The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-30
CADETS RATED FROM
 THREE I, D. UP

dusk settles Saturday over the gar bage dump section of South Phila- delphia the only figures that are going to count are those on the scoreboard of Municipal Stadium. Past performances, comparative figures and all other dope sheets can be thrown away for the only thing that will matter to the foot ball world in general and Army and Navy in particular is that final score
 According to all indications that figure in pre-game predictions, it should favor Army-anyWhere from three touchdoWns up. But that isn't reckoning with the fighting spirit that often lifts an underdog team to upset favorites.
 And it doesn't take into consid- eration that anything can happen, and often does, when Army and Navy clash on the gridiron.
 Navy Has Little Chance
 But it will rank as one of the greatest upsets in sports history should Navy come through. From what the clubs have done up to now in this fading gridiron season, the statistics don't give Navy much hope.
 Against the five common oppo- nentS they met-VillanoVa, Duke, Michigan, Notre Dame and Penn sylvania-Army scored 76 first downs aginst 56 to Navy; Agained 1,792 yards rushing against Navys 653; covered 663 yards with passes against Navy's 503.
 Taken against all opponents this seaSon-Army met the personnel distribution center of Louisville, sthe Melville Torpedo Boat eleven and Wake Forest in addition to the con- mon opponents while Navy faced stronger elevens in Georgia Tech, Penn State and WisconSin-Army was even farther out in front of- fenSively.
 Rushing Out of Bounds
 Army made 112 first downs to Navy's 96 gained 3,019 yards by rushing against NaVy's 1,458 and gained 804 yards passing against Navy's TSP.
 With Arnold Tucker and Glenn Davis sharing the throwing, Army has completed AT passes of 91 at tempts for an average of .516. Navy, with Bruce Smith and Hunchy HoernSchemeyer doing most of the throwing, completed 58 of 122 for an average of .475.
 The statistics give Navy some defensive edges, but the figures do not give true picture for most of the ground gained against Army has been against the second and third terms-after the first team had safely put the game in the bag.
 The Middies permitted their eight opponents only 63 first downs against 73 for Army. On the other hand Navy permitted it's opponents a total of 922 yards on the ground while Army allowed only 614 Navy's defense against passing, however, made a better record than Army's.
 The eight teams tried 131 passes against Navy, completed 37 of them for 528 yards while against Army, IA passes were attempted and GA completed for 713 yards. That gives Navy's opponents only .282 completion record against .444 for Army But again-most of the passes made against Army came when the first team was on the sidelines.
 One thing which could hurt Navy Saturday is fumbling. The Middies have averaged five fumbles game 40 against the eight teamS-and recovered less than two of them in each contest. Army has fumbled only 29 times, and 13 of those mis- cues were recovered.
 In individual statistics, the figures favor Army all the way around. Tucker has completed 12 passes in Is attempts for 320 yards and completion average of .667 Davis has completed II out of 19 for 252 and a mean of .579.
 Smith has the best average among Middle throWers-475 gaied on 19 compilations in 40 attempts for yardage gain Of 198. Hoernsche- meyer has completed 27 out of 58 attempts for 381 yards and an aver age of .472.
 Davis By Himself
 Davis is off by himself when it comes to picking up yardage on the ground. His average net gain has been 12.1 yards. Tom McWilliams has averaged 93, and Big Doc Blanchard and Robert Stuart each 7.6.
 Bill Barron, who is not in the first string backfield has the best aver age among the Middle backs-81 but has carried the ball only 20 times, The heavy duty performers for Navy have been Clyde Scott and Bob Kelly with Tony Minisi next in line. Their averages, respective 1V ara 57 12 opd o7