Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-10-24
FOOT BALL.
The First Victory for the Cadets
Lafayette 4. Cadets %


no match for the Academy boys, who
show their good training by systematic
work Their interference is unusually
good and their tackling is of very high
order Kimball, fourth classman, was
played at left half. and did unusually
well. Bookwatter, Johnson and Bagley
played with their AccustomarY vim Nc
CoTmack distinguished himself by ma
king two of the prettiest runs, witnessed
during the season The rest of the line
also played well For the Lafayetts,
Voigt, Feustermacher, Craig and Rock
well put up the best playing. Noigt and
Feustermacher particularly interfering
and tackling with the spirit which char
acterizes foot ball player
The game was called shortly after / 80
the Academy having the ball but with
the wind against them. The usual wedge
is quickly formed, and Bookwatter car
ries the ball onward for fifteen yards.
Johnson goes around the left end for a
good gain but loses The ball when tackled
and 1t gets into the possession of LATE
yette. Noigt passes the ball TO Feuster-
macher, who is downed in his tracks by
Trench. Rockwell tries bucking the CEN
tire but loses ground, and Rockwell kicks
down the field, Kimball goes through the
center for tive yards, and an instant la
ter johnson makes seven more through
the same place. Successive rnshes by
Reeves, Gise, Pearson, Trench and John
son carry the ball to Lafayette's ten-yard
line,aud then Bagley, with the sphere I'M
der his arm, and his head down butts"
lis way through q mass of struggling
humanity and makes the first touchdown
for the Academy. Time five minutes
al tn Ii nk
as the wind is against him. Score-U s.
N. Al, Lafeyette-.0.
Lafayette makes seven yards by means
of the wedge, but soon lose the ground
gained and Rockwell makes long punt,
which is muffed by Kimbell, and Lafa-
yette RECEIVERS the ball by falling upon it.
The ball is on the Academy's twenty five
yard line now, and the Cadets play with
such snap that the next two do ns are
in the same place, and again Rockwell
kicks, this time out of bounds, johnson
getting the ball. The Academy gains
ground steadily, though slowly until the
ball is in about the center of the field
when Reeves makes twenty Yards by
running, crawling and rolling until he is
finally stopped by the entire LAFAYETTE
team falling gracefully upon his neck.
I here is now about thirty yards of work
to be done over again, and Bagley, Kim
ball, Pearson, Johnson, Gise and Reeves
between them cover the distance again,
when Pearson is showed through the
right tackle for the second touchdown
from which Bagley scores goal. Score
u. ). n. A.-l0; Lafayette O. Lafay-
cite starts of again with the wedge and
in o few moments the ball Is at the Aoad
emy's ten yard line, being brought there
by the united work of the Lafayette
backs. Thus far the game has been in
teresting but in the next half, after La
fayette scores her touchdown, the Cadets
have it all their own way and the game
grows monotonous for 1t is evident that
the superior training of the Navy is tir-
ing out their opponents.
SECOND HALF,
The rest seems TO have done the Lafay-
ett's good as after they line up they play
with snap. Slowly but surely, Lafay-
yette shoves the Academy back; gradu-
ally the number of Eve-yard lines dimin-
ish, and steadily does the Lafayette line
open up for the backs to get through |
The ball does not leave the hands of |
the Lafayettes until at lastFeuestermach- |
or falls over the whitewash for the only |
for his side. Voigt makes a |
U. 8. N A.-10, Lafeyetfe-4. Bookwat- |
ter makes a gain of over twenty yards |
by the wedge, but Reeves and Pearson
lose ground the next two downs, and |
Lafayette gets the ball. By a clever |
trick, Mccormack makes thirty Yards |
around the left end 1t was done in this |
way. One of the half backs took the ball |
and started around the right end AS he |
passed Mccormack he gave him the ball |
and kept right on with the other backs |
while Mccormack ran
around the left end. with nobody, of |
10 stop him, as st. Johns work |
ed this so successfully on the NJ A. c., |
the other day, 1t is more than likely that |
the trick" was copied after them as it is |
an unusually clever one. Johns goes
through the center for the third touch
down. Bagley kicks the goal. and the
teams return to the center of the field |
with the score, U. S, N A.-16; Lafayette |
"A. Rock well, who has been PLAYING |
with sore knee, gives way to Smith
He inaugurates his arrival on the field by
making ten yards through the center |
The Academy gets the Leather" on four |
downs; Johnson puts down ten yards to
his credit, and Bookwalter by the "cross
move" again adds six more to Johnsbn's
ten. Kimball is tackled and downed be
fore he has made any material gain, but
Bailey by two successive rushes, covers
ground to the extent of fifteen yards,
and Mccormack again fooling the Lafa-
yette players by the ''cross move" makes |
another run of over thirty yards, Reeves |
bucks the line for the fourth ouohdown,
and Bsgley, after the ball is brought out
kicks his third goal. Score-U. 8. N. A !
~; Lafayeite-4.
The teams lined up as follows:
CADETS. LAFAYETTE.
Mccormack right end Sparrow
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