New Britain herald., 1926-11-29
ARMY and NAVY IN
CHAMPIONSHIP TIE
Service EleYenS Head All Other
Teams in Grid Race

Navy. rise today from the tangle and
confusion OF season of upsets to
lay grips of equal strength on the
eastern football championship of
1926.
Fitting and proper in the eyes of
the greatest multitude that ever wit
messed football game in America
was the brilliant 21-21 deadlock that
ended the breath-tak struggle of
the finest service elevens of modern
gridiron history in Chicago Satur-
day.
For while Lafayette swept through
all rivals in string of nine straight
victories, and Brown showed a rec
ord dimmed only by a tie with Col
gate. the Army and Navy alone met
and conquered brand of opponents
as powerful as the cast and mid
west could muster.
Defeat Wiped Out
The curse of Army's sole defeat
of the season at the hands of Notre
Dame was wiped out Saturday when
Carnegie Techs inspired eleven
smashed the rocks of Notre Dame
10 TO 0. and swept away all rights
of the South Bend Rovers to myth
cal national supremacy.
Lafayette, in its crushing march
through the east. rolled up $50
points, one of the highest totals in
the nation. Outstanding victims IN
a list that included Muhlenberg.
Schuylkill. Dickinson, Albright and
Susquehanna, were Pittsburgh,
Washington and Jefferson. Rutgers
and Lehigh. Nays smashing
schedule carried the Middies from
one powerful opponent to another
Purdue, Richmond, Drake, Prince
ton, Colgate, Michigan, West Nir-
ginia, Wesleyan, Georgetown-and
found an equal only in the Cadets at
the end of the parade.
Navy Not Matched
But even Army, in the final an
alysis, could not match in sustained
brilliance and power in the season
accomplishments of the Middies.
The Cadets conquered Syracuse and
Yale, the latter 33 to 0, but were
forced to bow to the Notre Dame
team which Carnegie Tech, victim
of both New York University and
and Jefferson, was able
to trounce decisively.
Brown, likewise, fell by the way
side liz the quest of regional honors
in the fnal struggle of the year The
iron-meh of the Bear, seemingly
tired from a husky campaign that
brought victories over Harvard, Yale
and Dartmouth, found their keenest
weapon. a forward passing attack,
dulled by the vigor of a charging
Colgate line. The Middies, while
pressed to do so, downed Colgate 10
to 7.
Wilson Is Captain
Election of Light Horse" Harry
Wilson to the captaincy of the Army
eleven next season. brings the bril-
liant career of the Cadet back to the
threshold of his final campaign In
fitting honor. 1t was the power of
the tearing Army thunderbolt, once
an All-American back at Penn State,
that brought the Soldiers one Of the
touchdowns against Navy. and his
toe added three points after scores.
enough it was the failure
Of Wilson to kick field goal in the
final minutes of play that cost Army
he last chance to conquer the Sail
0rs. During the season. Wilson
scored 95 points on - touchdowns
and % points after touchdowns to
lake second place in the list of lead
ing eastern point scorers behind
Mike" Wilson. Lafayette's sopho-
more flash, who gathered 40 mark
us on 20 touchdowns.
Big Three Smashup
Shattering Of the Big Three alli-
Yale and Princeton
left its stamp OF disaster upon the
season. Princeton battered the
Crimson OF Harvard. Then followed
the victory and the severance OF
sport relations with triumph over
Yale for the Tigers second success
sive Big Three title. record break
ing performance. Dartmouth. cham
pion OF all football in 1925, was
ground to defeat in four major con-
tests under deluge of the same
passes that carried the Green TO
lofty heights just a season ago. On
four straight Saturdays, Yale was
beaten by Brown. Army, Maryland
and Princeton.