inging across the field. Almost on the heels of the|
|Navy squad came the Army players and a great shout |
|went up from the Army stands. Each team ran through |
|signals for a few minutes and then the Navy won the |
|toss and chose the east goal. |
| |
|Coffin put the ball into play at 2:20 when he kicked|
|off to the Navy. Craig caught the ball on his |
|25-yard line and ran it back ten yards before he was|
|hurled into the mud. Davis tore off seven yards |
|through the right side of the Army line and Westphal|
|skirted the Army's left end for ten yards and a |
|first down. |
| |
|Here the Army forwards held and crushed the Navy |
|back a yard. On the next down the midshipmen punted,|
|but gained only five yards. Oliphant tried an end |
|run from a kick formation, but failed to gain, and |
|the Army punted, Coffin driving the ball to the |
|Navy's 43-yard line. |
| |
|Westphal fought a path for five yards, but then the |
|Army defense held, and Von Heimberg kicked to |
|Gerhardt on the Army's 10-yard line. The cadet |
|quarterback flashed back thirty yards before he was |
|driven out of bounds and brought to earth. A stab at|
|the line failed to gain for the cadets and Coffin |
|punted to Craig. |
| |
|The ball sailed far down the field and the Navy |
|quarterback had to run back a few yards to get under|
|it. But he did not get back quite far enough. As the|
|ball dropped he saw he had misjudged it and threw |
|his arms up to grasp the pigskin. His fingers |
|clutched at it, slipped off, and the ball dropped to|
|the gridiron as the Army forwards swooped down the |
|field. |
| |
|Capt. Weyand was in the lead and his greedy fingers |
|snatched the ball before Craig could get his |
|bearings. It was the Army's ball and only eight |
|yards from a touchdown. The midshipmen ch