Evening star., 1946-10-27
AggressiiveDuke
Is 1910 Victim Of
Cadets Passes
Three Tucker Tosses
Tell as Blue Devils
Won't Yield Ground
By GoyIe' 1oIbot
A,,oeioted Pres, Sports Writer

NEW YORK, Oct. 26-Arnold
Tucker, Army's rifle-armed quar-
| terback, spared the Cadets some
serious embarrassment today by FIR
ing three touchdown passes to beat
an aggressive, hard-tackling Duke
University eleven that refused to
yield on the ground.
For the first time since they began
their record of "a straight victories,
the West Pointers had to take to
the air to score all ne points OF
their 1910 triumph over the Blue
Devils. Two Of fuckers scoring
pitches were to All-America Glenn
Davis, the third to big Barney
Poole, the end.
Both Davis and his brilliant run
ming mate, Felix (Doc) Blanchard,
played almost all of the bruising
contest, leaving the game only after
Army had scored its third touch
down 3 minutes and IS seconds be-
fore the end. Both contributed
some dazzling runs to the Cadets
long touchdown jaunts. but nei-
ther, for the first time in three sea-
sons, could fight his way across
the enemy's goal line.
Duke Twice Slams to Army 20.
In Duke, the capacity crowd of
So. .o31 banked in the Polo Grounds,
saw a persistent, ever-dangerous
team that added new laurels to the
coaching reputation of Wallace
Wade. Twice in the third period
the Blue Devils cracked down to
Armys 20. Never at any time until
the closing minutes were Army'S
supporters able to breathe easily.
The Blue Devils, 20-point under
dogs, made the Black knights fight
for every inch Of ground they
gained. In their first 80-yard touch
down march that started midway
of the first quarter, for instance,
the Cadets used up II plays and six
first downs before Tucker climaxed
it with a 30-yard peg to Davis in
the end zone.
Throughout the second period
the Army team looked like a man
fighting feather pillow. 1t did
almost all the gaining, but in its
own end of the field, and every
time it appeared to be getting
started the Dukes came back and
smothered the effort.
AS Jack Ray missed his try for
extra point after Davis touchdown
Army left the field at halftime lead
ing only 60, and there was much
milling around and viewing with
alarm among those who had ex-
pected the Cadets to approximate
last years 1918 humbling of the
Blue Devils.
Cadets Show Drive in Third.
The Cadets looked more like
their championship selves when, the
first time they got the ball in the
third quarter, they slammed Al
yards for second score. Blanchard
and Davis virtually alternated ir
banging it down to the 13, whence
on first down, Tucker shot one int
Poole's AIMS on the goal line. This
time Rays kick was blocked by the
charging Duke line, making it 1910
Up to this time the Blue Devils
had not made a single first dowr
with their single-wing attack, but
they suddenly came to life and
through the remainder of the thirc
period and until midway of the
fourth, roundly outplayed the
champs.
With Bud Mulligan reeling of
! one beautiful 27-yard run arouno
Army's right end and Leo Lont
breaking loose for several nice gains
the visitors drove from their owl
"a down to Army's 20 before they
were stopped. A fourth-down pas!
into the end zone barely was knocked
down by Blanchard.
Again minutes later, Tucker fun.
bled and Duke recovered on tn,
Cadets Is. From there, Duke agar
reached the 20 before yielding tht
ball. Early in the final quarter, with
Long and Howard Hartley piercing
Army's line, Duke put on another
23-yard surge to Armys 80, ane
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