Evening star., 1954-10-19

They've got it," Mann confessed Ear I'm concerned
if we never play Army again it will be just 1ne'
WHAT BLAIK ACCOMPLISHED since September 25 when
South Carolina upset Army the opener, 1920 caused
observers at West Point that day and at Durham
Saturday to blink in astonshment To man, the
York. press contingent chorused Army is different
team fromS the one that couldn't South Carolina"
Three weeks the Gamecocks befudded the Black
knights with their sptT Last Saturday. Blaiks young
stopped the SptT when counted, they had been
doing it all their ves in the interim they had not been
forced master efenses for chigans single wing and
Dartmeuths straight T.
1t was more than blackboard strategy Duke
Baik Billy Chance, mediocre end, to nebacker and
up with good tackle from the 1858 yearings
Stephenson became second lnebacker Guards and
tackles shifted from side to the other The result
what Duke fans to their rd-htng,
smooth unconng club that could be of the Nations best
IT HAS NOT BEEN tranquil sailing Blak, who heard
with dmay that his captain and No. nebacker Bob Farrs
could not play this following delicate operation
at Walter Reed Hospital Army too, lacked fuhack until
Baik converted Pat Uebel from left halfback.
back injury that suffered in his barracks threat
ened to sheve Mike Zegler another left haback Zeger
recovered but he is out again with broken jaw Bitterly
Army people remember that hit after
punt and outside the playing field.
Baik began early to his brightest young back
understudy Zeigler This Bob Kyasky peedster
punt but in the South Carolina game Kyaskys collar
bone broken. But in Durham there folks
be convinced that Joe Cyger Armys No. left half
hardly inferior to Kyasky zeger In performance we'll
as in name Cyger and zeger constantly confused onooker
ARMY HAS NO DEEP squad, like top schools. Baik
used only "a players in Durham against 80 for Duke He
played his good right guard placement kicker Ralph
Chesnauskas full go minutes. But what the
got looks good
Pete Vann bears the stamp of A-American quarterback
material polished pasSer, faker and who will
long gains oftener than he will "eat" the ball
Tommy Bell run hard and FAST and Duke also had the
fortune of having Don Hoeder catching
return to the squad only the Saturday before
Vann is the best at West Point in 10 years."
usually tacturn Baik has been quoted saying That
means the veteran coach rates Vann superior pretty
good one named Arnold Galifa.
Vann of the two best passers coached"
Blaik again is quoted That must place the young
Hamburg N Y not far from the Point same bracket
with Arnold Tucker of the Davis Blanchard era.
THE DUKE TEST represented Armys last chance to win
any serious recognition until the Navy game 2
From now until Navy, in year of upse there seems
little Likelihood of opponent extending Cadets
This week it merely Columbia The week following it's
Virginia. Yale may still be unbeaten
when plays Army November but the Ellis hardly figure
with the Cadets.
There occasion to fly from Washington to the
Raegh-Durham Airport with scout from Yale who like
Others had his adventures getting to the battle site
from New Haven. He wore arrival the familiar rings
the eyes traveller who had fought the campaign
against Hazel
dusk fell Stadium the Yale scout less
gloomy the Blue Devils their supporters His brief
full with Army data butt
81 feel worse than when arrived" he admitted.