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Show TIE GAME IS BIG DISAPPOINTMENT Utah Boys Listless When Two of Their Number Are Dis--abled Final Score 3 to 3. SAN DIEGO, Dec. 9, Utah, 3-Navy, 3-Navy, 3. ' That was the score of the most bitterly bit-terly fought gridiron contest overplayed over-played at San Diego's municipal stadium. stad-ium. The crowd that witnessed this afternoon's intersorvico game also was tho largest, noisiest and most belligerent bel-ligerent that has flocked to the big bowl in many moons. Utah plainly was disheartened and played a listless game after Steve Love was taken out of tho game In tlie first quartor with a brokon rib. The players' spirit took another decided drop when Dee was carried off tho field In an unconscious condition. Utah scored Its three points in the second quarter when Olson made a beautiful drop kickk from the 30-yard line. The Navy evened the count in tho last quarter, when Pfaff, Navy's fullback, duplicated Olson's foat. The army rooters were spellbound when tho navy was awarded tho throe points. To thousands of neutral rooters root-ers it looked as If tho pigskin failed to go over the cross bars by at least two feet. Neither side cheerd following the drop kick until fully a minute, after the ball landed, when Field Judge Flowers decided that the ball had barely topped the goal post. Utah's protests failed to change the decision. Decision Nettles Utah. Apparently nettled by the decision, Utah, following tho kickoff, reeled off three smashing forward passes that netted fifty-five yards. Instead of repeating, however, Utah tried to smash through the brick defense ot the Navy and lost tho ball. Thereafter Thereaft-er neither side had an opportunity to score. In justice to tho Navy, however, it must be said that they played a smashing game. Their tackling was low and fierce, they oulpunted Utah and on defensive plainly wore a match for Coach King's proteges. The game was exceptionally rough, the players taking every opportunity of slugging their opponents. Utah was penalized repeatedly. Utah really lost Its chance of victory vic-tory by a fumble at a critical moment. Poor Pass Lcscs. With the ball in Utah's hands in the fourth quarter Falck signalled for a kick. The ball was passed poorly and although Falck touched the pigskin ho failed to hold it. Tho ball was re. covered by a Navy back on Utah's 15-yard 15-yard line. Navy made a short end run to place the ball in a good position for a drop kick. Pfaff then booted tho sphere for the Navy's three points. A feature of tho rooting was the Navy's serpentine march on tho field during the intermission between halves. Ied by tho band and with bluejackekts marching in front with tho Navy goat 2000 bluejackets form, ed a great living letter "N" on the gridiron. Utah's rooters shouted defiance, but the Navy came right back in the second sec-ond and evened matters. At a conference to be held tomorrow tomor-row it is planned to arrango another game to play off the tie. Thousands of dollars were wagered that Utah would win today's battle. The line-up follows: Navy Utah R. Radcliffe l.e . Love Jones l.t Judd Bills l.g Maughan Morin c...; King Carter r.g Young Livingstone r.t, "Weler Smith r.e KJIpatrlck C. Radcliffe q.b Falck Davis l.h.b Deo Pfaff r.h.b Olson Brackenbury f.b Drinna Score by quarters Navy 0 0 0 3 3 Utah 0 03 0 0 3 |