Evening star., 1926-11-26
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staged between Army and Navy.
Harry Wilson and Tiny Hewitt.
former Penn State and Pittsburgh
stars, are the men who will carry the
br-unt of the Army attack and un-
doubtedly bear big share of the de-
fense-in fact, Hewitt in backing up
the line is an exceptionally important
factor.
Wilson while at Penn State earned
IA job on Walter Camps all-America
eleven and Hewitt, while he was
never good enough to he an all
America. man. was considered to he
one Of the greatest piunginS lacks
in the country.
Neither Of the two men has lost
cry Of his effectiveness because of
the extra experiences he has had in
college foot hall while a member OF
the Army eleven. Wilson is very
clever in broken field, while Hewitt
seldom fails to knock off some yard
age when he drives through the line.
II not only takes a mighty good
forward wall to stop these two men.
but that forward wall has to be back
ed up by n quick-stepping defens4.
Navy Well Balanced.
With the possible exception Of the
value Of these two men over any two
Navy possesses, there is not much
difference between Army and Navy.
Perhaps if Hewitt and Wilson were
not in the Army lineup the Navy
would he considered much the strong
er. Navy has a powerful line and
some fairly clever hacks. but no mat
ter how we'll the Navy backs may dc
here tomorrow they are not as clever
and brilliant as is generally supposed.
AS a matter of fact, If the Navy
hlckfield measured up to the quartet
behind the Army line 1t would be a
pretty safe proposition to install the
Sailors as favorites.
Usually not much difference is to
he noted in the pre-eame dope on
The Army Navy game. Right now
most of those familiar with foot ball
think Army has a slight margin. but
also feel that Navy is just as likely
To win as not. A brand of defen-
sive foot ball such as Navy put up
against Michigan should stop Army,
md if that kind of defensive foot
bail can be played. then it will be.
come only Il matter of whether Navy
can score.
Must Halt Army Stars.
In the event Navy can stop the
Army offense. and Navy believes it
can, it would not be a surprise to
see the contest decided by the mar
gin of q field goal, with neither
school crossing the others goal line.
Navy. though, has quite a prob
lem in attempting to stop both VIII
son and Hewitt. When the line
opens enough TO prevent man like
Wilson getting away Off tackle or
around end, it usually opens enough
to allow a man like Hewitt to drive
through for short gains.
Whatever may be the result Of the
game, though, it is felt that the con-
test should transcend all former
struggles between the two Service
elevenS No doubt Army is powerful
and versatile and intelligent; no
doubt Navy is pretty much the same,
with just a little less experience and
perhaps with just shade dlsad-
vantage in comparison OF the pack
fields.
It is rather remarkable that both
Army and Navy in this. their greatest
year. are coached by their own
products. Bill Ingram of Navy got
his foot ball experience at Annapolis
under Dobie, and Biff Jones was
line star at West Point under several
different men.
Jones Washington Man.
At University of Indiana, Ingram
had three years of experece as head
coach, while this is Jones first year
in that capacity. Jones served three
years as line coach under McE"ah'
who now is at Oregon.
Jones is a Washington man, a
graduate Of Central High School.
and that he has done so eXtraordl-
narily well in his first year as head
coach is hailed with satisfaction by
his friends in the National Capital.
Tremendous interest is manifest In
the game here, and 1t seems to De
absolutely impossible to get seats. Ap'
proximately 100000 persons are ex.
pected to attend, the greatest crowd
that has ever watched foot pail
game in the United States.
After playing through a desultory
and disappointing first half against
Johns Hopkins in Baltimore yester-
day and finishing that half with the
count of IA to 0 against 1t, University
of Maryland gave magnificent ex-
hibition Of foot ball in the second hair
and won the annual contest with its
greatest State rival by Il to IA. The
MARYLAND eleven in the second half
looked no more like the Maryland
eleven in the first half than cheese IS
like a lipStick.
Mike stevens played his last game
for Maryland. and the little fellow did
about everything that good foot ball
olayer ought to do. He carried the
bali well, ran interference, made for
ward passes, and, in short. gave a
sterling demonstration OF how valu-
able an individual can be to a team.
That is not taking any credit away
from other members of the team, be-
cause all played real foot ball in that
final 80 minutes. 1t was real eleven
in that second half, with every man
fulfilling his duty.
In the first half Maryland made mis-
takes galore. 1t made rumble alter
tumble, some of which were extremely
costly. The first touchdown in the
second quarter by Hopkins was a
tumble picked up by Hopkins END
and run for touchdown. The sec
ond touchdown also was the indirect
result of a tumble recovered by Hop
lins on the Maryland side of the o0-
ward line.
In the second half Maryland tight
ened up and made only one fumple'
that due TO a poor pass from center
Not only did Maryland not make mis-
takes in the second half, but also
PLAYED we'll enough defensively to
keen Hopkins from making nrst
down and TO gain ground almost as IL
pleased. It's forward passing attack
in the second half was just about as
successful as any passing attack
could be.
The last three years the games have
been ties and the spectacular second
half caused the Maryland side of the
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