Navy vs. Army

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  The Waterbury Democrat, Connecticut, December 6, 1945, page 15

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  Final Critics Refuse to PutArmy in Glass Apart They’d Like to See Their Best Test Soldiers New York, Dec. 4-Thousands of competent judges saw Army for the first time as the Cadets made 1t IS straight letting Navy down comparatively easy, 32–⁠13. While the unanimous opinion was that West Point had something extraordinary, few, if any, of the final judges place the young men of the Hudson Highlands in class apart. Charley Johnson’s observation is perhaps the more pertinent. Army was the best football team I saw in two years” says the vet eran sports editor of the Minnea- polls Journal and Big Ten authority. Everything in sports and all else is relative. It’s the competition that gives the star the opportunity to shine. When Gene Tunney retired, for ex- ample, it was the caliber of the other blokes that inflated Max Schmeling’s stature to that of 8 good heavyweight. Why, they even made the cumbersome clown, Primo Camera, champion. Not that we are comparing Army with the dregs of the sour science, for the Plainsmen would stick out in any company, but the truth is that they haven’t tackled too much the past couple of falls. Navy or last autumn was the best, proved it by giving the boys in gray their most robust exercise. But while sharp-eyed appraisers marveled at the speed of Junior Davis, the blasting of Doc Elan chard. the strategy of Young Tucker and the Army line, especially guard Capt. Jack Green and tackle De Witt Coulter, they promptly named college teams, let alone profes- sional, which, in their opinion, would have given Army fits. Charley Johnson nominated the Minnesota varsities of 1884 ana 40 and the Michigan of 1925-26, featuring Bennie Friedman ana Bennie Oosterbaan. California men recalled Andy Smiths wonder teams, notably the one of 1920, for which the fabulous Brick Miller threw his disputed 7O-yard pass as the Golden Bears smacked Ohio State, 28–⁠0, in the Pasadena Rose Bowl. Old Blues of Washington and Jefferson reminded you that the Presidents outplayed California, holding Berkeley to a scoreless tie a year later, and wanted to know what the current Army comblna- ton would have done against Russ Stein, Swede Erickson, Brenkert, Herb Kopf and that bunch. How about some of Knute Rockne’s clubs at Notre Dame, those of Howard Jones at South ern California and Dr. Jock Suth- erland’s at Pittsburgh? What about Wallace Wade’S last Alabama team that belted a sup posedly outstanding Washington State crew, 24–⁠0, in the Rose Bowl, Jan. 1, 1881? Tennessee men would like to see the Volunteers of 1888 against this Army creation, ana there was vote for the Texas A. and M. squad of 1889 and Frank Leahy’s Boston College Sugar Bowl champions of 1940. The thing went on and on. ~ “Yes as good as they are I’d like to see Glenn Davis run outside of Larson and Tenner, the Min nesota ends of 1884” beams Charley Johnson. “and Blanchard blast through that teams well backed up line You can’t run if they can’t shake YOU loose, and when he has had the material Bernie Herman has never failed to build a oe- fense against standout ball-carr1ers It is true that he would have two to contend with in this Army team, but Bob Westfall was Blanchards counterpart at Michigan, and Tom Harmon made exactly one point against Minnesota in three years. He had to kick point a1tel touchdown to do it” Army impressed those who sa” it for the first time at the f1nlsn but not enough to dispel indelible feats of others. Maybe it’s because all old teams and athletes of happy memory are seen in the flattering light of dis

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  The Daily Alaska empire, December 3, 1945, page 3

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  CADETS TO55 OFF NAVY FOR SECOND UNMARRIED SEASON Trojans Roll Over Uelans Into Rose Bowl Before Greatest Gathering NEW YORK, Dec. 3--The football season is finished except for the Bowl festivals and the East-WeSt North-South games, but the thou sands of fans who saw Army’s record busting array in action probably will be talking about this peerless grid machine until another fall cam paign rolls around. In beating Navy 32–⁠13 Saturday for their ninth straight victory this year and their 18th in a row over two seasons, Coach Earl Blaik’s re- beating national champions became the first Cadet corps ever to go through two campaigns with perfect records and the first to win more than Is games in succession. It was Doc Blanchard and Glenn Davis again who led the Cadets to victory in their 46th climactic clash with Navy and those two All Americas will be back in Army’s colorS next year Between them they scored all five of the Cadets tcuchdowns with the big pile-driving fullback racking up three and the flashy Davis hotfooting it for two The victory was Army’s 24th ir the series that started in 1890 Army scored three touchdowns ir the first period and one each in the third and fourth, while Navy picked up it’s touchdowns in the second and fourth periods, the lat ter on a one-foot buck through the middle of Army’s varsity line Il was the first time Army regulars had been scored upon by rushing this year A sell-out crowd of 102,000 specta- tors, including President Truman saw the service classic in Philadel- phia’S wind-swept municipal sta dium, but the top throng of the day was gathered in Los Angeles Me morial Coliseum where 103, ,000 fans watched Southern California’s Tro. jans defeat UCLA, 25–⁠15 and carr the right to meet Alabama in tho Rose Bowl. Alabama wound up it’s campaign unbeaten and united, slaughterina Mississippi State 55–⁠13 as Harry Gil mer put on another impressive aer- ial display by completing 13 of 1s passes for two tuchdowns.

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  Detroit evening times, December 2, 1945, page 15

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  army POWER DOWNS FIGHTING NAVY, 32–⁠13 Irish Wd|loped By Great-Lakes Sailors Explode in Fourth Quarter GREAT LAKES, Dec, ! CINS) Great Lakes revitalized Sailors PLAYED Notre Dame off its feet today as the Bluejackets routed the Irish 80 10 Z. The Bluejackets scarcely figured 20 even beat Notre Dame much less run the Irish into the ground. but they were in command throughout and if there were any invalidS in evidence, as gloomily forecast before the game, they enjoyed a remarkable recovery. The humping OF mighty Notre Dame, which previously had lost only 10 Army got under way in the opening quarter before some 25,OOO wildly cheering Sailors. The Bluejackets scored their first touchdown in the initial period, added another in the second and then poured II on with 26 points IN the final quarter

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  The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, December 2, 1945, page 1

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  Star Sports Editor Off Point On Score Of Army–Navy Game Star Sports Editor Ed Sachs, no little prognosticator on such things as football scores, came awfully close on the Army Navy classic played in Philadelphia yesterday. Writing in his “Sidelines” column in Friday mornings Star, Sachs offered this to the mystic fraternity of football dopesters: “ARMY 81, NAVY IA. Three touchdowns is a pretty good margin to give any team play ing Navy. But when that West Point Wonder Crew is on the field with the Middies, the Tars will be second-best outfit” The score, if you don’t al ready know, was 32–⁠13. Sachs, incidentally wasn’t around last night to accept his laurels. He was en- route to his mothers home in Chicago because of a family death.

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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 80 since this game.