Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-29
h The ARMY AND NAVY.
OF THE YEAR SET FoR TO-DAY.
THOUSANDS WILL VIEW 1T.
brilliant and Distinguished Multi
t"dc VIII Thron. franklin Field
To-Day-Army Team Lock. Like n
Sure Wfnner-An Annual Event.

The last of the great football games
gle to-day between the army and navy
teams. composed OF cadets of the United
States Military Academy at West Point
ana the United States Naval Academy at
Annapolis. AS usual. these two teams will
meet and fight out the battle for the hon
ors at Franklin field, Philadelphia. and
the game will be witnessed by the most
brilliant and distinguished throng that
mas watched any of the games of the
year. the President VIII be there, as will
many OF the most prominent officers in
the army and navy, and a great repre-
sentation OF the official diplomatic cir
Gle. Besides there will be many of the
greatest football players in the country
and the cream of Washington Philade-
phia, New York. and Maryland society,
with representatives from every State.
as spectacle the game is one of the
finest afforded during the year.
The rivalry between the two teams has
usually been such as to insure close and
spirited contest, despite the superiority
of the opposing team. but this year it is
believed that West Point Is SO far supe-
rior to the navy team that there is little
prospect for the other team to score.
The army team averages 1l5 pounds in
weight and has made the most brilliant
record ever made by West Point eleven.
Harvard alone has defeated the lieuten-
ants. Yale only being able to tie. The
West Pointers have had walkover with
all the other teams they have played
On the other hand the middies arc con-
siderably lighter in weight. and have the
poorest record of any naval academy
team in years. having lost nearly all
their games and tied others. winning few.
Nevertheless the two teams will put up
splendid struggle to-day. They always
90. II Indications count for anything.
the army team will defeat Annapolis as
badly as the Virginia Polytechnic 1nsti-
tute beat Virginia Military Institute
Thursday at Norfolk. West Points score
will hardly be so bad as that. and the
eleven may surprise the public by giving
West Point a surprise. West Point again
has the wondelfu Daily. Harvard's quar-
terback whose brilliant play practically
won the game last year, and her other
backs are all veterans. Hackett, Shan
non. and Bunke: have all proved their
prowess. The navy team is largely new
material. but there are a few OF last
years eleven left. Here are the RECORDS
of the two for the season:
West Point 5; Tufts. 0.
West Point II; Dickinson 0.
WGst Point 70: Williams, 0.
West Point s: Harvard "A.
West Point G; Yale.s
West Point. sc: Union. Q.
Annapolis o: Georgetown. 4: 1.-TWO safe
ties.)
Annapolis 0: Princeton. H.
Annapolis 5: Lehigh. s.
Annapolis. 6: Dickinson, g.
Annapolis 6: University Of PennsN!-
vania, ;.
Anna polls. 0: Penn State. s.
Annapolis y: Lafayette. II.
Annapolis 0: Buckner %.
So far as scores indicate it would appear
that Annapolis is twenty points weaker
than West Point But it would be very
safe to place a wager on that In fact.
it would cause but temporary surprise
if the middes won. But it would cause
a surprise. for it would upset all the
calculations of the sharps Certainly IL
will be a spirited struggle. and those for
tllnate enough TO get tickets are enVleo
bv thousands who cannot obtain them
for less than twenty dollars each. and
arr. paying spectators that much for
them