The Washington times., 1921-11-26

especially when the battle spirit Is
the West Pointers have in back Of
Some experts are Of the opinion the
defeat that Bob Folwells Miushipmen
received at the hands OF Hugo Bee
dek's Penn State team IL going to hurt
them in their game today. Anyone
who knows the sort of men developed
at Annapolis knows the fallacy Of this
statement. To one who 10 familiar
with conditions at the United States
Naval Academy it appears that the
defeat sustained at Franklin Field Is
i going to make the Midshipmen fight
harder than ever to win.
In fact, there IL no question Of the
fighting spirit of these teams. Every
man will fight to the last drop Of the
hat.
Navy Well Coached.
Bob Folwell has worked hard and
well with his men at Annapolis. The
fact that the Navy eleven was able
TO keep the Tigers from scoring first
down in sixty minutes Of playing is
testimony as to their general all
around fitness. In that game the
Navy team played In top form. In
the game with Penn State they showed
poor Judgment that initiated against
their chances of victory on several
very important occasions. However,
the fact that they have had the ad-
vantage of playing on a strange field
10 going to help them overcome ner-
vousness tomorrow.
The Army played its best game
against Yale in the New Haven bowl
on October 20. Tad Jones' Ellis were
at the top Of their best form when
they took on the West Pointers.
The Yale eleven was the same that
| played all of the minor games and
won over Princeton and lost to Har-
ward. The showing that the Army
made against the fighting Bulldogs
caused many Of their followers to
look upon them as likely to best
' the Navy.
When 1t is taken into consideration
that French. the sensational Army
! the afternoon, the caliber OF game
I that Major Days charges put up
can be better appreciated. When
French got into the fray the for
tunes Of war turned in favor Of the
West Pointers. Had he been sent
into the game a little earlier the out
come might have been different.
Beaten by Notre Dame.
The Army played it's poorest game
against Notre Dame. This team has
always given the West Point lads
hard battle. 1t appears that most OF
the men in authority at the United
States Military Academy feel that
the sort of game Coach Rockne
teaches has the advantage over the
orthodox quality of sport that Major
DAILY instructs in.
Most Eastern critics take issue
with this opinion. The East has al
ways held its own with the tricky
attack that the West has shown on
the Atlantic Seaboard, until possibly
this season. In the long run, we have
no doubt that the sort of game the
West Point coach instructs in would
gain the advantage over the more
flashy grade of game. The Army lost
to Notre Dame for the simple reason
that the West Pointers were In
bad slump.
In figuring the quality Of game that
Major Daly's lads are likely to put up
! against their Navy rivals today we
are forced to take the showing Of the
West Pointers in the Yale game rather
than that Of their Notre Dame de-
feat. Unbiased critics no doubt will
agree with us in this declaration. We
feel sure that the Army coaches have
improved the playing Of their charges
since that game.
This being true II goes without say
ing that the representatives Of tho
United States Military Academy will
play q far better game against the
Midshipmen at the Polo Grounds than
they have played in any of their pro-
vious games this season. It Is a ques-
ton Of whether or not this quality of
game will prove equal to beating the
best that the Middies are sure to put
forth. That question only the game
itself can answer.
Many sport followers pick the Navy
to win. others predict that the Army
win break the Navys winning streak.
To us 1t looks like an even thing.
whichever team wins. the score is not
going to be lopsided one.
Teams Evenly Matched.
So far as the individual players are
concerned the teams appear to be
evenly matched. French, Smythe.
lawrence. Dodds, Richards. Warren,
Woods, McLaren, Ives. johnson and
! wilhide are a fine squad of backfield
candidates.
II ia likely that the Army win start
the game with French. Symthe, Law
renee and wilhide carrying the bur.
den of gaining against the big. power
full Navy line. The Army backs are
small. That is, they are not of the
stock type that depend upon line
plunging to gain for them. Quite
the reverse Ia true. Major DAILY is
depending upon the speed of his
backs to win.
On the other hand, Bob Folwell has
a set Of backs that like line plunging
and off tackle running. Conroy.
Koehler. Hamilton, Barchet, Noyes
and Cruise are sterling set of backs.
Against the powerful Penn State and
Princeton lines they gained enough
ground to be classed with the best
in the game. The Army IL going to
have plenty to do to stop them from
gaining ground tomorrow.
The linemen of each team are big.
powerful men. Goodman. Garbisch,
Greene, Dreidster and Mulligan OF the
Army are as husky a quartet OF line
men as any team In the country can
boast of. Greene at center, is the
Army captain. He Is a fine pivot
man. Garbisoh. at left guard. is the
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