Evening star., 1914-11-27
NAVY MEETS ARMY
| ELEVEN TOMORROW
Great Struggle Between Serv-
ice Institutions Likely
to Be Seen.
GALLAUDET SHOWS WELL
AGAINST BLUE AND GRAY
Kendall Greeners Deserve Much
Credit for Fine Work-C. U.
Loses and M. A. C. Wins.
BY H. C. BYRD.

riot of color. the Same bands of mtdShip-
men and cadets in opposite stands. the
same great crowd. Il desperately played
| game: in short. there will be all those
| factors that go to make the Army
Navy contest the most attractive OF
the year in many ways
| 1t seems there has never been a time
when the tickets for th" contest have
, been so scarce. There is n much greater
demand for them. apparently than
lever before. which probably is caused
iby the great number who were accom-
lmodated last seaSoi when the contest
took place at the Polo Grounds year
Iago between 10000 and 10000 tickets
were to be had: Franklin Field seats
only about $4,000 persons, and now
there are some 10000 or $4,000 fol-
lowers of the sport who saw the bril-
liant spectacle in 1913 that have not
been successful in their efforts to OBJ
i tain the much valued cards.
| No matter which of The two teams
! wins it will be a contest worthy of the
time and trouble taken TO see it; 1t
| always is. and the score cuts small
| figure, from general consideration. Wheth-
| er the Army wins from the M!dshpinen
| by big margin, or If the MidShlpmen
| defeat the soldiers by single touch
| down. the contest is sure to be one of
| Just which of the two teams will be
the victor is hard to foretell. The Navy
! has not done well in its preliminary
| contests as has the Army. but when one
considers that the former went through
a wonderful season a year ago and eS-
| tablished itself as marvellous, strong
| combination, it went down to defeat in
that final conflict with the Army by 22
! to 9. So it is that, though 1t appears
! the Army is IA little stronger, when the
te3 there
| is likely to be little difference in their
| play.
The Navy is sure to have 4 better de-
fense for q forward pass than when it
faced the Soldiers in 1913. The team
| had little or no secondary defense at
that time, as far as forward passes
were concerned. because the backs had
learned to depend too much on an all
forwards seem to je quite strong. but
the backs undoubtedly have been
taught more thoroughly to break up
the forward pass, which may figure
The Sailors line is pretty sure to be as
good as that o: the Soldiers, if not
stronger, but thc backfield of the lat
ter has shown 9, idence of greater pow
er than has ar quartet the Annapolis
team has useu % far The Army backs
have been ..o:c consistent in their
scoring an. have shown themselves
better gro~.,d- d-gainers than those be-
hind the Navy line, although there is
no direct line through comparative
scores.
1t is only a matter of conjecture
when predictions are made as to the
outcome of contest between the Army
and Navy. SO evenly do they play that
there seldom is much marked differ
cnce in their work. And it is not often
that either team takes many chances.
Last year the Army broke this GUS
tom. but it is proba BILE that the chances
rf
time were considered more as the pos
sible methods by which a forlorn hope
could be realized than as plays on
which fair breaks might be obtained
in contest between two evenly match
ed elevens. That the Soldiers were so
successful under adverse conditions,
| though, undoubtedly will cause them
to resort to frequent use of the pass
in game in which they are rated just
as high individually as their opponents
AS usually is the case. i big crowd
Will go from Washington to see the
game. More interest is shown in the
contest every year by this city than by
any other, 1t being the center of Army
and Navy circles. Practically every
high dignitary of the government is
sure to watch the contest, it being one
OF the occasions when society report
er is almost in as much demand from a
newspaper point of view as a writer of
sports.
having made splendid showing
against Georgetown yesterday No
matter if the Blue and Gray PLAYERS
were somewhat stale from their Cruel
ing battle with the Washington and
jefferson team, no matter if they had
to work under the disadvantage Of be
ing overconfident. that reflects no dis
credit upon the work of the splendid
.lttle aggregation that represents Gal
laudet Playing and working generally
under handlcaps, the boys at that
school have welded themselves into an
eleven much superior to those that
usually represent schools of that size.
Also 1; good word is due for Fritz
Crafts. who has been coaching the Ken
dali Greencrs. He has been compelled
to teach under great disadvantages the
! main one that of not being able to COM
municate directly with his players
| having to tell them everything through
| another person. Notwithstanding that.
! Crafts has team which is far above
any that has represented a minor col
! lege i'll this section in many years.
| Georgetown has whole lot strong
! er team than Gallaudet. one that. under
| other conditions. would defeat the Ken
| dali GreenerS decisivelv, Yet the fact
| remains that it failed to score more
| than two touchdoWns yesterday. 1t
| was not thought that Gallaudet would
get across the Blue and Gray goal line,
yet Marshall did so by recovering a
| tumble.
F.! against an eleven not strong as they
, and that, with the score gotten early
| in the game by them, did not tend to
| cause them to play their best foot ball
| by any means. The Kendall Greeners
| took advantage of their opportunities,
| though, and fought tooth and nail for
every inch of the way. That they were
| a b,.. to make the best Of things re
| bounds TO thoir credit and George
! towns mispiays reflect 40 discrcdit on
the exceptionally good work done.
| Catholic University did well in its
game with Boston College at Boston,
despite its defeat. That the Brook
landers were beaten by only two touch
downs is evidence that they played
some pretty good foot ball notwith
standing their being against one of the
northern schools. which. generally
| those in the south.
| Catholic University has been through
| a season in which it has not won
game. In fact, it has not scored a
point in any game, if memory is not
| at fault Yet it has done one thing
that is very worthy of notice-placed
| foot ball on sound basis and given Il
| foundation on which the success of fu
ture elevens may be built.
Had the Maryland Aggies not suf
fered penalty after penalty they prob
sylvania Military College by sixty or
| seventy points The Farmers scored
twenty in the first ten minutes of