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bullet passes after intermission
He completed IL of 81 for 112
yards. He threw only two in the
first half, as time was running
out. and completed one for 3
yards.
When Tom Forrestal, Nays
quarterback from Cleveland, led
his team downfield 70 yards in
Is plays to a touchdown late in
the second quarter, an easy Navy
victory seemed in the making.
McElhaney Intercepts
And when the second half
Opened. play followed the same
pattern. The Middies went from
their own 35 to the Duke 81 only
to have Hal McElhaney, Dukes
I6-foot-2, 191-pound fullback, in
ltercept a Forrestal pass. That
was the starting point of Nays
bad luck in the second half that
included some official calls which
no doubt gave much pain to the
Navy bench.
One of these was the inter-
ference call. In the fourth quar-
ter with the ball on the Navy
Al, Jurgensen passed to End
Dave Hurm for 8 yards. After
Eddie Rushton of Roanoke
gained 5, the quarterback threw
to McE]haney for a first down
on the Is. Oliver Rudy carried
to the ii and Center Wilson
Whitmire broke up a Jurgen-
sen pass. Jurgensen then pitched
toward End Bob Benson, but
Guard Jim Hover was there to
break it up. The officials called
it interference on the and Jur-
gensen sneaked over for the
score. Bernie Blaney kicked the
point with 9:55 left to. play.
Wild Fourth Quarter
Fumbles and pass intercept
tons cluttered up the fourth
quarter, and while Navy wasn't
getting the best of the breaks,
it did get a big one late in the
game. With the ball on its 48,
fourth down and Q yards and 6
minutes to go, Navy elected to
punt. George Dutrow, former
All Metropolitan star wit h
Washington's Tech High School,
dropped the attempted catch
and Harry Hurst. Nays fast
halfback. bounced on the ball
on the Duke IA. But three plays
later the ball was on the IL and
after a 5-yard delaying-the-
game penalty, while the Navy
players looked for the kicking
tee, Chef Burchett attempted a
field goal from the 25. 1t was
short and wide.
Jurgensen's passing and a per-
sonal foul penalty got Duke
from its 20 to the Navy IS. Again
with 81 seconds left, johnny
Long of Duke intercepted a pass
from Gus Prahalis on the Navy
IS. Jurgensen's passes got Duke
to the 20. With IL seconds left
Jim Harris attempted a field goal
from the IS. It was short and in
a last, futile attempt. Burchett
caught the ball in the end zone
and got out to the Navy 81
There was no more time.
FOrrestal Clicks
Nays touchdown was a mas
terpiece of play-calling by For
restal. He and Ned Oldham and
Paul Gober. his two swift backs
and Vince Monte, his 203-pound
fullback, taking turns hitting the
line and sweeping the ends. He
also passed seven yards TO Smith
l3 yards to Smith. 8 yards to
Gober and a 27-yard beauty TO
Pete Jokanovich, VINO hauled it
in with Rudy riding his back on
the Duke 10. Gober made it 10
the 5, Dagampat to the 2. Hurst
TO the /. and finally Gober went
wide TO his left for the score.
Burchett kicked the point. The
clock read 1921 remaining in the
half and Nays chances never
looked better. Duke had six
chances with the ball in the first
half and had six punts to show
for them.
The cruelest break Of all fol
Navy came on the last play OF
the first quarter when Forrestal
fumbled on third down with one
to 90 for a touchdown and End
Bill Thompson recovered fol
Duke on the 2. That spelled fin
ish to a drive that began on the
Navy 81 and was featured by the
short. sure strokes through tackle
BY Gober. Oldham and Dagam.
pat. Dag" got the biggest single
gain, IS yards. 70 the Duke II
and set up the scoring attemp,