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! NAVY ELEVEN FAILS
| IN EFFORT TO GAIN
\ FOURTH STRAIGHT
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Navy Warriors Outclassed By Army
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LOCALS MAKE GOOD j
SHOWING AGAINST !
CUBAN BALL TEAMS I
COMING FROM BEHIND
ARMY DEFEATS NAVY
IN A THRILLING GAME
Cadets Completely Outplayed in First Half—Victory is First in
Four Years—Brown Scores All of Navy’s Points by Field
Goals—Wynne, an Alabama Boy, Does Yeoman’s Work
New York. November 29.—The Army
foot tail team furnished a spectacular and
confusing finale to the eastern football
Beason of 1912 by defeating the Navy
eleven at the Polo grounds today by a
■core of 22 to 9.
Completely outplayed during the open
ing period of the game, the Cadets swept
the sailors off their feet In the second
half of the contest by a combination of
brilliant individual and open team play
that quickly rolled up an overwhelming
lead.
With victory in sight for the first time
in four years the West Point team scored
lapialv and finished the game with a
total that has not been exceeded by either
academy in 10 years.
Despite the annihilation of the Navy's
hope of a fourth consecutive victory
over the Army the game was fought out
desperately until the closing moment and
the sailors went down with colors fly
ing.
Game Not Above Average
From a technical football standpoint the
playing of both victor and vanquished
did not rise above the usual calibre of
the annual gridiron struggle between the
two academies. Much of the work <>f
the coaches went for naught when the
battle reached its height and there was
the usual man-lo-man struggle with foot
ball team work more or less forgotten.
From the standpoint of the spectators,
however, the game and its setting lost
nothing of its thrilling grip and interest
us a result, and the 42,000 persons present
gasped anil cheered by turns at the
kaleidoscopic playing scenes depicted. The
use of the forward pass repeated by the
Cadets opened up the play to a far
greater extent than the more conservative
line attack and runs of the Middies thus
furnishing the spetcators many brilliant
football pictures. It was in the execu
tion of this play that the Army advan
tage lay and the final score demon
siiates how successfully itfwas worked.
Usual Stern Game
In the opening quarter, the two elevens
played the usual stern game, with tho
attack directed principally at the line
and outside tackle. At this period the
advantage lay entirely with the Middies,
who used their weight and speed lor
consistent gains. Near their own goal
line the Army held firmly and Brown,
tlie Middies right guard, was called back
to the Cadets' 20-yard line, whence he.
kicked a placement goai. In the second
period lie duplicated the feat after Hodg
son dropped one of Nicholls' punts and
Gilchrist recovered.
The Army got into action In tills
quarter also and sent the score see
sawing with a field goal and touch
down. Early In the period the sol
diers gained the ball on the Navy s
10-yard line as a result of a blocked
punt from Nicholls’ toe. The \\ eat Point
backs could make on impression on
the Navy line and Woodruff, who re
placed Jouett for the oeoasslon, kicked
an easy goal from placement on the
Navy's 26-yard line.
Army Scores Touchdown
Just before the quarter ended
Prichard caught one of Nicholls' high
punts at midfield and raced 15 yards
toward the Middies’ goal before he was
downed. Then three times in succes
sion Prichard hurler a forward puss.
The iirst two were uncompleted, but
the third shot squarely into the hands
of Merrillat, the Army right end, who
had run across the Middies' goal line,
and thus West Point registered the
first touchdown of the game, leaving
the score at the end of the first half
8 to 6 in favor of the soldiers, for Me
Ewan failed to kick the goal from
touchdown.
The Navy added another goal from
placement in the third period when
Nicholls, by clever running back o
jouett's punt, placed the bull on the
Army's 25-yard line. Checked by the
soldiers’ defense, Brown scored ills
third and last goal from placement,
kicking from the 30-yard mark.
Merrillat’s Great Run
With the points 0 all. the cadets
opened another brilliant attack. Mer
rillat, with little or no interference.
ran from the Army’s 45-yard line to
the Middles’ one-yard mark before he
was tackled from the rear by Gil
christ. Two line plunges with Cap
tain Huge carrying the ball scored the
second touchdown and McEwan kicked
the goal, making the score, Army 1U.
Navy 9.
Not satisfied with this lead, the
Cadets set out to revenge themselves
lor the defeats of recent years and
succeeded in adding another touen
down. Immediately following the open
ing of the final period Captain Hoge
caught one of Nlcholls’ low punts on
the Army's 45-yard line and ran un
aided to the Middles’ 20-yard mark be
fore Brown pulled him down. On thj
next line-up Hoge tore through the
fast weakening sailors’ line lor eight
yards. Again Prichard elected to try
for a forward pass and again it was
Merrillat who caught the flying spher
j oid behind the Navy goal line for the
third touchdown of the game. The ball
was downed to the extreme right of the
| goal posts and the punt out was a faii
! ure, leaving the final score, Army 22,
Navy 9.
During the 60 minutes of play the
Navy eleven failed to show’ the con
sistent advancing power that had
| brought them seven victories by big
scons in the eight preliminary games
of the season. While ihe army did not,
as a team, diagnose the attack success
full v. the desperate charging and
tackling of the cadets upset th-e inter
ference and brought down the runner
with little or no gain. Nichoils, who
played under the severe handicap of
running the team and the ball, re
peatedly was outpunted by Jouett and
the Aimy ends covered the latter punts
better than did the Middy ends.
It was distance gained by exchange of
kicks and in running back punts that
usually put the Army in a position for a
score. Once within the scoring zone, the
Cadets relied mainly on the forward puss
and the records show that they tried 1
during the game. Three were completed
and two resulted In touchdowns. A fourth
was intercepted and eight were uncom
pleted. The Middles tried six forward
passes, one being intercepted and five
gi uimueu.
Although the attack and defense of the
two teams lacked the* coheslvenesa seen
in some of the preceding games of the
eastern season there was no laok of in
dividual brilliancy and daring play.
Brown in kicking three placement goals
in three tries from an average distance
of 24 2-3 yards gained a place in the 1913
football hall of fame, as did Prichard
and Merrillat for their operation of the
forward pass. Nlcholls, the Middy quar
terback, shouldered a heavy burden of
play and responsibility and came through
the contest with much credit. Markoe
and Merrillat more than held their own
with the famous Navy ends, Ingram and
Gilcrist, while Wynp and McBwan did
yoemen's work in the Army line.
in the Navy ba< ktield McReavy shared
honors with Nlcholls, while liogs, Prich
ard and Jouett were effective both on
the offense and defense in the Army back
field. Coach “Hurry Up" Yoast of Michi
gan, who spent several days at West
Point this week, is also mentioned by
Army men in their songs of victory to
night.
The line-up:
Army—Left end, Markoe; left tackle,
Wynne; left guard, Huston; center, Me
Ewan, Goodman; right guard. Jones; l ight
tackle, Weyand; right end, Merrillat;
quarterback Prichard; left halfback.
Captain Hoge; right halfback, Hodgson,
Jouett, Woodruff; fullback, Ford. Bene
dict, Hobbs.
Navy—Left end, Ingram, Overessh; left
tackle, Ralston; left guard, Howe; center.
Perry; right guard. Brown; right tackle,
Vaughan. Howe; right end. Captain Gil
christ; quarterback, Nioholls. Mitchell;
left halfback McKeavy, Blodgett; right
halfback, Failing, Leonard, Alexander;
fullback, Harrison.
Summary—Referee. W. S. Langford
(Trinity), empire, Dr. Al. Sharpe (Yale).
Head linesman, Carl Marshall (Harvard).
Time of periods. 15 minutes each. Army
scoring touchdowns, Merrillat 2, Hoge.
Goal from touchdown, McEwan. Goal
from placement, Woodruff. Navy scoring
goals from placement. Brown 3.
Score by periods;
\rmy .. ... 6 9 7 6—2
Navy . 3 3 3 0-9
Sport Squibs From Every Angle
fly ASA HOt STREE, JB.
Doc White, the veteran pitcher of the
Chicago While Sox, has been released
by that club to the Venice club of the
Pacific Coast league. It Is understood
that White Is to fill the 1914 season
as a player and assume char*e as man
ager in 1915.
• * •
The Ketvanee club of the Central as
sociation has been suspended from
membership In the National Associa
tion of Minor leagues for playing a
benefit game In September with the
Pittsburg Federal leaguo club.
* * *
Manager Mike Finn of the Memphis
club has purchased James Mullen, a
second baseman, from the Utica club
of the New York State league.
* * *
The St. Louis Browns have signed
Btevens, a young twirler from the semi
pro. ranks of DeSoto, Mtf, for a trial
next spring.
* * *
According to the reports of doctors,
John Coombs, one of the star hurlers
of the Philadelphia Athletics, will be
one-sixteenth of» an inch shorter in
stature by reason of the illness that
kept him out of the game last season.
* * *
The world's champion Athletics not
only lead the American league in bat
ting but also in Holding. Thej» batted
for an average of .285 and tielded for
,966. This is not all that Connie Mack's
henchmen did. They topped Ban John
son's circuit in slapping out doubles
With 220 to their credit, and also led
In home runs, with a total of 33.
* * *
Five of the Athletics, Collins, Baker,
Mclnnis, Murphy and Strunk, batted
over .300 during the past season. Col
lins hit .345, Baker .330, Mclnnis .326,
Murphy .322, Strunk .305.
• • •
Joe Jackson led the American in
doubles with 39. Crawford, whojn fans
have slated for the minors every spring
during the past three years and who
batted only .316 this season, made the
most number of triples, 23, while young
Frank Baker topped all other sluggers
in home runs, with a total of 12.
• • •
Although Clyde Milan of the Senators
vounger organization, with <4, he fell
below liis 1912 mark. Cobb ranked sec
ond to the Senator, while Moeller, an
other protige of Clarke Griffith, fol
lowed next to the Georgian.
* * *
Only two triple plays were pulled off
in the American last season. The
world’s champion Athletics made one,
while the Senators are credited with
the other.
...
Tlie Athletic inf| id was the busiest
one in the league. Mclnnls at first made
more putouts, 1504, than any other
guardian of the Initial corner: Collins
at second handled more assists, 418;
While Shortstop Barry was second In
making putouts and In assists.
• • •
According to a well defined rumoY
emanating from Minnesota, Dave
Alitzer is going to forsake the dia
mond for a farm. Dave says that he is
tired of baseball arid wants to settle
down.
• • *
Eddie Cicotte of the White Sox had
more assists than any other hurler In
his league. The Son's dinger tossed out
109 halters.
* * «
Frank Gllhooley, the high priced
young outfielder of the New York Yan
kees. hit .311 In 24 games for Frank
Chance.
• • •
Holden, the local hoy who is taking
care of center field for the N|w York
Yankees, hit .302 during the past sea
son. i
• • •
Derrlli Pratt, another representative
of the Magic City in the American
league, lead the batters of the St. Louis
Browns, with an average of .296. He
was nlsq second to Eddie Collins In
making assists udth a total of 425.
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♦ I
4 Dundee and Hirers Matched t
♦ - ♦
* New Orleans, November 29.—It *
$ was announced today that Johnny $
$ Dundee of New York and Joe *
i Rivers of Dos Angeles had been ?
I f matched for a 10-round fight here •
? Christmas day at Pelican park. t
* It was also announced that *
t “Wildcat” Ferns of Kansas City *
* and Mike Gibbons of St. Paul, wel- $
i terweights, would fight 10 rounds •
* here December 10. $
* ♦
LEADER OF EASTERN CHAMPION
AND MEN WHO.WERE CLOSE RIVALS
_M
^»AKl.ROr PfclNCLTON*
' NOUNG U.OFP.
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STOKER or HARVARD.
COMMODORE STAR
AMMIE SIKES
Picked as All-Southern Fullback by
IMike Donahue
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League Directors to Meet in
Atlanta on Decem
ber 15
Little Rock, November 29.—Judge Wil
liam M. Kavan&ugh, president of the
Southern Baseball league, today issued
a call for a meeting of the board ol
directors at Atlanta December 15. Man:,
Important matters will be taken up, in
cluding the application of the Dixie league
for recognition and a proposition to re
place Montgomery by Little Rock in the
circuit.
CUNNINGHaM picks
FOR ALL-SOUTHERN
Athens, Ga., November 29.—(Special.'
Coach Cunningham of the University ol
Georgia lias selected the following all
southern football eleven from the players
of the season closed:
Pitts (Auburn), center.
Thigpen (Auburn), guard.
Malone (Georgia), guard.
Tom Brown (Vanderbilt), tackle.
Henderson (Georgia), tackle.
E. Brown (Vanderbilt), end.
H. VandeGraaff (Alabama), end.
Paddock (Georgia), quarterback.
Newell (Auburn), halfback.
McWhorter (Georgia), halfback.
Harris (Auburn), fullback.
Means (Georgia Tech), substitute.
Sikes (Vanderbilt), substitute.
Robinson (Auburn), substitute.
7500 DEERS KILLED
IN MINNESOTA
St. Paul, Minn., November 29.—Sever
thousand, five hundred deers have beer
killed by hunters in Minnesota in the
season which ends tomorrow, according
to estimates made by H. A. Rider of tip
state game and iish commission. He sa>>
it has been the best season for hunting
these animals in a decade produced de*
j spite the absence of snow in the north
DONAHUE MAKES CHOICE
FOR 1913 ALL-SOUTHERN
Takes Into Consideration Works of Players for Entire Season.
Morgan, Tom Brown and Taylor Eliminated—Candi
dates for Tackle Positions Numerous
By M. J. DONAHUE
First Team
Pitts (Auburn) . Center
Thigpen (Auburn) . left guard
Lockwood (Auburn) . right guard
Sehilletter (Clemson) . right tackle
Dutton (D. S. U.) . left tackle
Robinson (Auburn) . right end
Brown (Vanderbilt) . left end
Paddock (Georgia) . quarter
Newell (Auburn) ... left half
McWhorter (Georgia) . right half
Sikes (Vanderbilt) . fullback.
Second Team
Putnam (Vanderbilt) „. center
Malone (Georgia). left guard.
Klock (Ij. 3. U.) . right guard
Esallnger (Auburn) . right tackle
Loulsel! (Auburn) . left tackle
Conklin (Georgia) . right end
Kearley (Auburn) . left end
Boensch (V'anderbilt) . quarter
Cook (Tech) . left half
•VandeGruaff (Alabama).right half
Harris (Auburn) . fullback
Auburn, November 29.—(Special.)—The
picking of an all-southern team is al
ways a job that must necessarily be
more or less guess work, as it is prac
tically impossible for anyone to see every
team In even one game. Even this would
not »be much help because a player
should be selected for his work through
out the whole season rather than for
his work In any one particular game.
At least that is the way the writer is
going to look at it and certain players
that might otherwise be eligible are not
to be considered because of their ab
sence from the game during very criti
cal times during the season. Very promi
nent among these are Brown and Morgan
of Vanderbilt; very good men and very
probably all-southern players, but as fur
as their value to Vanderbilt from an 8.
I. A. A. standpoint is concerned, they
might just as well have not been in col
lege.
Another man is Taylor of Auburn, who
was the most important man In Auburn’s
defense system, and very important in
the offense as well. Taylor was no help
In the last three games because of in
juries and cannot be considered.
While the w’riter has seen nearly all the
strong teams play, there are some he has
not seen and so an injustice may be done
to some of his own players because ho
knows their weakness, scjeing them every i
day and only seeing other players per-1
haps when going at the top of their
stride. One is also liable to lean back
ward again when dealing with his own
players for the fear that he will show
them any partiality.
It is then wrltli all these misgivings that
I undertake the task of expressing one
among many opinions of what an all
southern team should be composed of.
I am going to bunch the three centor
men because the Auburn center trio In
dividually and collectively outplayed
every thing they went against this year.
Pitts at center, was easily the best of
the year; an accurate passer, a hard
charger on the offense, and a terror to
opponents on the defense. He knew’ how
to use his hands on breaking through
and his eyes were always wide open.
Ihigpen Best Guard
Thigpen was the best guard of the year,
shiftly, aggressive, with plenty of weight,
he is all-southern by a big margin. He
was perhaps the most consistent playei*
in the Auburn line and just the kind of
steady player that a good guard ought
to be. Lockwood at the other end, was
hampered a good deal by injuries, but
he played In nearly all the important
games, and was always prominent by
his work. Not as shifty as Thigpen, he
was still impervious to any assault
around his territory and occasionally sur
prised opponents by breaking through
and nailing the runner for a loss. The
average of the year on centers was not
up to the usual S. 1. A. A. standard.
The next best guards were Malone of
Georgia, and Klock of L. S. U. Malone
was valuable as an interferer, and was
occasionally used to carry the ball while
Klock played a very aggressive and hard
game against Auburn. 'If Wynne of Au
burn, could have been kept at guard, ho
would have been as good as any, t ut his
work was interfered with a great deal
by being played in several positions.
Ste* J of Auburn, was a good center, out
had Pitts ahead of him and so were Put
nam of Vanderbilt, and I.oeb of Tech.
There are more candidates for the
tackle positions. There were a good
many fair tackles, but no really great
ones, except Brown of Vanderbilt, who
is omrr.itted for reasons already men
tioned. If Louisell of Auburn, had not
beer hampered by injuries most of the
year, I would choose him and if I had
to pick a combination at the end of the
season to play any other combination, 1
w'ould take him for tackle. His kicking
is also a very Important factor, lie was
out a good deal of the time, however.
Schilletter Consistent
Perhaps the best and most consistent
tackle of the year was Schilletter of
Clemson, lie is heavy, aggressive, and
a hard man to handle. He has held his
own and has mostly outplayed every
man he has been against this season.
For the other tackle, I will pick a
player who, while he has not played that
position, showed every indication that ho
could play it, and play it well. Dutton
of L*. S. U.t played a roving center
against Auburn, sometimes coming
through at guard, sometimes at tackle,
tut always boring and tearing things up
He gave Auburn more trouble than any
lineman this year.
Esslinger of Auburn, was a good, steady
player in this position, as was also Tur
ner of Georgia.
Robinson at right end for Auburn, was
the best end of the year, and it was
nearly impossible to get him out of t tie
way. Enoch Brown of Vanderbilt, was
also good, but not as good as last year.
The cares of being captain and trying
to help out a weak line interfered with
the effectiveness of his work Kearley
of Auburn, is a good end that was spoiled
by being shifted to the back field in an
effort to add weight to that department.
He worked well in the back field and In
the Georgia game played as good a game
at the end as anyone of the year. Conk'
lin of Georgia, was another good, con
sistent player.
No Trouble in Backfield
In the backfield there is no trouble
about the halfback positions as Newell
and McWhorter stood head and slunddeis
above everyone else, though I did not
L link that McWhorter was quite as good
as he was last year. They are both
fast, shifty, and capable of standing all
sorts of punishment.
Newell, in spite of his light weight,
r'ayed in eight S. rI. A. A. games with
everyone -watching him. In spite of that,
hp gained ground repeatedly, receiving
nU kinds of punishment and never had
to be taken out. He is the most valuable
halfback that Auburn has ever had, and
the passing of him and McWhorter re
moves two of the south’s greatest half
hacks from the arena.
Other gootf* halfbacks were Cook of
Tech, VandeGraaff of Alabama?, and
Logan of Clemson. There are Bgenech of
Vanderbilt, Tolley of Sewanee, L. Lupont
of Louisiana State and Arnold of Au
burn. As this was Arnold's first year
at the position, the care of conducting u.
team towards the championship inter
fered materially with his individual play.
He is really a first class man carrying
the ball, but used himself very little.
To my mind, the best man of the lot
is Fnudock of Georgia—heady, expe
rienced and a brilliant Individual player
Boensch is as brilliant an individual
player but not nearly as good a general.
He was very brilliant in his individual
playing against Auburn, but the fact
that Auburn was perhaps playing the
poorest game of the year, may have had
something to do with it.. The other quar
terbacks followed these closely. In fact,
the competition here is keener than for
any other position.
Harris Wonderful
The question of fullback will bring on
a lot of discussion. Harris of Auburn,
was the most talked-of fullback of the
year. For a man of his weight, he is
the most wonderful whether he could
stand a full game or not. He goes so
hard that he would very likely batter
himself to pieces. This is his first year,
and if be puts on any weight to amount
to anything, he bids fair to be one ol
the south's greatest fullbacks. There
were other good fullbacks at Auburn,
Christopher and Bidez. When these men
were good, they were very good, but they
were not as consistent as Harris. Van
derbilt could not stop Bidez, but against
Georgia It was Christopher that could
not be stopped.
Because of his experience, his defensive
ability, and because of the fact that with
any kind of help he would go into a line
mighty hard, 1 am going to put Sikes of
Vanderbilt, at fullback. Harris can af
ford to wait for the honorsi to come,
while Sikes has had two years at full
back. as well as the present year at naif.
Bebb of Clemson, McDonald of Tech,
Ward of Sewanee, aro good men, but
none of them hit the line with the force
and drive of those above mentioned. This
team Is a little weak in just one de
. tartment of the game, and that is punt
42,000 PERSONS SA W '
ARMY TRIUMPH OVER
ANNAPOLIS ELE VEN
' j
Multitude Includes President and Many High Officials of Gov.
eminent—Amy and Navy Battalions Wildly Cheered. • '
At End of Game the Army Celebrated With
Usual Rush of Colors
New York, November 29.—Forty-two
thousand persons saw the [Navy go down
in defeat this afternoon betfore the Army
eleven on the Polo grounds, transformed
from a baseball diamond to a football
field. No greasier throng has ever seen
i an Army-Navy 'game.
The multitude which crowded the stands
i included President Wilson, the secretaries
of the war an<t of the navy, other cele
brated officers, senators, congressmen and
the flower of the nuillary and naval serv
I ice. Every seat was occupied and many
| more persons would have been there had
space to seat them been available.
Set In an oval of humanity was the re
| made gridiron, protected from the rain
! till this afternoon by a 12-inch blanket of
| straw. To the south on the side line was
the Army stand, to the north sat the
Navy, wrlth the field between, raked by a
cross fire of cheering that did not end un
til the Army’s colors fluttered over the
field from the tops of the goal posts.
President Follows Precedent
President Wilson and his party followed
precedent in dividing their time at the
g^mo between contenders. The President
was a few minutes late and the game did
not start till he had taken his seat in an
upper grandstand box almost directly over
the Army stand. When the first half
ended he was escorted by Secretary of
War Garrison, Secretary Daniels of the
Navy and Assistant Secretary Roosevelt
to the Navy side.
Rain threatened every minute during
the first three periods of the gume and
in the last quarter a drizzle began.
Army on Parade
As the Army battalions marched upon
the field, headed by the cadet band, the
crowd cheered. Down the side lines
marched the bund, the battalions of gray
and gold following in columns of four.
Around the field they marched, then fol
lowed the band the length of the field
down the center, 50 abreast, turning by
fours, reforming in long lines and halting
before the- south stand. As they marked
time the N&vy eleven ran on to the field.
Another cheer went up. The cadet band
quickened its tune to a jig, and the lines
of gray broke and ran for the stand.
Meantime a flourish of bugles an
nounced the approach of the naval bat
I tallons. It was nearing time for the
! game and they marched straight down
the center of the field. Across the
shoulder of each man’s long blue over
coat gleamed a gold band; from each
man’s hand wayed a gold pennant.
When they made the stand the blue
was hidden by a moving forest of gold
en standards and streamers.
Army (Jives Back Greeting
The Army eleVen scurried out on the
Jlekl. A great cheer went up. Across
ilie field the blue and gold cheered the
Army; and the Army, with the blare
of many bugles and the roar of many
voices, gave back a greeting to t)ie
Navy. Blue coated and gray garbed
cheer leaders, swinging megaphones,
darted out to the sidelines and took
their stand before each battalion. Then
tame the tumult of rival cheers and
songs drowning the torrent of applause
from mere civilians as the elevens
took their places.
A field goal by the Navy in the first
quarter set the streamers of gold
snapping wildly. For a moment the
Army stand was silent, then answered
with a gripping cheer of encouragement
for their men on the field. In the second
period the Army tied the score by
scoring a field goal and the Army
stand went wild.
Crowd Goes Wild
But the preatest delirium was saved
for the Army touchdown in the same
period. Six hundred West Pointers rose
to their feet as one man, tossed their
caps on high, flashed their pennants
of gold and black, unloosed their voices
in wild hurrahs and forgot to give their
college yells in their delight.
At the end of the game the Army cel
ebrated with t lie usual rush to the 1
colors. From the stand they stormed
the field and danced in a great circle
over the gridiron. The circle widened
until a line of gray clad men sur
rounded the field. In the center were
planted the Army colors.
As the crowds surged out on the
field from the grandstand two stalwart
youths in gray overcoats climbed to
the top of the Navy’s goal posts and
nailed the Army colors there. President
Wilson, who had waited for the last
act of the encounter, saw t|cm. He
turned to Secretary Daniels.
“That was worthy of a sailor,’’ the
President said. And Secretary Daniels
agreed with him.
[ FORT M’PHERSON ELEVEN
DEFEAT CAVALRY TEAM
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Atlanta, November 29.—Soldiers of the
Seventeenth United States Infantry sta
tioned at! Fort McPherson, here, today
defeated an eleven representing the Elev
enth United States cavalry from Chatta
nooga, 1C to 7, In a brilliantly played
game. The infantry scoring resulted from
the cleverly executed forward passes and
a place kick from the 40-yard line, which
sailed squarely 'between the goal posts.
The cavalrymen made their single touch
down in the first quarter as the result of
a well-timed forward pass. Both elevens
played fast, snappy ball. Approximately
2000 spectators attended. The victorious
team was coached by Lieutenant Devore,
former West Point star, while Lieutenant
Krorner, also a brilliant ex-Army player,
handled the cavalrymen.
ELECTIONS OF 1914 GRIDIRON
GEN ERALSHAVECO MMENCED
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Three Southern Elevens
Have Named Leaders for
Next Season—Others to
Be Named Soon
By ASA ROUNTREE. JR.
With tile passing of the 1913 football
season into history the interest of gridiron
enthusiasts liaa shifted and is now cen
tered on the elections of 1914 captains,
which will take place during the coming
two weeks.
Already ’a nirmber of elevens in various
sections of the country have Selected their
gridiron leader for next season and foot
ball has been tabooed for the winter.
In the south three elections have taken
place, while in the west four teams have
named their captains for 1914. Only two
of the eastern teams.. Swarthmore and
the University of Pittsburg , however,
have made their selections of generals.
The first election in the south was one
at the University of Georgia, when Dave
Paddock, the lied and Black's great quar
terback, was selected as a successor to
the mighty Bob McWhorter.
Following close behind the Georgia
elections was the one at Auburn. Robin
son, who was all-southern end last sea
son and who has been conceded the place
B. A. C. BOWLING
The following are the average* made by
bowtey at the Birmingham .Athletic club
during the past week:
Games. Av.
R. C. Harwood . 20 161
D. P. Cobman . 30 160
Otis Wilson . 15 188
H. S. Stickle . 20 143
R. Ij. Marques . 16 142
B. M. Starnes . 10 141
F. Ward . 10 141
Hugh Starnes . 10 132
S. H. Williams . 10 120
Tom McGeever . 10 126
C. B. Beasley . 10 125
John W. Altman . 20 122
Tom McGowan . 10 122
Roy Mathison . 10 121
F. T. Byrd . 20 118
Luther Strange . 30 113
Mike Donalson . 10 102
Frank Fitiin . 20 loo
CHICAGO COACH
TAKES VACATION
Chicago, November 29— Alonoso Stagg,
having as director of athletics at the
University of Chicago, achieved the foot
ball championship of the Western Inter
cellegiate conference, left today for Pine
hurst, N. C., for a vacation of a month.
He has not been well.
ing. Paddock is fair, but not as good
as Louisell. The team, however, Is
strong In all other departments of play
and could be moulded Into a formidable
aggregation.
again this yepr, was named as the leader
of the southern champions.
The third election to occur in the south
was the one yesterday, when Spencer
was elected general of the Louisiana State
eleven for the 1914 campaign.
Other Elections
Wayne Smith, right guard, has heati
elected captain of the University of Pitts
burg eleven lor next season.
At Swarthmore, Benjamin Cline, full
back, has been selected by bis teammates
to lead them In 1914.
In the west the four teams to elect
leaders are those of Minnesota, Chicago,
Nebraska and Illinois.
Bolsesaus Rosenthal, Minnesota’s big
right guard, bus been named captain <>f
that team.
Paul Des Jardien, the star center of
the University of Chicago eleven, win
ners of the western championship, is the
choice for 1914 leader.
At the recent Nebraska election, Max
Towle, quarterback, was chosen as cap
tain.
Ralph Chapman, a tackle, has been .
named by the University of Illinois to <
head their football representatives i»
1914.