The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-11-22
Game Will be i'm MicIlie Stadium
Army, Navy Rooters Protest;
Crowd to Lack Seating Space

New York, Nov. 22-INS-Sel.
dom has such an uproar been rails
ed over a pair OF beaten or tied
football teams as it has over the
1913 Army and Navy squads. De
spite the painful fact that Army
was thrashed by Notre Dame, tied
by Penn and troubled by humble
Sampson; and that Navy was also
whipped by the Irish and kicked
around for a few serious moments
by Penn State. these teams will go
into their annual clash next Sat
urday the focal points OF national
attention.
Although the contest will be
staged in West Points little Niche
Stadium. and attended only by
those who live within a ten-mile
area, hungry thousands are ours
ing the powers that can interfere
with such a sacred function as a
football game. Millions will be
listening in on the game from
coast TO coast. already wrought up
by the tremendous enthusiasm
that has been growing in leaps and
bounds like SNOWFALL rolling
downhill.
One of the reasons why this
game has found favor lies in the
fact that there are few who can
truthfully state a definite conyic-
ton on either team when it comes
to predicting the winner. 1t is
surprising how the games more
noted strategists are divided. Fav-
oring Navy, among others, are
Coach George Munger, OF Penn.
and his quarterback. Bob 'Odell,
Coach HOWE Odell OF Yale; Steven
Owen. Of the New York Giants
and Herb Kopf. the Manhattan
coach without team.
Leaning toward Army, to name
a few, are the Rae Crowther, Penn
line coach; Jack Lavelle, Notre
Dame scout, and Hunk Anderson.
of the Chicago Bears. Bob Odell
says Navy hits harder; practically
all OF the Irish say Army is tough
er Thus. an atmosphere of sus-
pense is created which, IL put 10
work in Yankee Stadium, would at
tract 10000 people.
When the Middies go into the
game, they will have been idle two
weeks. their last workout being
against weak Columbia Not so
Army. Last Saturday. the Cadets
sharpened their attack on tough
little Brown, and ran up the third
highest score in Army history. 80
to 0. That Army is getting mighty
tough is seen in the fact that the
game against Brown was the first
in which the Cadets poured it on"
when its opponent was helpless.
Meanwhile, the national title fell
to a team that is touted by many
as the greatest in football history.
Notre Dame, which edged out the
Iowa Seahawks. IA to IS. The
Irish proved themselves truly
superb team by coming from be-
hind twice to win.
The Seahawks scored on the last
play of theSfirst period when Art
Guepe, Marquette player OF 1886.
sliced through right tackle, and
Barney McGarry, a pro veteran.
converted. Notre Dame came back
at the start of the second half
when Bob Kelly plunged over the
line and Fred Farley, third string
hslfback converted.
In the late third period the
Hawks went ahead again on a pass
from Dick Todd tssPerry Schwartz
after Hawk Guard Ed Tobin re-
covered Johnny Lujack's tumble.
This time however, McGarry's
kick was no good. The Irish
bounced back with score by
Creighton Miller. Farley, on the
worst spot in his career, won with
his good kick for the extra point.
In the South, $1,000 saw Duke
take the Southern Conference
crown with '27 to triumph over
North Carolina. The Blue Devil