Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-11-30

| 'Navec The men lined up IN this way.
! ANNAPOLIS. Positions. Positions. Wes. Point.
jisa,ss Lei Isi, .i, sI. tsEi$ NTH
Trench Right guard Lett erlard . t.cascn
Ior-uscn Right end. 49,. Lett end 1880. Moore
Bar; Quarter baek.. Quarter back. Maker;
JoEnsoi...-.. X half back i. hall back Dav.s'l.
"el.s;er. Fun back tu,i 10 H., Michie
Vail 81 the Athletic Club OF tie schuyikrI Navy.
The average weight of the West Point men
| was l15 pounds and that of the midshipmen
| 10 The West Pointers average age was
| twenty-five and the midshipmen S nineteen.
SIX POINTS SCORED.
Capt. Niche of the military team won the
| toss and took the ball. and the crowd began a
promlscuous lot of yelling, singing and cheer
| ing that lasted throughout the game. Timber
| lake was showed ahead five yards and Niche
wigSied five more Dawson got the bali on
i the pass and dashed ahead twenty yards. SO that
| IN less than hve minutes after play began the
| hearts OF the midshipmen we~e well down IN
| their boots. Clark went through at the apex
! OF D ', gaining five yards more. and Capt.
| Niche came up With both his half backs for n
| supreme effort lie shouted ''six-two-three -
| and In another second Clark. the armys right
guard, went over the liue for II touchdown.
Capt Niche kicked the goal and the army
screoched with delight Handsome Lieut..
down Score. Go.
All this occurred SO quickly that the midship-
men scarcely knew what had happened. They
had thought and planned for something quite
different.
They went TO work savagelv to redeem those
six points. Hasbrouck went around the end
for ten yards, but the navy got no further and
the ball FELL INTO West Points hands. Dawson
and WaikeN the latter wearing a unique hose
protector that gave him the appearance OF u
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| cessfUlly. Undertake gained ten yards around
the emu Capt Michie tried the same game
but was tackled beautifully by Eeuret. and
together they piowed big hole III the turf
This Niche Is son of the welj-known pro-
lessor Of philosophy at West Point. He is
also famous bareback rider. They do say
that seven strong met. have unsuccessfully at
tempted to unnorse him, and thus it was that
the mldshlYmen went wild with delight when
Beuret downed him. Beuret stands first IN the
hrSt class and be plays foot bail just well us
ne solves problems il tine method of least
squares.
MIDDIEs QUEER SIGNALS.
The Naval Academy having obtained the ball
on three downs Capt. Macklin yelled East sou
east, wbereupon he himself made i fine run.
which was checked when his legs became en-
tangled IN the warm embrace OF Mr.. Adams of
the army. Reef top sails was the navy S
mex. signal. bu: the ''ree. was !. failure, Tor
when BaSley attempted to punt three army
men got through and blocked him. Thus the
ball went to West Point
Al this jUneture Mr.. Smith, the army's right
tackle, emerged from wreck of arms and legs
covered with blood lie was smiling however
10 such an extent that lady said be looked like
an alleSory OF the wax IL song. Three downs
having failed 10 do the trick for West Point
the navy took the ball and more mysterious
signals came from Capt. Macklin. Pearson
went through a hole for five YARDS but lie
stopped there because three army men sat on
MS heaC- Three more sat on johnson S when
ne tried the end. and as johnson is not made of
forged s-eei he was Obliged to be carried OIL
the field Coleman took his place
West PolEt STOCK Wen down with the advent
OF Mr. Coleman, for that why young man lost
no time III dnrtI:S around the end for twenty
yards. the ball being at hat ZINE well In West
Points territory.
. Mat TRICK.
Webster went through hole made bv V,
gaining three yards. but the middies got no
further, and three downs found the ball in
West Points hands Then Adams passed the
ball to Dawson, who Struggled 1t INTO Timber
lake arms without being detected, running
straight ahead IN the meantime claspIng an
| imaginary ball i'll his arms. with half OF the
navy team striving to down him. While this
Was going on the nimble Undertake spurted
sixty good yards of three feet each and the
army again went crazy.
THE SCORE TIED.
There was a bad fu-able by West Point in its
next effort TO crowd the ball over the midship-
mems line, and as last resort Niche tried a
punt. But Beuret broke through and fell on
| bis neck. while the bail was captured by Mack
| lin. who carried II TO within one yard OF the
| army goal Trench. the heavyweight guard,
| who learned TO play 100. ball with Heffeliinger
IN Wisconsin, was easily pushed over the line
| for a touch down 1t was u difficult goal bu,
| SymInGton kicked ii, whereupon the navy
| Jumped up into the air ana screamed Sym-
| Inston is a Baltimore boy and he was cheered
| for ten minutes by the crowd from that city.
| Score, 8 to 6.
| The West Pointers made twelve more points
| by good rushing before the first half was over.
| Before the second half the intervening fifteen
| minutes were spent amid great excitement a;
! the officers mess, where there was Il sumptuous
| luncheon, tarked on all sides by bowls of a
| mixture called punch.
| When play resumed for the second hall
/ Annapolis forced the work and Macklin. by
two runs around the end scored a touch down.
/ but missed the goal. Score, Is TO 10. Annapo-
lis now made fine rally and Hasbrouck. Cole.
man and Beuret forced the ball to the ten-yard
| line. Pearson then forced the West Pointers
! center andsnade a tine run foi a touch down
! and SyminSton kicked goal Score 10 to l6
! At this point the tniddies appeared to have 4
| good chance to win. but success did not re-
main with them West Point got the ball and
| steadily forced Annapolis back 10y their rushc,
| and made a touch down, missing the goal
Score. % to lG- The same tactics were success.
| fully repeated by West Point until they had
| scored tive more toucbdowus, one being u goal
| raising their score TO ~ to IL for the middies
I The game was called at 5:l5 O'Clock with the
ball III West Point territory.