The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30
COMING FROM BEHIND
ARMY DEFEATS NAVY
IN A THRILLING GAME
Cadets Completely Outplayed in First HaVioory First in
Four Years-Brown Scores All of Navy Points by Field
Goals-Wynne Alabama Boy Does Yeomans Work

New York, November 29.-The Army
football team furnished a spectacular and
confusing finale to the eastern football
season of 1913 by defeating the Navy
eleven at the Polo grounds today by a
score of % 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 tint
in four years the West Point team scored
lapioly and finished the game with a
total that has not been exceeded by either
academy in 10 years.
Despite the annihiation 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 ealibre of
the annual gridiron struggle between the
two academies. Much of the work of
the coaches went for naught when the
battle reached it's height and there was
the usual man-to-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 it's thrilling grip and interest
as a result, and the 1000 persons present
gasped and cheered by turns at the
Kaleidoscope 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 spectators many brilliant
football pictures. 1t was in the eXecu-
ton of this play that the Army advan-
tage lay and the final score demon
st1ates how successfully iAwas worked.
Usual Stern Game
In the opening quarter, the two elevens
PLAYED the usual stern game, With the
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 for
consistent gains. Near their own goal
line the Army held firmly and Brown,
the Middies right guard, was called back
to the Cadets 20-yard line, whence ne
kicked a placement goal. In the second
period he duplicated the feat after Hods-
son dropped one of Nichols punts and
Cilchrist recovered.
The Army got into action in this
quarter also and sent the score see
saving with a field goal and touch
down. Early In the period the sol
diers gained the ball on the Nays
1O-yard line as a result of blocked
punt from Nichols toe. The West POINT
backs could make on impression OH
the Navy line and Woodruff, who re-
placed Jouett for the occasion, kicked
an easy goal from Placement ON tne
Navy's 25-yard line.
Army Scores Touchdown
Just before the quarter ended
Prichard caught one of Nichols high
n1ints at midfield and raced Is yards
toward the Middies' goal before he was
downed Then three times in success
sion Prichard hurler forward pass.
The first two were uncompleted, put
the third shot squarely into the hanus
of Merrillat, the Army right end VINO
had run across the Middies' goal llne'
and thus West Point registered the
first touchdown of the game, leaving
the score at the end of the first haif
Q to 6 in favor of the soldiers for Nc
T,yan failed to kick the goal from
touchdown. -.
The Navy added another goal from
placement in the third period When
Nichols. by clever running back OF
Jouett's punt, placed the ball on the
Army's 25-yard line, Checked by the
soldiers defense. Brown scored MS
third and last goal from placement
kicking from the S0-yard mark
Merrillat's Great Run
With the points all, the cadets
opened another brilliant attack. Mer-
rillat. with little or no interference