Princeton at Navy

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  The Washington herald, District of Columbia, October 16, 1921, page 1

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  Princeton Outplayed at :. Every Angle by Middies Touchdown on Blocked Kick and Two Goals From Placement by King Settle Issue. Noyes and Barchet Lead Navy Offense. : those rude upsets yesterday when | the Navy team. fiashing an unbeatable combination Of power and speed. smeared a 13-to-O defeat | across the tawny body of the : Princeton Tiger on Farragut Field. | Annapolis. The surprise was not so much that the Middies took the long end | ( of the decision. for 1t was conceded | TO be anybody’s fight. but in the | manner in which they did II. Any | team that can play the Tigers of | their feet from whistle. ripping the | line, skirting the ends and surpass- | ing them man for man. may be her aided to the world as a real football | machine. That’s what the agile youths coached by Bob FolweIl did, as 10000 spectators rubbed their eyes and wondered. IL it could be true. Don Lourie, all-American quarterback. sat on the bench and gazed wistfully at the rout of his gallant mates. He wore citizen clothes and walked with the aid of a cane. Hank Clarity, another of Prince tons backield stars and a peerless defensive man, was also unable to wear a uniform. With these two shining lights in the game, Roper’s men might have made IL a more equal battle, but II is incredible that even they could have turned the relentless tide that !. swept the team of its feet. Not only did the Middies excel in backfield work. but their towering forwards, fast. active and trained to the minute, outrushed and outplayed their opponent from start to finish Touchdown on Blocked Kick. One touchdown. the result of a , blocked kick behind the goal line, and two goals from placement by Clyde King. big navy tackle, gave the Middies the points that wiped , out the memory of the 14-to-O defeat last season. The touchdown came with the opening of the second period. Just . before the first period ended Cleaves fumbled a pass from Center Witt mer and Taylor. the Navy right end, who should have been blocked by Stinson, hurled himself on the ball 2 on Princeton’s 10-yard line. Barchet swept on tackle for Ave yards as the period ended. With the start of the second quarter. the score came with lAAu6 SuuucuucSS- with navy on the five-yard and second down with goal to gain. Princeton twice repealed attacks in the line and took -fhe ball on downs on the 4 yard line. Van Gerbig dropped back of the goal line to punt. The ball was snapped but the towering form of Bolles. the Navy right tackle, . was seen bearing down on Van Ger big as he prepared to kick. The ball was blocked bounding back almost to the stands, where Carney a guard, covered 1t with a headlong dive. King kicked the goal. t Mr. King Gets Busy. Inspired by. seven-point lead, the Middies dominated for the remainder Of the game. During the second half they opened a driving attack that kept the ball almost constantly in Princeton territory. Four times King. Herculean cap tain of the crew and tackle par excellence. attempted goals from – place in the final period. Twice he failed and as many times he sue ceeded. once from the 40-yard line and again from the 20-yard line, the last one coming as the closing whistle sent the Navy roofing Sec ton into commissions of joy. -NdNg anu like attack was good for ten first downs, five of which came in the fourth period when the Tigers were perceptibly weakening under the hard drubbing. On the other hand. the New Jersey eleven failed to register one first down, so perfect was the Navy defense. Three men stood out prominently in the Navy offense. Steve Barchet. whose general offensive work and run ming back of punts was brilliant; Vic Noyes. star of last years clash with the Army, who entered the game in the second period. and Clyde King, who Mad a batting average OF 500. Ira Mckee. of last years team. was another shifty runner whom the Tigers found hard to stop. Eyes Of the Westinghouse were focused on the lithesome form of Dick Newly. Central High product, who started at right halfback in the Prince ton lineup. Fate decreed, however. that Newly was not to see much action. In the first stages of the game he was charged with roughing Navy player and was elected from the game. the Tigers drawing a damaging pen atty Of half the distance to their goal line. Newly Is Disqualified. Kings kickoff to McPhse. the I’ll ger field general. who lacked the necessary experience for a game of such Importance. gave the classic its start. McPhee returning the ball to his 25-yard line. Van Gerbig hit the line for four yards and Newly duplicated that distance off tackle. Van Gerbig punted fifty yards to Barchet. who was downed on the 20-yard line after a five yard return. 1t was on this kick that Newly was disqualified and Princeton penalized to her own 40 yard line. After testing out the line, Bar Chef shot a forward pass to Hamilton for a first down. Plunges by Conroy and q six-yard squirt around end Melted but eight yards and the Tigers took the ball on downs on their own 20-yard line. Nays offense woke up after an exchange Of punts, when Barchet ran one of Van Gerbig’s spirals back twenty yards to the Princeton 40-yard line, lodging many tacklers. Line plunges and journeys around Mr.. Gray. Princeton’s right end, gave the Middies two more FIRST downs. putting the ball on the Tiger 24-yard line. Barchet skirted

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  The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, October 16, 1921, page 14

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  RIS GEORGIA HOLDS HARVARD TO 70 TO SCORE -SPORTS Navy Defeats the Princeton Tigers opposing goal line by actual offen- sive rushing, the Annapolis mid shipmen furnished 8 remarkable ex- hibition of football here today and defeated the Princeton Tigers, Ia to TO, in q game that was flercely con- tested throughout. About 20,O00 per- sons crowded the stands of Farra- gut field, the largest assemblange that has ever witnessed an athletic combat here. Navy’s score was made up of a touchdown that came as the result of blocked kick, and the resultant goal, in the second period, and two field goals from placement, Kicked by King in the fourth period Disregarding the fact that the Princeton offense was shot to pieces by the absence of their two aces, Lourie and Garrity, Both of whom are nursing injuries. the Tigers work in this department was sur prislngly weak. On the other hand, the Navy forwards were impregnable and not once did the Tigers cover ground for first down in rushing. Hence NaVy’s goal was not nnenaced. They were, in fact, on the defensive most or the L1me. The Princetonians showed some wonderful defensive work in flashes Navy forced the fighting in the first period and kept the ball almost entirely In Princeton’s territory. There were three exchanges of punts during the period. Although Vanderbig out punted King, .avy gained on run ning the ball back. Two minutes be- fore the end of the period Navy, after recovering a Princeton tumble. in- side of Princeton’s 20-yard line, ad- vanced the ball by line bucks to the 5-yard line. When play was resumed in tho sec- ond period, Princeton rose vallantly in the shadow of the goal post and recovered the ball on downs On the first lineup, however. Vanderbg dropped behind tho goal line to punt. Carney. Navy’s left guard. broke through. blocked the kick and fell on the ball for touchdown. King kicked goal. The fight was waged fiercely during the rest of the period. Navy. however, having a slight advantage. When time was called, Navy had the ball In mikield. The third period opened with King kicking off for Navy, Princeton faii- ing to gain. bunting. There followed several exchanges of punts and while Navy’s offense was stronger than Princeton’s, especially in off-tackle plays, yet they could not make steady advance. Neither team seri- ously threatened the others goal dur ing the period. Princeton made sew eral substitutions, which considerably strengthened their defense. Navy completely outplayed Prince ion In inc final rushing the ball inside the Tigers 20- yard line. However, at these stages, Princeton braced and King, Navy’s right tackle. succeeded in two out of three attempts at field goal from placement. Princeton at no time had chance to score. Line-ups: Navy 13) Position. Princeton (O) Left End. Iarr ................... Gray Left Tackle. boiies ‘....t......,. .......... Neck Left Guard. Chrney .............. Baker Center. Larsen ................. A. Wfttmar Right Guard. Frawiey ...........,...... Morgan Right Tackle. AfnG ........r...... Hooper Right End. Tayfor ...,.... -............. StfnsOn Quarterback. Conroy .................. McGhee Left Halfbnck. Hamilton ................. GfIrOy Right Halfback. Bnrchet ............. NeWDy Ful1back. kOehlcr ................ Vnnderbfg Score by periods: Navy ...........,.... 0 I 0 6--13 Princeton ...~...... O- c Navy Scoring-Touchdown Carney. Goal from touchdown, King. Goals from field, King. Referee, Charles McCarty, Germantown, Pa. Umpire, Fred Murphy, Brown. Field judge, Al Sharpe, Yale. Head linesman, Pendleton. Bowdoin. Time of periods. 15 minutes each.

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Princeton leads 18–⁠12–⁠6 in 36 meetings, counting the 24 since this game.