Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-01
ARMY SPRINGS SURPRISE
 AND DEFEATS NAV
Cadets OutpIay Middies and Win by
 Score of 22-o.

f by the amazing craft and strategy of the youth who will some day lead our army, the young giants of the navy who one of these days will be man. ming the bridges of our battleships were forced to bow in subjectIon to \ the West Point football team yester- day on the gridiron at the Polo ground. 1 Coming up to the scene of action with what they themselves and their l followers thought was one of the great I est combinations that had ever repre- Sented the Naval academy, the blue and gold saw their hopes of one more I celebration burst aSunder like a dream. | The midshipmen fought valorously, as l they always do, but they lacked the
 punch in their attack when it came to 1 the Ndanger zone. Up the field the ca l detS might have been seen sWirling | about like so many autumn leaves in a | gale, but when they were forced back | upon their trenches it was then that 1 the true spirit of the army was dis l closed.
 It was then, in the moments of great | est stress, that the soldiers always rose to the emergency and stemmed the onrushing tide They refused ever to give up the ground that was needed to drive one of the ponderous Navy backs l across that final mark of whitewash Potentially, the Navy appeared to have a tremendous amount of power among the burly youths who made up the combinations; still they were unable to score a touchdown Three field goals were lifted across the bar and sent crashing against the stands in the rear by the 205 pound youngster that they call Babe Brown.
 Ordinarily >that would have been enough to Win, but ule cadets had learned some of the wizardry of the new game, and their superior tactics enabled them to make three touch downs. goal from the field added for good measure placed the score at p to 9, and for the first time in five years the black, gold and gray waved triumphant over the blue and gold
 President Shares His Presence.
 Just where his longings for victory lay remains with him. but President Wilson shared his presence evenly be- tween the Army and Navy. He was a little late in getting to the scene, and few, except those in his immedf- ate vicinity knew that he had entered the grounds. All knew though that he was on hand when the second pc riod was over and the breathing spell for the players came between the halves.
 The president came down out of his box on the Army side of the field just as the second period was over. and as he was recognized the myriad voiced crowd broke into cheer for him. which he answered by doff1ng his soft hat. There was no pOmp to his en- tourage. Not the simplest gleam of a uniform was seen among those who surrounded him except the SOmbre blue of a few local policemen, who aug mented the regular attendance of Se- cret Service men. As he approacehd the Navy side of the field the battalion of midshipmen burst forth into riot Ous mass of color as they waved their banners. standing up to cheer him.
 Brown Scores First.~
 In the opening quarter the two elevens played the usual eastern game with the attack directed principally 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 EIiddies' right guard was called back to the cadets 20 ward line, whence he kicked a placement goal In the second period he dupIi- cated the feat after Hodgson dropped one of Nichols punts and GIchrist recovered.
 The Army got into action in this quarter also and sent the score see saving with field goal and touch down. Early in the period the soldiers came into possession of the ball on the Navys ten YardLline as a result of blocked punt from Nichols toe The West Point backs could make no inn pressiOn on the Navy line and Wood ruff, who replaced Jouett for the oc- caslon kicked an easy goal from place. ment on the Navys p yard line just before the quarter ended
 Prichard caught one of Nichols high punts at midfield and raced 15 yards toward the Middies' goal before he was dOwned. Three times in succession Prichard hurled a forward pass. The first two were uncompIeted, but the third shot sQuarely into the hands of Merrillat, the Army right end, who had run across the naiGdies' goal line and thus West Point registered the first touchdown of the game, leaving the score at the end of the first half g to in favor of the soldiers, for Nc Evan 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 Jouett's punt, placed the bill on the Army's 25 yard line. Checked by the soldiers defense, Brown scored his third and last goal from placement, kicking from the 30 yard mark.
 Long Run by MerriIlet.
 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 to the Middies' one yard mark before he was tackled in the rear by GiIchrist. Two line plunger with Captain Hoge carrying the ball scored the second touchdown and McEwan kicked the resultant goal, making the score, Army Is. Navy 9.
 Not satisfied with this lead the Ca dets set out to revenge themselves for the defeats of recent years ana suc- ceeded in adding another touchdown imm mediately following the opening of the final period. Captain Hoge caught one of NicholIs low punts >en the Army's 45 yard line and ran unaided to the Middies 20 yard line before Brown pulled him down. On the next lineup Hoge tore through the fast wea kening sailors line for eight yards. A gain Prichard elected to try a for Werd pass and again it was ATerrillat that caught the flying spheroid behind the Navy goal line for the third touch down of the game. The ball was down ed to the extreme right of the goal posts and the punt out was a failure, leaving the final score Army 22, Navy