The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-01

runners cleared all of the West Point
team with the exception of Daily, the
latter instead of rushing up to meet the
on-comlng runner, trotted slowly to-
ward him and in this way timed his
lacking beautifully and caught his
man squarely.
HOW the Game Was Fought.
Annapolis won the toss and chose the
west goal giving West Point the ball
Graves kicked to Nichols. who was
thrown on the navy's 29-yard line. An
napolis then carried the ball to their
42-yard line, where the army line held
and Belknap was forced to kick. DAILY
got the ball for West Point on the lat
ter,s 3O-yard line. West Point could
make but little impression on the navy
line and DAILY was forced to kick, the
ball going to Annapolis on her own So
yard mark. After carrying it back to
west Points 45-yard line the navy
boys lost the ball on holding, and West
Polnt Immediately punted to the navy's
65-yard line. The navy punted to West
Points 25-yard line and DAILY carried
the ball back to mid-field before being
doWned. The army lads carried the
ball to the navys 2S-yard line, where
they lost it on downs. The navy boot
ed the ball out of danger, the ball go
ing to West Points 30-yard line. On
the first line up Casad, of West
Point, broke through the navy
line and carried the ball to the navy
25-yard line. Hackett, Banker and
Casad carried the ball ten yards nearer
the Annapolis goal. 1t was the third
down with three yards to gain and
DAILY dropped back for a try at field
goal. The ball sailed squarely between
the goal posts and the West Point
rooters cheered heartily for their elev-
en-. There was an exchange of kicks
and then McNair, the Annapolis quar-
ter-back, ran sixty yards, placing the
ball on West Points 25-yard line.
Plunges into the line by Freyer, Read
and Nichols forced the ball over West
Points goal line, Nichols making the
touchdown. Belknap missed the goal
and the score was tied at 5. There was
no further scoring in this half, time
being called with the ball in the army's
position in midfeld.
D2IS Wins for West Point.
The sensational play of the game
was made Immediately after the kick
off in the second half. Belknap kick
ed to Daily, and the latter catching the
ball or West Points 5-yard line, ran
the entire length of the field for a
touch down. He was assisted greatly
by the beautiful interference of Bunker
and Casad. DAILY kicked the goal and
the score was: West Point II, Annap-
oils 5. where it remained Belknap
was forced to retire and ANNAPOLIS
was handicapped by the weak kicking
of Freyer. West Point gained from
ten to twenty yards on each exchange.
Near the close of the game
Freyer's tumble gave the army
eleven the ball on the navv's
l5-yard line. 1t was carried to the Z
yard line. where it was lost on downs.
On the first lineup Freyer got through
the West Point line and carried the
ball to nlid-field. Annapolis then fore
ed the pigskin to West Points 35-yard
line, only to lose it on downs. Daily
kicked it out of danger. This proceed
ing was repeated several times, the
navy boys gaining double the amount
of ground gained by their heavier OPP
ponents.
The game was free from unnecessary
roughness and there were comparative
ly few penalties inflicted Annapolis
lost is yards and West Point yards
for off side play and also lost the ball
for holding.
Besides the playing of Daily the work
of Casad, Bunker. Graves and Good
speed was brilliant. The tackling of the
latter was marvellous. He frequently
broke through the opposing line and
downed the runner before the latter
got well started.
For Annapolis, McNair, Belknap,
Nichols. Freyer and Read did the best
work. They tackled hard and low, and
ran well with the ball.
Makeup of the Teams.
The teams lined up as follows: