Evening star., 1959-11-27
WIN, LOSE OR
DRAW 3, FRANCIS srApu
The War in PhiIodeIphio

IT WON'T DO ANY GOOD to look for Army or Navy
among the top 20 teams in the Nation because neither
there But at Philadelphia Stadium tomorrow both will be
there along with about 100000 spectators for whom this is
must" football show
Most so-called prophets rated Army the No. team
in the land in speculation and the Cadets and
Mdshipmen ranked 1-2 in the East. Both fell on
hard times, but usual the will be considered
success for whichever side wins this Goth war.
No longer however, will the outcome automatically
determine the service title The issue may be clouded
because the Air Force has jumped into the act If
Army beats Navy the Falcons in Colorado may argue
and not without logc-that they can't be less than
co-holderS of the unofficial championship result Of
their 1913 tie with the Cadets october 81.
NAVY, THE 6-PoINF UNDERDoG, has an incentive
margin here however vague BY upsetting Army the Mid
shpmen could and doubt would lay claim the best
of the academies They will argue that by whipping the
Cadets they theoretically superior also to the Air
Force.
Armys role as the favorite probably stems from
slightly better record Playing less game the Cadets
4-3-1 against the Mddes AL And against their
only common opponent Boston College, Army won by
44-8 to Navy's 24-8
OF such nonsense are favorites made AS every school,
boy knows form little nothing in ArmyNavy
game Indeed go by form it's toSSup tomor-
Even the respective schedules smack of the same
degree toughness Army had tangle with Illinois, Penn
State Oklahoma and the Air succeeding in beating
none) while Navy tackled Southern Methodist Syracuse
Miami and Notre Dame QikewiSe unsuccessfuly)
EVEN UNTO COACHES they are even, because both
Dale Hall of West Point Wayne Hardin green peas
as head genuses For the first time in almost decade
those two old rivals Red Bak and Eddie Erdeatz won't
be matching wits and strategems.
Thus it would to boil down to (1) material and
(2 the desire to win There way for anyone to pre-
dct which side will the field the spirited
and to material is difficult to separate the two
squads
Col Baik writing in The Star and other papers, picks
his old school and gives the Army quarter
back Caldwell The best paSser in the country Bak
pronounces the Navy doesn't share this opinion hardly
blamed The Middies have not but two quarter
backs, each of whom hot afternoon, look like
the best passer in the land
JOE TRANCHINI is the nominal No quarterback, and
probably sounder at the moment but Jim MaXeld
terrific against Notre Maxeld has been injured of
late but he expected to action in the Big One
AS as running is concerned both teams lay claim
to good ones AryS boy is Bob Anderson the big speed
boy from Cocoa Fla and Navys Joe Beno the stocy
breakaway sprfnter from Winchester, Mass. Bellnos
son. who also does little passing.
Caldwell VS. Tranchini- -Maxded and Anderson VS. Bel
limo could be couple of spectacular shows within the
show Numerically perhaps Navy has the edge not only
in passer but also in proven ball carriers In addition
to Beino there pretty fair runner named Joe Mata
lavage who operates from fuback Navys two Joes could
be superior to any pair of Army carriers
Of course the key the whole could be found in
the line play people take the trouble to watch the
unSung heroes up front