Evening star., 1926-11-28
NAVY EARNS GLORY,
ALTHOUGH HELD BY
ARMY TO 21-21 TIE
Throng of Over 100000 Sees
Middies Finish Even Up
Against Great Odds.
BY III. c. BYRD.


before a record crowd of more than
100 200 thrilled spectators.
As foot ball contest. played skill
1ullV and at times desperately. there
tYas nothing to choose between two
really fine teams. But to the under
cog. battling against what was con
Sidered 10 he almost overwhelming
odds. with it's own coach claiming no
license TO win, yet finishing even. goes
the glory Of real accomplishment.
Even Bill Ingram, Navy coach, was
quoted as saying Navy has no Ii
"ense to beat Army" and from East
- West experts picked the Army as
the greater team. But today it was
Not the greater team, and to Navy,
7or its splendid effort. even the Army
must bow.
P"e-EmiEent in Service Clashes.
And splendid effort il was. for It
produced an Army-Navy game that
never has been Surpa Ssed. Perhaps
here have been more spectacular
3l3ys in Somc former struggles be
tween the two service eleyenS, but, as
an exhibition of foot ball in all its
aspects. the contest today stands
forth as pre-eminent. From the first
kick off until the whistle blew as q
Navy forward pass was intercepted
an the final play, il was foot ball
such as one sees only on rare occa-
SionS.
Blocking. charging and tacklinS
only as great lines can block. charge
and tackle. the Army forwards and
Navy forwards were everything their
coaches might have desired. And
backs ran hard. We're good in inter
erence, and gave at times Spectacu-
Tar exhibitions In the open field True,
"ncr IN Il while there We're lapses
when some opposing player caught
Is opponent unlWareS and opened
wide gap through which one Of the
backs might dash. but such Iapses
were few ana far between.
At the beginning Of the contest il
seemed that Navy might have a big
'nargln in the punting. but later de-
velopmens did not bear that out. On
he first exchange of kicks the Navy
gained 90 yards and the Army found
Itself with the ball deep in it's own
territory. And it really was because
"f that big gain that Navy made its
tirst touchdown.
Caldwell Consistent Gamer.
Navy found it could slice off tackle
For two or three yards at a time.
t'eldWell being a consistent gamer
in the early part of the contest. But
that kind Of gaining was not suf-
+tcient alone and Just a few minutes
after it Won by the first exchange o
KICKS. Schuher threw long forward
pass TO HarGwiCl< over the Array
lacks heads for gain Of 46 yards.
HardWick caught the ball on
Army's 12-yard line and ran un-
l1indcred to within one ward of the
.-oal. From here caldwell took the
iall over on his second attempt.
Shortly after the Kick off, Navy
punted TO Armys l5-yard line and the
i,all was allowed to drop, the Army
Lack thinking it would roll across for
. touchback. However, Lloyd Of
Navy fel on the pigslliu on the one
ard line and Army again found itself
1T a tremendous disadvantage. as it
vas given the ball At that spot. Army
punted out to its own 25-yard line.
On the first play Caldwell tore off five
ards and five Army substitutes who
had been warming UP along the side
lines rushed into the fray.
Army Lacked Fire at Start.
In the first quarter the Army
seemed to lack the fire of the Navy
eleven and the nearest that it had
possession OF the bah to the Navy'S
zeal was its own 3S-yard line But
with the new men in the game. Army
seemed To he much stronger. But
hose new men for Army. who haa
lone in with only a couple of minutes
oi the first quarter left. apparently
were not warmed up enough. because
iuInediatelT after the second quarter
'oeued Navy started a series of line
).unges and short runs just outside
md inside tackle on Il double pass
which carried the hall straight down
he field TO touchdown
Caldwell and SChuber did practically
I'll the ball carrying, and while
neither was able TO get away for long
gains. Il seemed that Army could not
stop them from getting from two 10
i've yards almost every time, espe-
,ially in that one march.
Arrny's First Score Is Sudden.
The Army's first touchdown came
uddenly and unexpectedly. Just
after Navy kicked off Army brought
ihe ball back TO the 35-yard line
On the first play Murrell was
topped hut on the next Harry Will
~on dodged his way for 50 yards TO
he Navy 35yard line on the next
play Army gained only two yards. but
hen CaSle got away around the
Navy left end for 20 yards, and on the
next lineup Harry Wilson broke
through tackle. reversed his field. and
an l3 yards TO cross the goal line.
II took the Army just four plays TO
carry the ball 65 yards after 1t re-
Ceived the kickoff.
The Army got its next touchdown.
she touchdown on which il tied the
score, IN a way that from the press
stand seemed illegal. MurreIl punted
from his 35-yard line and got off an
exceptional kick Ransford fumbled
on his own 15-yard line and when he
fumbled. Harbold, Army end, stopped
Tor It, but kicked 1t seven or eight
ards toward the Navy goal. He then
fell on the ball on the one-yard line
and scrambled that distance 10 make
"a touchdown.
The kicked ball, which apparently
X was. was accidental. but even i
occidental. the ball should have been
given 10 Navy on its own l2-yard line,
instead of allowing the Army touch
down. The rules provide that q free
falI may not ~ kicked under penalty
0'3ft.grcG On Second Pagt1