The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-12-19
ARMY WINS GAME.
SERVICE ELEVENS ENGAGE IN
DESPERATE BATTLE RESULT
ING IN SCORE OF 22-e.
FORWARD PASSES Is FACTOR
West Pointers by Open Field Play at
Critical Points Accumulate Win
nina Total-Presldent Wilson Seeo
Game In New York.

New York. Dec. with the presi-
dent of the United States and mem
bers of his cabinet, together with AZ
900 patriotic Americans. surrounding
the gridiron in the Brush stadium, the
West Point football eleven furnished
a stunning surprise by conquering the
midshipmen from Annapolis by a score
of % TO 9.
Spectators Get Thrill.
From the standpoint Of the specta-
tor, the game and it's setting lost moth
ing of its thrilling grip and interest as
result, and the $4,000 persons pres
ent gasped and cheered by turns at the
kaleidoscope playing scenes depicted
The uses Of the forward pass repeat
eddy by the cadets opened up the play
to far greater extent than the more
conservative line attack and runs OF
the middies, thus furnishing the spec
tators with many brilliant football PIC
lures and the army vehicle OF VIC
tory. 1t was in the execution of this
play that the army advantage lay and
the final score demonstrates how sue
cessfully it was worked.
In the opening quarter the two
elevens played the usual eastern
game, with the attack directed prlncl-
pally 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 he kicked
a placement goal. In the second perl
cd he duplicated the feat. after Hodg-
son dropped one of Nichols punts
and Gilchrist recovered.
Army Scores Touchdown.
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 soldiers
gained the ball on the navy's ten-yard
line as a result of blocked punt from
Nichols toe. The West Point backs
could make no impression on the navy
line. and Woodruff. who replaced
Jouett for the occasion. kicked an easy
goal from placement on the navy's 20
yard line Just before the quarter
ended Prichard caught one Of Mich
oils high punts at midfield and raced
| Is Yards toward the middies' goal be-
| fore he was downed.
Three times in succession, then,
| PrichaTd hurled a forward pass. The
| first two were uncompleted, but the
third shot squarely into the hands OF
Merrillat the army right end, who had
run across the middies' goal line, thus
| West Point registered the first touch
| down of the game, leaving the score at
the end Of the first half 9 to in favor
of the soldiers, for McEwan 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
Jouetts punt, placed the ball on the
armys 25-yard line. Checked by the
soldiers defense, Brown scored his
third and last goal from placement
kicking from the 30-yard mark.
MerrlIldt proves Star.
With the points nine all the cadets
opened another brilliant attack. Mer
rillat, with little or no interference
ran from the army's 45-yard line &c
the middies' vineyard mark before nc
was tackled from the rear by Gilchrist
Two line plunges, with Captain Hoge
carrying the ball, scored the secont
touchdown, and McEwan kicked the
resultant goal, making the score. army
16; navy, 9.
Immediately following the opening
of the final period Captain Hogt
caught one Of Nichols low punts OF
, the army's i5-yard line and ran un
! aided to the middies' 20-yard mark be
fore Brown pulled him down.
On the next lineup Hoge tore
through the acknowledging sailors
line for eight yards. Again Prichart
elected TO try forward pass AM
, again it was Merrillat who caught tn
flying spheroid behind the navy goa
line for the third touchdown Of tn
game. The ball was downed to tn
extreme right of the goal posts AM
the punt out was failure. leaving tn
final score: Army, o. navy, 3.
TRAIN KILLS TWO IN BUGG'