New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-30
Forward Pass After Forward
Pass Works Undoing of
the Nays Hitherto
All-Powerful Defence.

\ wild outburst Of cheering greeted the
! two service teams as they burst out on
! the Polo Grounds yesterday 20 prepare
| for the annua, gridiron struggle. 1t has
I been told before how the Army triumphCd
| by the score Of - TO .. turning tide
which for three years has swept steadily
against IT, For the sake OF those who
wish to follow the ball through its course
I'D and down the field, as the fortunes OF
war favored first one and then the other,
the detail story Of the game play by pay
Is here appended:
Captain Gilchrist won the toss FOR the
! Navy. and elected 10 defend the west
goal. 4 stin breeze was blowing out ot
the north. straight across the neld, ana
there was little advantage TO be had from
the elements. The Army kicked on. ana
Gilchrist, catching the ball on the dead
run galloped back TO the 5'-yard me
before he waa pulled down b. three tack
lers, and the battle was on IN earnest
Nichols tested the centre OF the AT'hE
line on the first play, and knitted through
botv,cen Huston and Wcyaud FOR a gam
of seven wards. and the MicdieS ~ the
stand howled.
on the next play Nichols called TOT
kick formation, and. taking p'Iic,'
mass from Perry, swept around M'.i'd' .
ord for thirty-nye yards, covered by mo
interference. until Pritchard brought MN
to Garth on the 2j-yard line. MckeaVl
hammered his way through Jones Sl'-
ton for two yards. and added i've H.u
on another play at the same place III,
Middies seemed to be on the h'sh io"'
TO a touchdown. Nichols was s'oPi''u
nv McEwan on a quarterback PluhSe' W.
tho husky McReavy crashed through
Huston for nine yards, and the bah rest
ed on the Army's s-yard line.
Harrison hurled himself against Jones,
u,ho s,opned the attack with the gam OF
: only two feet. McReavy, however OF
/ DELAYED pass, cut his way past 1oHes io'
, four yards, and was wrigsiihb ''o''
! when Wynne nailed him with a savage
/ tackle. Calling for a fake end run MICH
oils dove at McEwan. but was brought up
ffor slight gain. Only one ana oho-ha'i
| wards separated the future admirals from
A touchdown, and Nichols pinned MS
| faith on McReavy The big fellow hurled
| himself at Jones again, but was buried
I'm his tracks. and the Army gained inc
ball on downs
Standing behind his own goal line Jouett
punted, but he was hurried. and ms KICK
was low. Nichols caught the leather on
the Army's 90-yard line, and wriBeieu
back to the 15-yard mark before ne was
hit low by Markoe. Three times the
Navy quarterback seat his backs hurting
into the lire, but the defence stood ike
a stone wall and no gain was made On
the last down Brown was called BACK 10
try goal from placement standing on
the lS-yard line he sent the ieather SPIN
ming over the bar for the first score OF
the game. and the north stand was
riot OF noise and color as the FICTITIOUS
midshipmen hailed their hero.
The Army kicked OF again. and Men
oils caught the ball. lie came tearing
back to the 35-yard mark, where Wynne
hit him so hard that he fumbled. wlld
scramble for the ball followed, ana an
| Army man fell on IT. Pritchard drove
Hoge into the line, and, although the
play was stopped short, the Navy was
caught off side and was penalized I'VE
Yards. Two plunges failed to bulge the