Evening star., 1924-11-30

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His frs: three attempts ia; ed. But
Of artiileryme'1, Always there con
then Your aGroi; CaTnoneer splits til
so il was With Ga~ttsrh. His. frs,
was blocked. Ills ,e=: Two were
-ide, but his fourth sailed fair and
true in the Sc ond period and set
rio score at Army . Navy .. II is
rruc that he did miss one more in
tho first half. bat this was at big
lertha range all the way from the
yard line and he did not fail by
.luch
This left his first half record a
'0"Te one out of five. which is not so
much. But by now he had the range
:Hd with the coming of the third
quarter the fire of Garhisch was ac-
Curate and Devastating. He followed
with three in Succession. and they
were by no means easy. At the end
Of the run he had four out of eight,
which is not to be sneezed at
It was expected that tie Army
would easily split the Navy line. but
this did not prove to be the case.
With the exception of one fine march
in the fourth quarter. the plays of
The West Pointers made but little
ROUND, and that intermittently.
often the runner was spilled for
loss and in such cases it usually was
Taylor. the Navy end and captain,
Who crawlcd out from under the
Pile. He was a demon on defense.
Army's Best Weapon.
The Army's best offensive weapon
WAS the Navy's forward pass. This
WIS a consistent ground gamer for
the defending team. 1t was a good
looking pass. 1t seemed to be pre-
1Hcditated. Hamilton, the Navy quar-
Jcrback, heavcd the bal low and fast.
his efforts. 1t was almost as if the
pigskin were polarized and the Army
sr"ondaries so many magnets Again
and again tEiS sharp, fast toss OF the
Navy pumped straight into the hands
of an opponent. And. worst Of ali,
II he Navy had absolutely no ScruplcS
about forbidden territory. The
shadow of their own goal posts was
not "a taboo to the middies. They
began the game by tossing forward
on the first play after receiving the
kickoff. That was intercepted by an
Army man and most of the subse-
Qucnt ones went the same route.
Still, the men from Annapolis had
no trouble at all in getting excited
about practically everything which
happened on the field. If an Army
i,ack was thrown for no gain the
Navy stand burst into a roar because
he had been stopped. If he made
four there was still Navy cheer be-
cause four yards is not so much II
YOU look at il philoSophically. Even
when a West Pointer broke loose for
u run there were Navy cheers because
ne had failed to make a touchdown.
This game was unique among all
others. because both sides.cheered for
enc and the same thing.
Citation of Merit.
This Baltimore Stadium is skim
ming dish which reclines against a
convenient hill. The southsiders sit
upon board seats cIamped down into
The soil of the slope itself. The in
cline is gentle and from the inciosed
press box Cat this point 4 citation
of merit should be sounded and a blast
ut trumpCtS). the field is far removed.
II lies within the center Of a cinder
rack and there is ample room to save
any tackled player from being hurled
against wood or concrete.
y little after midnight preceding
II" game the rain began. 1t was a
icrce driving Yale Harvard down
Jour, but shortly after dawn the fall
ing temperature sobered the storm.
The weather turned cold and Sullen.
~ morose and grouchy sky glowered
upon the Navy's golden argosy and
upon the gray of the Army. But the
loot ball folk paid no attention. AS
Eioug as the clouds held their peace
everybody was satisfied Indeed, only
few met the threat of drizzle with
any palpable compromise. Here and
there the timid yellow slicker
cleaned. an omen OF, possible dis
,ster, but for the most part the
.aassed multitude was giddy with the
icathered fragility of hats worn by
the brave and fair who defied the
threatened deluge.
sIfddies First to Arrive.
The Navy was the first group of
organized partisans to arrive in
force. AS their band played that
rousing air which implores the team
to sink the Army, sink the Army"
in came the men from Annapolis.
Although the Navy lost, it cannot
he said that the young men who are
about to be admirals were much dis
.couraged. They refused absolutely
TO keep cool with Coolidge. Indeed
tho President was but swallowed up
in the crowd of some seventy thou
sand. Never has a Chief Executive
made a. less theatrical entrance. He
happened in just about the moment
that the Army mule was being trot-
ted up and down the sidelines and SO
no one noticed that Coolidge had ar
rived. The President spent the first
half on the Navy side of the game
and then switched over. Even his
progress across the gridiron was en-
isineered quietly and without undue
excitement
The men from Annbpolis marched
with heads back and their feet con-
descended to the turf. Across the
;sridiron swung each unit In perfect
alignment and then. at the word of
command, the tight ranks broke
they were no longer adolescent ad-
a., ,nirals, but men rushing and tum
bling for seats.
The Navy was no sooner in than
: through the southeast portal came
the Army. Maryland. My Mary
land" blared the Army Band. The
soldiers in their blue gray over
coats seemed grim as the sky. The