Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-28
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Big One Coming Up

BIG ONE THIS WEEK in football is Air Force
Army at Yankee Stadium and it isn't because the Falcons
and the Cadets aiming for the national championship
This is the beginning of service academy rivalry
If there is any question to how the public feels
about the match all II 900 tickets have been sold and
wasn't any feat of craftsmanship The Air Force apparently
Is here to stay.
AS football power Air Force far ahead of its time
table Only as far back as 1855 the Falcons launched
Buck Shaw coaching Shaw old coach and, natu-
rally, everybody suting was freshman STILL Air Force
had "A record.
The Falcons then were playing only such Colorado
AM and Denver and the day when Air Force was ready
to play Army Navy seemed far off, although the wheels
already turning at the summit level 1T is remem-
bered" Marty Rech publicity director notes. that after
the third contest 10 players were declared ineligible 1or
scholastic reasons"
THE FALCONS HAVE FLOWN a long way since IS
Until they beaten by oregon couple of weeks ago.
they'd played IA games in without loss. This
considered remarkable for this upSart academy where
Ben Martin, Navy guy had become coach
Air Force began to serve warning on Armyand Navy,
which it begins to play next year-when it played to
1913 tie with Iowa last The kids went all the way to
finish with Sol record, and it was regarded as mis-
match foohardy the part of the Air Force when
the Falcons given permission to play Texas Christian
in the Cotton Bowl Just improbable as the tie with
Iowa was the scoreess stalemate with TCU
It was dull sort of game although no worse than
any of the other New Years affairs but it did tell Army
opponent to treat with respect.
little while ago the respected Jack Carberry OF the
Denver Post wrote in part Football fever at Its highest
pitch in the Rockies since Denver University elded its first
team back in 1885, And virtually all of it is due to the
amazing Falcons"
THIS WEEKS GAME is not the one that was supposed
to be tossup Army cased pretty well before the
season and rated No of the Eastern independents The
West Pointers even after Air Forces showing in the Cotton
Bowl were considered too strong for the edgings from
Colorado.
It's kind of a tossup now Army has whipped Boston
College, and Colorado State but the Cadets dropped
acouple of Squeakers to Illinois and Penn State and the
word is out that Army is not nvincible.
Air Force has lost only to Oregon and is coming of
thunpingly good POT win UCLA They confident
lot the Falcons, and even Coach Martin talks the
good game.
"We,re only playing our second year as four-year
college Ben says 1--WE every game with the thought
that we can wn and we're going into the Army game the
same way"
ARMY-AIR FORCE in Yankee Stadium will be the
Cadets first big against New York backdrop since
Armys 1858 date with Duke Its been selout for weeks
because there's something coorful about this Air Force
outfit from the West
Johnny Rauch who has been scouting the Falcons for
Army puts this way I'VE feel the Air Force will be the
toughest team we'll face all This should be fodder
for Navy The Air Force is well coached and has all the
hustle and desire that mark all the academy teams"
What the Air Force will be banking on, largely will be
Rich Mayos passes. He's the quarterback-the all-tme
Falcon aeria-and throws the short pass la LeBaron
as we'll as the next coegan Mayo is this weeks Associated
Press back of the-week.
I'VE pass about 40 per cent of the time admits Rasch
I'VE think Mayo can throw well anyone He's much
like Richie Lucas"
Lucas is the young man who's been Spearheadng that
hot Penn State outfit Indeed, the Nittany Lions beat
Army, I'LL.
The Cadets have pretty fair quarterback too in Joe
hI Tho Air a n
Reisch Come Saturday he may introduce himself.