San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-29
CADETS TAKE.
MEASUREOE:.
STUBBORN
M|DD|ES
Veteran Backs Wallop Line,
Quick Pass Gets
Results.
By DAMON RUNYON


POLO GROUNDS, y. Y, Nov. %.
The last West Point young man to
hurl his gray cap over the cross-bar
of the Navy goal posts this afternoon
by way of expressing his intense joy
III the Army'c 1O-to-o victory over the.
men OF Annapolis in the annual ser
vice game, seemed to be a young man
almost too small to meet Uncle Sam
uelS stern requirements.
The cap was seized by brisk look.
ing young woman with Il very boyish
bob. and she Immediately disappeared
in the wild swirl across the old Polo
Grounds up in Harlem.
She is requested to return this cap
TO the military academy at West
Point, L. o. b., or the owE>r may
get in trouble with the commandment.
The size is rs which is TOO large
for boyish bob.
GOAL POSTS GONE
A the same time, the West Point
young man who uprooted and bore
away those naval goal-posts are re-
qucSted to return them by parcel post
TO Mr.. Charley Stoneham, the owner
of the polo grounds.
Those gOal-pOstS were the property
of the Navy in theory only.
Mr.. Stoneham would like to have
them back for use when Mr.. Red
Grange plays at the Polo Grounds
later on. The last seen of them the
goal-poSts were leaving the yard car
rying several hundred young gentle
men i'll gray uniforms under them.
Also, some yard line markers are
missing from the L. G.. including the
Nays % and 3J-yard sign boards.
One of Mr.. Stoncham's detectives fol-
lowed these markers as they We're bob
ing along ON a gray wave that rolled
past u detected Navy cheering section
at the close of the game. But they
escaped him at the gates.
Then there is the little matter of
a blanket belonging to the Navy goat.
Some miscreant in a West Point uni
form purloined this blanket, leav-
ing the poor old goat shivering in
the chilly air, and was seen waving
it on high while gallOping furiously
up and down the field on the Army
mule. 1t was almost inhumane 10
deprive the old goat of his heater.
or blanket. He may be addressed
Annapolis. Md. and no questions will
be asked if the blanket is returned
in good order.
BEST IN YEARS.
For some reason, the Army found
in that 10-to-3 score occasion for the
most furious demonstration of triumph
that it has staged in many year.
As the game ended, the gray-clad
cadets from up-the-Hudson fairly fell
out Of the right field stand onto the
field, and began bizarre form of the
well-known snake dance, combining
some Of the best effects of Princeton,
with n few original thoughts.
After they had all whooped between
the Navy goal-postS, tossing their
caps OYER the cross bar down to the
last unfortunate small young man.
they fell in behind their band and
paraded past the silent Navy cheer
ing section in the left field stand.
They had the goal posts, the yard
line markers, and the poor old goats
blanket with them. The young gen
tlemen of the Navy gazed at them
with sad, sad eyes, especially when
the gray group halted in front OF
them and n bugler sounded Taps.
They looked so sad that the Army
heart was finally touched, and the
West Pointers finally closed with a
cheer for the Navy. The Navy re-
piled very respectfully. The crowd
of 10000 that saw the game re-
manned to watch the jubilation of the
West Pointers.
HEWITT'S LAST STAND.
The story of the game itself is the
story of what might be called
Tiny" Hewitt's last stand. This
"Tiny" Hewitt is a young man who
once gained considerable fame PLAY
ing football in one of those hardy
schools of Western Pennsylvania, to-
wit Pittsburgh. He played his lnsr
game for the Army this afternoon.
and he made a game for the boys to
/ talk about in their idle hours years
| and years from now.
ANY time the Army was in doubt
this afternoon, it handed the football
over to "Tiny" Hewitt, and Tiny
made a first down. He rolled up
aud down the field like one Of those
Army tanks, pushing people out 81