Bucknell at Navy

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  The sun, New York, October 26, 1919, page 1

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  MIDDIES RECEIVE KEEN OPPOSITION Are Forced to Battle Hard to Beat Bucknell by 81 to 6 Score. RALLY IN LAST QUARTER Score Two Touchdowns-Open Attack Of Losing Eleven Features Contest. ANNAPOLIS, Md. Oct. 25.-In a gams which made the midshipmen get down to real football, the Naval Academy won from Bucknell here this afternoon by 81 to 6. There was not q moment when the visitors did not put up a stern defense, and they showed much ability In the open attack which was feature Of the contest The Navy started the game with the strongest backfield which could be picked but two early changes rather disorganized 1t. and 1t was not until the final quarter that the new coordination shook itself together and showed its ability to advance consist. emily On the whole. the game was encouraging to Navy’s followers Bucknell played Navy TO a standstill in the second quarter, and scored In the third in the third of two plays of the spectacular kind. With Navy holding the ball on Bucknell’s thirty yard line. Elmer intercepted forward pass on his own twenty yard line, and ran to Nays ten yard line where Koehler stopped him. Bucknell fumbled on the next play. but Kinds punt was short, and a forward pass of Bowser’s was received by Dent over the line. On Kostor’s try for goal. the ball hit the post above the bar and bounced back. Navy received the first kick off Benoist running to the Nays twenty five yard line. In series of drives most Of them off tackle, with Afford and Clark generally carrying the ball, and helped by one forward pass, from Al ford to, Clark, the ball was taken TO Bucknelrs ten yard line. There stall wart stand caused the ball to pass over on downs. Bowser punted to the thirty fivo yard line. at this stage. Koehler took Affords place, and Rawlings was substituted for Clark. Rawlings ran fifteen yards, and. after a few short gains, Koehler took the ball over and King kicked goal Navy’s Goal I’m Danger. The second quarter opened with Buck nell holding the bail a little in the Navy’s territory. A combination OF crisis cross and forward passes, Elmer taking the bail, accounted for fifteen yards, the first substantial gain for the | visitors, and they followed It with a first down in two plays. Bowser and | Mangal carrying the ball This put Nays goal line in danger but a stand | on the ten yard line saved it. King punted. and the visitors were | not again so near scoring, though the | midshipmen fought In their own lot dur | ing the rest OF the quarter. Though the Navy kept the ball in Bucknell TERRITORY most of the third quarter fine catch and | run Of Elmer put the visitors in position to make their only score of the game while the midshipnlen were blanked In the final quarter, the midshipmen | woke up to the fact that 1t was thaic turn to do some gridiron stunts The | opportunity came when Bucknell had re- | ceived kick inside its ten yard line and Bowser was n little slow in settling himself to punt back. Murray and Lowe | were on him, the former stopping tho ball. which rolled across tho line and ! Denfield fell on it again. Another time | King added a point Navy kicked of and received Bowsers | return on their own forty yard line | With Koehler and Rawlings doing the bulk Of the carrying. and with one ten yard gain on a forward toss from Koch Ter to Rawlings the bali was carried to the five ysrd line. from which Koehler carried It ,cross. Again Kings trus,y | toe did tbs thing It was called upon TO do. the game ending shortly after, though not before Bucknell had uncovered | final effort in the form of wide tx. tended line and some serious passing | The lineup:

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 26, 1919, page 30

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  DOWNS bUCKNELL ELEVEN Plays Real Foot Ball Against Tagged Opponents and Wins, 21–⁠6. Special Dispatch to The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md, October 25.-The Midshipmen had to get down to real foot ball against Bucknell this after noon, but turned the trick by winning, 81 to 6. They started easy winners with the first choice backf1eld and promptly scored touchdown and goal, but two substitutions in the combinaton disorganized them slightly and there was no more Navy scoring until the final quarter, when the new crowd became co-ordinated and played strong foot ball against the rather tagged visitors. Between times Bucknell was very much in the game indeed There was no time during the contest in which defense nor when they were not dangerous with the ball, with their combination Of well executed PLAYS. consisting Of varieties of forward pass plays, sometimes in colnbinat ton with the old criss-cross. quarter, but 1t was rather Bucknell’s. Ebner’s Sensational Run. ihe navy showed something early In the third quarter. but Bucknell turned the tables with cwo really SEN sational plays. leading to its only touchdown. The Midshfpmen essayed a forward pass from Bucknelrs 30 yard line. The pass was longer than the ones usually tried by the Nav. and Elmer was under it. at about his own 20-yard line. Eluding several Navy players. he ran to Nays 10 yard line. where he was stopped by Koehler. Nothing seen here so far this season has approached this play. It looked for moment. however, that 1t would count for nothing. as Buck nell fumbIed to the Navy on the next play. Kings kick was rather short and Bucknell made several short gains. carrying the ball to the Nays s0-vard line. From this point Bow ser tossed the ball to Dent. who was over the Nays goal line. Roster missed the goal. There was general Improvement in Nays backfeld in the fourth quarterS Koehler and Rawlings doing specially fine work. The Midshipmen scored when Murray blocked Bow ser’s punt. Denfeld fell on the ball behind the line and again when Koehler carried the ball over, after he had. with Rawlings. worked the ball half way down the field in a series of plays on tackle.

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  New-York tribune, October 26, 1919, page 18

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  Bucknell Gives Navy Hard Battle On the Gridiro,1 ANNAPOLIS, Oct. 25.--Presenting highly formidable aggregation. Buck nell for a time threw fright into the Annapolis Midshipmen, but the latter by continually plugging away at the line with an occasional forward pass. and by getting shade the better Of the “breaks” finally won out by the score of 21 to 6. Farragut Field was heavy as a result of two-day rain, but in spite of this both teams handled the ball in pretty style. The Midshipmen showed their best work in the first and final periods in which they registered ali of their points. In the first period they car ried the ball by line plays for 35 yards to a touchdown. Bucknell looked dan gerous for time in the second period, when they advanced the pigskin to Navy’s 5-yard line, only to meet a strong resistance, and Navy taking the leather on dowuns, punted down fie d. The third period witnessed all kinds of football. and the Bucknellians. if any thing, slightly outplayed the sailor lads, although they accomplished very little through line bucking 1t was at this stage of the contest that they began to look dangerous, their defense strengthened and three times they forced the middies to punt Bucknell’s hopes arose in a flash when Elmer, intercepting a Navy for ward pa S, sprinted eighty wards behind fine interference before he was finally ooverhauled and thrown by Koehler on 4NavS’s 5-yard mark. Two plays, and Dent went over for chdown The try for goal was q failure. Soon afterward another Bucknel score that seemed imminent was thwarted by a penalty and tumble on Navy’s TOyard line. Things began to come Navy’s way in the final period. Murray blocked a lBucknell punt near Bucknells goal hne, and Koehler. In mad rush to grab it, pushed it across the line. where Denfeld, Navy, dropped on it for a, touchdown. Within for minutes OF the. close of the game the Navy bat tering resulted in another score, Koch Ier taking it over on line plunge. The lineup:

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  The Washington times, District of Columbia, October 26, 1919, page 23

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  BUCKNELL GIVES NAVY LADS WORK ANNAPOLIS, Nd Oct 2o--Buckhell gave navy q hard fight yesterday, but superior weight on q heavy Geld enabled the k1dshipmen to win, 21 to 6. Dobie’s sailors relied chiefly on straight football with line smashing tactics that broke down the visitors defense. A few forward passes were attempted and failed frequently. Bucknell uncovered a varied series OF open plays that bewildered the Middies at times The mud. Of very slow field mAde these tactics short Of enough punch to win. Bucknelrs lone score came after a brilliant eighty yard run by Elmer. who intercepted a Navy forward pass and carried the ball to the Vineyard line. Dent took it over, but the try for goal was a failure

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Navy leads 10–⁠4–⁠1 in 15 meetings, counting the six since this game.