Columbia at Navy

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  Evening star, November 13, 1949, page 43

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  Navy Turns Power In Second Half TO Swamp Columbia $40 Lions Trail by Only go at Half, But Take Sixth Straight Beating BY the Assoeiafsd Press ANNAPOLIS, Nd, Nov. IL – Navy warmed to its task in 28point second half to rout fast weakening Columbia football team, $40. before $4,000 in Thompson Stadium today. Columbia made a contest Of it for the first half, limiting Navy to a 60 lead before taking its sixth Straight shellacking in eight games. The Lions wound up with a net rushing Of only % yards after two early scoring threats. The Middies. sticking closer to the ground than usual, pounded out two third period touchdowns and third stringers completed the rout with another pair in the last two minutes. Three for Eight. It was Navy’s third triumph against four losses and one tie as the Middies head into their Army classic two weeks from today. Each team failed to capitalize on scoring opportunity in the opening period when it looked like it might turn out to be a free scoring affair. A Columbia drive probed to the and Navy reached the 6. The Middies twice penetrated to the 8 and II without success in the second period. They finally put together a 55-yard march, all by rushing, with Duff Arnold charging over the goal from the 4. Columbia rebounded with a rs yard drive that expired on the II for its last threat of the game. Kermit Tracy. a soph from Little Rock. Ark, completed four sharp shooting passes for all but IS yards LOT the march. Hauff Goes Over. l. Bob Zastrow got his passing game clicking at the start of the second half, throwing two to Rom aid Andersen for 80 yards. The tosses carried Navy to the Colum- |bia IA and Frankie Hauff slithered of LETT tackle from 4 yards out flor the score. Z | Arnold. q 160-pound galloper from Tulsa. Okla, personally took over for Navy’s third tally. In two carries he travelled 81 yards and after two more plays he scooted three yards for q touch down. The teams fiddled around do ing no damage to each other until the last two minutes of the game when Navy reserves caught fire. Mike Sorrentino, replacing zastrow at quarterback, set off the powder. He collaborated with Larry Treadwsll on two passes to move the Middies to the one, from where Ned King. a recent jay , wee. plunged over. On the first , play after recovering a Columbia tumble, Sorrentino lobbed a short pass to Frank Pucylowski, an other graduate from the junior varsity. who ran his way to the end zone. COLUMBIA. .. L, MciS.n EMdiJ Ward straka- Danneman, L. G--caponesro’ Andette, Mccann, sacaMskas. Blessing. c’MMsWIaassneTu MsIas. u,,l.ss lseIser. sehwesler. Misho T. G.-Pell. Cnaky. sautter r. T-cozzi. Federowicz. Connell, vitone EE-Pomm. Grubman. D. hansen, L. g. B.-ITracy, Schwartz, coufal Russell. L. H;-van Bellinsham. White. Kimtis, 3. T.-Wynett Toner. F. B.-H. Hansen, Nork. NAVY. L. E;-1Andresen. Frasier, Treadwen, l. T.-Tetreault. Davis. Leahy. tC.-Gambke, Bryson. Owens. z. G-Steele, Ridderhof. Harvey. Denfeld. ssaRs. saRhsmsR Wilson. ih.iss esssenssa asass @. B.-zastrow, Jones, sorrentino. l. H-Hautf. Vine, Puryis, Bartuska. King R. H-Powers, Arnold, sundry. Earl, r. F.B.-Bannerman, Drew. Allison, scolpino. SSslumoia Sav1 ----- 9 9 q 80 H.a s9rns HsInod Yhe after touchdown-Drsw 60. Columbia Navy. Yards gained rushing tnet)--- g ESQ Forward passes attempted - 26 70

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Navy leads 13–⁠9–⁠1 in 23 meetings, counting the six since this game.