New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-19
Yale Harvard Game
and Battle of Army
and Navy Remain
By FRANK O'NEILL.


High tide in the football season OF
1915 will be reached next Saturday
when Yale and Harvard and the elevens
Of the United States Military Academy
and the United States Naval Academy
meet on the chalk lined gridirons TO
fight their mimic warfare in the name
of the King Of Autumnal Sports. There
will be other contests on that day.
when many teams will bring their sea-
son to a close, but chief interest cen
tres in the meeting of those traditional
rivals named.
Whatever. the result Of the Yale
Princeton game the Blue Will tear IN
against the Haughtonized Crimson 20
lay a ghost that has walked ABROAD
since 1912. Whatever else may befall
the service elevens, they plunge madly
into tho fray 70 settle which arm OF
the country's defence is stronger-on
the gridiron.
The Navy has few scores TO settle
with the Army, and every wearer OF
the Gold and Blue believes that this Is
the wear Of years for revenge. 1t 10
coincidental, perhaps, that the last
time the Navy whipped the Army was
in 1912.
Four Years Of Defeat
Four long years have passed since
/ the Navy defeated the Army. In the
interim the Navy goat has wandered
around bleating piteously, and wonder
ing when another Jack Dalton or baoe
Brown will be revealed TO the Nav
90 Ia
the Navy has waited four years for the
moment when by right Of might OF me
team she might nail her pennant TO the
goal post in token of victory won, she
has waited still longer for touch
down.
Nine years have passed since Navy
back carried the pigskin across the
Army goal line. All its scoring in that
period has come as the result Of goals
from the field. Yet victory was woI
in 1910, II and ~, thanks to Dalton
and Brown.
The Army record is perhaps the
more impressive, for the Gold, Black
and Grey have yet TO be struck TO
| any team this season. The Navy, on
! the other hand, ran on a couple OF
reefs, and suffered some damage. One
patch on her armor represents hole
torn by Pittsburgh, while another was
caused by Washington and Lee. The
only basis for comparison through
scores between the Army and Navy is
BY the games played against Wash
/ ington and Lee. The Army beat the
| Generals by score of IA TO z, while
| the Navy lost, 10 to 0.
Yet hope for Navy victory on Sat
urday runs high. The Middies have
shown indications of great power in
! some of the games, but it was crude
power As the season advanced Lieu
tenant Ingram got the boys together,
and in the game against the North
| Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical
College Navy showed just how power
full its team was. Last year the Ag-
gies defeated the Navy; last week they
never got the ball beyond midheld.
! The attack was fierce, cohesive. well
| conceived and admirably executed. The
line stood like bulwark, and the
waves Of the enemy's attack rolled
back, broken and spent.
Navy Line Strong
On the line, more than on the back
field. the Navy will depend to win on
Saturday. In every game, except
/ against pittsburgh, the Blue forwards
/ outplayed their rivals, and repulsed the
assaults in a manner that left no
doubt. The Army line, while strong,
| has shown nothing that would warrant
overcontidence on the part of its fol-
lowers. Against Notre Dame the for
wards were badly outplayed, and failed
to provide openings for the backs to
plur ge through. Defensively they were
weak, too, and the Westerners ripped
through for large and consistent gains.
The superiority of the Army's over
head attack decided that issue, and it
may. perhaps, decide the issue on Sat-
urday.
In the backfeld the Army would
seem to have the edge. Gerhard,
quarterback; Vidal and Oliphant. half
backs, and Place, who will probably
start the game at fullback, make up a
quartet which is powerful, judged by
all standards. Vidal and 0liphant are
real stars. The latter is well known
to all followers Of the sport. His
power cannot be denied or overesti-