Evening star., 1960-11-06
NAVY
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Duke Pulls
Rally for
1910 Win
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shot through center, carrying
three Navy players with him
into the end zone.
Wright then went around
right end for two points and
Duke led. 1910.
Navy was still in the game,
but after taking the KICKOFF
once again gave the ball back to
the Blue Devils. Joe Matala-
wage fumbled on third down
and Center Butch Allie, q pest
for Navy all afternoon, recov-
cred on the Navy 81.
A clipping penalty slowed up
Duke, but on fourth down on
Navy's 1S, Bill Reynolds kicked
the longest field goal in Duke
history. IS yards.
The Midshipmen. one-point
favorites today, got two more
chances with the ball. They
drove from their 81 to the Duke
II only to lose the ball on
downs. The next time they
went from their 48 to the Duke
II and trouble popped up again.
Interception Ends Threat
This time it was a pass inter-
ception that put the paddock on
the door. Bob Garda, a Phi Beta
Kappa student from George
Washington High School in
Alexandria, stole the ball out
of End Jim Luper's hands on
the Duke 19 and returned it to
the ~.
The Blue Devils got down to
Navy's Is. staying safely on the
ground. before the game ended.
Duke. 6-1 for the season and
a prime candidate for the
Orange Bowl, got past midfield
only once in. the first half.
which belonged to Navy.
The Blue Devils fumbled the
first time they got the ball,
Wilson messing up a hando6
and Guard Steve Hoy grabbing
for Navy on the Duke 80.
Little Harry Dietz engineered
a drive to the 7 with a 14-yard
run by Bellino the feature play.
But there the drive stalled and
Navy called on Mather. who
delivered them from the
clutches Of the University Of
| Washington with q 42-yard
field goal in the last IL seconds
early in the season.
Mather Boots Goal
! Mather delivered again this
time, booting q 25-yard field
goal from about q go degree
angle to the left. Less than six
minutes had elapsed and the
MiddieS were ahead, 80.
Midway in the second
quarter, the Middies were on
the move again. Spooner,
whose eagle-eyed passing was
the big feature of the victory
over the Air Force, hit John
Prichard with one for IA yards,
ran for IL and then passed to
Bellino for II. But Dukes line,
led by End Tee Moorman.
Allie and Tackle Ike Baum
garner, put the brakes on.
A delaying-the-game penalty
further hindered the Middies,
who finally gave up the ball on
Dukes II.
But they got it right back.
Garda fumbled and Bellino re-
covered on the %. Spooner
passed to AL Hughes for 8 yards
and Bellino burst through
center for 5 more to the 8.
Spooner then drifted back,
faxed a couple of passes to his
left and then wheeled and
threw to Mather in the right
corner of the end zone.
Mather out maneuvered
Garda to get the ball and then
he added the point that gave
the Middies a l0-point spot.
Pointing up today's play in
two acts are the statistics. Duke
gave up the ball unintention-
ally four times in the first half,
three times by fumbling, once
by pass interception. Navy gave
it up once by tumble. Those
figures were reversed in the Sec
ond half.
Statistically, Duke outgained
Navy on the ground, 213 yards
to 1875, but at half time the Blue
Devils led in this department
by three yards, 1859.
The Middies passed q great
deal more and wound up way
ahead in yardage there, 1873 to
81.
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