Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-27

W ITy IOT Two pOlIlCS, making
them with an improvised play
that pointed up the way the
breaks were going in the first
half.
Spooner pitched out to Bel
limo, who was to pass. Finding
no receiver open, and with
Army tacklers converging on
him, Bellino tossed under
handed behind him-back to
Spooner, who found himself
with a wide-open road to the
goal. Thus it was ITO at in
PERMISSION.
Army came out for the Sec
ond half in a mean mood and
all but chewed up the Middies,
who at first were surprised and
then groggy from the on
slaught.
Klrschenbauer. after FUN
bling the kickoff, returned to
the. %. and Quarterback Tom
Blanda and Rushatz came into
their own. On an uninterrupted
parade highlighted by Blanda's
passing, the Cadets moved rs
yards to Nays 4, where Blan-
da called no other signal except
Rushatz'.
Navy was stubborn but Ru-
Shatz wasn't to be denied.
Grudgingly the Middies yielded
two yards, a yard and a half,
and finally only a matter of a
foot or SO to Rushatz, whose
first touchdown came after 7:O5
of the third quarter. Army nat
urally went for two points, but
Blanda's pass intended for End
Zmuida, slithered off his fingers
in the end zone.
The Middies got a break
when Stanley, standing in punt
formation on his 80, got a
high pass from center that slid
through his hands. John Hew-
lit and Frank Dattilo recov-
cred for Navy on the Cadets
II.
Again it was Rushatz who
bore the brunt of the ball.
carrying, with Dick Eckert,
sophomore underStudy to
Blanda, passing and running
the team. Rushatz finally went
over for a second time from a
foot out to make it 17-l2.
Blanda, back in the game, had
a two-point pass attempt in
tercepted by Won Sydow.
Pitchout Goes Bad
Coach Wayne Hardin, who
had been content to go with
Spooner at quarterback, shifted
to little Harry Dietz after an
Army punt rolled into the end
zone and the Middies took the
ball on their 20. On the first
play, however, Dietz and Bel
limo messed up a play and
Rushatz, now the hottest play
er on the field, recovered on
the Middies' IT.
Eckert and Rushatz ground
down to the 6-yard line and
here, perhaps, came the key
break. Eckert rolled out and
attempted to lateral to Glen
Adams. The pitchout was short,
however, and rolled away and
out of bounds on the Navy 20.
The Cadets made it back to the
Is, but two successive passes
by Blanda, one intended for
Kirschenbauer and the other
for John Ellerson. were in
complete.
Bellino Voted Best
Only 1924 of play was left
when Army next got the ball,
\ taking a punt on its own 49
and moving to Nays 80. Des-
perate measures were in order,
and Blanda uncorked a mighty
heave toward ZailskaS. It was
slightly overthrown and incom-
plete. The next one was the
big one-for Navy. This was
the pass that Blanda intended
for Zmuida, the one that Bel
limo shared to save the day.
Long after the other players
had filed into the dressing
room, Bellino was kept on the
field by the joyous midshipmen
who spilled out of the stands
and by others, among them his
parents and four brothers. FL
nally the stocky halfback from
Winchester, Mass. was hoiSted
and carried off, widely &C
claimed as perhaps the greatest
back in Naval Academy his
tory.
ARMY o 6 6-l2
NAVY IL o OF
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Navy-Luper 12. pass from Spooner
(Spooner rum.
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Army-Rushatz l. run tpass failed.