Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-23
WIN, LOSE OR
DRAW ;, FRANCE, ,rA~~
No Roses for Navy

THE MANNER IN WHICH the Rose Bowl Committee
hedged, going far to suggest that opponent
for the University of Washington would be selected until
after the Army-Navy game this Saturday logically
rise to speculation that Navy preferred choice
Now that's all over In abrupt move the Pasadena
Pappes have tapped Minnesota, and all the Middies
have to worry about in Philadelphia presumably Army
And that may be worry enough.
month ago the Middies appeared solid choice over
the Cadets whom they annihated year ago. 43-12 But
Dale Hail. the sophomore West Point COACH has done
rare rebuilding job with the Cadets Suddenly Army is
looking tough after successive wins Miami Of
Ohio and Syracuse and a TT tie with Pitt
The real for waiting on Navy has not been
established yet The Rose Bowers may have heard
from reliable that Navy wasn't interested They
may even have listened to critics who look rematches
with jaundiced eyes, although this theory admittedly
watery Rematches are not without precedent
ONE OF LAST January's post-season games
remach meaning the Sugar Bowl affair between Missis-
spp and Louisiana State During the regular LSU
noSed out Ole Miss 73 But in New Orleans, the Tigers
bowed by three touchdowns
1t would seem reasonable to assume that many folks
on the Pacific Coast disappointed by the Rose Bowl
Committees choice of Big Ten team over Navy They
have been seeing Big Ten teams the years Navy
the other hand played in the Rose Bowl only and
that in 1924 Curiously, it against Washington
and it a 14-14 tie.
If West Coast football bluffs had laundering for
Navy Washington rematch it understandable In
Seattle and on October l scored e-from- behind
win 15l4. Washington rooers still don't believe it, They
have been claiming fuke and demanding justice. Now
they'll never know if Navy could make it stick.
THE MIDDIEs STILL could go to bowl but the
poSseaSon element has been reduced to such extent
that Saturday merely brings up Army Navy which is
sufficient anyway These two good teams going after
the service school title Navy good from the beginning and
Army since losing to Penn State and Nebraska in mid
season.
Naturally, Nays hopes will hinge largely on Joe
Beino, the aleveryting who may be the best football
player in the academys history Army couldn't stop the
Winchester Bullet last year, when he became the first
Middle to three touchdowns against the Cadets
If anything, Beino is better Twice good, to go
by touchdowns He finished SO with eight touchdowns
up to now he's scored IT,
1t distresses Beno to have so much emphasis placed
his skllS "Joe it, too" John Cox the Navy
publicis says. This team matter how much
he dominates the records" And dominate he does too,
because just about the only Annapolis mark he won't break
is the one-game total of 26o yards gained by Sneed
Schmidt against Columbia in 1885 back in the days when
starter expected to be the field for all most
of the 60 minutes
TO ILLUSTRATE HIS POINT Cox recalls that when
Life magazine prepared its recent layout Belino
advance copy sent to the academy Cox carried it
to the Navy dressing to show to Beno The star
halfback hadn't arrived so Cox displayed it to other
players.
what have you got?" Bellino asked when he showed
up. Cox showed him the magazine.
"Put it away until later, please" Joe asked. ut
embarrasses me-"
Cliff Montgomery, the old Columbia star, is another
Belno booster In the recent Penn Joe and Penn
receiver collded pass play Montgomery threw down
flag and the Middies in the stands and cheered
thinking that Belino had been fouled
Il thought it the other way around" Montgomery
says Il stepped off the penalty against Navy and really
got the business from the stands At the peak of the
demonstration, Bellno walked up and said:
THAT was a good CALL sir. did commit foul
I'm 20-odd years of officiating never before had
penalized player tell the call was good one This
has got to be very special young man."