The New York herald., 1922-11-26
AERIAL ASSAULTS
SCUTTLE THE navy
Cadets and Middies Fight in
Twilight, Timberlakea Bring
ing Victory.
TIDE EBBS AND FLOWS
Climax Comes in Third Period
When Army Holds Navy One
Yard From Triumph.
TIDE EBBs AND FLOWS
By DANIEL.

By DANIEL.
Special Dispatch TO THE New York HERALD
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 25.--Into the.twi-
light they fought as only our service
football teams can fight. And the
.Armys Homeric eleven, trailing the
Nays team. would. trail no longer.
Twice did the cadets, struggling with
q Berserker fury which would not be
denied, strike with deadly precision
through the air. Twice did they find
their mark with the forward pass and
the second blow sent Pat Timberlake
over the goal line for the touchdown
which wrote another chapterrof glory
into West Point football history. That
touchdown turned defeat into tri-
umph for this highly spectacular
contest went to the Army by II to IA
Only a short while before Timber
over the Navy's final chalkmark the
midshipmen scored their second touch
down and took the lead--an advantage
which seemed destined to remain with
a combination of Annapolis men who
We're fighting with all the power and
determination of their rivals, but with
more finesse and polish.
Then as the fourth period was wan
ing and the pale light of a new moon
began to flicker over the scene. the
Army came crashing onward to glory.
But. while that touchdown by Timber.
lake settled the issue against the Mid
shipmen. the Cadets really defeated
their opponents at the close of the third
period at West Points own yard mark.
Navy Loses Here.
IT was there. only one short yard from
a touchdown. that the Navy was held
for downs. 1t was there that the Army
, made one of the greatest stands yet re-
corded by team from the Milit"ry
Academy 1t was there that the Cadets,
snarlng. fighting. struggling, with
power and a spirit which were almost
maniacal. made even the hearts of their
opponents in the Navy section swell with
pride. This was a team from the serv-
ice holding as perhaps no other team
could have held; holding the Navy on
the 1 yard mark. ..
II was first down for the Navy on the
-Army's 10 yard line when the final as
sault was started Conroy made five
yards in a slant off left tackle. and the
Navy went into a frenzy. Conroy got
two more yards The Cadets defense
was gaining In iron and fierceness
Conroy tried again, and this time he got
two more yards.
Tho Tide Turns. III
1t was fourth down and only one
yard to go-one yard to 20 for the
touchdown.
Again Conroy got the ball This time
ho made his effort at center. where
Lou Storck had taken the place of the
spent Garbisch. Storck shot into his
man like thunderbolt. Fritz Breid-
ster. tho Army captain, hurled his
weight into the effort. too. And Con-
roy was stopped-one yard short of
the goal. with the ball going TO tho
Cadets on downs. II was there that
the fight was won. and IL was there
that the battle turned agains the game
and brilliant Midshipmen.
Thrice had the Navy defeated tho
Army successfully and to-day the
Cadets. before gathering OF more
than $1,000 I'm the new stadium of the
University OF Pennsylvania, shouted
They will not pass" Thrice in sue
cession had the Navy won. on each
occasion by no more than a touch
down. Never had the Navy enjoyed
the Satisfaction and the glory of scor-
ing over the Cadets four times in a
row. To-day. the Midshipmen set out
for that hitherto unrecorded feat And
tonight 1t still is unrecorded. while
tho Navy feels that nothing but
spitefuI. maievolent jinx thwarted it's
cmbtion.
The Navy was spectacular. II was
smoother than tho Army. 1t gained
moro ground. Its attacks were far more
impressive. But that stand of the Army
when 1t had to stand strong. truDed the
\ trick. That--and the scintillating air
attack which the West Pointers hurled
into the sadium and matches, struck in
the stands. flickered like fireflies Of an
August evening.
Play KsIeidoscopic.
Twenty-four Army-Navy games had
come and gone but none rivaled that of
to-day In its closeness. In its indecision.
IN it's ever changing aspect. II was
Kaleidoscope IL was prsmatic. highly
spectacular as a fight and as football
game. Tt was not always sound from
tho cold angle OF technic. II was too
hard fought for that. But always II
stirred; always II throbbed with a vital
ity which made IL not mere inanltnate
contest. but a thing or life.
Il was tho Navy which scored first.
That was in the second period They
had fought each other TO n standstill in
the opening quarter. and then the Mid
shipmen uncorked an attack which
flashed with versatility and bttbbled
with life. There was n forward pass
and then Mckee made twelve yards
around left end for n touchdown. In
that same period Garbisch kicked goal
from placement from the forty-flve yard
mark and tho quarter closed with Navy
leading ~ four points. z to g.
In the third period, the Army dis
counted the Navy touchdown with one
of Us own--that largely through