Army vs. Navy

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, December 1, 1940, page 42

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  Bu Clark Spark Navy 40 Triumph Over Army dder Before Win, Lose or Draw Pressure the Pros PHILADELPHIA standpoint champion ships the National Football respectively find them reward will be payof for the whole works sandpont drawbacks such characteristic finish Think of the the Redskins folowers hngerna right gun of the final game! almost uncanny later AS matters stand it almost certain that nighan the Redskins and Bears after ALL will the hnals The Redskins will the Philadelphia Eagles Griffith the Chicago Cardinals n Of all places Chicago they Cards and the Eagles probably will have submit saliva tests They don’t figure although the Cardinals licked Week Ago 1t Was Just q Picnic to thing rolling and a few short speeches “ 90 According hopeful Washington going the title in New York and they all went to the fun The Redskins had beaten the Giants before and the customers firmly believed they could do again They going hand their and then take brief rest before appearing for the paof with whipped all out and hustle the they should complained and an Of sudden to % s s m h , Hs, T m S Sa su. w.. de la the tod became the de resistance because cnch the Redskins have tie Otherwise for the Eastern crown by beating the Giants. 1t Might Be Biological Study 1t practically the in the behaving the Western pennant too will hinge Growy Grizzlies are defeated it will be dead heat Already the nerves of the customers Washington Even the Redskins they themselves game needing victory to cinch the Eastern That back in 1886 Washington and the same thing happened And again 1888 and now this year. with the Dodgers chasing them change 1t may be interesting biological customers How many thrills the human Mr. Topping Is Playing, but Under Protest The Redskins will be overwhelming favoites again solid Philadelphia little Eagles had pretty uniforms playing No. which last Sunday they the Ih was commendabe feat and fair enough nasmuch that club National up IN Brooklyn the dapper owner of the Dodgers Mr. Dan Topping that this everything In the first conditions no husband of the skating lady is going get But Mr. Topping thought something allowed how President Carl Storck OF happiness Why screamed Mr. Topping effect OF rest play the Redskins He posed pretty good question: at that fairly busting its bche growing somebody herring the trail. toners to share their worries They have watch their

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  The Tacoma times, Tacoma, Wash., December 2, 1940, page 1

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  Cadets Bow To Powerful Grid Attack Middies Morch TO Touchdown EorlY: Second YeorlY Win MUNICIPAL st 4 Dll NJ. Philadelphia-Navys favored football team defeated Army. l4–⁠0. today before a crowd oil lO2 900 spectators for a sec ond consecutive victory over the Cadets. Navy marched to a touch down the first time IT got the ball and never was headed IN the golden anniversary game between these rivals. Army won the toss and took the opening kickoff but had To punt after failure to pierce the Navy defense. Bill Busik caught the bali on his SO and ran II back to the Armys ~. In IL plays Navy marched TO its first touchdown. counting on Busiks yard and half plunge off right tackle. Leonard kicked the extra point. Twice more Navy pierced the Army lo-yard line IN the first period. stalling once on the one-foot line. Army threatened twice In the second period. driving 10 the nine once and getting another chance with a recov- cred tumble on the Navy sir. The Niddies held for downs the first time and Hatch’s pas. was intercepted on the goal line ny Werner to halt the second threat. Busik had To retire with an injury Just before the first half ended but Navy came back TO score its second touchdown In the third period, Clark passing nine yards TO Malcolm to climax 81 yard drive. This time Vitueei kicked the extra point and that ended the scoring.

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  The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, December 2, 1940, page 1

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  NAVY CELEBRATES WIN OVER CADETS Ancient Bell Banged For Hours; Players, Coaches Take Turns Swinging ANNAPOLIS, Md, Dec. 1~lf’ The victorious Navy football sqD’ returned tonight with fanfare DEL ting the triumphant-rlolnS up the Naval Academy behind a I1’ on which an Army player was nul in effigy and followed by the emu regiment and the lung-s’lSlN’ Academy band. The squad and regiment gatls’‘ at Bancroft hall and there alIel vi tory yells the players IN group four stepped up to Wbahg ‘‘‘ :, Gent japanese bell, tolled only WIZ Navy conquers Army on tne 81 iron. oil. The bell hadn’t had a minute ~ for about IS hours, because lne’H,, x, of the third (sophomore) class ~, banged it steadily since the NI’s”. men returned from the so’‘ Philadelphia. III Each group changed the D,r times, signifying the li’o ‘Fo’‘‘‘ given Army yesterday. ,,rr The two keepers OF ‘bin y. goat mascot, rang the 0ei’‘ .,,.r Can’t. Thomas King, athletic u” and Major Emery “swede’ L’‘;o NAVY coach, had a turn at IT, ,,, Ca Cart . Dick Foster, end on the “a sity, stepping up TO clans ‘n( S r, told the regiment the team ’1 +. for Victor Rowney, a pIayel u second team who was NlcNea IL q. mouth during practice last VIZ. i, had to. be hospitalized, mls’‘”7 game.

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  The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, December 2, 1940, page 5

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  NAVY WINS OVER ARMY BY IA TO 0 Middies Have Too Baeks- Generate Too Much Power Also PHILADELPHIA Pa, Dec 2. = In the Municipal Stadium last Sat urday the Navy football team, which had far too many good backs and generated far too much power, marched 42 yards in the first quar- ter of the annual football game here and 53 yards in the third period for touchdowns to beat the Army 14 to 0 before close to a capacity crowd Of 202000 specta- tors. Busik scored the first touchdown on a one-yard plunge and Leon- ard kicked the extra point. Clark pitched an eight-yard pass to Malcolm, who caught it on the one-yard line and stepped over. Vitucchu kicked the placement near the end of the third quarter.

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Officially, Navy leads 64–⁠55–⁠7; as played, 63–⁠55–⁠7 in the 125 games on file; the official count covers all 126 meetings, counting the 85 since this game.