New-York tribune., 1899-12-03
HOW THE GAME WAS WON AND LOST.

Spurted a
| the centre OF the field. He bucked the centre LOT
Ton yords mora in gallant style Cassad took the
ball two wards further but dropped H. ana "ii'
cheer went up from the Navy as niue hiiu''
| grabbed the leather. 1t took the Annapohs ine'i
| three rushes to make ten yards anu '"en ny
| found West Points centre nara thns' oi ."o
| next rush Fowler got through at left tackle lot
| ,,,o ,ords 7, was Annapoiis's third down, but
Cannon tust got his distance and the Navy kept
| the ball The seamen tried the line twice win d
! mass play and running the end on the thlrd GOWN
| failed to gain and yielded the ball up 10 west
| Point on four downs.
SOLDIERS FORCE THE PLAY.
Clark got eight yards ground left end, but the
centre Welded not an inch. Jackson got his dis
tance and the military men howled with dehghi'
The field was soft, and time was taken out WINE
all hands got some OF the sticky clay of their hees
| The Army tried guards back for two yards ana
second later Jackson hustled through the line TOT
three yards Left end furnished a third oppoI-
tunity for the fleet Clark and he clipped five yards
Off the Navy territory there. The ball was on An
napoliss fifty yard line. Again Clark got seven
yards around the left end which Berrien was
guarding in poor fashion for the midshipmen' Two
rushes into the line netted five yards more ana
then Cassad added 10 the Army uproar by dashlhs
cassad tSeether carried the ball to the Nays
thrty-hve yard line. and mass on Tlgnt @ ne, uacn,e
time going Wild with Joy.
ball Up to the si Mnyys s5 wen yao
Of it. Jackson put his head down and 6al{ed nS tne
centre like rhinocer0s. He made four yards n ahp
hurdled the centre beautifully. and Cassad fol-
lowed him to the ten yard line
WEST POINTS FIRST SCORE.
Again West Point set the machine in motion but
Annapolis held hard. The Army had a yard 10
gain or lose the ball. Clark was equal to It, ana
he took the leather to the naval hve-yard Ihe'
oled
breaking rushes the Army carried the ball to the
two yard line. The men that 20 down to the sea
in battleships gathered their forces for 1nal de-
fence and the Indian fighters drew together In
compact little bunch OF sudden the bunch started
off like shot. and when 1t came to eaTth me goa goal
was crossed. 1t Cassad that made the touch-
down. and the Army cadets huns host S OF iG gdhy
and gold flags into the air and at once began Geg
kicked the goal. and the score was 10 LOT west
The Navy kicked off from mdfed to the Army',s
fifteen yard line, where Fowler dropped & the 9ai 9ra
but fell on it, It. @ play b s3ys ys down FVr Gann
could not get back yard and the Navy M taliing & 10
s9 gar In ne the rSse Ssa the army
chance for runback. and they had tne iea1neT 1ed
eSGn a0G Wade Sn inelT made DANDY rush back
yards almost to centrefeld Cannon got s throug66 6
Annapciis cheers rent the air Fowler butted the
line again, and Cannon made another Ten yarias, yiI
ehances o to score We're npped by osde play and
West Point took the leather and at once assumed assumed
through the line. and a moment later again made
his distance fake kick on the third gown dsa tbe
Navy was being forced steadily down the field
UP UNDER THE ARMY GOAL
But suddenly the Navy took brace and wrested
the ball away on downs. The Navy men began
playing faster, and in two dandy rushes fo"ler
carried the play twelve yards into West Point
bailiwick 1t took the Navy three tries to make
the next five yards, and then Wade burst through
DoInt fprnn
bucks at centre took the play TO west foih' ft a.,
twelve yard line mere the Army hed s the ewn goal
wrested the coveted leather away on downs a
wild Sheer rOSnca 6gs fGT @ the nf half TO was
Jackson punted to his forty yard line on me ers Is'
S sSE SR1 taIs So could do little but we'll timed quar-
terback kick netted them the distance bu' @ ,eIs e
nrely fashion as if they pacing the quarter
deck The alert Army men threw them PACK win m
tou Ssn do%n5 aHS IN Jackson kicked far down he ed t9
the Annapolis twenty yard line Inc Mloules shligu s
on the lineup the Army punteG far ar aowN tSN NdRS sRS
field again, and Wade fell on the pan on tne hoHs
twenty five yard line. when time Tor the hrst man
THE SECOND HALE BEGINS.
Tho ARMY kicked off, and Fowler dashed back
zen wards On the first down Wade made wretch
ed punt which gained not more than hve YARDS
and West Point began rushing from mdheld'
Clark started well but bury JACK cann 1ar pUne pnt
ed to the Nays ffteen yard line out Of bounds
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CHEERS FOR SECRETARY LONG.
lust here. In a lull OF the play Secretary OF the
Navy Long came on the field with Admiral NC
Nair and greeted with hearty cheers from
both sides of the field he walked along the edge
OF the gridiron and took a seat among the Navy
rooters.
When play was resumed Jackson punted back
and Osterhouse returned the kick like fash. The
Army back made muff. but saved the bal'. on
the second d9Tn jackson s2n BsntSS to d he SG rGo
chance to rush by being slow as stockstill. Fowler
took three yards acks ana fSmbe made II the
Nayy's second down. On the next down Annapolis
ten yard ap run Back The play was being kept
largely in Army territory but Jackson booted the
gain any ground and Annapolis punted to the
West Point twenty yard line on tandem Jseh
line but an Army man was laid out temporarily
On the lineup Clark got eight yards around the
left end and cassad set the Army yelling when IN
the He like tSup and the Vest Point
Serce football now and pushing the play steadily
| into the Nayy's demesne. Clark, Cassad and Jack
Yon took turns at CARRYING the leather making the
giving up the pigskin they carried It straight to
their foes tnrtyye yaId line TaerT omsae Poy
broke through and made brilliant dash to the
| ten yard line. while a wild chorus OF warwhoops
went up from the Army braves.
| ANOTHER WEST POINT TOUCHDOWN.
A splendid mass on tackle with Rockwell at the
centre OF II carried the leather TO the three yard
line, and things looked blue the sad sea waves
for the sailor boys The next play carried the ball
| TO within a foot OF the line, and the Army cheers
| were never ceasing moment and a wild
| mass OF players hurled itself against the mddies.
| and when It was untangled Rockwell, Of the Army.
was found at the bottom of the heap. cutching the
| ball for touchdown. Goal by BettisOn made the
score ~ to o. and II looked as II Long would have to
| stand treat for Root.
| The Navy Kicked OF and in second Rockwell
startled the crowd by for twenty yards
| around right guard. carrying the ball well back
! into naval preserves A double pass was no good.
But jackson went though centre like catapult
Ia q lttle fierce West Point football had the