The sun., 1916-11-26
BEATS NAVY
s
IN THRILLING GAME
Continued from First Page.

.osieus of their own trouble and were
-0nsDoly n bravely trying to pull each
oehsr out of the slough of despond saw
.ehat they were patting each other on the
1oAck and whispering words Of cheer and
resolution. But It was too late for in
experience to recover the prize that ex-
Do9isnce had snatched.
Field Goal Follows.
: The touchdown due to young OIL
p6ant's %alertness and marvellous skill
and strength was followed within i've
minutes by a field goal for the Army.
The ball was driven squarely between
che Navy goal posts by the urerr.ng
siGht foo Of the lad who probably IL as
sure OF a place on the All America team
- Q player ever was. the same Oliphant.
This made the score. Army ., Navy 0.
and most OF the 10000. except for the
Navy rooters with optimism that moth
ing could sha;ter. settled down to watch
. massacre. figuring only on how big the
Army could make the score. Would IL
b Al much as 80 to o or thereabout ?
Too bad the game was so onesided. That
.Door Mr.. Daniels over there on the Navy
ot0e. how downhearted he must fee. (.
Why do they let these Oiiphant kind OF
fair.
So the sidtine chatter ran pretty
much throughout the first half. with the
Army scoring another touchdown when.
AFTER a steady drive down the field
omashing and hammering the unsteady
Navy line. "A short forward pass was
completed. Gerhardt 10 the agile Vidal.
who snatched the bali out OF the freezing
air. Stripped II to him with "A clutch of
steel and then with "A leap that an ante
lope might envy sprang clear over a
NANV tarktar ayatinu handa that
onatched at his awaiting ankles.
The Navy experts shook their heads
evor this. claiming that Referee Lang
.l1gd and Umpire Murphy should not
have allowed hurdling In a forward pass
play. but Langford and Murphy, boring
n the confusion Of players and blow
ing upon their chilled fingers, couldn't
0ss that the sacred rules had been 80
much as nicked, and 20 the Army got
che touchdown and ran its score up to
1t. to 0 for the midshipmen.
: what Hts Toe Famed TO DO.
Fifteen It was because Oliphant TO
nave his life couldn't convert the touch
down into q touchdown and goal. lie
had two chances yesterday afternoon.
but each time the hall skewed from his
lifting toe and sailed wide of the up
rloAts. The second time he stood for a
moment. glancing at the crossbar OF the
Navy goal and then regarding his own
futile foot with much the same air, pos
Gibly. as love might have studied the
~ OF "A wasted thundcrbolt or as
Narquard that sad day some years ago
g1anced toward the grand stand into
which the Oliphant OF the Athletics. MIR,
J. franklin Baker. now of this city. had
Hammered one OF his finest. fastest
curves.
Perhaps young Oliphant was sm!tten
With a p~remonition Of coming trouble,
lor all OF a sudden in "A way that sent
cheers rolling through the stands and
sweeping across the cha@kcS green the
Navy came to life and~SesHn to tight.
Where there had been 1.-THE tclunsiest
lnsptitude there was nov Graceful GER
tainty.
Plumbing fingers began to articulate
smoothly and strongly, Forward passes
that had dribblad weakly from one ner-
vous middle to an other o Shot. arch
Ing beautifully, from one pair of strong
and expert hands squarely into another
pAlr OF the same sure character, The
Me, from which great things had been
pfedkted. began to fulfil handsome
Drophecies. Holes were closed up,
Clarke and Gilman n Goodstein and
Rsifel and Cap. Ward began to realize
that they were a welded team. The
ends. Jackson and Fisher. Threw IN the
frfmitts n developed a style of play
which Mr.. kipling observed In the
yusxy Wuzzies-all hot sand and gin
ger. To the infinite Amusement of young
Mr.. Oliphant. they smeared him time
after time.
Orr Brings Ginger.
A lad named orr went - 40 Navy
quarterback for cIghteer-year-old Wc,-
chel and played Ike n lambert flame.
Ingram. the right h~alfbaCs. a sterling
player. rubbed the sleep out of his blue
eyes And began 10 give "A very "Scellen,
Imitation OF Oliphant at his %oliphantIs,
tic best, Bang, Smash! crnsh' lie
hit the Army line and hctwecn the roar.
n cheers one could hear big McEwc:
OF ,nc Army grun',
This recrndosc"nre OF the Navy came
almost at the end Of the second period
when Interest IN the game had begun
to sag and drag, over on the south
side Of the nrld, whore nearly l,3Oc
midsh!pmcn had tcguu To drop their
Jaws. try as they would to keep u,
their spirits and show the gamenca,
thai must h" displayed. come victory
o. defeat. II was as II SECRETARY Jose.
rhus, sitting 30 suugly uuricr his MI,
ouakerlike hat, had ha nded each one
. anders commission.
Up to their feet they went and hurled
defiant yeils across, the, Held to the gloat,
ING cadets, Manipulated by their cheer
eeoers. Park and Phillips. as u good
erehsstsra swings to the baton Of IT.