New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-30
CADETS SCORE TWICE
BY THE FORWARD PASS
Make Three TouchdoWnS
in All and a Goal from
Field by Woodruff.
BROWN STAR FOR NAVY
Drives the Ball Over the Cross
bar Three Times from Place
ment for Nine Points.
BY Herbert.

BY Herbert.
President Wilson, commander in chief
of the Army, rejoiced over football
victory for Uncle Sans Military Acad-
crny at the Polo Grounds yesterday, but
President Wilson, commander in chief
of the Navy, bewailed the decisive de-
feat for the same Uncle Samuels Naval
Academy.
The Chief Executive Of the nation,
conspicuous in a light gray fedora hat,
eat in a box on the Army side OF the
neld in the first half and proved him.
self a good mascot. The First Gentle
man in the Land sat on the Navy side
Of the field in the second half, and proved
that Mexico had not sharpened his Dip
Iomatic wit to the fine edge necessary
to make him equally valuable to the
midshipmen.
Anyway. the cadets from West Point
turned on their first cousins from An
rapolis and took ample revenge for
three defeats, one right after another,
in winning their yearly engagement on
the gridiron by a score OF % to 3, while
more than $4,000 men and women from
all parts of the country looked on and
wildly applauded the rackety songs, the
laundering cheers and the many sensa-
tional plays Of a game crammed full Of
critical situations and tense moments.
-- How the Army Eleven Won.
The Army eleven scored three touch
downs, two by the clever use Of the
forward pass and one with brilliant
dash for Gj yards by Merrillat, which
landed the ball on the Nays three
yard line, so that Captain Bennie Hoge
crashed over in two savage plunges.
McEwan kicked one goal from touch
down, while Woodruff added a goal
from the field by placement kicked
from scrimmage formation, when
standing on the 20-yard line.
Babe" Brown, who has been thorn
in the flesh Of the cadets for three
years. kicked three goals from the field
from placement for the Navy, thus ac-
counting for the nine points, which
looked mighty small compared TO the
opposing 20 as the final whistle sound
ed and the cadets, denied so long,
rushed down on the field to celebrate.
The two clevens were wei! matched
in fighting spirit. in puntIng and in the
use of the running game from scrim-
mage formation, but the midshipmen
had no adequate defence for the well ex-
eCuted forward passes which Prichard
and Merrillat worked 10 such perfec-
tion, and on this, to a large extent, VIC
tory hinged.
Cadets Swept Of Feet at Start.
The cadets were fairly swept off their
feet and clearly outplayed in the carly
part of the struggle, when march
down the field for a good eighty yards
was checked, only to open the way for
a goal from the field by Babe" Brown.
the 200 pound guard. II did not take
long, however, for the tide TO turn. The
midshlpmen fought with never de-
spairng courage, but the men from
West Point would not be denied.
With an open game that was mar
vel for the cleverness of its execution,
with unerring generalship. with power
and drive the cadets hurled themselves
into the fray in a way that reflected TO
their own credit and to the credit of
Charlie DAILY and the assistant coaches.
Good football was seen, and with il
sensational football one spectacular
run followed another, until the thou
sands in the stand were carried in "a
whirl from one exciting moment 10 an
other. The game was fairly studded
with action. 1t was hard to tell
yards, which led up to one touchdown;
Babe" Browns placement goal kick
ing. the brilliant tackling of Merrillat
Markoe, Ingram and others, or the
broken field running of Prichard for
the Army and Nichols for the Navy
carried the greatest thrill.
Secretary of War Whoops.
When it was all over Secretary OF
War Garrison stood up in his box and.
letting out a whoop that relieved much
pent-up feeling, swung his hat with
the same enthusiasm as the most emo
tional plebe. There were others, too.
who forgot their dignity, and they were
not the cadets in gray.
The whistle that ended the play had
not ceased to sound before the men
from West Point rushed on the field to
celebrate. Ii was a new sensation as
not a man there is in the academy who
before that minute had seen an Army
team play to victory. Their feelings,
however, did not get the better Of their
generosity, and the customary snake
dance was delayed for the moment as