| Show Accidental Kick Wins But Experts Disagree By HENRY McLEMORE United Press Writer NEW YORK Oct 19 When 19 When earths earth's last picture is painted and the tubes are twisted and dried and all the admirals admira s sailing the theseas theseas theseas seas have kicked the bucket and died died died- Navy men who saw the academy's football forces battle Yale at Baltimore Baltimore Baltimore Bal Bal- last Saturday still will be arguing the legality of that third period score which gave the little boys in blue a 7 12 triumph It was a freak no doubt about that and skimmed the Okeson football code mighty dangerously if it didn't actually violate it Here is the play as I recall it With navy leading 7 6 near the end of the third period Yale's kicker a gentl gentleman man named Mott got off a long twisting punt which fell into the arms arms arms' of Sneed Schmidt Navys Navy's safety man on his his- own 35 yard line The ball bounced out of Sneed's arms a split second after after- it struck them and went bouncing crazily along the ground The first Yale man to arrive on the scene was Bob Carey left end who fell to the ground and began battling Schmidt for possession of the ball Just when it seemed that Schmidt would win the duel duel Sneed Sneed was tucking the ball under his body in fact Larry fact Larry Kelley the big Irish captain of the arrived under under under un un- un- un der a full head of steam His right foot struck the ball squarely and it zoomed from un un- un- un der Schmidt and sailed 32 yards to Navys Navy's yard 3 line Without breaking his stride Kelley elley went after the ball and recovered it for his side within a step of Navys Navy's goal from which point Clint Frank went over for a touchdown two plays later As you know to kick a loose ba ball ballis ballis l lis is to commit a a. foul The officials didn't think Kelley had deliberately deliberate deliberate- ly booted the ball to keep Schmidt from front recovering it for they never even raised a finger But up in the press box which was well populated with experts and genuine the consensus was that Kelly thinking quickly had taken a full brassie swing One expert whose heart was with the sailor men even went so far as asto asto asto to go down on the field after the game borrow a football and give an exhibition which proved to his satisfaction at least that a football football football foot foot- ball couldn't be accidentally kicked 32 yards With his coattails the breeze this expert backed off and took a running start toward a football football football foot foot- ball which he had placed in the approximate position of the one fumbled by Schmidt and kicked it with his normal stride The ball didn't go 10 yards He Ho tried again and again and his best distance when he simply ran into the ball was short of 15 yards He offered this as concrete evidence that Kelley had momentarily checked his charge and deliberately deliberate deliberate- ly IY given the ball a ride Of course this demonstration wasn't concrete evidence of anything anything anything any any- thing of the sort Keeley is a much more accomplished football player than the expert who has been out of college since the days of moustached moustached moustached tackles and padded bamboo-padded pants It is entirely possible that Kelley can do more with a football football football foot foot- ball accidentally than the expert can intentionally Kelley one of those natural players play play- ers who somehow manage to deliver deliver de de- de- de liver when the going is touch est did another strange thing during the Saturday game One time with the ball near the sideline Yale kicked and Kelley instead of running straight down the field cut over five yards to his right and ran out of bounds He actually was three or four yards outside the playing field and at a quick glance appeared to be a Yale substitute warming up Naturally no one went outside to block him When Then he had reached a point across from where the safety man awaited to catch the punt he came onto the field again and and nailed the sailor safety man in his tracks I dont don't know what the ruling is ison ison ison on this Is there an out-of-bounds out penalty as there is in golf Buthe But Buthe Buthe i he did it and perhaps I 1 shouldn't mention it because it game me what is sometimes referred to as the laugh hearty And I 1 dont don't get many out of the game because as you perhaps re remember remember remember re- re member I picked Navy What's more I wagered a quarter on its chances I Editors Editor's note Rule 6 section 2 article 4 of the official football rules reads as follows No player of the kickers kicker's team who goes out of bounds during a kickoff may touch or recover the ball until after It has passed into the possession and control of the other team Penalty loss loss of ball to opponents Under this rule a player would be entitled to make malte a tackle on the receiver after having been out of bounds i fr |
