Evening star., 1923-11-29

1oot Dan VIII nave 10 De played WI
week end.
And the men are responding game
ly too. Compared with the Marine
squad, the Army is youthful. OF the
"leven regulars. eight We're with
college teams within the past three
years The others saw their last
college service in 1918 The Army
coaches are banking heavily upon the
youthful element to outlast the older
men of Quantico.
Men Well Experienced.
Individually. the Areaites. as they
have come to be known, are well eX-
perienced. All but two went through
the big service training mills of Cn-
Gle Sam. Hank Tyler and Wop
White, ends; O'Farrell Knight. tackle;
Greene. center, and Frank Dodd. Pat
Timberlake and Cornman Hahn,
backs. are products of West Point.
Naval Academy. Arthur Moore. guard,
IS from Virginia Polytechnic lnsti Iute
and Franz Won Schiiling, tackle, from
Princeton.
On paper that is a great array,
and in the field this season it has
done remarkably well. The Sd Army
corps has yet to be defeated TINS
elevens. Chief among its successes
are victories over Virginia Poiytech-
mic Institute and West Virginia Wes-
leyan and the rout of the Canadian
ArgonautS.
The team has been nursed care
fully all fall. Training was started
as early as August, when the players,
most of them officers. were assem- :
hled here. Development was grad
nal. Ma ]. SurleS not wishing TO snow
mis- hand too early in the campaign.
Improvement was noted in succe sSive
games until West Virginia Wesleyan
was met BY that time the Sd Corps
FpI
crush the Methodists of Buckhannon
Since then the team has been kept
hard at work here.
Stick to Army Talent.
The Soldiers will not go outside the
Sd Corps Area for their coache- ana
will stick entirely to Army talent.
No Army team in recent years has
made a more creditable showing than
the -Areaites. The te9m seems Well
fortified in every position and capable
substitutes are avail bic for most OF
them. officers apparently nave won
first call on all the regular POSITIONS,
although there are a number or en-
listed men who are not by any means
out of the running.
The team has been faulty in one
respect all season-its defense has not
measured up TO its attack. me
DoughboyS have gained much ground
against opposing eleyens. but it has
not been so difficult or the latter 10
make headw Y, even though 1t prot
ited them little. This defect Coaches
Surles and Brcids ter have been en-
deavoring to remedy during the past
two weeks. and it may be that Sat
urday will see more stalwart Army
team on the field.
Fritz Bruidster is giving the for
wards no rest these days. The regu-
lar set is pitted against a formida bic
lot OF seconds tring men and kept IN
regulars who rose to stardom in
their college days are not hnding II
so easy to hold their ground. They
are well Nersed il the fundamentals
of their positions, OF course. but have
lost some of the kn5ck of applying
the prin ipics to practice. This how
over, may come to them in the heat
of battle Saturday.
Backfeid Is Capable.
The backfeid appears very good.
Where the Marines have their Goettge
as a team pivot the Army has Noyes
and Timberlake, both fast men
around the ends. strong against a line
and brilliant forward passers. Noyes
IS q real triple threaten, as he is
Ounter of no mean ability. Dodd, who
played at West Point last year with
Timberlake is a splendid ball runner
IN addition to being an excellent
kicker. Hahn, one of the older MEM
bers of the backfield, is a plunger.
From what it has shown throughout
the campaign, the Army eleven prob
ably has a more varied assortment of
plays than the Marines. The latter
have held closely to the old game, fea-
Jured by line attack. The Soldiers
have been playing foot ball of mora
modern type, but it is doubtful If they
have encountered a team as good de-
fensively as the Marines. sturdy
line and active secondary can nullify
TO great extent offense, old or new.
The Soldiers may not have a host
of service men at hand to inspire
them in their training grind, as have
the Marines, but this has not dulled
their enthusiasm. The squad is full
OF pepper; in fact. quite confident.
The Marines are sanguine, but the
Army team really is cocksure of itself.
The youth of the players may account
Cor this, or perhaps ii is a supreme
Self-belief in their ability.
Soldiers Expect to Win.
Probably the Sd Corps soldiers will
not give such an exhibition of con-
certed roofing as. will the men of
Quantico Saturday. The Sd Corps is
spread over a vast area, with posts
and stations well scattered. Concen-
trated for the first time in great
while as it will be this week end, its
demonstrations are apt to be less I'M
pressive than those of the opposing
rooters.
But the spirit will be there. The
Soldiers believe those losses to the
Marines in the last two years will be
offset by a glorious victory, and they
will stick to their guns until the last
whistle of the game.
nEMpSEY tn ENTERTAIN