New-York tribune., 1899-12-03
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ARMY CADETS THE vICTORs
WEST POINT BEATS ANNAPOLIS DE-
CISIvELY, II TO 8.
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SHOW SCIENTIFIC FoorBALI~THE RE-
SUIT A suRPRIsE-A BRILLIANT
ARRAY OF ARMY AND NAVY
SUPPORTERS.


ARRAY OF ARMY AND NAVY
SUPPORTERS.
Philadelphia Dec. (speciaD'-Ihe A'.''
n decisive victor over the Navy at roo'pa" 70
dav. winning by final score or IL 10 o.
game marked the renewal OF the a'hie''o oo
.asts between the two Government acaoeii'ie'
.cer a ,anse of several years, and an immense
crowd turned out for the heroic struggle.
The game to-day closed the season In footoal'
and. like all the other great contests OF Ao'''
was a surprise 10 most people But suipi,e
have so become the regular order or thihes 'i"'
81 would have seemed unnatural 10 nave 'ne
game come out as most people expec'eu- i"e
Navy had been counted as having much the Det-
Ter chance. but the West Pointers simply swept
all before them. They charged across the oat'le-
field again and again. and the Navy bulwarks
could not withstand their terrific onsausn's'
Three times by steady assault the West POINT
men carried the battle across the Navy's goai
line and scored. 1t looked as II the midshipmen
might be blanked entirely for they did not have
their land legs on and were easily bowled over.
But In the last few minutes OF play the An
napolis Youngsters took on a great brace ano'
aided by ofsde play on the part OF the enemy
they succeeded in crossing the line and in pluck
ing last brand from the burning ship
The battle waged fiercely for some time after
the start neither side appearing to have much
advantage though the Army men were playing
with greater dash. But soon the young soioiers
went at the game with greater vigor and scored
on the straightest, hardest sort OF football with
only one touchdown against them at the END Oh
the half, the sailors still had high hopes OF
naval victory, and started In the second haif
with great vigor. They kept West Point on the
defensive for some time but finally the caoets
from up the Hudson River resumed their nerce
rushes that nothing could withstand Twice In
fairly rapid succession they scored, and ell hope
for the future naval heroes Of the country were
gone But full Of pluck, they sailed right into the
enemys waters. so to speak, and cut out
touchdown from under his nose. 1t was fine ex-
hibition Of pluck on the part Of the Navy and
will take its place with the story Of those other
feats OF old time seadogs.
STRONG POINTS AND WEAK.
That. in brief, is how the game went. As
an exhibition purely Of football 1t was not
so interesting as were some other games
this season. Though 1t could hardly be said
that the players were In poor conoluoh'
yet there were endless number OF waits.
and after almost every second or thlrd play
time would be called to bind up the wound
ed or else hold council Of war These tedious
waits dragged out the game unduiy' But asioe
from this circumstance. it was hrst rate ex-
hibition. The soldiers played up to date loot
hall from start to finish and were up on their
toes all the time, alert, dashing, resourceful ana
irresistible. Their interference was excellent
and their tandem and mass plays through the
centre seldom failed 10 gain the distance on
the defence, too the Army men showed nerve
and unyelding strength. though 1t was series
of wholly inexcusable offside plays that toward
the close of the game gave Annapohs the
chance to score. This was the only distinct
weakness that the soldiers showed 1or their
tackling was superb Jacksons punting good
and the line bucklng work OF the Dacks as mas
been said, not TO be withstood.
The Annapolis team lacked the dash OF West
Point. and their backs were extremely slow in
starting Their formations were all right. but
the middies were so slow in getting them of
that the enemy would have a chance to get
through and spoil the play. On the defence the
sailors were anything but invulnerable and
they were wholly unable to devise any means
that would serve 10 break up that terrible can
nonading at centre The soldiers made breach
after breach through the Annapolis line, and the
Army backs would come hurting through these
for great gains
BRAVE AND BRILLIANT SPECTACLE
The day and the field and the grandstands
were brilliant and full Of color, for the game
was distinct social function OF the Army and
Navy. and the sets that cluster around these
two branches OF the government service were
out in full force There was plenty Of gold lace
and Army and Navy gossip was fully as rife as
the subject Of football. The south stands had
been reserved for the Army. and the cadets from
West Point occupied the centre in splendid,
compact body OF gray that cheered with mill
tary precision and with immense effect.
large donkey draped from nosetip to tailtp in
the Army colors of gray and yellow and black
cantered sedately up and down in front OF the
soldiers and was rapturously applauded. On
the north stand were grouped the partisans OF
the Navy and they made as brave showing,
the Annapolis cadets in blue occupying the
middle. and their fair friends. clad in glorious
raiment and making lavish display of the
Navy's colors were grouped about them. There
was no admittance fee charged TO the game, all
the seats being given out on invitation Conse-
ouently the crowd was most well behaved, and
singularly free from the sporting element"
Rut as II was. there were at least twenty thou
sand people, who occupied every seat In the
stands on Franklin Field and witnessed the
struggle.
The sun shone almost too warm for hard
snort and IL made recourse to the regulation
football flask seem like less Of a stern duty and
more of a pleasure than usual. 1t was about
O'Clock when the elevens came out to practise
and the teams lined up like this:
West Point. Positions. Annapolis
Smith tcaptan). Left end. Long pheadl
Farnsworth (Enis) Left tackle workman lsaptain)
Hopkins. l>ct
Bettison centre Aodhs
Boyers guard .Beknap CFremonD
Bunker (Ney). Right tackle Nichols (wllians)
Burnett (Zee) Right end Berrien Weaver)
cossad RockwelD. Left halfback. Fowler Fryer
Clark CRockwelD Right halfback Cannon 0and)
West Point II; Annapolis, s. northumberland,