Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-01
Army Has Two Chances.

army mas Two finances.
The two chances the Army had to
score came in the first and second pc
RODS. The West Point men. after getting
the ball on kickoff, rushed it down the
field with almost lightning speed. Reyes
and Benedict, on two sprints around the
end. carried the ball to the Nays 30
yard line, amid great cheering. Here the
Navy temporarily stopped the rush. but
the West Pointers kept pegging away at
the line and slowly worked the ball down
the field to the midshipmens 2J-yard
mark. where Reyes tried a field goal.
The ball scared high and just missed a
goal post. The Army players thought
that Keyes had made the score, but to
their intense disappointment the officials
declared otherwise.
The army's second opportunity in the
score came in the early part Of the sec
ond period. The Navy found the Army
line hard to penetrate, and the signal
was given to punt. Leonard ran back
and took the pass, but before he could
get off his kick the Army's big forwards
broke through and blocked the punt
There was a wild scramble to get the
ball as it rolled toward the Navy goal
line and two or three players fell on it
as it crossed the 15-yard mark. 1t was
found that an Army man had recovered
the ball. and then the Cadets in the
south stand shouted for the team to
score.
Navy Line Fails to Give.
The Army hit the Navy line and it
failed to bulge. and in the next scrim-
mage there was tumble and midship-
man fell upon the ball on his 12-yard
line. Without taking a chance on a
tumble, the Navy promptly kicked out
of danger to the Armys 44-yaru line.
and after that the West Point team never
got sufficiently near enough to the An
napOlS goal line to scare the Mindless
In the third period the Navy team show
ed wonderful Improvement in it's play.
Mostly on the defense in the first two
quarters, the 'Middies'' began more ag-
gressive tactics and showed great i'm
provement in advancing the ball. Try
as they did, however, they coud not get
close enough to the Army goal to even
try a field goal or goal from placement.
The game was fiercely but clearly
played. there being no more than the
usual penalties inflicted for big game.
No startling innovations were uncovered
by either team. both resOrting most of
the time to straight plays. The forward
pass was complete failure. 1t was
frequently tried by the West Point team
and failed every time the ball was hurled
through the air.
The punting of Leonard was better than
that of his rival, Hobbs. many of his
kicks netting 80 and 90 yards. Gilchrist
game, showed much speed in getting
down under kicks. McReavy played a
star game in bucking the line. he being
given most of the work in this style of
play, while Leonard was race horse
when given the ball to start the ends.
Quarterback Pritchard and Hanba ok
Benedict did yeoman service in tackling.
stopping the flying backs of the Navy.
Hobbs also was all over the field and
along with Reyes was a consistent ground
gamer
Crowd of Notables Present.
Although President Taft was too busy
at Washington to witness the game and
Secretary of War Stimson was in Pan
anna, there were enough notables present
to make list of the occupants of the
boxes look like combination army and
navy register. social register and con-
gressional directory. Among those on
the army side We're assistant secretary of
war Oliver. Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood.
chief OF staff of the army: Maj. Gen.
Thomas II. Barry commander of the
Department of the East; Col Clarence p
TOwnsley. superintendent of the United
States Military Academy at West Point !:
Gen. w. III. Sharpe, head OF the commits
sary department of the army: Gen.
George Anderson, Gen. Robert Evans
Gen. John r. Brooke, Gen. John G. Bates
Gen. w. w. Wotherspoon. president of
the Army War College; Brig. Gen. Will
liam NJ. Crozier, chief of the ordnance de-
partment; Brig. Gen. Albert l.. Mills
chief of division Of militia affairs; Brig
Gen. II. a. Darlington inspector general
of the army; Brig. Gen. William G. Mar
shall. Maj. Gen. Charles r.. Roe, COM
mander of the National Guard of the
state of New York: Brig. Gen. George F.
TOrney, surgeon general of the United
States Army.
Secretary of the Navy George Won l..
Meyer and Assistant Secretary Winthrop
occupied boxes on the north side. Among
others on the Navy side were the follow
ing rear admirals: Aaron Ward, Nathan
el r.. Usher, Robert T.. Peary, Richard
Wainwright, Frank +. Fletcher, Cameron
NcR. Winslow. Nathan G. Twining,
Charles j. Badger. Charles T.. Vreeland,
Philip Andrews, II. l. Cone. Hugo Oster-
haus and Thomas b. Howard.
Members of the diplomatic corps were
scattered through the boxes and stands,
and hundreds of prominent society people
from all parts of the east witnessed the
game.