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...Middies battled Army's powerhouse on even terms. Then West Point's T began to explode-despite the slippery footing which several times threw off the fine T timing. Quarterback Doug Kenna found a soft spot in the center of Navy's line, sent Plebe-Fullback Felix ("Doc") Blanchard bulling through. When the Midshipmen closed up to plug the gap, Army blockers-with Blanchard generally in the van-shook Speedster Glenn Davis loose on the flanks. As they had done all year, Army's swivel-hipped backs went for distance once they got in the clear...
...tackle, W.E.L. Sutton, Jr., Lowell; left guard, F.R. Walsh, V-12; center, P.W. Kavanaugh, V-12; right guard, C.C. Adams, V-12; right tackle, J.P. Quinn, V-12; right end, J.C. Hurd, V-12; quarterback, M.C. Jenkins, NROTC; left halfback, B.L. Boyce, NROTC; right halfback, J.P. Kelly, V-12; fullback, H.J. Brogden, Jr., NROTC...
...ferocious block by Fullback Felix ("Doc") Blanchard* helped Quarterback Doug ("Hard Luck") Kenna sweep right end for the opening touchdown. It was Army's first touchdown against Notre Dame in five years, and it stimulated the killer instinct in the Cadets' cheering section. "Get more ... get more," they chanted, and the West Pointers poured it on. Halfback Glenn Davis, with All-America stamped all over him, carried the ball eight times for 83 yards, scored three touchdowns. As the avalanche rolled on, the Cadet rooters changed their chant to: "Hit 'em again ... hit 'em again...
Flying the new CinCLant's flag was a brand-new four-star Admiral: barrel-chested Jonas Howard Ingram, Medal-of-Honorman and onetime Navy fullback, who had served a long tour fighting submarines and running diplomatic errands among the Latin Americas as Commander of the Fourth (South Atlantic) Fleet. He had done so well at both jobs that no Navyman begrudged hurricane-voiced, gregarious Jonas Ingram his new star and his job in the Navy's most important sea command outside of the Pacific...
Other newcomers who have played well in early practice drills are fullback Dave Dean, V-12 transfer from the University of Pennsylvania, and Carlos Blanc, Freshman from Ohio...