Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-27

their beaten rivals, then d.d q serpen-
 tine dance about 1ae field before form ing a great oval and at a given signal rushing pell mell about their colors, held aloft by three of their number.
 The soldiers did most of the cheer
 ing early in the game for the Army started off with aErush. On the kick
 off the great Ohphant caught the ball on his own hve-yard line and carried
 it back through broken field, past
 Il plunging Middies to within five wards of the Navy's goal. From that
 point it was rushed over for a touch
 down. It was the foot of Oliphant that later booted a field goal for the Army.
 Goodstein, the young center for the
 Navy. was the hero of the Annapolis
 clans tonight It was he who broke
 through the army line in the third
 period. blocked one of Vidars punts and raced 15 yards for touchdown Governor Whitman, Mayor Mitchell, Secretary of the Navy Daniels and Secretary of War Baker were among the official dignitaries who occupied boxesl when the battalion Of cadets marched onto the field, In light blue uniforms, with long overcoats and carrying yellow remnants with a band at their head. they paraded in com pany front, dragging mountain goat as a mascot. They started of applause that was renewed several times as they gave a display of the machine like marching for which they are fa-
 nous. Then their band played them up into their bleacherS at double time. A few moments after the cadets had cleared the field, the nliddies. about 1 1900 strong. marched in with their blue and crimson uniformed bandsmen. In the long navy blue coats of their service they were in deep contrast to l the army Their perfect marching. | first in column of fours. then swing | ing into a front that extended the l length of the field. produced another burst of applause which continued un= | til they reached their seats.
 I They brought a goat as their mas cot.
 | Just before the Army team appeared upon the field. the Cadets standing with heads uncovered, gave the West | Point cheer at the end of which their | two-inch cannon roared salute to the 1 soldier players. | When the Navy team galloped into i sight a few seconds later their goat ! mascot greeted them with antics that | were accepted by the Middy rooters as | denoting good luck.
 l Between the second and third per- | iods, Secretary Daniels and Secretary
 Baker, surrounded by officers high in l their respective services, walked to | the center of the field and greeted 1 each other.
 In expectation of the huge crowds, | the police made their arrangements by 1 occupying the streets surrounding the l Polo Grounds with a battalion of 425 patrolmen, under command of an in l spector. The work of the police be- gan early, for three hours before the | game started sailors and soldiers from the ranks of the army and navy be- l gan to pour in to watch the gridiron | Warriars from the schools which turn out their future commanders. In the | Hudson river fleet of sixteen battle
 ships and lesser fighting craft had dropped anchor to give their, men and officers a chance to see the game and | it was said that about 10000 were granted short leave for this purpose. l It was all Army in the first half of the game. Oliphant's running back of the kickoff almost the entire length of the field made it look to the spectators | as though it would be a runaway race. Oliphant and Vidal were the Army 1 stars, keeping the ball in their oppo- nents territory all through the first two periods. A well executed forward pass, Gerhardt to Vidal, brought the
 second Army touchdown early in the second period. O1iphant failed to kick a goal. for either touchdown.
 1 With the score 15 to against them, the Middies returned to the field after the intermission between the halves to make a desperate effort to win. Rob- erts, who caught the kickoff on his own five-yard line. ran back 25 yards 1 before he was tackled. The whole l Navy team appeared to have had new 1 vigor instilled into them. Plays off | tackle and well executed forward passes brought the ball to the Army s | 25-yard line Non an exchange of punts. Goodstein then broke through and blocked a kick for a touchdown, Rei- fel kicking the goal.
 The Army's goal was again imper- filed only to be saved by a forty-yard
 run by Oliphant. The Army star was
 covered more closely. however, by his opponents in the last two periods and
 made no other spectacular runs. Won
 Heimburg, who substituted for Fisher in the fins; period, did the bunting for
 the Navy, while he was in the game and outdistanced his Army rivals.
 The lineup and summary:
 1 Army Navy