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Show MY BEATS NAVY I IN EX0I1NG GAME rm ' ljh of West Pointers is Surprise; Soldiers ;Xw Superior Judgment in Manipulation "Plays; President Wilson an Interested Spectator; Fifty Thousand Persons jjRy v See the Battle. IfcJ :..22 9 pAMQN BTJNYON. fonal News Service. ;ORK. Nov. 2?. "Bill." the ( coat, bleats plaintively r the sidelines. Jle Is very lc has no heart for the wild ijt, that is surplus up and bio grounds In the thin ml3t yhiter evening. He has no e shrill, trlumphuut Khrlcks tic, .damp air. for they have lihlllar sound to him. lie Is thd most forlorn critter that ti hadc of grass, is Bill, the UiIh night. it rend or he would behave Uacrctlon. He would tak'e to Miwltlj, for the Army Is very s8tfcw nnd they esteem them-Iffticrs them-Iffticrs of any and all goats ftthc navy, as witness the Itia score board, which snys: V. s. yn- Wi.tlc north, blcachcra is a I'of yellow banners, once JfK and forth like a rolling w? drooping listlessly in the filiorde of sorrowful younp Q.wlio sit dumbly silent Hs-ffe. Hs-ffe. taunts of GOO gray unl-'.ioflicera unl-'.ioflicera to be, who are lined the deep-water lads. Mo ill and listen. Their .tloubt, is to rush and con-stUe con-stUe Just ended on the grid-li, grid-li, and tuiuhle style, bul thuy iro and lake their medicine, rale; Uicv arc iot happy. They f 'anticipated doing to the lie Army was doing to them, lot saddci than Bill, for Bill ltd their mood without know-H'JUU know-H'JUU ho 1 sad about. They Jt the 'J 2 to !l. f'Fall. l foil was nils, my oounlry-luul oounlry-luul come to New York to efeated teain knock the very I) or Hie Army, those niid-V niid-V They Imd rude prcpara-;n;e prcpara-;n;e such JubliiitJou as tho W pulllnjr off, only on u more I more colorful scale. They I. leaching the poor 'West uon tJ)at would sink In and W sue. what ha happened. Ijey wevo sad and no wonder plo Krounds have boon tho iy a bitter battle of another s.srohn by and' (he scene of Jubilation in (ho moment of toothing like that closing riot .over been seen there before, foye Just naturally up and iqther -They may feel sonie-u sonie-u over the action now. hut seemed thu otily proper lou cannot take 1L all out Babe" Brown, a hooleu" jor tho Nuvy. did his bast Jhe Army. Ho. kicked three ngels could do no more. Unique. Lwas unique in n football iR.t-vo forward passes went ?ao Army. They wore both Mo name manner, an end Ljui the goal and taking the pavy's territory as the hall K. over tho lino of acrlm-UJ, acrlm-UJ, a mad, spectacular finish II soason of 1913. int of thesu United States Wg with 15,000 other person?, acta of the United States Pally liappy. Plpn or myth, such as tho pine, commands that tho Intaln tt strictly neutral nt-pEts nt-pEts between tho Army and Htpout tho only person pres-Igt pres-Igt set up and omit a two-Wed two-Wed scheech wlicn ono Bide Pnoltos a, brilliant play. He Pfily by and Bmllo and smile pin, but be none the less IsJNeutrql. EV'ood'row Wilson eat and 1b a Princeton man at must havj boon raq-HWfgreatly raq-HWfgreatly doslred to yoll In !P"lued manner tills after-Hanue, after-Hanue, there was that mo-Puhd mo-Puhd the Navy's left end .orr(Uat of the Army, tho .In hlB arm and the little Kmi my leaning along his Igjaing him from the lunges gipted Navy men. Kcreuehe& tho Navy flvo-Ihoy flvo-Ihoy cut him don. crowded tho ball over for fMd boon a tlo when rer-rlns rer-rlns aown tho field. ad i mi that wonderful dash seemed to break the Xavy's heart. President TVllscn first sat and smiled In a (box on the upper tier of the south side of the field, where h could feel the floor trembling beneath hla feet under the steady throb of Army yells. There Is no record of his arising from his chair and screaming In common with the untrammelled untram-melled voters, but he must liave felt a itrango stirring in his presidential bosom nevertheless. Between the halves ho Issued from his box and moved across the green Held, Hanked by majestic members of the secret se-cret service, who wore a lane through tho crowd that had leaked out of the stands to get a closo view of the prcsl-i prcsl-i dent when they could have seen him much better by sitting still. Tho Army cadets roared a greeting 'at him as lie loft, their side and tried to identify his! attendants without tho usual respect for dignity. Cheer for Bryan. T hoc Billy Bryan," howled ono lr-rovercnt lr-rovercnt young man who will ono day demund deep reverence- from a private .soldier. "I sec Billy Bryan. Hooray fpr Billy Brynn!" As tho president wended his way across tho field, a mild looking figure In a black overcoat, with presidential steam issuing from his nostrils and floating behind be-hind him on the ambient and exceedingly chilly atmosphero, tho Navy side underwent under-went a violent OTuptlon of yellow flags. Thon the president took a seat close enpugh to the middies to Indicate that his official friendship was with them during dur-ing the second half. There was -probably never before such an assemblage at a sporting event in this land of tho free and the home of the brave. There never was before such an asseinblagii becausu they never before had such a placo to assemble-In, Un-dr Un-dr normal conditions the Polo grounds will seat about. 3S.O0O. It Is easy to ba-llovo ba-llovo that there were -15,000 persons present pres-ent at the game today and it is even easier to believe that they were mostly prominent persons, because they seemed to bo conscious of tho fact. Jt would have been Impossible to stand at a point where second bases used to bo and shy a rock Inward to any point of the compass com-pass without hitting some very prominent promi-nent person, probably a government office-holder. BRILLIANT PLAYING . THRILLS BIG THRONG. NEW YORK, Nov. Ii9. Completely out-plavcd' out-plavcd' during thu opening period of the game, the Army swept tho Navy off their feet in the second half of tho contest con-test bv a combination of brilliant Individual' Indi-vidual' and open-team play that quickly rolled up an overwhelming lead. , With victory in sight for tho first time In four years, tho West Point team scored rapidly and finished tho game with a total that lma not boon exceeded by either academy in ton yoaju. Desplto the complete annihilation of the Navy combination and its hope of n, fourth consecutive con-secutive victory over-tho Army, tho gamo was fought out desperately until tho closing clos-ing moment and tho ."ailors went, down W!$om10aB Technical football standpoint Hie plaving of both victor and v.-uiquished did Kiot .rise above the usual caliber of the annual gridiron strugglo between tho two academics. Milch of the work of coaolu-s wont for naught when tho battle bat-tle reachnd Us height, and there waa tho usunl man-to-man struggle with footbaU teamwork more or less forgotten. Spectacular Struggle. i-voiu the Dtandpolnt of the speotator, he gan o and its BotUng lost ffilnl 'qt MtahrilllnfT grip and interest is a result, and the 45,000 persons present pres-ent gasped and cheered by turns i at the kaleidoscopic playing scones depioted, The uses of the forward posb repeatedly by the cadets opened up the play to a far .c extent than tho more conseri'a-ff conseri'a-ff line atuwkmd runa of the middles mid-dles thus furelehing tho spectator with minV brilliant football pictures and tho hrn of this play IvtLL roSnff quarter the two elevens i th Tusual caetora game with the ai?ccted i principally at tho line atacn,.tiide tockle. At thlfl poriod tho aS,d.J?pe lay entirely with the middles, lvfl5 thalr weight and speed for oon- Yh. 5B ImubY Near their own goal line BL8tBm7 held: firmly and Brown, the hJArtnyHrht ruard, waa called back fSVlfJti $enty-yard lino whence t0 'il i . ivT rtln.no m e n t goal. In tho oec-h0 oec-h0 lclclted a ptooemeiu b I" (Continued on ToUowing Tugo,) WESTPOIM I BUTTLE FROM HY (Continued ftom Preceding Pago.) tcr also and sent the score sce-sawlng with a field goal and touchdown. -Early In the period the soldiers gained the ball on the Navy's ten-yard line as a result of a hlockcd punt from Mitchell's toe. l The West Point backs could make no Impression on the Navy line, and "Wood-1 "Wood-1 run", who replaced Jouett for the ocea- alon. kicked an easy goal from placement on tho Navy's twenty-live-yard line. Just H! before the quarter ended Prlchard caught i ono of Nicholls's high punts at mldileld and raced 'llfteen yards toward the mld-BH: mld-BH: dies' goal before he was downed. H! Three times in sucoessen then Pri chard H, hurled a forward pass. Tho first two were Incompleted, but the third shot squarely Into the hands of Merrill, at BB the Army Tight end, who had run across BH. the middies' goal line, and thus West Bj Point registered the first touchdown of B! the game. The acoro at the end of the BB first half was 9 to 6 In favor of the BBS' soldiers. McEwan failed to kick the goal BBW from a touchdown. Navy Score Grows. The Navy added another goal from BBS placement In the third period when BBS. Nlcholls, by clever running back of Jou-BBm Jou-BBm ell's punt, placed tho ball on the Army's BBH twenty-five-yard line. Checked by the BBS soldiers' defense, Brown scored his third BBS and last goal from placement, kicking BBS from the thirty-yard mark. BBS' With the points nine all, the cadets BBS opened another ' brilliant attack. Mcr-BBB Mcr-BBB rlllat, with little or no interference, ran BBB from the- Army's forty-five-yard line to BBS the middles' one-yard mark before ho BBS whh (ackled from the rear by Gilchrist. BBS Two line plunges, with Captain Hogo BBS carrying the bail, scored the socond BBB ' touchdown, and McEwnn kicked tho re-BBS' re-BBS' sultant goal, making the score: Army. BBS . 16: Navy. ! BBS Not satisfied with this lead, the cadets SB et out to revenge themselves for tho SB defeats of recent years and succeeded In BBB adding another touchdown. BBS Immediately following tho opening of BBS l! nual period. Captain Hoge caught SB 0,ie of Nicholls's low punts on the Army's BBS fprty-tlvc-yard lino and ran unaided to BJi U,e middles' twenty-yard mark before BBS' Brown pulled him down. On the next BBB: lineup Hoge- tore through tho fast woak- BJ: 5,nln? Kll,or.a' Une for eight yards. Again BBB Prlchard elected to try for a forward BBS: pas?, and ugaln it was Merrlllat who BJi caught the Hying spheroid behind the B rl1)' Pa llnc for the third touchdown BBS' ,r tll game. The ball was downed at BBS' , cxtreme right of the goal posts and ma the punt-out was a failure, leaving tho Bt ,'r,a core. Army, 22: Navy, 3. Hi Navy Lacks Consistency. During the sixty minutes of play tho BBB: .Navy etevon railed to show tho consistent BS1 iidyanclng power ilmt had brought thorn BBS. Keven victories by big scores In the eight ma, preliminary guinea of the season. Whilo BBS' l. Arn,v did not as a team diagnose BBS- MU1 lta-'k successfully, the desperate BJi charging and tnckllng or the cadets up- BSB s.rt lhe Interference nnd brought down BJ: the runner with little or no gain. BBS Mcholls, who phiyed under Uio severe ma handicap of running the team and the BBS; ,rJl'' r,ePeatedly was outpunted by JouetjL BBS an" tIle Army ends covered the latter's punts better than did the middy wing BBS iips. BBS; It was distance gained by exchange BBS- of klcks and, in running back puntx that BBSi usually put the Army in a position for BBS' " b&rv. Once within the scoring zone the cadets relied mainly on the forward BBS' rmES and tn0" records show they tried BBS' twelve during the game. Throe wore BBS completed and of this trio two resulted BBS' ,n touchdowns. A fourth was Intercepted BBS nnd - eight were uncompleted. The mld- BBS. 1'1S lr'cd six forward passes, ono being BBB. intercepted and live grounded. Some Daring Plays. Although the attack and defense of BBS the two teams lacked the cohesiveness BBS eeu In soma of tho preceding games or BBS the eastern season, thero was no lack BBS of Individual brilliancy and daring play. BBS Brown, In kicking three placement goals BBS ln three tries from an average distance BBS of 2-1. r. yards, gained a place in BBS tc 191?. football hall of fame, as did BBS Prichnrd and MerriUat for thoir opera-BBS opera-BBS tion of tho forward pass. Nlcholls, the BBS middy quarterback, assumed a heavy BBS burden of play and responsibility and came through the contest with much credit. Markoe and Merrlllat more than held their own with the famous Navy ends, Ingram and Gilchrist, while Wynno and McEwan did yeoman work in the Army line. In the Navy backfield McReavy shared honors with Nlcholls, while Hoge, Trlch-ard Trlch-ard and Jouejt were effective both on tho offense and defense in the Army backfleld. Coach "Hurry-upv Yost of Michigan, who spent several days ,aL West Point this week. Is also mentioned by Army men In their songs of victory tonight. The Lineup. Army. Navy. Markoo lo Ingram Wynne It.....;.... Ralston Huston.......... Ig Howe McEra n o ; Pc r ry Jones rgv Brown Weyand... ,..rt., Vaughan Merrlllat re.. Gilchrist (CapL) Prichard nb Nlcholls Hogo (CapC) lhb McReavcy Jouett rhb Falling Benedict. , , '...fib Harrison Referee W. S. Langford. Trinity. Umpire: Dr. Al Sharpe, Yale. Linesman Carl Marshall. Harvard. Time of periods Fifteen minutes each. Army scoring: Touchdowns Merrlllat, Merrll-lat, 2; Hoge. Goal from touchdown McEwan. Mc-Ewan. GoaKfrom placement Woodruff. Navy scoring: Goals from placement-Brown, placement-Brown, 3. Substitutions: Army Hobbs for Benedict; Bene-dict; Woodruff for Jouett; Hodgson ror Woodruff; Jouett for Hodgson; Benedict for JTobbs; Ford for Benedict; Goodman for McEwan. Navy Blodgett for Mc-Reavey; Mc-Reavey; Leonard for Failing; Alexander for Leonard; Ovcresoh for Ingram: Howe for Vaughan; Mitchell for Nlcholls. Score by periods: Army. 0. 9, 7, 6 22; Navy, 3, 3. 3, 0 9. |