Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-11-26
ARMY VICTORIOUS
OVER NAVY, |5-7
Oliphant Leads Cadets to
Victory in Annual Game
With Middies.
SAILORS DIE GAMELY
Roberts Great Work in
Third and Fourth Periods
Is Real Feature.

y NEW YORK. Nov. 25.--Army skill
won over Navy pluck when the teams
from West Point and Annapolis
clashed in their annual battle at the
Polo grounds today. The Cadets vic
toriouS score was 8 to I, but the
Middies fought gamely and grimly
until tie final blast of the whistle.
Some fifty thousand citizens, not
counting the governor of New York,
cabinet officers. generals, admirals
and an array of lesser lights in both
branches of the government service
uw the combat. Only for the alb
cnce of President Wilson, the game
could have provided all the spectacu
lar incidents which go to make Army
Navy football battles historic.
Chill winter winds swept the field
and grandstands.
Series II To 0.
When the cadets rushed the col
ors at the end Of the game they had
IL victories to their credit to the
Nays nine and they celebrated this
achievement in time honored fashion.
Seven hundred and sixty strong they
massed in front of the beaten rivals,
did a serpentine dance about the field
before forming u great oval and then
ut signal rushed pellmell 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 IA rush. On the kick
off Oliphant caught the ball on his
own 5-yard line and carried il back
through broken field past II plung-
ing mhldes to within five yards of the
Nays gGi Al. From that point 1t was
rushed over for Il touchdown. 1t also
was Oliphant who later kicked a field
goal for the Army,
GOOdstcin Navy Hero.
Goodstein. the young center for the
Navy, was the hero of the Annapolis
clans Tonight. He broke thru the
Army line in the third period, blocked
one pr Nidals punts and raced Is
yards f6r a touchdown.
Dignitarics See Game.
Governor Whitman, Mayor Mitchell
Secretary of the Navy Daniels and
Secretary of War Baker were amonS
the officials occupying boxes during
the battle.
front. dragging II mountain gun as n
mascot. They started "a storm of ap-
inuse as they gave a display of the
machine-like marching for which
they are famous. Then their band
played them up into their bleachers
at double time. A few moments later
the middies, about l.20O strong
marched in. Their perfect marching
produced another outburst OF ap-
plause. which continued until the
sailors reached their seats. They
brought n goat as their mascot
just before the Army team ap-
peared upon the field the cadets.
standing with heads uncovered, gave
the West Point cheer at the end of
hai tUn
a salute to the soldier players.
When the navy team came into
sight, Il few seconds later, their goat
mascot greeted them with antics that
were accepted by the MILDLY rooters
as betokening good luck.
Between the second and third pc
riods Secretary Daniels and Secretary
Baker, surrounded by officials high
in their respective services, walked to
the center of the field and greeted
each other.
Middics Rally.
With the score Is to against them,
the midides returned to the field after
the intermssion between the halves
and made a desperate effort to win.
Roberts, who caught the kickoff on
his own five-yard line, ran back 25
yards before he was tackled The
whole navy team appeared to
have found new vigOr. Plays off
tackle and well executed forward
passes brought the ball To the army's
25-yard line on an exchange of
punts. Goodstein then broke thru
blocked kick and made touch
down, Rcifel kicking the goal.
The armys goal line was once again
/ imperiled, only to be saved by 40
yard run by Oliphant. The army star
was watched more closely by his OPP
ponents in the last two periods and
made no other spectacular runs Won
HeimberE,. who substituted for Fisher
In the final period, did the punting
for the navy while he was in the
game and out distanced his army
rivals.
The first period of the Army Navy
game ended with the score to in