Evening star., 1924-11-30
$4,000 See Army Captain
Boot Four Field Goals.
Feat Is Record.
GREAT DEFENSE SHOWN
BY ANNAPOLIS ELEVEN
West Point Superiority Is Marked,
and Victors Are Favored
by Breaks"
By the Associated Press.


BALTIMORE, Md, November "a
barrage Of drop-kicks, fired from the
magic toe of Capt. Edward w. Gar
bisch, broke down the Nays fighting
defense today and gave the Army
spectacular victory over her ancient
service foe.
Rising to super-heiGhts In the ell
max to his long and brilliant gridiron
career, Garbisch kicked four field
goals that represented the entire mar
gin of Army's IL to Q triumph, in
thrilling, desperately fought struggle
before President Coolidge and n vast
throng OF $4,000 in Baltimore Stadium.
Before this colorful and notable
outpouring, the greatest that has ever
marked the annual service game, Gar
bisch covered himself with immortal
gridiron glory with an exhibition OF
individual skill and dynamic leader
ship seldom if ever equaled in this
classic of gridiron classics.
Feat Never PnraIleI~d.
Garbish. by kicking four field goals.
not only performed feat that has
no parallel in Army Navy history,
but throughout the game was an out
standing figure, both on attack and
defense, In q triumph that broke a
two-year deadlock IN the service
rivalry, and gave the Cadets the lead
In the series that was inaugurated
in 1890. As a result, Army now has
l3 victories to her credit. and the
Navy IL, while two battles resulted
in ties.
The Cadets. by the decisiveness Of
their victory. fulfilled the prediction
that made them favorites. but they
were forced to a terrific fight to take
the measure OF the midshipmen. who
rallied from the depths OF a previous
ly disastrous campaign TO put up a
brilliant defensive battle that
thwarted every attempt of the Army
to score q touchdown, and might
have produced another scoreless
deadlock. such as was waged year
sgo. only for the unstopable per-
formances OF Garb,sch.
Army Great In Pinch.
The Army displayed marked su-
periority in every department except
defense, consistently outrushing and
outktcking the Sailors. And when
their backs were to the wall in the
first and last periods, the Cadets
showed they had the defensive stuff
to Illustrate the Nays most desper
ate attempts to cross their goal lines
Win All ever tIir ca teHlHS aerial ~
tack.
Outplayed but not outclassed, the
Midshipmen went down to defeat in a
plucky, courageous battle against a
team which displayed far greater eN-
perience, GOODNESS and versatility.
Though her attack was frequently
stopped in IT'S tracks, Army constant
ly was threatening Nays goal with
an offensive in which Bill Wood and
tyy-n ri ia1d CT
playing their last game for West
Point. scintillated. Harry Wilson, ALL
American star. who had been picked
to lead the Army's charge, was in al
most total eclipse, and after failing
to make any headway in the first half,
was displaced by Tiny" Hewitt.
whose line plunging was a feature OF
the Cadet closing drive.
Cadets Get Breaks.
Garbisch, however. was the only
consistently outstanding luminary in
a game which, aside from the stub
born character of its line play, was
marked by a maze Of intercepted
passes. blocked kicks and fumbles,
breaks" of which the Cadets reaped
the richest harvest of results. The
Army captain shot for the uprights
eight times during the game, aiming
at distances ranging from % to As
yards, and from all angles Of the
grldiron. He missed three times III
the first quarter. but he got the
range and put the Army In the lead
with an accurate boot from the 81
yard line in the second period. He
missed another try in this period. but
put two through the cross-bars in
the third quarter, from the A. and 22
yard lines, and finished his days
work In the final quarter with a shot
from the 30-yard mark.
Three Of the opportunities for Gar
bisch's deadly Workmanship followed
breaks" that favored the Army, but
the fourth goal came after the Ca
diets, in the most sustained offensive
exhibition OF the game, had advanced
the ball rs yards down the field to
within 20 yards of the Navy goal.
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