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L'XUAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1913.
PART II. Kill'It PAOtt,
President Sees Army Beat Navy on Fog Bound
Field by a Score of 14 to O in Bitter Struggle
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By BRIGGS
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of the Oliphantine rush.
I?y mortal could have mainta
such preeariona footing moving a
and then in hil -ti me I
a 180-pounder high m the air and
nedule intact. After carrying
i. sad his tackier nine yards fur
.haut Anally succumbed to
law of gravity and eight or nine i
shipmen who tackled him from ii'-a
?
Seii hale, i P ?lit ? i.-Jtfi
the foliy of Watchfully uaifing for
Navy to -,ho\>, hiiv winning form.
with hii pa, j he croaaod the tield
rectly back of Matty's aummer ho
and made his headquarters in one
per boxe- Just above the A
f corns."
"And whoa, responding to
cheers, he held his hat in air, no
rooter in the itandi but knew
i:t was thi
All this while the Navy g
?. but the Army mule was
to be -i.-f.. It may have been thai
\ having gotten the Navy's g'
Own mascot. W
Mr.."* ettled back of Prod M
-. nOV n camp, pu j proi.
in the final half.
After a short flurry and an epidei
.' . pa ? , Oliphant
over for the Bocoad touchdo
'?'. this play -.va? in prog ? ?
Mr. Wilson and Mr-, (?alt let
i --t above I
applauded lustily when the stocky Ar
around back of I
po ? Thij may not havi ktm
hall, but the} evidc
?a? tli.-y liked.
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ai d beg
? oro, l'Ut i lie \'av i
th. I e to ma
eadwa > ush hik the ball, th? 11
begSI S open B fu
Blodg*
anl. This i.u
. hand that more th
t he ball, and lie peggi d I
far and on a line. But moat
there arai no o i I ? ind
thing i
I to wreck the play.
H wa toward the close ?.t thi ?
-i. .?' i r produi "i
the heavy fo<' made its doepe I pr?
Packed around the Held ? ' 0*
-;?'. Ht'd, with all the color thi
have shown upon a bright .:..-. .
in there was no light i
touch of -car'et or blue or 01
fog-bound du -..
Summing up. the ?West Point vietoi
rei|u. ? '. test .inony. Tl
etl win. because they had 'he In?
ter defence and the stronger, mo
attack. Thej made leven fln
t he Nav;. '- three. Thf
ed 172 yards to the Navy's .',,-> ?
? half the Midshipmen reel?
ll two paltry yards two yards I
miautej of play or hard)
bury a quarterback. Th
had all the better of the pun'
Bad on returning punts the m)
'?- had 122 yards a<;ain?t 2i
a mighty margin.
The Navy was outclassed. Its lin
(M '.adly outplayed for the back
to have OVOS half a chance. And i
hod bo d* f< Bee to step Oliphanl on hi
many sasaahei through guard and ol
BO at 'he .?rid of the garne there wa
? ht outburst of "weal Point jo;
when, for the third time in lUCCessioi
.'? hei waj to rush upon 'he Del*
celebrate, with 100 sorrowful mid
tting moodily in their eat
? ?.. but taking no other part.
Tl, lehral Ion ol s i etori
- . a - n more spectacular than tb<
dances practised fit Tale am
Harvard sad Princeton. Surroundiri
? Id la one hne, ?".?"i Weal Pointer
? '..ward the centra in a wild mas
?"iiK" "f gray, black and gold, foi
? eeping S 'de the
fog
And, unnoticed, unhonored and on
the Navy "?oat leaked dlacon
m .1 t,n ran tn fee
Unding none, bfOV ? id '"'?' ' bi
moment apon ? small aatcb of Heavy
..r ' 'I o bis calm and
ii the ant ! ' ?? sn icmble,
thi Preai"
. . Mi Ol iphant s era sbee?
? ?
thai Mr. I r.i.i-, ... e of hi?
imblod a punt, or thst
*.rmy eentro, had
? . d foi arard pas ' befar ?
'i ?.' over for his -lernnd
iiiashdows all those ?feini?? ?>, him
? > iadlng bu.?- mu? ? Inkiing
Only ont nearly ie much. For
I'bt have BBOd the hi... and th''
cymbal for a greatly de?ii..J me?!.
President Preserved
a Strict Neutrality
He Couldn't Cheer for the Army
and He Couldn't Cheer for the
Navv, So He Just Didn't
Cheer At All.
By HEYWOOD BROUN.
??'<>r our part, we'd rather be wrong than be President. Consider Um
lamentable position in which Woodroa Wilson found himself yeeterdaji
;.t the I'iiI?? Grounds when the Army played the Navy. Every time he
leaned over i<> tell Mra. Gall how sorrj ha was about the weather forty
thousand peraons watched him. If he had bough! the lady of his choice
i bag of peanuts the fact would have Keen chronicled m headlines.
Unlike a workaday citizen, the President could not even remain nndi
'.orbed in ?me seat, hut was forced t?i march across a soggy gridiron be?
tween Um halves. Yet all those are minor matter*. He could not root
Did oliphant dart through a broken tie!?! for twenty-tive yarda, throwing
tacklers right an?! left, the President rouhl not hooray or holler. I; was
1 is to remain impaaaive. Neutrality demanded it.
While others shouted "Hold "cm" or "Hip '?in up." a ? the caae nusrht he.
the whole duty of the ['resident lav in maintaining a dignified impartiality.
The Constitution empowers the President to rommniul the army an?) the
navy, t?i appoint a Cabinet, t<> advise Congreaa, t?> pardon and to veto, hut
he can't root.
Thefefore, pit;. Woodrow Wilson, arho, after anxious ?lay- ??mi night
? f neutralitv. found him-elf on hie day off a neutral still.
The ?lay was ilone in neutral tints.
looked as if Whistler ha?! taker li
of i? Sorolla. There were ee
braver sari there in the Brash si
i?.m, Lut the) s ei ?? to be
through a gray foreground Late in
, fourth |i? riod this gray became ??- 'h
a^ pea oup.
11 u asa'1 10 much v. hal 11 -,.
a?* n-hnt they threatened. limn fell 01
intermittent ly. but th.us nevei
moment when a d? d nol se
imminent. A- s mutter of fact,
- in tolerable hap? 11
fully a- dry as the Harvard itl
ium las' Satiirilay, and tin.
be ascribed to the turtle bach ?liamo
? arjr Fabian, which is accommodi
ing enough to double now and again
a turtle back ?*ri?liron. The ravage!
?lie v.ater were fat more reaching th
?.he stretch between the goal
tli?u_h the rain harmesl the ?eld to
greal extent, it washed a".at the ge
an.I j*ilt froni many a unifoim ?
robbed the afteraoea of much of its >?
pected colorful accompaniment
geWBS aad hats. In all truth, it csnn
be said that the fair se\ was the fea
ure of the afternoon. Th?* colon?!
lady and Judy O'Grady arc
under their oilskins.
Fortunately, the Ohiforms of
shipmeii aii'l the ca.i. I built f<
show ;?s well as service. Set all ll
deluge of the s'ay could rob the eye ?
the fine picture a- the men of th?
Hnd the ?rmy marched to the ?
ami the still finer picture at -h?. en.I s
the ?rame a* the far-flu:.| ranks ssf ?)?
Weet l'oint battalion charged to thei
eolon set in the midslle sif tl I
What if the -un duin't shine'' The re
lining of the bandmaster's cape ?lid.
His vndtt* weie tile Ills? 'si ,ni:v.
ans) slrill'-sl shout the geld in f> S
?s, delight all lavara of prefmredni
Then :?t ? word of command ?!!?? in.i
chine diaiateerated late BO many men
oi rather beys, each serambltni
-eat. The BJMOtS had li.srslr
Matesl when thev had 'o stand up
to welcome the Preeident, who
m an aatoasobil? ??? ?uch a?
cavalcade <?f *is I h<? Pri
is big- hat en I a ?_<?od warm .. .
Bo m ob 0-1 si all? prebebl) record
' what M rs Galt S ore Hal f i
(,f eomic oaera hu* i?*fi _i almost col. ?
blind ?'? to ce -turn? *. Anything short
of ?/reell, pink 01 t'" r|U' e-c:i|i.
n?tigst The eostame ??' Mra. Gall aras
,.,?.? ,.f th? ?. Ml s1' de remernb t
? ?be arare i large hunch of orchid
? i lus wat i?' ' t '
I i h?- mid il In mea '"i not ?m-. ?? e?| -
hft?r I e'elaek, .?* thej na?i beoa iesi
in a f?i?/ on 'he Hudson for half an
I
loin- or more. When the game hej-a
there aere aboat ai man) peopli pre
the Polo ' ?rounda^ ha - ?
? i e ?, i s
! le.
I'he Army nol only autplayed th
Navv. but ' ? erad Th>- midi hin
'i heve ? a innre dcce| ' 0
? ? r and -enu.-nee i., ? r. chd ling n
tie i .me-.. be fon '.< arrival ol th
men from Wi -' Poll ' ' I 'na' ke
, ? thi ? . ? their sectinn wei
t?mate blocks a 11. ?h
' " Th
i Ian in-' i< ?. full) explained. Pos
Ittl ri.rat in divid? thi
ha?ses from the tenors, but ?*;
the not ?on 11 I he liirht ..-' r>-lull ?
?? as excel; >ni.
Pirat aad tu . te of 'he Am;. w-igi
??as one v.hirn ran:
"Good night) Navy; good Bight, Navy
(?ood-r.ight, Nav \ ; here comes tin
Army team."
The ehores 'hen continue- in a Inch
pirited mai.ner:
"The Army team going to win.
Coing to afin, going to win;
The Ana] team - going to win
Coing to a m te
The reiteration of the ticiiet that ? h
v arould "? in wa ist ed noi
hv tiie event- ol* the afternoon
but also by tin tact 'ha, the MM
sung to the '.ru- nf "?.nod-N.irh:
Ladia " The Arm) -on;; Ii supplt*
ment? I af tap- from th?
bugles directed toward tin
Stand Otl.ana? of ?he Army wer.1
?'i i, the '? ii.'' Hennv Havena" aad
"On to Vietoi 1 thi ??'-- a er i
tmonf ?M
trick play? of the Armv cheerintr ?qua I
releaae ef a number
t" whir!; ribbons al irrav
ur.d gold and black had
AlthoagS tee Navy arg
autcheered, it niu.-t be ?id foi
midabipmen tha ?? bo
upon occaaioB lo lift their defiance!
'I he veils of the Navy wer? heard when
\ coring?, a hi
ibipmea were fumbllag ami even when
a penalty ?- tnpoeed on the eleven
from Annapoll rben b* i.
-aid for t'm eh.ml af rheeriric. <><?'? 1
? needs no bu-h. Touchdowi
their own reward, but when the
fellow ?i doing thi aeoriag then the
aord af ? ? i ?ragomeal mean bm I
it mas be that aasoag 'he yoaac fel?
la.w s .ho straggled on the irndiron
veslenl.i-. ' ln-r. I .. -'"i i I . .
j Hind.- herg It can only be hoped th r
II n. aad attacl i
upon a haadred mil? I ron' ?> bo dl I
ri terda\ uin.ii a -' !l un m a ire hue ?!
????en
COLUMBIA ROUTS
CORNELL ELEVE1
Slianholt and a Chines
Soccer Player Are Bie
Factors in Victory.
? olumbia routed the Cornell -oes
'???m in an intercollegiate locccr ehai
plonshlp game on South Field M'-tc
? t.. bj a -core of ,") to 1. Columb
larkesi in team play, but the brilliai
individual work of ? aptain Shanhol
: ernandei and Leung, a Chinese j. !.? y o
-.a- loo much :'oi the Ithaca eleVCB.
With u tisld thai aras arel aad sogg
Bl ?as slow, and it t??ok moi
'han half an hour bet?re either tea
got Tin ash.enlagi 1 hen, on a -ma*l
ing run dowr ?he field, Ilubbcl sei
? omell ahead with a Ane -hot Into tli
n.?. Columbia tallied a moment late
end the half ended with the issue
? ,.| '.? * In 1 he : aal period I 'dan
ma played Till around tin rieitors an
? r th? i?orne
?lev?n did much to redeem thi
ruifered at the hai .i- s i'r ne? I
. and it put the M lue Hin) W hit
righl up m 'he running again for th
Tli. ? olumbia n cord for th
rtoriei oi ei Pens
snia. i Its. ? . ornell, an
the defeat al the hand- of Prince
??.?i mai * the slate.
Th.* ?let's.?,' of the Cornell team im
?ttributable mine to it- lack nf strrngt
?s finish ?ait th ither than t
? 'olumbia' playing Iha gams ?ras th<
third that Cornell ha?i played in le*
? i an a weal ign tha trau
? i- fast ia th?
i .. .? - in the Anal per od and mas m si
whelmed. W\ re th? play had beci
even through the i I ha ? il ?
mo*t entirely/in ? ornell's end of th?
Held In i pel iod
Leung ' ? ttll ' innamaii. playin-,
ineidi righl Bias aad White
played a surprit
- in the forward ranks did much
to put C? la? ibis in ? eommandii g po ?
tissu in the Anal period His dribbling
of a '.ugh ord? ? paeaes
?.'.-r<* sharp aad accurate. II?- played
' ? Shanholl and
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Y. M. C. A. Offers New Course.
?Don't icrear at the engine. Learn
to run It'," is th? of the >*'
Y M. C. A., which ha* -tartrd a
tt illass n motor boat engine InatrUC
? loa, which i- intei ded t? AI owaai
sad engine? s props '.iline
.if the d gen ni tj ps; of eagineo. A
course o?' free instruction ;s to b
?given at the Motor Host Show.
Midshipmen Lose
Way in the Fog
i
the midshipmen ch?i?e to reach
the Polo (.round- b) ??.?:er. but the>
4?ere betraved b\ their favorite ele?
ment. Expected at 1:.'.0. there ??as
no sign of (he naval battalion, and
| as the minutes crept on it *?as re
| ported that thev had been lost in a
1 fog on (he Hudson. The men ??ho
i ?ill he called upain in future vear?
I to guide ?hips around the ??orld and
: pos.ibh m and out bet??een mine
! held? could not negotiate the jour
? nev troin Fort Lee la IMth Street,
i The rooters arrived just in lime for
j the gam?-, but it ??a? noted thai the
; learn ?as all at sea during the
I greater part of the al I eriinnn.
GOOD NATURE
RULES CROWD
BEFORE GAME
Policemen Have an Easy
Time with Army and
Navy Followers.
. boat lookiag aad boat
crowd that Niv York
That ".as the ? the eity'l
? ? ury on ci..v..;- thi liotel i-ni
ployei aad th.- police. Phere were
hundred ol thi latter s?a
tioned a* the Pnio Grauadi to handle
i "? 0 that i thi Ai my triumph
the Navy, an? .hej never oaee had
;. lift their vi.ne- tO a -bout. "Oh,
it'l a le., . .11'. . I] ? !.. .. ' .? ., - ?;,,. \VH\
r r.ilnian eX|.I It, Bad
1'bi ? to appreciate nie. peO| ie, to... be
he ha. Keen itationfd mi the
la ? lis mi
For three hours before tile game arai
in- c '""? ?I - m god in and oat
hotel? lo lo.ik :,t the weather, which
fulfilled its early moni ng promise?
?? 11 h i ? ? to dampen
I 'im ? any one. But
ill itoicalty and
bacs into the hotela, where ban?
? ? '.. ag ' aved and Mag i wen
: cuir? lung
In the \'anderbilt. where 'he NaVJ
goat occupied luxurioui quarters in
the eellar, the midshipmen gathered
to the tune <>f "Anchors .Weigh."
The ticket {peculators -.?.-r?. the ones
arho ere affected mo. I by the ram. Ob
Friday they were demanding from $1.?
to ?'2? l'or good ticket- and there ara?
one instance ?here S r. > ? a a - :i-kcd ar.d
paid for But ys iterday
morning, v.heii they had fond bop. ?
of ma1 ing a killing, the rain cam
along and ehangod th* mindi of many.
At " o'clock mi the aftoraoc:
2"ing at
price a per-'", ?? I - willing to
? were -e\ ?i.. Mid Of tickets
the Vanderbilt al tl each.
Shortly after 1 o'elock then were no
tSXicabl to he had. Crowds of ni' i
and women huddled under the awnings
of the hoteli ?raiting to popnee upor.
the Ural one Iha7 bowed itself. Door
'men and bellboys reaped a liai'?-' '?
going out on scouting trip?. Graduall*?
the throngs found ?/?rious mean- nf
transportation, taxieaba, horse cabs,
"busca, the elevated and the subway.
and by the '.ine the ? h : itlc bleu tl '
-land - w ere fu'l.
? oogan'i BlufT. whieh i; the grand?
-fand nature provide.: inr coui ? ?
thouaaada In baai ball and football
m the pa -? letienll} do
serted. Vrom that diatanee all that
could be -??' i aas tl"- icoreboard :?
for an occasional fliflspsa at ?ome ol
the cheering middiea, Bj the I n ?
i it half ?-??-? o* er the blu:T
deserted, except for several thousand
emptj machines and s few policemen
ANNAPOLIS FOLK
NOT SURPRISED
Defeat of Navy Eleven
Expected by Those Left
at the Academy.
I i. ?-.. I ?. tmt M
Annapolis. Md.. Nov. 27. Manv ofli
eera aad other friends ol 'he Naval
Academj football team were anal
make the tria t.. \e'.? York tO MB th ?
Army-Nav) fool I to-day, aad
repur'- af ?he ^atiie b> play- Aere 1*1
reived here.
re -vas little ?urprise ,, ?. . .1
ert' of the local eleven. It '.?a? the fCB
era! opinion that both sors es teams
belOW the usual -tandard, but
? ? . At my had the better Bgj :?
gation, and only unusual breaks in th/
eonteat could have brought about a
? n ; victory. Preparations have beer,
made for a b'g demonstration when the
1 team return? to-morrow, <le-p;tc tho
defeat.
The team lo-e? onl;. <ra g, quarter
! back, and Kercher, left guard, b> grad
oatioa. The men who will be
member? of the - next yea
?.re Ward, left tackle; Johnson, righ
? end. and Davis, rieht halfback. It is
likely 'hat Ward, who has acted a- cap?
tain in some of the trames this rear,
will be chosen as leader. Six Of the
team are fourth class men. and wil'
have three year- more of football af
j the Naval Academy. They ar< Von
i Heinsberg, left end: Goodatein, ce itre:
i Smith, right guard: (iilman. right
I tackle; Wr??phal, right halfback; Mar
1 tin, fullba.k
Summary of Game in Which
Army Eleven Defeated Navy
(.round gamed b> rushing.
Piral dawas b> rushing .
Forward paaats attempted .
(.round gained bl ts.r-?ard pa?.sei?.
Forward paseCC in? ??mpleted.
I s?r?? ard pa*?e? intercepted.
\iimhor al punt-? .-.
\?cr;c,"- distance of punis .
dunning hack punts .
Kiinnin?* ha? k ki? k-offn .
Penalties .
(.round l??-t bj penalties.
1 unibles .
(.round t?.*t b) fumble?.
Hall lo-t bj fumbles .
I umblr* ie*u?ered -,
l'uni? latlsaatSa Imm line of scrimmage
Kir*?!
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Army Eleven the
j Stronger, but Not
\ by Fourteen Points
Navy Contributes Largely to Its
Own Football Defeat in Fight?
ing Game-Forward Pass,
as Used, Acts as a
Boomerang,
By HERBERT.
With g Navy blunder serving as the stepping-stone s. cine Army
touchdown and .. forward pas.-- boomerang; nada in Navy territory, paving
the way for another, it is little wonder that the midshipmen of the N'a\al
Academy sat around last ni|-ht feeling: aorry for each other.
With Oliphant leading the charga t?? a decisive, if hard tornad. \w
t.iiy bj a score of It to 0, it i- little wonder that the cadets of the Military
Acadenr. danced about la.*; Right to their favorite refrain, which ?_rew
Huskier and iuiskier, 't.?nul Night? Navy." Good Night, Navy."
It was a muddy game this gUM at the Polo Grounds yeotordaj in
the il.une of '. he (liant- ami OS ?Irai? in spots as the slay. Rain dull?*-d
?he pomp, raincoat- covered the beauty, while a wet field and g slippery
i.all blurred the liner point* of play, hut a fii?ht was wajfed. a* ever i*
the case when .raj und Naw clash on tin- gridiron, and it is about the
flght that this particular story is concerned.
old Grant Rio and Hevwoou Bro
reclaimed for the lecond time witl
a week fn m I . BOWC I love, have t
tiie n,-.,. | and pa;:i'..i thi -c-ne in th
i ?-. n hopes wa- of i fame 'ha' ?as
eetai tier s th low?haagiag elm
and a mi?t\ air woald permit, sa tl
t?:, excuse tor this itoi ? Ii
football
\rni\ roam More Finished.
, ? ? ?,, B, ??-? I',,
stronger and far mor. 'ini-li
ttlBg, then, that
'..iv shouli1 have erowaed the
I ut th.? diff?rend rai far from
If the midshipmen had r
contrib gelj to their sa s 4
Peat th? same n ,. ha ? sad
in s seoreli 11 ti<
I his itatemenl
ii\ Amu lympathisen oa the gros
1 na; the ?? ondei fui oliphant jump
liirouch a hole ;n 'he Naw line, ai
?lipping three or four tackles ?vith
the shill and tiiusii af 11 Eddie Mah
Or a (harne Barrett, i Hit twenls-i
? arda for WTeai Poiat'i Mseed toui
dOWa. All credit must lie ftvOB
thia. The -n.-. ?'-. ind versa
might well o... asad? the tame It)
? ? -.- from almo-i ... at
field, but the fact remain? tiifu t
liar ?coring ebene*. 1 si
. ' of 1 ..nun', made fontard p
one of main, which 'vas ?ntercitf*
1 ear thi centre of th" lield Ir M
Ewaa and earned forward thlrt ?. 11
just as til? -ecnd'hall' opened.
As to the .1 r.-f touchdown early
the opening period, the Navy
reaponaibli J ha< tool 1 was a?
.. :? ,,',.?,,
alcrtne-- and i|'i?hing end f.'? . ma
?I possible to 'ni,, an error h- opt
. lient? to their o-Aii uses and profit
*'rait:, one ot the best and moel ee
I SpicUOlU player; on the Nav teal
committed a compound error on.
hands, aae af (odiasen*. On a pu
bv lothn he fumbh-d a bounding Im
his own territory, which,
he had been quick-witted enough
let alone, would have rolled OVei ti
goal 1111 ? - ?or .. tooebbael
In a sense hi- team was Jastll pu
ished tor the touchdown which fc
lowed, not so much because ot the mi
t ike "t t he hand 1, but beeauaa of tl
of the head, Redfield, one 1
the Army end-, charging down the fiel
ras on the ball like a Bash, with tl
la t line of the Ns 1 ? onlv A*
rardl away.
(.real Stand bv Midshipmen.
" 0 the credit of the midshipmen.
?hould be emphasized that in this pe
.louc position th-v h. in the Am
backs to thrr. yards IB three despe
1 ale lunges, but Oliphant on the la
? trv plunged over between guard ar
tackle for is Boil IS, while the san
player added one more with the r<
-ultant goal, just as be did when V
made his second touchdown. Be it WI
thi Nav\ wa< beaten, or better, pe
? \? a- the Arn . .?. on
The football on the whole was not ?
the he-?t, but as a muscle-w eariri
itrUggie it has had lew, if ain. cqua
thi? year. The men plaved a- they a
do in Util game, with utter abai
It ras roach, not t<> the point ..
unfairness, but rough lu?-? the -ame,
bit too rough. The condition of th
lield and the ball opera'ed against fu
iahed football. an<* consequently som
excuses may be made for the rathe
poor tackling of the midshipmen, pel
ticularly in the open, and for the fail
Uli of Certain running plays to worl
to say nothing of the forward passe
But the game must be accepted a? :
wa? played, and, as said before, it ?ah
muddy football.
Nothing new wa? shown in forn.a
tions by either team. Both were base,
largely on the Harvard scheme of at
taCS, but the playi therefrom did no'
work so smoothly or so effectively.
Of the two, the Army vas bettet
equipped, ?barley Daly, the old Hav
vard quarterback and later at We-:
Point now Captain Charley I>al> had
developed a running attack which wa?
not lacking in power. Its success yes?
terday, however, depended largely on
the ifeifty Oliphant for long gam plays
off tackle. Tie offence lacked conti?
nuity when aimed directly at the Navy
line, due largelv. perhaps, to the sturdy
defence of the midshipmen from tackle
! to tackle. The interference for this
tunning attack was much better than
the Navy's, and altogether the offence
was better conceived and better e\e
i.uted.
Army Attack .stronger.
The figures of the game bear tr.i
out. The cadets gamed \"2 yards by
straight ju?hing with the.r running at?
tack for sevca fiwt downs, while the
?idahismea gamed only .15 yards for
three first doWBI in the same way, and
all but two vard? of this came in the
Brat half
In truth, the Navy attack was im?
potent. It lacked power and drive.
The interference was negligible.
Eighteen vard? in six plays wa- the
' limit of any particular advance. A? a
iule, it was punt, punt, punt, after
\ being held up for short fairs on rush
ing play?.
In the second half, with the ?core 14
to *? against them, the midshipmen
practical!) diseaided the running game
entirely. They made only nine p!a>s
of this kind for a total gain of only two
yarda, lubtraetiag the (?round los?, in
ibeoi desperation they re?orted to the
forward pas? offence, which, except for
'The President?
Which One, Taft?"
I he I'reaident ?as accompanied to
?he game bj a large party. _hich re
?luired six auinmobilei. \ spectator
">h>. sav? the cars flash b> inquire!
a* to the reason for so mini mniiir.
and Has informed thai the I'resi
dent ?ii? arn\ ing.
?The President '.'" .-.aid lhe ?eeker
for information Be he again look
note ?if the ?ombineil <apa?it> of
the entourage. "Which MM, l'ait"'
s.m' guia ef twenty-live yard*, aras aven
weaker un.! more fruitlees thai
running attach
forward Passing I nsnund.
, i ?Mr era twa ara) al making the
forward pass one slirect t ? ? a fre?* man,
the ethci to a poeition uhh-, irresaec
tive ?if conditions a* ?b?*s crise The
latter is not considered loand b] ??
good bum.) eoaches although ?lifTei
?I I !.e nuil
shlpmen used this method. As ? re?
sult, the na*- aras being made almoel
into ?iii min- m the Aim', buck? in
,.i?\> stay?
This ?ras 'rue also of the Army pass.
It eras not thai the defence of eitbci
eleven against the ?ht?. ras o strong!
it aras because the ball area shot forward
m a rather looee and baphasard fash
ion. due partly, perhaps, to 'he slippery
lurface. Still, Bol Lfetxger, <-s?a?-l< ?it
the Weal Virginia eleven, is authority
for tin- itatemenl tiim? a wol ball can
in- pa*-?.?I just as readily from III? palm
of i? baad a. a ?ir-, oae. li is ealy
v. h. n the ball is gripped f'ir the pass
ilia' lam worhs i? hardahip.
Whatever the cause, the forwar?! |ia??
yesterday aras an eut-ead-ee1 .?oomcr
ang. i'nur. masle by the Arms, were m
tercepted; 11 r?-?* ?>f the fourteen ma?l?'
? N?'.;. sugerod the -??me fate, rii?1
one of theae, a* told befara, proves!
latal.
An illustration may be givua. lhe
\a\\ pees, whick araa iatorcoptad by
McEwen carried forward t' irty yards,
end, folowed up on th?- next play by
Oliphant's run of tweit-ty-five yards for
.. bdowa, whs made te a position
?rl ere the man eligible te receive il wa?
Mini'i || ed when the Annapolis
right end wa* free and clear and ju?t
begging, Bl it wire, for the ball, it
? ca.*' of biding initiative under
?lie backet "' a platted play, and as ?o
often ? ....... the plotted play
failed when h little nuick thinking
might have opened the way for a dif
t.-r.-iii resalt,
\rmy Knds Work Havoc.
from tackle to tackle the two ele.ens
were well matchesl, although McEwaB.
the Army outre, itOOd eel because of
his defensive work and the wide ?.cop*
of his play. Hu? the big slifferenee and
th.. s.iie, perhape, which bail meal le
?i the outcijin- ??. the end play.
Th- Army wine men were much
-tror.ger than their ?Spponents offensive?
ly sad defensively, bu' this ??? par?
ticularly marked in "down the 'i. Id'
work. Redlield and Norland, of west
Point, hardly showed All America cali?
bre, but they were well up to the stand?
ar.I and did much to make victory pos?
tor their team. The Navy ends
' , I m comparison, although \ M
Heimburg and Blodgett. wdien he went
in were burdened with the duties of
punting, duties, by the way. which were
?re?I performed.
In the backlield the Army also -??s
ter no? onlv in the running st?
uck end In providinn interference, but
also m punting, i.'offin e-,tabli??ried the
?:. everage of el??ee t? forty yards
?ifh a ball that was wet, if not soggy,
end this under the conditions served as
on egeaslve measure, aaits * little
ground being made for the Army on
?? ichanges, more particularly, a* the
Navy ends did not cover punt,* ?o well.
It is wo.thy of mention in th i *- TO*
spec? that lhe cade?, gained 117 >a??l?
!.. running hack punts ta aali 8 fo?
lk?1 midshipmen. Offsetting this some
v. hat were To yards gained by the Na?v
,:i running back kick-offs to non" f..r
the Army, the latter for the reason
?his? on'.v OM kick-off wa? received. !t
? hould be mentioned al-o in passir,?
that the kicking-off by Oliphsnt was
be'ow the Standard. In three cases th*i
hall did not cover more than thirty
v-ir-is.
Vs to the Nsvy Attack.
Referring again to the Navy attack,
some criticism may be offerid because
the backs ran so wide before turning
in. Excuse? were made that the soggy
turf was responsible, but in answer to
this it can be offere?l that the ums
?lid not hold true for the Army back?,
or at lea^t for Oliphant.
The radrt ends plaved a waiting game
on this formation and it worked to per?
fection, as in almost every case the
runner wa? forced practically to the
side linea, before in sheer ?lesperstlon
he turned in, and In nine cafes out of
ten turned over. As u?ed, this pla/
irom this formation was about as val
usblc to the midshipmen as a s?juad cf
cavalry in a marsh.
The blocking and tackling in the
' line were ?strong by both elevenr. but
I much of the tackling in the open by
I the midshipmen eouM better be celled
? crabbing. It wss a big help to the
I Army.
Ulla am. the West Point centre,
? ..nnnuf?! na pac* ?? ?-oliimn I