Navy vs. Washington

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  Imperial Valley press, California, January 2, 1924, page 5

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  l4-l4 SCORE AT PASADENA MAKES THRILLING GAME McKee’s Passing for Navy Brilliant Feature of Event PASADENA, Jan. 1.-Two squads of doughty gridiron warriors, who for nearly five long months have gone to bed at twilight and eaten only the most wholesome viand5, were reveling in the delights of broken training today and thinking, along with some 10000 spectators, of yesterdays east-west game, per haps the greatest in the history of Pasadena s annual contests. From all sides came praises for both the Annapolis middies and the University of Washington huskies, who battled nightly for go thrill ing mrnutes to a 14–⁠14 tie in the rose bowl here yesterday afternoon. “The most spectacular game in the history of the Rose Tournament, - “Finest exhibition of mod ern football a Pacific coast gath ering has witnessed,’ and similar laudatory remarks were being heard everywhere. 80 One of the breaks of the game enabled the Seattle boys to even the score in the last period, and a break which was against them kept the huskIes from winning a few min utes later. Facing an almost certain navy vie tory, with the score IA to T., the Washington team found its rugged determination availing it nothing. Chance for n score appeared very Slight, until a bad pass to Barchet, navy baclefield man, left the ball on navy’s 10-yard line, with Petrie, husky tackle, atop of It. Mckee’s passing for the navy was one of the big features of the game. Twenty times did the brilliant quarterback or one of his team mates hurl the ball through the air. Four teen of the passes were successfully completed. Facing team 10 pounds heavier to the man, the navy bic gains were made by passes, with them the middies gained 1873 yards. Washington attempted SIX passes and completed three. Elmer Tesreau, Washington full back, is not expected to return north with his teammates today. Playing with a bad knee, the big chap was forced from the game in the fourth h period. An examination revealed the other leg broken in three places

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  The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, January 3, 1924, page 13

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  NAVY GRID STAR MAY JOIN MARINE ANNAPOLIS. Md. Jan. 2.--Claude Cullen of Washington, ID. C., right halfback of the navy football team, which played the University of Wash ington to a 14–⁠14 tie at Pasadena, Cal, on New Years Day, may quit the navy in his final year as cadet and accept a commission in the marine corps. f+ This would give Cullen a small jump on his Annapolis classmates in the matter of promotion, as he would become second lieutenant of the amphibians several months before the graduating members of the senior class at Annapolis receive their con- missions as ensigns, U. S. N. It would also give the Quantico marines an expert and celebrated backfield man for the next few sea- sons and help to make the marine team the best football organization in the country, which is the present football ambitiQnsef Quantico. s Cullen. better known-to the senior class at Aphapolis as Shaggy” played his last year varsity game with the academy team on New Years Day. This was the last of his third season on the academy grid- iron and the District of Columbia boz found himself celebrated as the navy’s principal reliance in bunting as he came to the end of his career in the most picturesque sport of the sailors school. IT Cullen should decide to stay With his academy class, he would be graduated in June with the commis- sion of ensign. which is the equiva ! lent of< second lieutenant in the marine corps. He is 22 years old and weighs 15S pounds.

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  New Britain herald, Connecticut, January 2, 1924, page 2

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  Cortland $. Dimes, former Denver oil operator and club man, is shot through the lung at Los Angeles by II. A. Kelly, alias Greer, chauffeur for Miss Mabel Normand, motion picture actress. President and Mrs. Coolidge shake hands with 3,S91 persons at New Years reception at the White House. Representative Frear declares that inquiry should be made into ‘‘reputed Aladdin lamp oil transactions Of Lieut.. Osborn Wood Annapolis middes and University of Washington play 14–⁠14 football tie at Pasadena, Cal. Man and eight grandchildren are burned to death near Tylersburs, Pa.

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Washington leads 3–⁠2–⁠1 in six meetings, counting the five since this game.