The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30

| ran from the Army's 45-yard line to
the Middies' one-yard mark before he
was tackled from the rear by Gill
christ. Two line plunges with Cap
tain Hoge carrying the ball scored the
! second touchdown and McEwan kicked
the goal, making the score, Army 1t.
Navy g.
Not satisfied with this lead, the
Cadets set out to revenge themselves
for the defeats of recent years and
| succeeded in adding another touch-
down. Immediately following the open
ing of the final period Captain Hoge
caught one of Nichols low punts on
the Army's 45-yard line and ran un-
aided to the Middies' 20-yard mark be-
fore Brown pulled him down. On tina
next lineup Hoge tore through the
fast weakening sailors line for eight
yards. Again Prichard elected to try
for a forward pass and again it was
Merrillat who caught the flying spher-
old behind the Navy goal line for the
third touchdown of the game. The ball
was downed to the extreme right of the
goal posts and the punt out was fail
ure, leaving the final score, Army 22,
Navy 8.
During the 60 minutes of play the
Navy eleven failed to show the con-
sistent advancing power that had
brought them seven victories by big
scores in the eight preliminary games
of the season While the army did not,
as team, diagnose the attack success
fully, the desperate charging and
tacKling of the cadets upset the inter-
ference and brought down the runner
with little or no gain. Nichols, who
played under the severe handicap of
running the team and the ball. re-
peatedly was outpunted by Jouett and
the Amy ends covered the latter punts
better than did the Mildly ends.
1t was distance gained by exchange of
kicks and in running back punts that
usually put the Army in a position for a
score Once within the scoring zone, the
Cadets relied mainly on the forward pass
and the records show that they tried Il
during the game Three were completed
and two resulted in touehdowns. a fourth
was intercepted and eight We're uncom-
pleted. The Middies tried six forward
passes, one being intercepted and five
grounded.
Although the attack and defense of the
two teams lacked the cohesiveness seen
in some of the preceding games of the
eastern season there was no lack of in
dividual hrilliancy and daring play.
Brown in kicking three placement goals
in three tries from an average distance
of "a 2-3 yards gained place in the 1913
football hall of fame, as did Prichard
and Merrillat for their operation of the
terbaek, shouldered a heavy burden of
play and responsibility and came through
the contest with much credit. Markoe
and Merrillat more than held their own
with the famous Navy ends, Ingram and
Gilcrist while Wynn and McEwan did
yoemen's work in the Army line.
In the Navy backheld McReavy shared
honors with Nichols, while Hogs, Prich-
ard and Jouett were effective both on
the offense and defense in the Army back
field Coach Hurry Up Yoast of Michi-
gan, who spent several days at West
Point this week, is also mentioned by
Army men in their songs of victory to-
night.
The lineup:
Army-Left end, Markoe; left tackle,
Wynne; left guard. Huston: center, Nc
Evan, Goodman right guard, Jones; right
tackle, Weyand; right end. Merrillat;
quarterback Prichard; left halfback,
Captain FIoge; right halfback, Hodgson,
Jouett. Woodruff; fullback, Ford, Bene-
dict, Hobbs
Navy-Left end, Ingram. Overessh; left
tackle, Ralston; left guard, Howe; center,
Perry; right guard. Brown; right tackle.
Vaughan, Howe; right end, Captain Gill
christ; quarterback, Nichols, Mitchell;
left halfback McReavy, Blodgett; right
halfback, Failing. Leonard, Alexander;
fullback, Harrison.
Summarv-Referee. w. s. Langford
(Trinity) Umpire, DIR. Al. Sharpe (Yale)
Head linesman, Carl Marshall tHarvard).
Time of periods, 10 minutes each Army
scoring touchdowns, Merrillat 2, Hoge.
Goal from touchdown, McEwan. Goal
from placement, woodruff. Navy scoring
goals from placement, Brown 8.
Score by periods: -,
ARMY ...................... 6-22
Navy NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. d y