The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-30
Great Contest Between the TWO
Strong Branches Of the
Republics De
tenders.
ARMY TEAM THE vIcToRs
The Army Mule Kicked Its Heels
High in the Air Over
It's Great
Triumph.

| UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1
NEW YORK, Nov 29.-Breaking In
| upon the conservative east the west
ern brand of foot ball swept across
| the Polo grounds here this afternoon
and the navy goat bewildered and
! blinking at the dazzling array OF plays
| and passes it had not learned to eat
| was left prone upon the field, while
| the Army mule kicked its heels high
| in the air and celebrated the first VIC
| tory over the fighting forces from AM
napolis since 1905.
The Army defeated the Navy ~ to
9 In one OF the most spectacular
games of the year. More than $4,000
people, including President Wilson,,
i his cabinet and high officials Of the
government service as we'll as foreign
i diplomats cheered on the two teams
as they bitterly fought out the issue.
1 It was the most brilliant crowd ever
i gathered in New York for sporting
event Society from New York and
practically every other big eastern city
was represented. In the south stands
I. the battalion of cadets from West
. Point, sang, yelled and then simply
went mad as their class mates on the
, field battled their way to victory.
i Across the field were the midship-
men in their dark blue coats, bril-
, liant wide banner of yellow ribbon
> crossing every mans chest The
great stands Of the Brush stadium
. were massed with brilliant colors. The
! cadets in their gray banked the south
: and extending completely around the
! great oval appeared the gay colors Of
: flowers and hats and waving pennants
of the two academies in the hands OF
fair admirers.
1t was a great victory for the army
:, The navy started a rushing attack
and swept the cadet eleven back to
= their FIVE yard line at the very jump
= There the army held. but Babe
= Brown, the giant guard of the Navy
u turned loose the first boom of the
le Navy guns He pumped over a field
goal with neat kick from placement
sr from the thirty yard line
Navy Relies on Old Play.
'e The Navy relied on the old system
IS of play such as marked the work O
,p Yale, Harvard and Princeton during
er the season. They played sollt
IN rushing game but after the first periot
to this was not powerful enough to breal
at down the Army defense. Coach 'Hur
to ry Up" Yost of Michigan spent tn
by closing days Of the Army period o
O. preparation at West Point. The Arm
81 had used the forward pass to some ez
tent but Yost probably furnished tn
an western ideas which turned the table
sh today With the score against ther
IL the future generals began to Gu
he loose with series of forward passe
fc and open plays which the navy was Ill
on able to break up. Two forward passe
Of one being muffed at the critical mt
ment there would have been three.
wide end run by Merrilat which nette
sixty yards put the ball on the Navy
four yard line and few seconds !,
al ter Jouett went over for the Army
,is other marker.
I'D The Navy was unable to cross tn
.an army goal line at any time. But K
he me toe of Brown, the goat would hay
led been shipped back TO Annapolis wit
out even nine points on which to fee
,er for next year. Woodruff, 81
Nv. var rushed into the fray for the ARR
.li,b IN the second period and registers
NJ. the only goal from the field for Il
the cadets. Only these four attemp
ing were made TO score by the Sir rou
nhg during the game
t,on Woodruff's kick from placeme
eec. was registered after a punt had be.
blocked and the ball rolled away
the ten yard line where Merrilat !
covered it. Pritchard made five var
!. and Woodruff then put twisser ov
Icel the bar from the fifteen yard line.
With rumble on the kick gave the Navy b;
rom on the Army 20 yard line in the 81
rcuit ond period and Brown shot over /
Fed second goal from the field. 1t W
SEES then, however, that the army began
ursh throw open the throttle on the op
was play. With the ball on the th,r
citing ioohara shot forwa
tha pass to Merrilat for the nrst ton,
,;n.n down. An earlier attemnt had fa,,
= only when the pass was muffed behi
the line. The half ended with /
score Army 8, Navy and while /
DC president was transferring his allie
ance from the land 6pbtar =. -,