In Shanghai, 13 hours before the big game in Philadelphia, Army kicked off to Navy in the China Bowl game. It was strictly G.I.: 10,000 uniformed Americans jammed Shanghai's Canidrome (dog track). Navy won, 12-to-0. That made the day perfect for Navy's coach, craggy-faced, beaming Lieut. Commander Andrew James ("Swede") Oberlander, Dartmouth All-America, a football immortal of the golden '20s.
He had had three weeks to whip the Navy team into shape. Plans for defense and kick-off drill on the day before the game were frustrated when the players arrived to practice on the Shanghai race course. The reason: the city...
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