Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-12-03
YEW YORK, December Navy
| figured 1t had to be this time
\ or maybe never. II a team

that had Buzz Berries, Bill
Clark, Slade Cutter, Dusty Dornin.
Capt. Dick Burns and others couldn't
whip Army, Nays foot ball future
would have been two shades darker
than indigo.
Back of this Navy team there was
the inspiring direction and personality
of John (Babe) Brown, athletic d.
rector, and one of Nays greatest
stars; Head Coach Tom Hamilton,
keen. smart, efficient leader. with
Rip Miller and strong helping staff,
and at least six or seven seniors who
were playing their final game.
Thirteen years had passed since
the last Navy victory-and Saturday
had to be the day. And then a rain
washed away the wide-open play Navy
had worked on and gambled on since
last Spring, leaving the issue to Slade
Cutters muddy toe.
I'VE had issued instructions"
Tom Hamilton said after the game,
mot to throw any more passes
after the first two periods, but the
boys had to gamble once.
I'D like for you to meet these fell
lows and then you can understand
the job they did this season."
After meeting many of them, 1t
seemed incredible they could have
beaten such teams as Columbia, Notre
Dame and Army. but speed and skill,
a pair of flying feet such as Berries
carries, and Clarks kicking toe can
make up for a cluster of missing
pounds.
One Of the remarkable features of
this Army-Navy battle was that close
to 10000 spectators arrived an hour
before game time and then sat in a
drenching downpour with no one
starting for cover or an exit.
The One-Defeat Glass.
TN BEATING a good Army team
Navy joined select list Of one
defeat contestants, including Pitts
burgh, Colgate, Rice, Columbia, Ohio
State, Illinois, North Carolina, Santa
Clara and L. S. u, although L. S. U.
still has Tennessee waiting down the
road.
It took Minnesota to stop Pitts
burgh and 1t took Pittsburgh to
stop Navy.
The power house combinations Of
Minnesota and Alabama finished I'M
tied and unbeaten. Stanford. Temple
and Western Maryland, in the upper
branches. were tied once. but never
whipped. And these were the sole
survivors among q hundred or more
strong teams.
Foot ball." Pop Warner told me,
Few can understand how difficult
it is to keep team physically, men
tally and emotionally right for two
months. No coach can ever know in
just what game the let-down is due
and it is nearly always due at least
once"
Bingham, Crisler and Pond.
r ASKED Bill Bingham, athletic
director at Harvard, just how the
coaching situation stood.
Nothing will be DONE" he said,
until our meeting this week. I can
say honestly that don't know what
will happen or what the plans for
1870 WILL Ut.
81 know what you are going to
ask" Fritz Crisler of Princeton said.
Its about that Yale game. Well,
Yale beat us with q better foot
ball team that day.
"And it was a good, smart team.
But next year We'll have better
schedule and that will make quite
difference. I hope to open with
good, strong team not listed now and
after that we play Rutgers, Navy,
Cornell, Harvard, Yale and Dart
mouth. Rutgers will be no set-up next
season, and Harvard, Yale and Dart
mouth will all be better than they
were this year. And Yale this year
was good enough for U.s."
pucky Pond looked out upon the