Evening star., 1930-12-14
STECKER'S 56-YARD
SPRINT FOR ARMY
BEATS NAVY, TOO
Dash Comes as 65, 900 Are
Resigned to Disappointing
ScoreIeSS Tie.
INSPIRED FOE HALTS
MANY CADET THRUSTS
Midshipmen Unable to Advance
After Byng Opens Way in
Fourth Period.
Special Dispatch to The star.


Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, December 13.-Army
and Navy. reunited in the name of
charity, battled fiercely and futilely for
three periods and nearly half of the
fourth before $1,000 in Yankee Stadium
this afternoon. Then Ray Stecker, fast
est back In the whole Army, burst off
the Navy right tackle, shook himself
free, swerved sharply toward the south
sideline, ran away from desperate Navy
pursuers with a burst of sheer speed
and crossed the goal line standing up
for the touchdown that enabled Army
to win, to O.
The run covered Sc yards which had
been fought over as desperately for so
minutes as the bloody Potomac Valley
in the days that followed the disagree
ment of 1861. 1t happened just as
the Cadets of West Point, maSSed at
the northeast corner of the field; the
general officers in olive drab, the ad-
miralS commanding, the gobS dough-
boys and civilians of all caste and rank
had come to the conclusion that an
other one of those disappointing score
less ties was in the making.
For flve-SiXthS of the game, the rug
get Cadets in gold helmets had jammed
through the Navy consistently, bursting
on the tackles, plunging through the
line and now and again whirling around
the ends. But the final punch that
means victory in war or foot ball was
lacking. When gains meant serious
danger, the most reckless and most
powerful of the Army thrusts had come
to grief against an inspired Navy line.
1t Is doubtful If the combatant Ca
dets themselves retained much faith in
their ultimate destiny when the single
clean break Of the game flashed on the
scene.
Stecker Makes Victory Dash.
Then Navy kicked from its own 35-
yard line. Stocky little Wendell Bow
man, the Cadet quarterback, caught the
rded 1t back IL yards. Thus the ball
was on the Army's 44-yard line when
the Cadets lined up to scrimmage.
There were approximately 10 minutes
The bali went back 10 stecker. deep
man in the Army running formation.
He hesitated a fraction Of second as
hte line and backheld interference
swung in front of him, then burst for
the hole outside the Navy tackle.
A dozen hands tore at his shirt as he
swept through gap in the locked lines,
but he kept his speed and as he passed
the Navy primary defense he veered
sharply to the left and raced for the
sideline. From there to the goal line
his supreme speed saw him through.
He outran the Navy right halfback and
the safety man and pulled just clear
when "Blimp" BowStrom, Navy cap
tain, dove for him on the 5-yard line.
Thus did the Army. favored team in
the charitable warfare Of the services,
pull itself to the fore. The Cadets.
somewhat obScurely ensconsed at the
extreme opposite corner of the field
from where Stecker crossed the goal
line, recklessly sailed fatigue caps in
all directions. while the midshipmen,
seated directly over the depreciation,
lapsed into a disappointed silence, in
terrupted by faint cheer when Charley
BroachuS speciality drop-kicker from the
Hudson'S left bank, narrowly missed
the point after touchdown.
Navy Threat Fails.
From the time, however, that the
drop-kick went aSkew to the final
whistle, both immediate cheering sec
tions and casual supporters in all sec
tions of the huge stand had cause for
ecstasy and alarm.
The Navy host swarmed to its feet in
wild acclaim when yves" Byng, fast
right end, recovered a fumbled punt
across midfield, and roared in crescendo
when the same striving player shared
q forward pass and brought first down
on the Army 20-yard line.
Further than that. however, the Navy
could not progress. plunge met
edamant resistance. Three passes were
batted down by keen Army backs. After
four hectic downs, the West Pointers
took the ball and marched, with the aid
Of a certain amount Of penalty distance,
to the Annapolis 7-yard line, where the
Midshipmen once again stood firm.
A few plays more and the game was
over The status Of stern disagreement
which had prevented previous Army
Navy games since the Polo Grounds of
1927. was resumed automatically. Cadets,
in high spirits and midshipmen, some
what buoyed even in defeat by the
knowledge that their under-dog team
had come fully up to expectations,
struggled of the field to begin a few
cherished hours of liberty. The civilian
spectators wedged themselves through
the exits and the Salvation Army,
abetted by the imposing Grover Whalen
started to count up.
100000 for Unemployed.
It was acknowledgements with q
slight optimism--that $500, 600 had
been realized through the medium OF
the gate and associated resources fol
the unemployed and that 10000 per-
sons had passed through the turnstiles
The unseasonably bright and mod
crate weather of the morning and the
lsst-minute free distribution of a large
number of unsold tickets to enlisted
men of the Army and Navy swelled thG
crowd to proportions beyond the ex.
pectation of few days ago. There
we're vacant seats, but not IN solid ane
disappointing numbers. ....
Despite this fsct-and it was the only
Army-NSvy. game of modern. times tha
was not witnessed by a capacity. GROVE
all Of the splendor that has given tht
game an atmosphere all its own wal
there, vital and untarnished