Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-12-05
TEAMS COMEBACK
SMARTLY PLANNED
Psychological Moves Made
by Major in Mapping All
Strategic Details.
BY ALAN GOULD,
Associated Press Sports Editor.

N IEW YORK, December S.
M Army's decisive victory
1 Y over the Navy stands out
today as the crowning
achievement in the three-year
regime of Mai. Ralph Irvine Sasse
as head coach at West Point.
The wartime commander OF q
battalion of tanks leaves his post
with the distinction of having di-
rected three successive conqueSts
of the Midshipmen.
Yale, Harvard and even Notre Dame
will not quickly forget the furious force
Of the majors campaigns.
Those who saw the bruised and BAN
daged squad of Cadet foot ball players
after their sensational victory before
10000 spectators at Franklin Field
realized they had been through
severe season, still feeling the effects
Of their beating the week before by
Notre Dame.
Their aching muscles, the. heat and
the Navy, however, could not keep this
rugged outfit from achieving the
triumph that meant so much to Maj.
SaSse as well as to Mai. Philip Flem-
ing. graduate manager and leading
figure in Army's most prosperous foot
ball year. Fleming has BEEN the man
behind the guns"
WITHIN q week the Army put on a
w remarkable comeback to carry its
main objective of the season
against q Navy team that was figured
DO have a good chance to win.
West Points stretegists overlooked nc
details in mapping q winning plan Of
campaign, From the outset, when the
gold-helmeted Cadets failed to appear
on the field. until just time for the
kickoff, Army resortsd to psychological
moves. The dramatic return Of Dick
King at end, less than q month after
he fractured an ankle, was nicely timed
and calculated to affect Nays resist
ance.
Kings return was something more
than gesture to secure the award of
his "A" for his last season. The South
ern boys presence in the game for about
five minutes Of each half bolstered
Army's defense and a morale that had
been somewhat shaken in the Notre
Dame game. 1t Semed risky naneu-
yer, even though Kings ankle had re-
covered nicely from a "greentree"
fracture, but he suffered no III effects.
A RMY's three-touchdown margin,
n the biggest since 1914, emphasized
the advantage Of the cadets in
man-powey, thereby reviving some OF
the old arguments between these two
rivals, even while they were celebrating
with old enthusiasm the formal renewal
AZ relations after a break in 1927 over
eligibility differences.
Navy will not beat Army until 1t
realizes this foot ball is mans game
and gathers its material accordingly"
biuntly remarked an old Army star and
coach after the game.
This Army team had no Light Horse
Harry" Wilson, finishing up seven or
eight years Of varsity foot ball, but 1t
was older more experienced and more
reserveful. Where Navy had only two
intermittent ground gaining backs, such
as Bill Clark and Gordon Chung Hoon,
the Army flashed half dozen capa-
BILE carriers, led by the sensational Pick
Vidal and hard-running Jack Buckler,
who has two more years at West Point
IN which to harass the Midshipmen.
DUCKLER's passing and running
- figured in all three OF Army's
touchdowns. He is triple-threat
back who will be difficult to keep from
crashing the all-America picture at the
rate he has begun his varsity career.
Army will have plenty of backheld
material for Mai. Sasse's successor,
Lieut.. Gar Davidson, even though Vidal,
Ken Fields and Tom Kilday have fin
ished their gridiron careers. The main
problem at West Point next season will
be the location of requirements in the
line for King Capt. Milton Summer
felt. all-America guard. and the two
tackles, John Armstrong and Lawrence
{ Lincoln.