The Washington times., 1913-11-16
NAVY''S CONFIDENCE
IS GIVEN SETBACK
Army's Decisive Defeat of Villa
nova Lessons Cocksureness
OF Middies.
SAILORS GET NARROW WIN
Penn State Holds Annapolis
Squad Four Times When
Yards Are Needed.

ANNAPOLIS, Nd, Nov. 1.-THE re-
suit Of Saturdays game in which the
service teams participated have served
TO lessen the cocksureness which has
been felt here in regard to Navy VIC
tory when the Army team is encountered
on the Polo Grounds on November 20.
While the Navy was having the hardest
time to win from Pennsylvania State
by 10 to o, the Army was smothering
Villa Nova to the extent of 55 to 0, and
it is thoroughly realized here that the
Navy will need every bit of football ii
has to secure any kind of victory
from the Army. Still, the midshipmen,
officers, and other friends of the team
will feel certain that the Navy team
is good enough to win and should Sc
sure its fourth consecutive victory over
he Army.
OF course, the comparatively small
score made by the midshipmen can be
Explained by the soft, muddy field upon
which the game took place. This pre-
vented speed, and would naturally be
a bar to a big score but ii is also to
he remembered that the advantage of a
soft field was with the heavier and
stronger team, and this the Navy GER
tainly was on Saturday. State put up
a battling game from start to finish and
llS line nSlQ SSI
its accomplishment of holding the mid
shipmen four times when only yard
was NEEDED for another touchdown was
an achievement in football history. The
strongest friends of the Navy team con-
cede that they met worthy opponent
in State, and that a inner defense was
never seen here.
With the last big game OF the local
season a thing of the past, the Army
Navy game two weeks off looks very
near and is the main topic in converse
Iion in Navy circles. 1t is expected that
West Point will play an open game,
with lots of long end runs, forward
passes and other plays of the new froi-
ball This should make the GAM" Of
lar greater interest than the last three,
which were mainly kicking contests. In
TACT. no touchdown has been scored by
either team in the last three years, the
Navy scores being all from field goals
one in each of 1910 and 1911 and two last
year. The Navy is looking foT very
different game this year, wiki lots OF
playing and line hitting. There IS no
doubt that the Navy will nave the ad-
vantage of weight and strength, which
will put the necessity for a fast, tricky
Iame right up to West Point.
From tomorrow until the team leaves
Tor New York the whole brigade OF
midshipmen will be present during daily
practice, and will seek 10 enthuse the
players with their songs and yells. Mid
pointed vel! master.
The Penn State team gave the Navy
It's hardest run of the season and man
aged no less than six times TO hold the
Navy eleven on the brink of the goal
line when a touchdown would have
Deen gained had the decisive scoring
lunch been apparent.
The Middies did all of their scoring
n the first half and were lucky to get
away with the game as they did. Had
not Miller the Penn State captain ana
.,uarterback, been incapacitated il is
r.robable that the middies would have
cen more hard pressed to win.
touchdown and goal in the first
pcriod and a goal b. Brown in the sec
md rs the extent of the scoring. Penn
state came within an ace of getting on
even terms but failed when the only
, hance was offered Rain all through
he contest ruined Miller's chances for
speed against the Navy team.
Miller was out for almost full half
on account of injuries and was unable
TO show his best speed in the last few
minutes OF play His gains of fifteen
ards were infrequent owing to the fact
that the Navy men were on him all the
y hile.