Evening star., 1926-11-30

4 with the stamp of great
They are Navy. Alabama and Stan
ford. The Navy. in the writer's opin-
ion. is entitled to first honOrs on the
ground that she has met teams of
greater strength than the other two
have encountered. The Navy defeated
Princeton, Michigan. Georgetown and
Colgate and tied the Army in game
which she would have won had not
the accidental hooting Of a loose ball
toward the Midshipmen's goal by Har,
bold of the Army been overlooked by
the officials.
Has Brilliant Season.
The writer includes the tie game
with the Army in his statement when
he says that the Navy's season has
been one of brilliant achievement. In
her beautiful execution of passing and
running plays at Chicago on Satur-
day against powerful defensive
eleven she revealed continuity of
attack superior to anything the writer
has seen this season
The Army, too. had splendid
offense, but it was dependent upon
the individual gaining ability ofSbacks
and revealed lack of competence as
well as lack of marked facility in
forward passing.
The elimination of NOtre Dame
from the picture was a stunning sur
prise. Before the game the writer
in this column predicted that the
fighting Hoosiers had A tough nut
to crack in Carnegie Tech. But knute
Rockne evidently felt not. for he was
present at the ArmyNavy game in
the capacity of reporter. With his
- l~t
Of diagnosis. his ability to inspire AS
we'll as his faculty of picking the
weakness of rival and at the same
time applying remedial measures to
flaws in the play Of his own team on
the field. one may well wonder
whether this most stunning upset of
the season would have occurred.
Is Brilliant Spectacle.
The Army Navy show at Chicago
was amazing brilliant. 1t was stu
pendous in all it's manifestations. Chi
cago did itself proud and made Of the
occa sion one that Middle Westerners
who saw it will tell to their children
and their childrens children.
After the dull and drab and uncol-
legiate setting of big league base ball
parks in which the game has been
played in recent years. it was inspir
ing to see the classic set with the
magnificence appropriate to such
rare jewel.
The Memorial Stadium with it's
cassie outline, it's colonnades. with the
beautiful misty blue of Lake Michi-
gan as background and in the fore
ground stately Michigan avenue. is an
ideal place for foot ball contests that
handled efficiently in all cases by
Every detail was carried out with
military precision. The crowd-and
1t was a distinguished throng-was
handled efficiently in a leases by
the Chicago police. The city itself
was en- fete and the whole atmosphere
was one of A mOmentous occasion.
The writer did not approve of this
aspect of political hippodroming when
1t was first promulgated. But now
so dignified. so colOrful. so striking
was the occasion and so beautifully
was it established that the writer
hopes Chicago will see its way clear
to pay over a half million dollars to
bring it to the shores of Lake Michi-
gan again.
Army Copies Notre Dame.
The play of the two teams showed
the Army taking over the Notre
Dame system of offense. with the
exception that the ends were not
shifted from their position close to
the tackles. They did very we'll with
it, indeed, but would have done bet
ter If it had been bulkwarked with
an excellent forward passing attack
The Army In fact threw no forward