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"I tell you, fellows," spoke Dave solemnly, "it takes all the joy out of the Army-Navy game." "Since when did winning kill joy?" demanded Farley aghast. "Why, with Prescott and Holmes out of it the Navy will get a fit of crowing that will last until after Christmas!" "It makes the victory too cheap," contended Darrin. Cheer up, Davy.
"It seems to me," I said angrily, "you are knocking esprit de corps on the head with all this Army-Navy jumble. It's as bad as " "I know what you're going to say. As bad as what Kitchener used to do when he believed that a thousand details picked up on the veldt were as good as a column of two regiments.
There is a distinctive flavor about an Army-Navy football game which, irrespective of the quality of the contending elevens and of their relative standing among the high-class teams in any given season, rates these contests annually as among the "big games" of the year. Tactically and strategically football bears a close relation to war.
So that takes all the interest out of this year's Army-navy game." "Bosh, there's neither profit nor honor in the Navy winning, unless it's against the best men that the Army can put forth," retorted Dave Darrin stubbornly. "By the great Dewey, I'm afraid nine tenths of my enthusiasm for the game this year has been killed by the miserable news that has come in."
These cars were moved to points north and south on the line twice weekly for small detachments to get their ration of biscuit and sweets, small as it was. Gen. Richardson and Adm. McCully at Army-Navy Game "Another row of cars was maintained at Obozerskaya, where the first outpost entertainment hut was opened about Christmas time with a program of moving pictures, athletic stunts and feeds.
Rick breathed his relief. Evidently Steve didn't mind being called by name. The boys knew Steve as Spindrift's contact with JANIG, the Joint Army-Navy Intelligence Group for which Spindrift had worked in the past, once to solve The Whispering Box Mystery, and again to track down the secret of The Caves of Fear. "Wonder what he's doing here?" Scotty muttered. "We'll soon find out," Rick said.
Boxing tournaments, station championships, and army-navy championship bouts were given with crowded houses everywhere.
And so ended Wheedles' birthday, and the next excitement was caused by the Army-Navy game to which Peggy went with Mrs. Harold's party, enjoying the outing as only a girl whose experiences have been limited, and who is ready for new impressions, can enjoy.
You're setting him a bad example." Then the scientist smiled and held out his hand. "This is an unexpected pleasure, Steve. Why didn't you let us know you were coming? And why the disguise?" Steve Ames, a chief agent of JANIG, the Joint Army-Navy Intelligence Group with which Spindrift had so often worked, straightened up and grinned. He winked at the astonished young people. "Hi, gang."
The opposing team, Pennsylvania, hailed me as 'Little Boy Blue, and paid no further attention to me, so that by good fortune I made a couple of scores. Then they fell upon me, and at the close all I had left was the pants." J. W. Powell, captain of the '97 team, tells of the interim between Army-Navy games.
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