Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-30

Army is third in total offense
with 1925 yards; Navy is fourth
with 1923 yards.
The Cadets have a pasSer in
Quarterback Dave Bourland, but
Coach Red Blaik believes in using
that method sparingly. Navy
has a great passer in Quarter
back Tom Forrestal and Coach
Eddie Erdelatz believes passing
should complement running.
Statistics show Navy has gained
1852 yards-eight yards short
Of a mile-on the ground and
l,146 through the air.
Navy is favored because its
record looks better-f1ve VIC
tories. a loss to Tulane and tie
with Duke. Army has a So rec
ord. Michigan Inundated the
Cadets. 48-14, on day that the
Cadets were fumbling all over
Ann Arbor. Syracuse beat them,
TO. and in their last game two
weeks ago Pittsburgh took them,
POT. Army has beaten VMI,
Penn State, Columbia, Colgate
and William and Mary.
Improved After Penn Game
Nays victories have been over
William and Mary, Cornell, Gin
cinnati, Penn, Notre Dame and
Virginia. His team, Erdelatz
says, did not begin looking like
a team until the Penn game, the
NTH of the season.
Nays ground game is a YER
satile one, with the quarterback
handing of literally to the half
backs and fullback. Tomorrow
Ned Oldham. a f1rst-strinP hold
over from last season, and Chef
Burchett, who was a self -de-
NOTED second-Stringer until Paul
Gober was injured. will start at
the haltback posts. Dick Dag
ampat, ne little Hawaiian Fill
Pine fn , Los Angeles, will start
at fullb X.
Gober, iast-moving. shifty SEN
for from buck Run, Pa, who was
q stando t against Army last
season, v suit up. but his
knee. init I'd three weeks ago
against DuAe, probably will keep
him benched.
Burchett, who walked iato
the coaches Once after a pre-
season scrimrnage and saved
them the trouble of demoting|
him to the second team, scored
three touchdowns and averaged
5 yards a carry in Nays last
game against Virginia.
Only Kyasky Experienced
Kyasky, a star trackman who
has been clicked in 81 seconds
for the 100. tying Glen Davis
West Point record, is the only
fully experienced player in
Army's backfield. Bourland, a
Junior. was third-string last sea-
son. Halfbacks Gil Rooster and
Mike Morales are sophomores.
However. Army's line is almost
identical to the one Navy faced
last season. The Middies already
have met Left End Art johnson,
Tackles Loren Reid and Flay
Goodwin, Right Guard Stan
Slater and Center Jim Herman,
though Herman was behind Ed
{ Szvetecz. In an amazing devel-
opment this season. Herman. g.
foot, 1o0-pound junior from
youngstown, Ohio, beat out
Szvetecz. who is the same size
and . senior from Bethlehem,
Pa.
Navy players who will be start
ing for the second time are
Guards Tony Stremic and Jim
Hover. Center Wilson Whitmire
and the two halfbacks, Oldham
and Burchett.
With the arrival Of Erdelatz
ct Annapolis in 1850 the pendu-
lum in this great series began TO
swing over TO Navy. Army went
into the game that year Boosting
. five-game winning streak over
their arch rivals and little To-
worry about from a team that
won only once previously that
season. But Navy won in an
historic upset. 14-2. Trailing be-
fore that one in total victories,
27-io. the Middies now have
narrowed the margin n oo.04