Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-11-30


The foot ball game Saturday SITTER
noon between the Naval Cadets and
West Point was beyond doubt the best
contest OF the season The Cadets an
peared confident of winning. though lust
why tneyentertained such expectations il
oimcuit TO see. To be sure they had
beaten Rutgers. and Rutgers had beaten
west foInts but ii they relied entirely
upon mat they now realize their mis-
take. Rutgers was much stronger when
they played West Point and the Cadets
were greatly strengthened in their game
with them by Fermier. Compara,ive
scores cannot be greatly depended upon
in foot ball as there are so MANY other
things 10 be taken into consideration.
and 1t Is more than probable that large
number of Cadets realize the truth now
As soon as the West Pointers appeared
on the field ii was evident that they
were going to give the Cadets the hard
est kind of q job to beat them. They
were solid, muscular lot of PLAYERS, and
showed signs of their hard train.
ing which has developed their
team into what it is. They were heav-
Ter and more beefy than the Cadets and
rushed their line all through the game
with excellent assaults But the point
in their playing that was the greatest
surprise was their team work. 1t was in
tnat point that the Cadets hoped to excel
them, and upon that they placed their
hopes of victory. West Point has had
the best of trainers all through the sea
son and has profited greatly by their
teaching The hope of wiping out last
years defeat has been uppermost in their
minds since the season b gan, and the
thought of the line of men anxiously
awaiting the result of the game at the
telegraph Office at home neryed them to
greater efforts throughout the game.
And nobly did they square up accounts
with their rivals. and nobly earned was
their glorious victory. But they had TO
fight for every yard they gained, and not
until time was called did the Cadets
cease to struggle most pluckily for vic.
tory A more holly contested game was
never played on the Academy grounds,
and when the struggle was over no one
could deny that the better team had
won. The playing of West Point was q
reye alton to the Cadets. The whole
team p aged together like machine, and
better team work has never been seen In
Annapolis The men tackled low and
clean and interfered well. Their backs
ran around the end beautifully and were
very successful in finding holes in the
line Their weakest point was their
punting, although that counted little as
they were seldom forced 10 kick the
ball. The line held well, and forced the
Cadets line with apparent ease. Niche
played a beautiful game, and Timberlake
and Dawson made several splendid runs
The ends were excel emit and Clark rush
ed the centre with wonderful success
Every m mber of the team put up an ex-
cellent game.
The Cadets were clearly outplayed by
the visitors although they played very
good game. At times their interference
was magnificent. Their tackling was
very good with the exception of few
high tackles The team work was fair
but did not compare at all fayorably
with their opponents and Niche cap
tanned his men with far more judgment
than did Macklin. Otherwise backlin
played his game of the season making
several beautiful rams. Hasbrouck also
played his best game of the season,
while Webster bucked the centre with
good results. Bagley made several pretty
runs and tackles, and Trench developed
into quite half back. Pearson scored
touchdown by run which was per-
haps the prettiest one of the game. Sym
ington tackled we'll, and Holsinger stop
ped the wedges splendidly. A very
large amount of money changed hands
on the result of the game. some persons
even betting that West Point would not
score The victory was especially cred
liable for West Point as this is only the
second season they have had team.