The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-01

for the cadets.
Only these four attempts were made
to score by the air route during the
gaEe. Woodruff's kick from place.
ment was registered after a punt had
been blocked and the ball rolled away
covered it. Pritchard made five yards
and Woodruff then put a twister over
the bar from the 15-yard line. A
tumble on the kickoff gave the Navy
the ball on the Army 25-yard line In
the SECOND period and Brown shot
over his second goal from the f1eldi
1t was then, however, that the ARMY
began to throw open the throttle on;
the open play. With the ball on the
30-yard line, Pritchard shot a for
ward pass to Merrilat for the first
touchdown. An earlier attempt had
failed only when the pass was muffed
behind the line.
The half ended with the score:
Army 9, Navy 6, and while the presi-
from the land fighters to the sea
fighters the Army ~rooters took the
kinks out Of their voices for the big
celebration that was to come.
Then the Army Started.
Brown, standing behind the only
Navy gun which had not been spiked,
put over the final score for his fell,
low tars in the third period, and the
Army then proceeded to show just how
ar it could go when it comes to un7
corking the unexpected. Merrilat
peeled off his great run in this ses7
sion. Forward passes We're tried re-
peatedly, the old line smashing be-
came secondary in the attack and the
gains were made by sweeping open
plays. The Navy reverted to kicking
at every turn in an effort to stop the
rush, but in the fourth period the
followers Of the supposedly docile
mule put over the final punch.
An intercepted forward pass which
the Navy tried and a return by Hobbs
of thirty yards put the ball on the
Navy 30-yard line. Pritchard again
chose the new game and shot the ball
over the heads Of the middies to
Merrilat, who was waiting at the goal
line. The army kicked goal after
their second touchdown, but no at
tempt was made on the last.
The Army entered the game as the
under dog. Betting favored the Navy
10 to 6, but while the Army mule
could back up and stop the %plungingt
of the Navy backs, the goat was not
play,
Ovation for President.
President Wilson was given a. great
ovation as he crossed the field be-
tween Iuo udlNeS 10 Jake his place IN
the Navy stands. Between watching
the preliminary and final ceremonies
and keeping an eye out for obstacles,
the crowd all but wore it's eyes andI
necks out in twisting and turning. In
addition to the presidents party, those
in the stands included Governor Colds
boro of Maryland, Governor Glynn
of New York, Mayor Kline, William F.
McCombs, Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo, Rear Admiral Robert F,
Peary, Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood and a
host of other rear admirals, generals,
coolnels and officers Of every rank in
the army n navy, as we'll as United
States senators and congressman.
With the close Of the game, the ca
diets poured out Of the stands, massed
about their colors in the middle of the
field n executed their snake dance.
Army %pennants were nailed to the ton
of the goalposts and with 9heir band
aiding in the noise-making, the cadets
partially worked off the enthusiasm
which a long string Of defeats at the
hands Of the Middies had kept locked
in their systems.