Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-11-28

Ryan the ball was only 3 yards from
the Mldshipmen's goal
Whlte-halred Gar Davidson, Army
coach, who is spending his last year
at West Point, watched Wilson crack
the center of the line for no gain.
Then, waving toward the Gray-and-
Gold bench, he dispatched Jimmy
Craig, 23-yea1 -old cadet from Pauls
Valley, Okla, to substitute for Wilson.
Breathlessly, more than 100000
watched Craig take his place in the
Army backfield. and move into the
tallback position on the first play.
1t was as evident to the crowd as to
Navy what was coming off. Craig was
going to try to crack the center of
the Navy line.
Craig Churns to Touchdown.
For one fleeting instant the Mid
shlpmen saw Craig halted, but be-
fore the whistle sounded. his driving
legs churned into the turf and he
took off again. When he fell. face
forward, Craig was well over the goal
line and Army had it's lead. At the
time 1t mattered little that RYAN
trotted back into placement kicking
position and missed the try for the
extra point.
That. in short, was the real story
OF today's game Army outclassed
the Navy IN the first half. gaining
ia yards as against 40 and outkick-
ing the Middies' hooters, Cooke and
Bill Ingram In the second half
ana particularly the third period
the Annapolis warriors outplaved
Army. But on a day seemingly made
70 oroer Tor Navy. a day of mud
ana water and dense fog, the Mid
oleS lost their compass. Armed with
JUS 90 lead, Army seemed content
10 play 1t safe and battle for that
margin. In the end the Cadets did if
In the last two periods the Navv
departed from the conventional stvIa
OF play employed by service elevens
desperately the Midshipmen sent
Cooke and Ingram and Ulmont White
mead BACK to throw long passes. None
ol them clicked and the game finally
wound up with Ingram taking a mass
ana Trying to thread his way through
q broken field. He didn't make if this
"lry Annapolis bog carrying the In
siam traoltlon on his shoulders, but
Ar1nys side OF the Stadium shud-
oereo as the blue-jerseyed speedster
ran 10 mldfleld from deep in his own
tsrIltory against substitute
west Point team. AS he was grounded
the whistle blew and it was all ovar
Rain Makes Show Drab,
t'OR game drawing the interest
OF the Nation and claiming 1875
greatest football crowd. it was a drab
sort OF show At noon, when the
oulk OF the 100000 spectators had
damned into the Stadium cloaked in
multi-colored slickers and wearing
oedraggled gray or blue feathers the
log was so thick it was impossible to
see the 2l,03l Midshipmen from across
Inc nelo as they marched into the
Stadium. When the Cadets of West
Point paraded into the arena Is min
utes later the fog had lifted slightly.
out 1t still was difficult to see both
the foremost platoon and the last of
the 1871 boys in gray.
The field had been covered with
huge tarpaulin and, owing to the
steady rain, Stadium attendants did
not remove it until the last minute
The grass had been dyed a bright
green and, at best, Army and Navy
officials expected a dry field for no
longer than a period. AS a result.
neither the Cadets nor the Midshin-
men went through their customary
pre-game maneuvers.
Navy drew first blood, in a minor
measure, when Capt Ray Dubois won
the toss and elected to receive and to
defend the south goal. Can't. Jim
Isoell, Of Army, kicked off and for
10 minutes the two teams warilv felt
the other out. The burden of respon-
slollity in these 10 minutes fell on
the shoulders of Nays Cooke and
Armys Wilson. They were the punt
ers and they kicked that dark brown
soggy ball almost to perfection.