Annapolis and West Point, as everybody knows, are crawling with athletes. But there is a difference in their mental attitude: Navy has a sense of guilt about its manpower bulge; Army accepts its blessings with self-confident aggressiveness. Last week, on seven fronts, Army cashed in on its psychological edge.
In Manhattan's Madison Square Garden, West Point's track & field men ran away with the I.C. 4-A indoor championships. They began demoralizing the opposition by taking first, second and third in the first event, the shot put. Felix ("Muscles") Blanchard, the 220-lb. plebe, set...
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