Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-26
Navy FdUOrite
OUer Army Team

eleven The Army. on the other hand.
has gone down to defeat on three occa
sions.
In the carly part of the season. New
Hampshire scored win over Major
Days athletes in one section of n
double header. II was the second game
Of the dual bill and the Cadets found
the double barrel stuff trihe too much
The other victories over the Cadets were
hung up by Yale. Al, and Notrc
Dame. $50
The Navy's big claim TO success our
ing the present season was the triumph
registered over Princeton The Mid
dies took fall out of the Tigers at
Annapolis by 1910. The Annapolis goal
line has been crossed only twice this
campaign and both t0urhdOwnS vera
put over BY Penn state.
Despite the fact that the MiddicS ruIp
the iavOritpS. there are many Army
hackers. The Cadet supporters figure
that IL" Navy was in top form for
Princeton early in the season and have
been slipping backward ever since.
This backSliding. they point out.
reached low mark in the State game
and will drop even lOweri today. They
hgnre that no team can he brought up
10 top notch form in October and reach
again to the heights in late November.
Army adhorcntH are iubiant over the
news thai Walter French. tile great
West Point back will be in the game
before the contest is very old French
Is moi in the best Of condition.. and
Coach DAILY has decided not to start his
star. but will have him ready on the
bench 10 hrow into the fray al the psy-
Geological moment.
No Predictions
Bul neither Major Daily nor Bob
Folwell will make any predictions. Both
realize and respect the strength of the
other.
The Army defrn>r is said not TO be-
very strong. and it is believed that the
MiddiPS will work mainly on the Cadet
Ilhr Tor gains with forward passes Oc-
'aSlOnalIy as threats to drive back the
sec0ndary defense. FOw"ll has IN as.
sortment of air tOSsrS that range from
ms famous baseball short pass 10 his
long spiral hcavcS that travel over many
Chalklincs,
The Cadets. on tho other hand. prob.
AOiS VIII try to run off tackle. skirt the
rnns and throw forward passes. The
strength Of the Navy line u.s. well known
ini me West Pointers. and it is not
nNeiE they Will SS1e many plays against
me stone wall that has shattered SO
many PIl-intcnded dashes.
Army Team Heavy
!he Navy will be forced to give
weight to the Army, for the Cadets o.t
weigh the Middics hv twenty pounds
the DAILY line is cxceptionnly heavy.
averaging - pounds from end to end.
while the Annapolis forwards average
only 81. The barkfeIds are more even.
,ne Army holding a six pound advan.
age with an average of 1866
ne rival sounds arrived here yes
~;nuaS and both praCticed at separate
u'nMS mes at the Polo Grounds
,h me Navy line. up will be the same as
nnlladcLphla, except that Hamilton. the
Quaker City boy, will not be in the
SGackheId at the beginning of hostiIitie~
w",InroE' barchet. KOehler and Cruise
vi WI form the offensive quartet. bur
later. VIZ w ""''
Cadets and Middies Arrive
regiment of Army cadets and
,eSlment of Middies arrived here this
morning to give New York It's annual
"enlc treat, 1t is estimated that close
oo'o'W will see the contest.
arriving from Washington were off
yrs nigh in rank in each branch of the
SerVice. diplomats and statesmen. fg-
WtS prominent in the civic. financial
ana Socia life of the Nation. Accom-
panSing them to gaze for the first time
Hh game Of American football were
o"rrlgn delegates TO the Arms Confer
From North, South. East and West
ishe iL"he oId West Pointers able to get
rave for the days tourney. and old
I".lS h whose ships were in nearby ports,
Anu Just to fill up the cracks there will
naur into the stadium every American
"uo mas been able to capture a ticket
Jack Dempsey Has Several Offers
.oeattle, Wash, Nov. 9H.--Jruh Dempsey,
haJ' 'MMclsh. ~H1mpi iJu OF the %yrlh hR
ISn t"9 ~ Is. one from R,u Bronnan,
oLner frJm Jlck taIp.n pr IT St. PtHl,
EosTrSnnS - DE r-f"Y'3 unnH2,r, Jd9',
d.oidnss ny VINO taiu nethar pIOu0Su! wruld he
viI.ued unill DEMPSEY con plelPs ihO vdlrIr-
sNaea' a'pHr WI ch brought him here keArns
Toy ma N" Fireman Uffnr w2s w.red ny
oNchard today end held ont = 'satis.
GSTdnSS purse for bout In Madison square