These two midshipmen were excellent football men, but the Army's left was well defended.

The Navy lost the ball on downs.

But the Army boys were sweating, for the Navy was now within nine yards of goal line.
The Army fought it back, gaining just half a yard too little in three plays, so the ball came back to the blue and gold ranks of the Navy.
"Brace, Army!" was the word that Cadet Douglass passed.

"And look out, on the right, for Darrin and Dalzell!" There was a feint of sending the ball to Farley, but Darrin had it instead.

The entire Army line, however, was alert for this very trick.