Evening star., 1915-11-28

when on the defense, and they fought
so hard. both individually and coilec-
was forced to kick. after failing to
gain by either line plunges or END
running.
Cofin's Toe Best.
In these exchanges of punts. Coffin
outkicked Won Hemberg, and later
! held his own against BlodSett. NC
| Evans passing for punts was better
than Goodstein's, and the Army line,
as a whole, gave better protection to
Coffin than the Navy kickers received.
BILE to its weight to advantage
in the slippery going, and the players
of both teams kept their footing in
remarkable manner, considering the
| fact that the turf was soft and mushy
from the heavy rain of the forenoon.
| While the play was of the usual hard
character that marks the annual meet
| ing of the two service elevens. It was
extremely clean throughout, and the
best of feeling prevailed among the
players. The warm, misty atmosphere
proved very 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 twenty games have
been played between the two acad-
emies. including the game today. and
the count stands tonight ten games to
inine, in favor of the cadets, with one
match-that of 1906-a tie.
Army Wins Toss.
Little time was lost in preliminaries.
Both Capt. Weyand and Capt. Miles
were brought together by the referee
to choose the field and kickoff. The
Army won, and chose to defend the
west goal.
The Army kicked off at 2:19 o'clock
| to the Navy's 30-yard line, where
Midshipman was downed without gain.
Martin. on the first rush, carried the
bali to his 40-yard line for first down,
and on the next play made 3 yards
punted to the Army's 2o-yard line,
where Coffin was downed without gain.
A line buck by Oliphant, the former
Purdue star. failed to bulge the Nays
Nays 44yard mark. where Craig was
| thrown.
Davis made yards and then Mar
tin plunged through right tackle for
| . more. Won Heimberg punted to
the Army's 20-yard line, from where,
| by magnificent running, the ball was
carried back to the Armys 40-yard line.
| Coffin punted to the Nays 1o-yard
| line, where the ball was fumbled By
the Navy. 1t was recovered by Weyand
| of the Army close to the Navy goal
line. Ford for the Army failed to
gain through the Navy line and Coffin
| also failed to make any impression on
the Midshipmen's defense.
| 1t was a wonderful defense the
part OF the Navy close to its goal line.
| line.
| trusted to Oliphant, and he smashed
through the Nays left tackle for
| touchdown.
| Oliphant kicked the goal, making the
| nd ha hair
| Goodnight" song.
Army Again Kicks Off.
| The Army kicked off to Navys 25-yard
line. Martin caught the punt and ran
| it back to midfieid. Davis tried the
Army's left wing without result, and
on the very next scrimmage the Navy
lost Is yards for holding. Martin
swung around Army's left end for
short gain and then Won Heimberg
punted to the Army's 40-yard mark.
| Oliphant Immediately punted back to
Davis, who was downed on his own 30
yard line. Craig tried to go around
the Army's right wing. but was blocked
off for loss. Jackson took Johnson's
place at right end for the Navy.
| The ball was on the Navy's 30-yard
| line wh.en the period ended.
| The first play at the opening of the
| second period was punt by Won Helm
/
! yard was gained through the line by
the Navy back, and then oliphant punt
ed to midfield. Craig dropped the ball
and Neyland recovered IT Tor the Army
penalized Is yards for interference,
| sending the ball back to West Points
| 35-yard line. A forward pass thrown
by Craig was incompleted, Craig at
| tempted to go around West Points left
side and was forced out Of bounds on
the Army's 35-yard line. Won Heimberg
punted out of bounds behind the goal
line for a touchback.
On a fake kick formation Oliphant
made yards. and then oliphant
punted to Craig on the Nays S5-yard
line a line plunge netted the Navy
|S YARDS, YARDS for ne offside s Ma Martin ok broke
through West Points right side to the
Army's 47-yard line. Martin immedi-
ateiy made more through the same
hole Craig punched the center for an
additional : yards, and on double
| pass, Craig to Martin, the Navy downed
the ball on West Points 40-yard line.
forward pass, Craig to Davis. netted
the Navy scant yards. Won Heinz
berg punted over the Army goal line
| for another touchback
! Bad Pass Slips Through.
Coffin let bad pass slip through his
fingers. but he managed to recover the
bal, on his own 5yard line Oliphant
made 10 yards around the Nays left
wing. and oliphant punted to Craig on
the Navy's 45yard line. Craig. by
pretty lodging, ran the ball back to
the Army's 48-yard line. Failing to
penetrate the stonewall line of the
/ Army. Craig resorted to another for
ward pass, but it hit the ground before
any player could get his hands on it.
With three downs and 10 Yards to gain
Won Heimberg set himself for kick.
lit was a fake, the ball was passed to
Ma rtin instead, and he made
1 wards straight through the Army CEN
ter. Won Heimberg then punted to
4 OIiphant on the Army's 2O-yard line.
Oiiphant broke through the Navy
fright wing and dodged his way through
1.-The Annapolis backfield to the Navy's
4O-yard line. Time was here taken out
to fix up injured players
Rain had ceased to fall. but the field
was very wet.
Coffin, when play was resumed, made
4 3 Yards outside the Army's left
tackle A buck against the Navy CEN
ter failed to gain, and Coffin punted to
Il Davis on the Navy's 2T-yard line. Craig
broke through the Cadets line for 5