But this did not happen until the third time that the Navy got
the pigskin. Then Darrin and Dalzell, warned, began to run the
ball down the field. Here a new feint was tried. When the Navy
started in motion every Army man was sure that Wolgast was going
to try to put through a center charge. It was but a ruse, however.
Darrin had the pigskin, and Dalzell was boosting him through.
The entire Navy line charged with the purpose of one man. There
came the impact, and then the Army line went down. Darrin was
charging, Dalzell and Jetson running over all who got in the way.
The halfback on that side of the field was dodged. Dalzell and
Jetson bore down on the victim at the same instant, and Dave,
running to the side like a flash, had the ball over the line.
Wolgast himself made the kick to follow, and the score was now
eight to nothing.
The applause that followed was enough to turn wiser heads. When
play was resumed the Army was fighting mad. It was now victory
or death for the soldier boys. The West Point men were guilty
of no fouls. They played squarely and like gentlemen, but they
cared nothing for snapping muscles and sinews. Before the mad
work the Navy was borne back. Just before the close of the third
period, the Navy was forced to make a safety on its own account.
"But Wolgast was satisfied, and the Navy coaches more than pleased.
"There's a fourth period coming," Wolgast told himself.
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