Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-12-07
ELEPHANT SHOWED
CLASS in GREAT
ARINF:NAlY GAME


NEW YORK. Nov. 2I.--The Army
football eleven, showing q better state
of preparedness than the Navy team,
triumphed over their Annapolis rivals
here today by a score of IA to o.
Twice during the so minutes battle.
between the competing academies, the
soldiers hurled a 42-centimeter shell In
the person Of Elmer Q. Oliphant,
through the protective armor of the
sailors battleship, and in the gray
dusk of a drizzling afternoon the mid
shipmen craft sank, with every gun
working desperately but futilely
against the superior equipment of the
Array.
Although the middle team fought
with unflinching courage from the
opening shot until the naval academy
penpant sank fram sight. the struggle
awaited it. nothing against the over
wheiming power OF the cadets attack.
The. irresistible charges Of the former.
Purdue University star. could not be
stopped by. the sailors, and the West
Pointers time and again pierced the
first and second lines of defense, url-
til the Navy was bent and exhausted
BY its efforts to check defeat.
Had Oliphant. been injured in the
opening minutes. OF the. conflict, the
midshipmHn1 might have had q chance,
but the Middle4W football bat
tering ram refused 20 heed the, saw
age tackling that scarcely ha4ed his
mad rushess Thfeugh the line and
around the ends he crashed or, sprint
ed, hurling off tackler after, tacklers
until the middies found that it requir-.
led the entire eleven to stop. him, at
hines. Since it was not always pos
shble to concentrate the, whole squad
in his flying path, his, gains constitute
ed about 10 per cent of the distance
covered by the Army charges.
Eunblee Punt. a-
The bleak in the game came ale
moses immediately after the.s kickoff
and it was the West Point team that
prgfited. After, the opening. play
there was am exchange of ppnts in
tersperseda with as.feW drives at the
line, but neither team appearedi to-
have marked. advantage until Craig
muffed high kick from the toe. Of the.
Army fullback, Gaffin. Right End
Neyland was. following the ball. and
when Craig. dropped the plgsking ne.
dived through the mudisapd clutched
the spheroid ON the NayJ - l0-yard
line. Coffin and Ford both hurled
themselves into the middiSes hnes
only to be repnlsed without gein. -
Then Quarterback Gerhardtl uneov-
cred his masked battery and fired
oliphant into the sailors left side OF
the scrimmage line The playeTA from
Purdue ripped everything out OF his
course and slid across the goal line
with three middies ciinging to 4 his
legs, To complete the task. he kic{z
the goal and the Navy football crsaIt
began to founder.
oIiphant Again. Il
The sailors stuck to their gunks
throughout the remainder of the first. ]
and second periods without further
damage, butt within the beginning OF
the, third quarter 0liphant was again,
turned loose on the Navy and foIgthe
second time. found a. vulnerable point
in the Annapolis defense. As In the \
initial score, the touchdown came
quickly and Unexpectedly. The sol
diers kicked off and Craig, the mid
dies quarterback, ran the ball well
back before he was dewned.
On the second lineup he attempted,
a forward pass, but Center McEwan
of the Army reached up to the full
extent of his. six feet,two inches, and
speared the ball In midair. He, i'm
sprinted for the Navy goal
and passed the 25-yard line before
he was pulled down.
Here Oliphant was given the, ball.
and slipping through hole in the
centers of the line, he lodged and
ducked his way for the Army's sec
ond touchdown, from which he kicked |
goal, completing the scoring for the
day.
Although Oliphant was the star of
the game, his best play was made pos
sible by the excellent support accord
ed him by the other members of the
cadet eleven.
Third in Row for Army.
This shows what happened to the
Navy, when that arm of the service
stacked up against the Army: