Playing in sheer desperation, the cadets stopped the midshipmen when but a yard and a half had been gained.

With the next play the gain was but half a yard.

The third play was blocked, and once more the cadets received the pigskin.
Both Army and Navy cheermasters now refrained from inviting din.
Those of the spectators who boosted for the Army were now silent, straining their vision and holding their breath.

It began to look, this year, as though the Navy could do with the Army as it pleased.
Wolgast lined his men up for a fierce onslaught Darrin and Dalzell, panting, looked like a pair who would die in their tracks ere allowing the ball to go by them.
In a moment more the Army signal was being called out crisply.

The whistle sounded, and both elevens were in instant action.
But the cadets failed to get through.