Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-11-29
NAVY TUMBLED IN
DEFEAT BY ARMY
West Point Eleven Crushes Midship-
men by Score Of Twenty
to Nothing.
THREE T0UCHD0wNs, A SAFETY
Military Shows Superior Power in
Carrying Ball and Defend
ing Goal.
THREE TOUCHDOwNS, A SAFETY
MUCH LACK OF PLAY IS SEEN
Forward Passing by Both Sides, as
Rule, is Very Poor.
CADETS CELEBRATE VICTORY
Form Procession and March Around
Field After Contest, Willis
Their beaten Foes Look
silently Upon.


PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 2s-The west
Point cadets defeated the Annapolis mia.
shipmen 30 to o in their annual game on
Franklin field this afternoon. The score
was represented by three touchdowns ana
a safety. Tho game was one sided. tho
army showing superior power In carrying
the ball and In defending their goal.
There was much laxness OF play during
tho game and tho forward passing by
both sides, as a rule. was poor. The navy
| appeared very weak on the defense and
| rarely held the army when It tried 70
penetrate the sailors line or so round
the ends. The armys victory makes tho
record OF the two teams q tie. each now
having won nine games, with one gazna
o tie.
The usual spectacular demonstratiou
followed the game, with the enthusiastic
| Eray-ciad army cadets the center figiressA
They planted the black, gold ana gray,
their academy colors, in the center OF the
| field, then formed a circle that was an
wide as the breadth Of the field. There
was a bugie call from the half dozen
! army buglers. and then ensued the wild
rush to the colors. the whole circle closing
| in around the color bearer. The cadets
formed a procession and paraded around
the field. while the sad ana silent mid
dies looked on.
Navy wins the Toss.
First period;
Navy won the toss and chose the east
goal. Army's kickoff was run back by
Failing 10 the twenty-five-yard line Two
tries at the line were checked and Blod-
| gett punted out OF bounds at the Army
1 |.s-a
was a fake punt which gained thlrty-five
yards. A forward pass gained twenty
more and the ball was on the middies'
| fifteen-yard line Three plays gained
eight more: then the Army missed ~
| field play.
ScrimmagtRg from the twenty-yard
line the Navy failed TO gain. Many punts
were exchanged. the navy gaining eleven
| yards. Mitchell went around Merrill for
seven yards and two tries at the line
| made II first down. A tumble was re-
covered, then Blodgett punted to the
| West Points twenty -seven-yard mark
| The kick was returned and then bad
pass by Perry went over Blodgett's head
ana lost twenty yards. Another ex-
change OF puhts ensued Army's punt
rolling TO the five-yard line. Bodgett
stood behind his own goal line TO punt.
but the kick was blocked and he felt
upon II for safety. Score: Army. 2;
Navy. o.
Blodgett punted from the twenty-yartl
line and Navy recovered a tumble on the
Army's forty-yard mark. A forward
pass gained fifteen yards, but the next
one grounded and Blodgett failed TO shoot
a goal from placement. On the next
lineup each team was penalized five
yards for off side. Prichard punted 70
Nays thlrty-four-yard mark as the
period ended.
Two TOuchdOwns for Army.
Second period:
Blodgett punted as the second period
opened. Army returned II and Blodgett
fumbled to a soldier on the twenty-yard
line. A forward pass resulted In a
touchdown Merillat catching the ball
on the five-yard mark and making the
distance unopposed. No goal was kicked
Score: Army. 9; Navy. o.
Tho second touchdown came through
use Of the same tactics. Blodgett fumbled
punt Army recovering on the thirty
six-yard line. Miles replaced Mitchell
Prichard then shot smother perfect pass
TO Merrillat who carried the ball to the
one-yard linel Hodgson easily made the
distance, but McEwan again failed at
|
Coffin kicked off and Biodgett came
back twenty yards. Craig replaced Fan
ing and Graf went in for Miles. Craig
Immediately made nine yards around
Merrillat and repeated for three more.
Parker replaced Butler. On a fake kiclc
Craig carried the ball TO Nays forty
five-yard line. The Nays punt was
poor. going out at Army's forty-two-yard
line. The return kick was caught on
. Nays fourteen-yard mark. Miles made
five yards through Meacham- Britton
I. took Neyland's place. Blodgett was
= thrown back on a fake kick, then punted
thirty yards. Goodman replaced Mo-
EVAN. A forward pass was broken up
and Prichard lost ground on a try at end.
5 Blodgett was replaced by Hubert.
5 Hodgson punted over Nays line for q
L touchdown. Hubert tried twice TO gain
a from his twepty-yard line, then pUnted-
On the first play he intercepted a for
. ward pass snd II was Nays ball again
on its twenty-eight-yard line. Perry
made another wild pass. Miles recovering
on his courtyard line.
Hubert punted then tho officials de-
cided to disallow the play on which Perry
, erred and Army was given the ball on
: the Nays twenty -eight-yard line. On
: the first smash at the line the Army
= fumbled and the Navy recovered the ball
- only a foot from the goal Hubert
pnunted. Prichard marking down a fair
. catch on the thirty-six-yard line. Bene-
II dict took Coffin's place and tried for q
Is goal from placement but failed.
q Smith replaced Perry at center. On
the first play after the touchdown Craig
made nine yards and Bates made ie
first down. Miles was thrown back five
yards as the half ended.
The day proved, one Of the warmest Of
the entire foot ball season for the Army
and Navy players. The playing field was
soft and slippery. The bare spots had
r been covered with straw 10 afford the
] players a firm footing. There was M
! breeze.
During the first half the Army's pow
erful charging Of the cadet forward 80
a hurried the middies that the Navy could
make little progress when they held the
ball When ON the defense the team
work and strategy. Of the soldiers was