The Washington times., 1912-11-25
Battle Between Service Elev-
ems Sure To Be Vicious
One.
By LOUIS A. BOUCHER.

When the Army mule opposes the
Navy goat then, indeed. Is there a bat
tie, worth seeing. This struggle will be
seen this year ut Philadelphia and Sat-
urday IL the day when the two service
elevens mingle in the bitter fray. to the
great enjoyment OF commodores and
colonels gathered around the field.
II Is unfortunate. perhaps. that the
standard Of football shown this year IL
not likely to be high. Neither team IL
up to former teams. But, when YOU
come to think OF II. though many OF
their games have been spectacular and
thrilling to an extreme. the standard of
football shown has frequently been low.
looked at from the experts viewpoint.
However, when the Army mule faces
the Navy goat 1t is always a battle for
blood. misnamed for the honor Of the
service. Vicious football in all its vici-
BUSINESS has been frequently seen In
these games. In the old days of flying
tackles these two teams have shown
the most daring dives through the air
at the speeding runner. No. perhaps.
after all. It wasn't vicious exactly-just
hard, that's all. But 1t certainly was
hard, II you want to call 1t that.
This year the Army started off with
rush and then stopped suddenly:
1t was confidently believed that Yale
would suffer its third successive de-
feat at the hands of the Cadets. The
Army played its usual hard game.
but Yale won. to o.
Colgate D. .eated.
Renewed courage appeared when the
snappy little Colgate eleven, ,conqueror
OF Cornell. was trimmed handily, IS
to 7. That JOY was experienced too
soon. though, and Carlisle romped
away with the Soldiers In one Of the
toughest games of the season. Jim
Thorpe was at his best that after
noon and ran through the Army play
to his mind. 1t was Il to j when the
whistle sounded In favor of the In
dians.
The little Tufts team from Mcdford.
Mass, a suburb of Boston. came along
| combat for one half. Outplayinp them
| in every particular of play. True. the
| Soldiers won. Is to i, hut Tufts had
thrown scare into them.
Saturday, however. the soldiers came
to themselves and had little trouble
eleven, S % to l. The Army backs K 5 were
Irresistible. pounding their way through
the Sult SIS Win ENoW
the coaches have. regained their conf
! dcnce before the Navy clash Saturday.
Navy's Season Poor.
The Navy's season has been poor
from every angle. At the very be-
ginning Johns Hopkins held them ia
a Z to 3 victory and then Lehigh
and SWarthmore defeated the Sailors
II TO and 81 to 6 respectively. Pitts.
burgh's weakened team was humbled
and so was Western Reserve. but
Rucknell had little difficulty swing
| ing enough forward passes over the
| sailors line to a victory:
| The Middies looked ipretty good
when they ran up against North Car.
olina A. and NJ, winning by 40 to
and never being in trouble.
| New York University, after a more
or less mediocre season. found thu
Middies all ready for them Saturday al
| ANNAPOLIS. Coach Wheaton's lads had
no trouble rolling up a 80 to score
against them. or course. this has Allied
the sailors with hope for an even break
with the Army at Franklin Field.
| Real football stars are few this yea
On the service elevens. Devore. thu
| Army captain. measures up fairly wei
with those who have gone before him
hui Guyon, the Carlisle Indian. out
played him so much that he lost hi