New Britain herald., 1927-12-19
MAY HAVE TROUBLE
 IN FILLING DATE
Army and Navy Won't Have Easy Task Getting Opponent

New York, Dec. la LP-If their 1 present breach isn't healed and the
 service football classic of 1928 writ ten off the books, the Army and
 Navy may find it anything but an easy task 10 locate new as well as suitable opponents for the vacant climax date in their schedules. There probably would be no lack ct Invitations. As drawing cards the two academy elevcns have few i rivals. Bnt most of the major col leG"S. Tn the east especially, have
 filled out their 1928 playing slatce.
 With few exceptions they also have
 liked engagements on or about the
 time that the Army and Navy are
 accustomed 10 get together. The
 service classic had been put down
 for November 2i next year. the Sat
 urday after Thanksgiving day, with
 Philadelphia as it's prospective sight.
 Princeton and Dartmouth, both
 Of which close their seasons earlier
 than other big colleges, would fur
 nish ideal opposition for the cadets and midshipmen. They might con sider extending their playing slates,
 however, with the prospect of en- gazing such foes as the two academies.
 Army y-Princeton and Dartmouth
 Navy battles, for instance. might create sufficient interest 10 offset most of the regret over passing of the colorful service struggle.
 Yale and Harvard finish the, campaigns November l7 but both are booked to play West Point next season anyway. Such other colleges as Cornell. Pennsylvania. Syracuse. Columbia, Colgate, Brown, Pitts ! bursh and Penn State have Thanks , giving day fixtures on their sched- | 'lles which would prevent considera- 1 ton as emergency opponents.
 Either the Army or Navy might S"ize the opportunity to make q new | 1nferscctional alliance, possibly in ! the middle west, where the Big | fon' winds up is campaign the l week before 'hc prospective open | date Of the two academies
 It may be taken for granted that . will be done by both West Pont and Annapolis to prevent the possibility Of ending their seasons with Carleton college and Lovola the two teams now occupying the last definite date on the Cadet and Mid lie schedules.
 It has always been a dcbatahle point as 10 just how much West Point football benefited from hay ng the services of seasoned college stars, whose eligibility 10 play has 'esultcd in the present differences with Annapolis t
 ''Jiny' Hewitt. as an example. lcNer approached at West Point the orm he showed at Pittsburgh. In act, although captain of the 1926 cam, Hewitt saw mparatively lit- lc action. Even Harry Wilson, this ears leader and hero of the vic ory over the Navy, has not on the whole measured up to the playing $ tandards he set in three years at 'enn State. In those three years,
 oWerer, "Iighthorse Harry" gave , he Navy no little trouble and it , ecmed perhaps like an ,nkind fate o Annapolis to have him. in four uccecding seasons, continue 10 an oy the Mi1dies on tho gridiron.
 Others of the so-called "madc-to- , rder' players did not gain much |, romincnce, however, until they en- 'rcd the military academy. Elmer 'liphant was good at Purdue but he . as an All-America halfback at U Vest Point in 1916. Ed Gardisch ' as probably an excellent center at '' Washington x Jefferson but as 1det, he was twice picked by Walter | amp as A1l-Amorica pivot man. in '22 and 1924 Bud Spraguc. I99G- ! All-Am"ri"a tackle and 1928 cap lin, wasn't conspicuous outside of t cNaS Gridrons before he went to h est Point. it