Evening star., 1938-11-27
Woods tumble Costly.

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He finally was dropped on the Mid
dies IS.
From the Navy bench came fresh
reinforcements, but there was nc
stopping Army at this point. Long
whipped pass to Samuels-only the
second successful Army aerial of the
day-but it was good for 9 yards
Back to the ground game went Army
with Art Frontzcak of Dowagiac
Mich, pounding to the %, and ther
back to the air.
Army Shows Winning Punch.
Long whipped a pass to Dobson
son of Frank Dobson, University Of
Maryland coach. It was high, bu,
Dobson got his fingers on it 2 yard.
in front of the goal line. 1t slid of
and the crowd moaned, but Samuels
on an end-around play, picked up 6
first down on the 11-yard line ane
Frontzcak ripped into the center fol
8 more, putting the ball on Navy's
3-yard line.
In desperation Navy halted an
other charge by Frontzcak on the
l-foot line. but 1t was a first down
for the Cadets and on the next play
Woody Wilson rammed across and
Huey Long again added the extra
point.
That's the score as it ended, 14-7
but that wasn't how it ended. For
Navy still had plenty Of fight and
on the kickoff that followed there
was despairing moment for Army
supporters. Wood took the next
kickoff in his end zone. raced to
the 40, and almost eluded all Army
tacklers. And in the final period
that started an instant later, Cooke
unlimbered his throwing arm and
had the crowd on the edge of its
seats until the final 20 seconds.
Nays Passes Futile.
Long stopped an aerial lombard
ment early in the final period with
the first of two intsrceptions. Army
tried to kill time and succeeded
nicely until Cooke kicked out on the
Cadets 8-yard line with 2ls minutes
remaining. A minute later Army
was forced to return it with a punt
and Sullivan's short kick sailed out
on his own 27.
It was here that Navy made its
final bid. A reserve passing back,
Ralph Anderson, threw long pass
just into the end zone. 1t was in
tended for Burke, but, with the ball
almost in his grasp, the figure OF
Long leaped high and Armys hero
of the afternoon, twisting in midair
intercepted with one-handed
catch, and ran 81 yards to Army's 20
to end 1t all
The final statistics persist in CIV
ing Navy an edge. The Middies COL
lected 10 first downs to for Army
and oturushed the winners, 1873
yards, net: to SO. They outpassed
them, too, gaining 73 yards to 7 by
this method, but this was Huey
Longs day and Huey was playing
for Army.
Pageant, Despite Cold.
All of the traditional pageantry
that goes with Army-Navy games
again served to stamp this as the
greatest of football spectacles. The
corps of cadets, 1900 strong
paraded into the stadium to the
tune of ION, Brave Old Army Team
and the midshipmen, 1890 in num-
ber, followed behind Anchors
Aweigh." Philadelphia was a be-
leagured city all day and tonight
the revelry was in full swing
Scores of special trains, IS bear
ing 10000 Washingtonians, poured
into town almost up to game time.
Philadelphia did another good job
Of hosting. More than 600 workmen
with shovels and 100 trucks removed
the foot-deep snow from the field
and when it was unveiled it was a
rich green, dyed and touched up a
bit, but still nearly in perfect shape
Not until the final minute of the
game, when 1t again started to snow,
was it anything else except cold and
fairly fast.
AS usual the spectacle attracted
most Of the celebrities of official
life. Secretary of War Harry Wood
ring shut down his desk and turned
out. Postmaster Jim Farley was
there, too, and so was Pennsylvania s
Gov. George Earle, the colonel's lady
and, Of course, Judy O'Grady.