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  The Washington times, District of Columbia, November 16, 1914, page 11

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  NAVY FEELS BETTER AT TER COLBY GAME Coaches; Seeing Army Meet Maine, Believe Middies Have Chance of Victory. ANNAPOLIS. Nov. 16.-Arguing from the fine work Of the Naval Academy team in the second half Of Saturday 8 game against the strong Colby eleven on Saturday, members Of the Navy contiIgont feel that they will enter the Army contest with a fair chance Of sue cess. Two of the Navy coaches saw the Army’s game against the University of Maine on Saturday, and their report as to the possibility of Navy victory this Year is by no means discouraging. In fact, while the strength of the military lads this year is admitted, that team is having its troubles. and at present it does not seem to be working as well as might have been expected, while the eleven has suffered more than the mid shipmen from injuries to the players. However no one at the Naval Academy is counting on any Army weaknesses, but the most determined effort will be local eleven into a perfect football ma chine. The development Of the backfield cam didates at Annapolis has been more use cessful than could have been expected at the beginning Of the season. Blodgett. the former star of the New York High School of Commerce, has develattack. In spite Of his 1s6 pounds he is very fast, and his Improvement this season has been great. His punting equals that of any Of the college punt ers this year. and his passes sometimes reach sixty yards. Miles and Mitchell have both shown great brilliancy as runners with the ball. and the final choice at the quarterback position is in doubt. and made more so by Mitch ellis fine showing against Colby on SATURDAY.. Rsfes showed himself such a brilliant ground gamer on Saturday that he must be given consideration for the full eran II. Harrison HAD been considered fixture in the position. Craig, who has done the most brilliant end running Of any OF the Navy backs this season, with the possible exception of Miles. did not play on Saturday, because Of a minor injury, but Failing, the big fellow who has been at left half most of the season. did so well, that the coaches may not carry out their intention OF giving Craig the first choice for the position. Failing hurled his hundred and ninety pounds at the Colby line in a way that insured material gains, and be always had the punch to gain yards when yards were most necessary to gain Collins Is another good backfield man who must be given consideration in the final selection. There is much disappointment over the complete failure of the Navy team to work it’s long forward pass with any success. The Navy has in Blodgett q mighty HEAVIER of the ball. but in no case .yesterday-and the play was tried q half dozen times-was a midshipman n in place to get the ball. Colby had great success with the play, as it las throughout the season. and ole Of it’s players. when asked by a naval officer connected with the team. gave his views as to why the Navy was not successful with the play. He said that it appeared to him that the play was based entirely on one end getting into position to receive the pass, whereas those teams that had been successful with the play had a passer who could pick out one of several men who could take the ball, and pass it to the one who seemed in position to take il successfully and with the best chance of telling results This criticism may have some effect upon the subsequent use of the Dlav BY the NAVY team. The coaches have not been able to ill right end successfully Armstrong, Fischer and T. Harrison were tried there Saturday. and Colby gained around all of them. though with less success against Harrison. Jackson. W ho did some promising work there, is at present on the hospital list, but his iservices viii probably be ‘availa ole about the middle Of the week

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  The sun, New York [N.Y.], November 15, 1914, page 15

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  ELEPHANT AND M’EWAN STARS IN ARMY VICTORY Former Makes Long Runs, While Latter Stops Maine Attack Score Is % to 0. WEST POINT Nov. l4-Oliphant. for merly OF Purdue University, and Nc Evan, once upon a time n football man under the tutclage of DIR. Williams at the University of Minnesota, covered them selves with glory here to-day In the Army’s defeat OF Maine The score was 2S to 0. Both OF the Army’s headllners have been practically idle since Rutgers was here a month ago and they were the only ones OF the varsity men who we’re In the KICKOFF Of to-day’s game. Both made up for lost time in to-day’s battle, Olphant by his dashing all round backfeld play and McEwan by his wonderful defensive work and beautifully calculated inter ference in the cadets running game Oliphant hung up twenty-five OF the Arny’s points scoring himself three touch downs and kicking four goals. He also was largely responsible for the Army’s other touchdown, tossing beautiful for ward pass 10 Tully across the line or scrimmage, the latter going on to the taliy. In the last quarter. the former Purdue star twice ran seventy yards Tor touchdowns, lodging In and out through the Maine team. aided by the perfect bowling interference OF big McEwan, who took out no less than four would-be tacklers on the dash for the goal line. Oliphant played at quarter and also al | halfback and II was while In the latter position thai he scored first for the cadets The tally came in the second period In a dash of tackle from the yard mark | The former boilermnker was the only consistent ground gamer in the Army’s oiren- | siye game to-day. lie missed two DIM cult attempts at goal from placement, Names defence was strong during the early periods and not until the second quarter did the Army score. Twice the | Down Fasteners held the cadets foi downs on their l yard mark. They were weak ON the attack, however, and the bal never was In Army territory. Nearly al the Army’s varsity men rested to-day | M

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  New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], November 15, 1914, page 1

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  0LIPHANT LEADS ARMY TO VICTORY Makes Two Seventy-Yard Runs for TOuChdOWns Against Maine. West Point, n. Y, Nov. 1.-THE Army football team defeated Maine here to-day, by a score of % TO O, in game which during the first two quartiers was lis:,ess and uninteresting. Not until the second half did the Army’s offensive develop, and then, led by Oliphsnt and McEwan, the Cadets woke up TO their game and played some sensational football. The Army started the game with every position except centre filed by substitute. McEwan, who had done nothing for practically month, was the only regular in the lineup at the kickoff. Oliphant was shunted to quarter, where he played most of the game, Captain Prichard resting on the side lines. The former Purdue star was conspicuous throughout the fray, scoring three of the Army’s touchdowns and aiding materially in the other by tossing q pretty pass for thirty yards into Tully’s outstretched arms. He kicked the four goals. In the last quarter 0liphant. aided by the fine interference of McEwan, twice dashed seventy yards for touch downs. The first one was made when ne caught punt on his own 30-yard line and ran the rest of the distance 70 the goal line. The other came a moment later, when he skirted Reardon’s end for another long run from a fake kick formation, McEwan going through TO the finish with the elusive little star and taking man after man out Of the

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, November 15, 1914, page 65

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  0[|PHANT IS STAR Scores Three Touchdowns for Army Against Maine. SOLDIERS WIN, % TO o Visiting Eleven Proves to Be Weak in Its Offensive Play. WEST POINT, n. Y, November IA The Army won from Maine today, % to 0. The game was featured by the fine work of Oliphant, the former Purdue star, and McEwan. Oliphant scored three of the Cadets touchdowns and kicked four goals. He figured largely in the Army’s other tally, tossing a long forward pass to Tully, who took it across the line for score. In the last quarter Oliphant twice dashed from his own 30-yard line to touchdowns, once when he ran back a punt and again from a fake kick formation. Both times he was aided largely by the splendid interference of McEwan. The visitors twice held the Army on the 1-yard line for downs, but were weak on the offensive.

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Army leads 4–⁠0 in four meetings, counting the three since this game.