The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-11-29
Cadet 0LlPRANT
DEFEATED NAVY.
Arrny's Right Half back Was
Star of Saturday. Unit
ed Service Game.

..- r., w. ~ 81 - ssiH.
NEW YORK, Nov. ss-In drizzlinS
mist here Saturday afternoon the Unit
ed States Military Academy, Of West
Point, defeated the United States Ma;
val Academy. OF Annapolis, by this
. score Of II to q. Before che game tie
Army was fasorite 8 10 g and better.
The game started SitG 1890 spec.
tators In the stands vic sDtayed The
weather during all tho contest. Tie
Navy did not give up euftag Tho en-;
tire 90 minutes OF play, at all times
giving the Amy trouble.
Elmer ELEPHANT. Of the Army team
righthalf position. was the star, His
gains were nh made with two ami
three men hanging to him aud his two
touchdowns were the result Of hit-
!, ting tho midlies' lsne with such force
and cunning :!ist tho sailors were lit
orally taken Oft thetrafeet.
Oliphant madc 10 per cent. OF the
total gaa!ns Of lie IS est Eclntets dur.
ing the aftesncar. aisS.uaa were re.
Variable In the face OF Tie fact that
the ground Was q sogg!sf sheet at utire
which was caused lsGtheA heavy down.
pour OF rain d: tic morning. Roth
teams hold thetr$ footing well how.
ever. neither s.a6 losing ans s:you,id
on account OF slipping.
The ariny.s frst touchdown came
in but Two minutes OF play. Coffin
Z Of the Army Kicking TO Craig OF the
\ Navy. The onnt was q. spiral and
the ball being vet and Ssl;pnery Craig
muffed ~ Seyland. rielit;end of the
Army was right under { he ball when
st landed and "a soon as Craig had
lost the ball Neyland was OF u the
Midtiess tensyard line. Here both
Coffin and Ford, 1ackfield men lift
the line Tor no gain. Quarterbacck
Cerhardt then called OF, olihant who
carried the bail through tile Nays
secondary defense and crossed the
goal with three midshipmen hanging
TO his legs. OlIphants then kicked goal.
The second period saw no scoring
but in the third auarter Oliphant again
crossed the Navyis goal ate. more
hard luck ON the part of the Navy. On
the kick OF Craig received the ball
and carried II IS yards to mid field.
Westphal could not gain through the
line. Then Craig shot % forward pass
directly over the line of scrimmage,
but It was Intercepted by McEwan
who carried the bali back 30 yards.
The pigskfn rested on the Nays 25:
yard line. Gerhardt again called on
oliphant but he could mot gain. On
a second attempt the big half back
went through left tackle and oncee
past the line ofsscrimmage he wormed
his way through the econdary defense
for touchdown. The run was for
% yards He again kicked goal. g
This was all the scoring that eth.
er. side could do: After the second
touchdown il became SO dark 1t was
necessary to turn on the lights about
the field. The players could not be
distinguished Ia the last quarter OF
play by those In the islands. ssF
The defeat OF the Navy marks the
third successive yicto.y Of the Ssol-'
iiers. The Army team IS heavier than,
the Navy and with the exception OF
0iiphant the .elevens were matched.
The President. during the first halt
Of the game was In the Navy stands
Just when the game finished he was
seated on the Army side. He was &C.
companied by his Sfiancee Mrs. Nor.
man Gait.
Lineup and summary OF the game:
Army Positions Navy
lsedaeld ....,s y. 2: Won Heimburg
Jones .,.. .s....L. &. q. Z. 4. Ward
o'Hara ......s.L g. g. 5s -. :. Kercher
McEwan .i....s.. 81. Goodstine
Neacham r. Z, -, Smith
Weysnd r.. +. ~. Gilman
Neyland .s.....R, ..... johnson
Geriia-dt B..3s,.ts.' Craig
Ford ~. .s...i.L 3. H...,....,... Davis
oliphent sd. :. II. II !. Westphal
coffn h. &. (. 3 j; Martin
Some by period ~ ~
Army 80 Ola
Navy. ..s......,.s,o 20 1SS2; 90
Referse-w IS, Langfori, Trinity.
4 Umpire--Fred w Murphy. Brown.
Field iudge--J. "A. Evans, Williams.
Head linesman-sG Carl S! Marshall, Har.
yaTd. Time % periods=-15 minutes
each. Army scoring Touchdowns.
0Nphant, 9: goals f:cm itouchdowns,
& oliptnnt 3. abbstit,:tcs--By Army:
Br!tton for Rsdiiela, SKntshtifor Jones,
Goodman. Tor McEwat. Holmes for
Maacham. Parker for Weyand, Tully
(. for Seyland, Mitchell for Ford, Hoge'
for Coffin; by Navy: Blodgett for
Nop Holm ht,rf, 10 Ctson fnr Johp am !