknesses"
Middies in Clouds After Welcome Home