The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-28
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| touchdown from which he kicked goal | completing the scoring for the day. i Although Oliphant was the star of the game his brilliant play was made possible | by the excellent support afforded him 1 by the other members of the cadet eleven | For once, at least, this season an east ern gridiron battle of more than ordinary importance and interest was fought out to the end without either upset or re- versal of football form Before the con- test the wagering favored the Army at odds of to s, and the result showed that these figures, based upon the seasons $ play of the two teams, were not mis- leading.
 With both elevens keyed to the last notch for the final and most important game of their schedule, there was the same variance in offensive and defensive strength that has been indicated by their respective work all fall. The Cadets showed greater power, both in attack | and in defending their own goal line than the Middies Aside from occasional gains made through forward passing an end skirting dash by Craig, Annapolis lacked the drive and strategy to pierce the West Point forwards for consistent gains. The Middies' best exhibition was made when on the defense and they fought so hard, l both individually and collectively, that the Army time and again was forced to
 
 | plunges or end running.
 1 During these exchanges of punts Cof- l fin outkicked Non Heimberg and later 1 held his own against Blodgett. McEwan' $ | passing for punts was better than Good 1 steins and the Army line as whole gave i better protection to Coffin than the Navy l Ejckers received. The heavier West Point eleven was able to use its weight to ad- l vantage in the slippery going and the | Players of both teams kept their footing 1 in a remarka ble manner considering the l fact that the turf was soft and mushy | from the heavy rain of the forenoon. l While the play was of the usual hard | character that marks the annual meet l ing of the two service elevens it was
 extremely clean throughout and the best of feeling prevailed among the players. l The warm, misty atmosphere proved very 1 trying upon the members of both teams. The victory of the Soldiers today was ! the third consecutive one in as many years and put West Point in the lead in the series which began in 1890. Since that | year 20 games have been played between
 the two academies, including the game I today, and the count stands tonight: 10 | games to nine in favor of the Cadets with one match-that of 19o6-a tie. Captain Weyland and Captain Miles were brought together by the referee to choose the field and kickoff. The
 
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 The Army kicked off at 2:19 to the Navy's 30-yard line. where a Midship- man was downed without gain. Martin carried the ball to his 40-yard line for first down and on the next play made nine yards through West Points left tackle.
 Craig punted to the Army's 20-yard line, where Coffin was downed with no gain. A line buck by Oliphant failed to budge the Navys line and Army punted to Navy's 44-yard mark. where Craig was thrown. Davis made two yards and then Martin plunged through right tackle for two more. Won Heimberg punted to the Army's 20-yard line, but the ball was carried back to the Armys A0-yard line.
 Coffin punted to the Navy's 10-yard line, where the ball was fumbled by the N""v Tt was recovered by Weyland of the Army close to the Navy goal line + .4 .o4.e, to gain through the Navy
 line and Coffin also failed to gain. With one more try the ball was en- | trusted to Oliphant and he smashed
 through the Navy's left tackle for a | touchdown. Oliphant kicked goal. Score: Army T, Navy 0.
 The Army sang their Goodnight" song. The Army kicked off to Navy's 25- yard line Martin ran it back to mid field Davis tried the Army's left wing without result. Won Meimberg punted to Gerhardt on the Army's l5-yard | line A line plunge failed to gain i O1iphant punted to midfieid A forward pass to Craig from Johnson netted five yards. A second forward pass was | spoiled by McEwan. Won Heimberg
 punted to Oliphant on the Army's five
 yard line. He carried the ball to West