Navy vs. Army

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  New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], November 26, 1916, page 1

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  FIFTY THOUSAND SEE ARMY BEAT NAVY BY 1910 7 Oliphant Once More Stars IN Gridiron Battle-Fame for GoodStein Rv w. o. MCCLELLAN -, enc,cucy Of the Army and Navy . che Polo Grounds yesterday. The ,-~v landing the first punch in the .,,,e Of an S7-yard run, piled up 10 ,.i-,s 20 2. and is that much more eff s,ent than the Navy. Considered in the light Of football -.-,. the action which took place in the i.s Of Coocan’s Bluff was nothing -o,b. Viewed in the light Of 8 spec .,.l4 +. was colorful and exciting .,,srb 20 quicken the pulses even at the temperature. Tbe preparedness Of the Army, as ,,cnplise cd by the West Point football team. was almost startling. The Army +, this case was composed mostly Of csse, Elmer Olphant, who in few Years Will be a second lieutenant. He “a, not get into active service any too Oliphant a Busy Man With a few young ELEPHANTS sta timed AZ some Of the towns along the Mexican border, the next raid OF pspeho Villa certainly would result IN hand Of bandits being thrown for a ass Il was Cadet Oliphant who ,,urb. the ball on the first kickoff and ran IL back for eighty-seven yards. 1t vas the same Oliphant who scored o goal from placement And 1t was Oipbant who once more shot through the entire Navy line and disabled the man who finally tackled him. With a Lieutenant oliphant stationed ~ some point like Columbus. New Mex ieo work for the War Department would Be considerably simpihed. The Secretary Of War could fash Olphants signal and 60 20 bed. In the morning Lieutenant Oiphsnt would come trotting through the sage brush with Pancho Villa slung carelessly across BIS broad shoulder, even as ne trotteu across the field yesterday with a sqgrming Navy back slung to MS shoulders. !, would be an exceedingly tough task for any large body Of MeNlcans 70 stop Lieutenant Oliphant from carry ing out his orders, too. orr, OF the Widdies. will testify 70 this. Orr was Tho last man between Oliphant and the Navy goal line. He tackled Ohphant vitb an the force that was in him. He checked the rush Of the Army back, but he had 10 be carried of the field after ward The Navy lads seemed dazed IN the first half. but IN the second half the concentrated spirit Of all the hgnVlne adnirals OF the American navy rose within them. and they put up a tight that had the Army dazed for a lew moment, in turn. Goodstein, who will some day stand on the bridge OF super-dresdnought, is the Nays hero il was Goodstein, centre rush for inc Niddies. who acted upon the tactics OF ADMIRAL Farragut and scored the hrst and only touchdown for the Annapohs team. Vidal was attempting a punt, when Goodstein, putting on full speed ahead. crashed through the BLACK uerseyed Army line and blocked the ball with his chest. Sails to Touchdown The, Future Ensign and Later on ADMIRAL Goodstein scooped up the ball without even lacking 20 port or star board and sailed straight on TO touchdown. IL was about as neat a feat Of navigation as the potenuts,i, super-dreadnought commander VIII ever perform. I.. Il was lighting game throughout The Army cadets, TO show their contempt OF the Nays football pretensions, PLAYED nothing but straight iooVball. The Navy, too, resorted TO Tor ward passing only at times, and con, fined It’s attack 20 circling the ends ana crashing al the Army line. In the excitement the players on both teams were very careless as 70 where they kept their fists. More than one nose spurted red and more han g couple Of eyes will be blued for some days as the result o. the extreme ear uestness with which both sides took the game. As side show TO many scr.mmage there were few private and individual battles staged by pairs from the rival colleges. The mobilization Of the fifty -housand soldiers. sailors and civilians IN The lee Of Coogsn’s Bluff proceeded slowly The President was unable 70 attend, but nearly all the rest OF ON clal Washington was on hand, IN uni forms that asssyed much gold TO the ton or in high hats and frock coats The state and municipal governments were also more or less impressiVely represented. The concrete stands were filled 20 capacity, and the temporary stands OF wood were bending under the press which they were made TO hold. mere civilians lined the upper slopes OF Coogan’s Bluff to get a peep and TO hsten 70 the game. Daniels in Jovial Mood Newton D. Baker, Secretary Of War, occupied q box on the north side IN he uncovered section with the west Point cadets. Josephus Daniels, IN iovisl mood, which was not even elouded by the defeat OF the Navy team, was slowed in box near the Annapolis contingent. The ANNAPOLIS boys arrived on the acld first IN their navy blue coats ana went through some pretty marching cyolutions. Secretary Daniels was SO delighted that ne rose and waved ms hat as the middies swung by their sta ton in the field. 9, The West Point battalion arrived later, In their gray overcoats, each cadet armed with a megaphone ana Carrying a flag with the black and gold and gray Of the Army. The cadets Of both branches o. the service were ‘ociferoux. The Army boys raised yeils Of confidence, TO which the Middies Fetorted with screams oi defiance. About ten minutes behind the scheduled time a detail Of cadets wheeled a small field piece out toward the centre Of the grounds. 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  The Washington herald, District of Columbia, November 26, 1916, page 12

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  ARMY TOPPLES navy BEFORE VAST CROWD In the Face Of Defeat Navy Shows a Strong Defense. BY JOHN A. DUGAN, New York. Nov. 25.-offcial Washing ton, minus theSpresence of President Will son, moved to this little village today and helped swarm the crowd of $1,000 up at the Bush Stadium that saw the Army eleven grab the long end of the 15-to-7 score from the Annapolis Middies. From an Army standpoint it was n repetition OF the game last season told in three words-too much Oliphant. This same cadet that has been a thorn in the Navy’s side for the last two seasons, again today refused to be stopped and the sailors from down Annapolis way were compelled to be satisfied with the small end of the score, after putting up one OF the best defensive games ever exhibited by Navy eleven. Although the great defense which Navy mad built to hasten the forward heave of the Westpoint cadets was more than erecting in this manner II failed to be q good enough defense to halt the DASH Ing, ramming. smashing plunges and sprtnts Of Elmer Oliphant. This shining star of the Cadet eleven was the big factor in his team, scoring nneen points On the opening kick of Iohphant put across one Of the record runs OF the season by carrying the ball from his own 5-yard line to the NAVY S-yard line. Again in this period, when helped little by his teammates, he placed the ball inside OF the Navy’s 10 yard line when the middIes held for downs. On the fourth down he booted the ball over the cross bar for 8 more points. Shortly after the opening of the second period this dashing Army half back made possible the scoring of the Cadets second touchdown by ramming ana plunging his way to the 1o-yard line On fake kick formation he heaved the oal to Shrader, who was across the goal line for the final scoring of the up- State eleven. 1t was this same Oiiphant’s wonder full defensive playing that time and again halted Nays plunging backs after they mad ,Droke through the heavy forwards of the West Point team. Coach Ingrams eleven demonstrated today that they had at last mastered a defense to halt that famous Pritcherd | to Merrelet aerial heave as Army COM pleted but three forward passes during the game. one Of them counting for Shrader’s touchdown. Not only did the Navy team stop the Army’s forward heaves. but they presented an aerial at tack that was more than puzzling to the West Pointers secondary defense Nays touchdown which Is the first which they have registered against the Cadets since 1908 came as q result of a tumble Vidal fumbled on his own ~ yard line and Reifel gathered in the pigskin and chased across the goal line Shattered against the background OF this brilliant event and sensational work of Elmer oliphant. was the all-rouno playing Of five native sons Of the Capital City. Quarter back Johnny whelchell, Of the Navy eleven, who last season was the pivot passer of the Western High School team Of the. Capital City, gave creditable exhibition both on the Of fense and defense, although his tumble IN the second period gave the Cadets ! opening for their second touchdown. . Whelchell seemed to be a little nervous after dropping this punt and Coach In gram gave Orr the call. Standing out prominently in the work of the Navy eleven was Tom Fisher, a former Eastern High School boy who played his first game today against the Army cadets. Fisher made the first ground gained by the Navy team and was a terror to all Army attacks that were directed his way Only once did this great oliphant man age to skin around his end, this COM ing in the final quarter when Fisher was sucked in and Oliphant dashed Off forty-hve-yard run. Tug” McEwen. captain OF the West Pointers, is another Washington youngster. who did credit to the scholastfc game of the Capital City, as he was all over the field on the defense and stopped more than one Navy play before 1t was we’ll under way ‘‘Tubby” Jones. who played under Coach John Thomas at Central High School during the days of ‘Murph” King, stamped his name in Army and Navy football history by his wonderful defensive playing, as 1t was Jones who time and again halted the rushes of the much-feared Ingram. Bobby Knight, two years ago played with the Army and Navy prep school team in Washington and today made a won derful running mate for Jones and McEwan, as this trio covered the left side of Army’s line and but few gains were registered in this vicinity. Tim Timberlake and Roy Knight, the two other Capital City youngsters who were with the Army squad, failed to break into the lineup. All Maryland and Southern football fans must doff their hats to Coach In gram. even in the face of defeat, as the Navy team which took the field today was better prepared and more fit to battle Army than any Annapolis squad that has been seen at the Polo grounds since they have been playing the game in New York. It was only the smashing and RAM ming attacks presented by this Elmer Oliphant from out Indiana way that made the Navy team a defeated eleven tonight.

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 26, 1916, page 1

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  Seas Of Chrysanthemums and Pennants Give Vivid Color Amid Wintry Blasts. HIGH OFFICIALS JOIN IN CHEERS; VICTORY BY 15–⁠7 Brilliant Maneuvers Precede Game Serpentine Dance and Massing About Colors Come at End. | by the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 25.-Army skill triumphed over Navy pluck when the foot ball teams from West Point and Annapolis clashed in their annual | battle at the Polo grounds today. The Cadets victorious score was Is to z. but the Middies fought gamely and grimly until the final blast Of the whistle. Some $4,000 citizens. not counting tho governor of New. York. cabinet officers, generals, admirals. and an array or lesser lights in both branches of the government service. saw the combat. ONLY for the absence of President VIII son, the game would have provided all the spectacular incidents which go to make Army–Navy foot ball battles his toric. Chill winter winds swept through the great stands packed with cheering par tisans of the soldiers and sailors The gay gowns of the feminine rooters were hidden under furs and heavy coats. But there was no lack of vivid color Seas of chrysanthemums swayed as their wearers cheered and shouted, and the pennants of both schools were waved proudly. Victors in Serpentine Dance. When the Cadets trooped out of the stands at the end of the game and rushed” the colors. they had eleven victories to their credit to the Navy’s nine, and they celebrated this achieve ment in time-honored fashion. Seven hundred ard sixty strong, they passed in front Of their beaten rivals, did a SER pentine dance about the field before forming a great oval, and then. at a their colors, held aloft by three of their number. The soldiers did most of their cheer ing early in the game, for the Army OIiphant caught the ball on his own five-yard line. and carried it back through a broken field. past eleven piunging middies to within flve yards of the Nays goal. From that point it was rushed over for a touchdown. It also was Oliphant who later kicked a field goal for the Army. Hero Of Annapolis Clans. Goodstein, the young center for the Navy, was the hero of the Annapolis clans tonight. He broke through the Army line in the third period, blocked yards for touchdown Gov. whitman, Mayor Mitchell. Sec retary of the Navy Daniels and Secretary of War Baker were among the official dignitaries who occupied boxes when the battalion of cadets marched onto the field. In light blue uniforms. with long overcoats and carrying yell low pennants, with a band at their head, the soldiers paraded in company front dragging mounted gun as mascot. They started a storm of applause that was renewed several times as they gave q display of the machine-like marching for which they are famous Then their band played them up into their bleachers at double time. Goat Is Naval Mascot. A few moments after the cadets had cleared the field the middies, about 1900 strong, marched in with their blue and crimson uniformed bandsmen In the long navy blue coat of their service they were In deep contrast to the army. Their perfect marching, first in columns of four. then swinging into n front that extended the length applause from the spectators, which continued until the sailors reached their seats. They brought q goat as their mascot. Just before the Army team appeared upon the field the cadets. standing with heads uncovered, gave the West Point cheer. al the end of which their two inch cannon roared a salute to the soldier players. When the Navy team came into sight a few seconds later. their goat mas cot greeted them with antics that were accepted by the MILDLY rooters as betokening good luck. Secretaries Greet Each Other. Between the second and third periods Secretary Daniels and Secretary Baker surrounded by officers high In their respective services. walked to the CEN ter of the field and greeted each other In the Hudson river a fleet or s,x battleships and lesser fighting craft had dropped anchor to give their ue, and 1t was said that about 10 O0O xrar granted shore leave for this purnosa IL was all Army In the first half of tn game. Oliphants running back of tha KICKOFF almost the entire length of the field made 1t look to the specta,ors 40 II II would be a runaway race Olinb,np and Vidal were the Army’s stars kesn. ing the ball in their opponents territory all through the hrst two periods. A we’ll executed forward pass, Gerhart to vidal brought the second Army toucbdown early in the second period. Oliphant failed to kick goal for either touch. down. Team Shows New vigor. With the score Is to 0 against Them the Middies returned to the field artar the intermission between the halves N make a desperate effort to win. Rob. erts. who caught the KICKOFF on his own 5-yard line. ran back Is Yards before he was tackled. The whole N.,,, team appeared to have found new yigor PLAYS off tackle and well-executed FOR: ward passes brought the ball to the Army’s 25-yard line on an exchange Of punts. Goodstein then broke throueh hlocked a kick and made a tol1chdnn,’

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  Norwich bulletin, Connecticut, November 27, 1916, page 3

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  ARMY TRIUMPHs Cadets Trim Navy In Thrilling Game Score 15 to 7. Army skill triumphed over Navy pluck when the football teams from West Point and Annapolis clashed in- to their annual battle at the Polo grounds, New York. Saturday. The score was 15 to ‘, but the Middies foughts gamely and grimly until the final blast of the whistle. Some 50,000 citizens. not counting the governor of New York, cabinet officers, generals, admirals and an ar my of lesser lights in both branches of the government service, saw the com bat. But for the absence of Presi- dent Wilson the game would have provided all of the spectacular incl dents which go to make Army Navy football battles historic. Chill winter winds swept through the great stands packed with cheering partisans, and the gay gowns of femi- nine rooters for the soldiers and sail ors were hidden under furs and heavy coats. But there was no lack of color Seas of chrysanthemums swayed as their wearers cheered and shouted while the pennants of both schools waved proudly. When the Cadets poured out of the stands at the end of the game and rushed the colors they had, II vic- tories to their credit to the navy’s nine and they celebrated in the time honored fashion. Seven hundred and sixty strong, they nlassed in front of

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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 105 since this game.