New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-12-01

IL -;r,e during which attention was paid to it.
WHAT WEST POINT SANG.
o. the other side of the field the navy band
mt much better luck, although there seemed
:. he more West Pointers present than cadets
-, Annapolis and their cheering seemed to
:, better organized, and on the whole more
'..c+ive There was never time when the
-r.s+ Point slogan Of 1901 was more in order
:, bod several variations. but the most appro-
.-iste one sounded like this:
Days wonder;
He is, by thunder:
Never a blunder-
He plays football
See what we did TO Yale:
Wen twist the Nays tail
This is the Army team
Then there were ali the usual cheers present
.,a some new ones manufactured for the occa-
,,an. urophesying dire things for the soldiers or
ne sailors according to the side Of the field
mat tie war Whoops came from. After the
..yv had sung its customary battle song. the
envy arose and, evidently well drilled for the
o,sasion. delivered itself of a parody thereon.
rhich was sung purposely out Of tune, appar-
emily, and was most distressing affair. Alto
-e+ber things were extremely lively while the
,-cud was waiting for the rival elevens to ap-
pear.
CITY WAS VARI-COLORED.
mint of view Of the spectator, and nobody who
60. out the two and a half hours Of play was
uncomfortable from cold, as the sun shone
brightly over the gridiron from first to last, and
ths light breeze was not chilly. Philadelphia
ros In gala dress from early morning, and
-re-v train that arrived from the North. South
and West was crowded to the doors with intend
ting spectators. Many Of the shop windows dis
played the rival colors while the hotel corridors
were thronged with partisans Of the rivals For
an hour before the game every street leading 10
Franklin Field was congested with teams OF
every description. all groaning under the weight
Of football enthusiasts Of both sexes and every
eee The colors of one or the other team were
m he seen in every house window. and every
srreetcar seemed full OF color and humanity
Each team in the pink OF condition for
the fray. In the forenoon both elevens had
light signal practice. the naval cadets practising
@. franklin Field and the West Pointers taking
fheir last preparation at the Philadelphia Coun-
ry Club
The Annapolis team was the first to appear for
bprness and trotted out from the southwest
corner few minutes after the arrival OF the
President 1t was greeted with hurricane OF
cheers from the north stand. The navy mascot
black goat, carefully protected from the
weather by neat blanket, trotted out with the
men in charge Of jack tar, and was halleo
with shouts of delight from the naval cadets on
the stands The West Pointers made their ap-
pearance one minute after O'Clock and fell at
once TO practising nneups and handling the oaiL
THE GAME IN DETAIL
Eyerts Wren and z. n. Wrightington, both OF
Harvard, were umpire and referee, respectively
and Mr. Wrightington tossed the coin Annap-
Oils won the toss and the Navy began things
with victory. Captain Nichols chose the west
ern goal, which gave him the advantage OF what
little wind there was. The ball, therefore, went
to West Point and Graves kicked off at exactly
2:15 o'clock The ball fell into McNair's arms
at fifteen yards from his goal and he got 1t back
To the 3O-yard mark before Bunker. of glorious
name downed him. Right here was indicated
weakness which events proved existed on both
teams As rule II is the end who is expected
20 get up under kick, though this is less IRE
ouently true OF kickoff than Of a punt But
none OF the ends that played in yesterdays
game are In the same class with Davis and
Henry, OF Princeton. or Bowditch and Campbell
of Harvard OF Swan and Gould OF Yale, and
this WIS made apparent by their failure to do
fast work yesterday
When the elevens faced each other hand to
hand for the first time. Freyer was the hrst
TO get the ball He squirmed through the line
for two yards and Adams. the big tackle, made
1t first down with q good gain OF five yards,
while eli the Navy howled its delight Annap-
oils began to hammer steadily away, and
Adams, Freyer, Land and Nichols each made
small gains through the line but finally the
Army held to tie third down and Belknap MADE
the first Of long series of first class punts-
His style reminds one Of De Witt Of Prince
ton at his best but Belknap did better work
yesterday than De Witt has done this season
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mark and DAILY caught it, but fell when he at
tempted to run it back, and Soule fell on top
o. him Casad made a short gain, and Bunker
hurdled for three yards. but the Navy line
turned TO stone then, and DAILY made his first
punt McNair caught il, and Bunker threw
him at the centre Of the field AS result Of
the punts the Navy made gain Of twelve
yards
Nichols shot through Riley for six yards;
Freyer made five through Doe, and it looked
as Il there was something wrong with West
Points boosted defence. The referee had to
masure but the Navy had just barely made the
FIRST down and had the leather for the first time
in Army territory, only to lose it for holding.
The Army succeeded in making one first down
after delay during which the substitutes were
chased away from the side lines. but then Daily
had TO punt again. and the Navy had the
leather on her own 33-yard mark A delayed
pass old good, and Belknap again got off
q tne punt to West Points 25-yard line, DAILY
running 1t back fifteen yards behind good in
reference
DALY'S FAKE FAILED.
DAILY then get his team into fine working shape.
hnc Casad. Bunker, Graves and Hackett reeled
Oh gains CT three. four and two yards success
siSey. until Bunker was finally thrown for a
Thera half ~ lye for first
oo~n. but Bunker hurdled for just that dis
lance and then ran six yards around Soule's