Springfield at Army

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  The sun, November 23, 1913, page 20

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  SPRINGFIELD GIVES ARMY A HARD FIGHT Cadets Have to Hustle to Grab Victory in Game Ended by Darkness. PENALTY Is DISASTROUS s Givc> Training school Players Chance to Score and They Use II. PENALTY Is DISASTROUS Vrs- po,>- Sov 20, h.rd foueh, hath. on tho “pla,ns’‘ TODAY the Army vanouishad Springfield Training school hy a score of IA 10 :, II wa. III. cadets last homo game and wound m ,, ,, ,.,, - o. mn 49, pc”p’e “‘‘e’‘ue” ana SPrihs”eiu hsu oo” roo’ers III the STANDS. Springfield proved to be a hard nut for the Army 10 crack and oncc or ,wics dr,.,,, ,,., sa,,, ,,ar,a, ,,,r,,,,.. nav, Wv pau” IVY ‘Her “a”Hl’”s ior”ard Passins ana long end runs. The Army did no, flash its full strength to-day. Only Wevand and AJarkoe were io,, ,n ,,, ,i,,,, ,u, 49, 49,, ,Y..,. “ Wv ~” W. w Wv ‘‘‘ ‘”‘‘‘‘‘ Benedict. Hodgson and Prichard were not used at any stage of the contest Doc n Prichard’s nlar, at uu,rter did .nlspd,d uo,l. -, s.,,c,i,, hIs ,ta,s .na ,,so ‘””s”‘ p”‘l’S anu ran ‘he’n pacN III “”e style Hobbs. while he was in during a part Of the first half was one Of the ward eating h,roc. H.. - ... ., , ‘‘‘ “”‘ ‘‘”‘H’‘”‘ s’‘”‘‘ gamer Tor ‘he Army ana showed up well ON his secondary defensive play. In fact il looked once or ,wIc. AZ thong, 4. 4 ‘iha6lh’d ne WAS Al MS o’d positioh on the end. this when he would break through with the forwards and nail the runner sever,I ,imas r.n,l,i,s fo, ,o,a inc In tho line and once sor ro,,hnass or n,a, r,,.r.,5 ,ha Arn,,.,s n,,,a -, Was san, IN tha sid. in. for s,r,a;n. 80 o e.”s f., , nosi,;or 20 scora in ~, .hiri ,,s,,>,a T,a ,Is’,nr. ,oot advan,.,a -, i, ,nn and romnei ov,r ,ho cnnn,,nv Iira ,,,, :, tho tally TN. ARMY went tn work carly IN tho eam. and bv fine offeusiy. worl in wbi,h Hobbs and Hoge figured prominently tool, the ball to Sprinrficlds 3 ward line A pass from 40. to Merrillat was inter cepted by Shabinger at this point and the latter was thrown back over the goal line by Merrilat when he attempted to run the ball out. This counted as safety | for the cadets After the ball had changed hands few minutes later the Army began hammering its way down the field aeain and soon pretty pass. Doe to MerrlilHt’ placed IN” BAH on Springteld’s 10 Naru hile’ iiohps was sent over on the | next play Tor the TOUCHDOWN. Morrillat lh’sseu an easy goal WoouruiI was called Oh ‘od “! az Hoa’ from placement on w. “‘ ,.’u inv mn ~ ,’n,s a r nal pu, ‘aiiec /

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  The Washington herald, November 23, 1913, page 24

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  ARMY TEAM TRIMS SPRINGFIELD Y. M. c. A. In Last Appearance on Home Gridiron West Point Cadets Defeat Train ing School Eleven IA tot. West Point, Nov. 2.-In their last appearance in a home game the Army defeated Springfield Training School today by score of Il to !. The contest was fought hard, the Y. NJ c. A men fur nishing stiff opposition to a rather patched-up Army team. Two touchdcwns and one safety was the total OF the counts registered by the Cadets Merrillat who played star foot ball today. threw shabinger behind his goal line early in the first quarter for a safety and shortly after Hobbs was showed through for a touchdown MerriIlat missed the goal The Cadets scored again in the third quarter. when Milburn shot through SpFingfield’s left tackle for the touchdown. Nobody COW cred the kickout and the try for goal was denied. Springield’s touchdown came in the third quarter, when Shabinger, on a fake forward pass formation, ran widely around Markoe on the 10-yard line. to a score. Fountain kicked goal For the Cadets Markoe and Hoge excelled, while Shabinger, Fountain. and Dickens did good work for Springfield.

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Army leads 8–⁠0 in eight meetings, counting the five since this game.