Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-12-01
ARMY, %; NAVY, g.
The Annual Great Battle Between
Uncle Sans Cadets.

Philadelphia. Nov. 30.--The navy was
vanquished by the army on Franklin
field Saturday afternoon, by the score OF
% tn \.
The army made four touchdowns-two
i'm each half-while the navy, late in the
first period. threw DAILY back for a safety
crossbar of his goal. Later a touchdown
for the navy came when Strassburser
broke through the West Point line and
ran ca wards, passing even DAILY.
There were in all about 25,009 present
among the number being Assistant See
rotary Of War Sanger. Postmaster Gener-
al Payne. Miss Alice Roosevelt. Col. Mills
Commander Wainwright. Secretary OF the
Navy Moody. Congressman Giliet and
Adams. ex-President and Mrs. Cleveland,
Gen. Chaffee and staff, Adjt Gen. Cor
bin, Gen. Leonard Wood, Gen. John K.
Brooke. Gen. Young. Gov. Stone and fam
Cassatt OF the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Pres. Hadley Of Yale. Pres. Batter of CO.
lUmbia Admiral Dewey and staff. Rear
Admiral Taylor, Assistant Attorney Cen
eraI Beck, Gov. Smith of Maryland. Rear
| Admiral Sands, Assistant Secretary OF
| the Treasury Taylor. Rear Admiral
| Clark. Capt. Willard Brownson. Solicitor
General John X. Richards and Controller
| Of the Currency William c. Ridgeley
After the opening of the game it was
| soon apparent that Annapolis was out
| ciassed she securing all of her points
Of the game within 10 minutes play. Only
| the determined, desperate defence of the
| team and the taking advantage of every
opportunity held the army from bigger
| score. while that they weren't defeated
| without a point is due TO two unusual
! pla ys-or rather one was unusual. the
1 otner has in three of the seasons big
I games won points for Yale and West
| Point Not until West Point had scored
| two touchdowns in the first half, one on
- yards gained by consecutive plays and
| the other by carrying the ball IS yards
up the field where they lost il on a fun
1 only "a Anna nallS' kick Elck
| yards for touchdown. was the navy
| able to make a black mark on what
seemed complete coat of whitewlsn.
| few minutes later, when West Point $
| tumble had given Annapolis the ball on
the army's i5-yard line and Strassburger
carried the ball Is yards ahead before he
| annapolis. on third down she punted.
| and DAILY, taking the bali on the goal
line. was hurled back by the navy ends
as he tried to break away into the mark
by the navy. Legs than five minutes
later. when West Point lost the ball on
her 50-yard line for tripping. Strassbur-
ger on almost the identical play BY
! which Chadwick scored two touchdownS
on Princeton and Metealf one on Harvard,
broke through the right wing of the ar
my line and dashed clear for the geal line.
Only DAILY was before him. DAILY made
an effort to get his man. but it was no
use. StTassburger slipped past him al
most as though he were not there, and
continued MS run To the goal line. pursued
by the entire army team.
| In the second half, after the kickoff.
the navy tried one futile play AMI runted
10 Daily on the armys i3-yard line. Daily
carried the ball to the middle of the field.
where just 20 PUSHES gave the army her
third touchdown. Ten minutes later the
army lost the ball on the navy's I-yard
line for holding. After few exchanges
| of kicks the army again got possession
of the ball on the navy's 23-yard line
| IRON here by fierce hammering she car
ried the ball down the field for the last
| touchdown.
The summary of ground gained is as
| follows: West Point covered from scri.n-
=, images nearly 800 yards. while outside Of
| StrasSburger'S long run the navy made
scarcely 20 yards. Saturdays victory ties
| W est Point and Annapolis in games won.
The summary:
/ WEST POINT. ANNAPOLIS.
/ Farnsworth. le...................rs Soule
! Hammond, ie.............rt Farley tReese)
| Riley. .-...-.........-.....-..rS Belknap
BoIefS, c...,....--,--...--...c. fretz tCIk)
| Thompson, rg........ls, Grady (MichaeD
| Graves. rt......-......-,.......... 1t. Rogers
Nc Andrew. re....................le Whiting
! DAILY. qb................q5, Smith (McNair)
| racket. IND .-..rhb. StraSsburger
Bunker, RIB. ........................
I.............. lib. Root milne, DoughertyJ
| Torney. fb...........-.fb, Halsey tMetcalD
! Score-West Point. q: Annapolis. s.
Touchdowns-B Bunker 3. Hackett. Strass-
| burger. Goals from touchdown~-Dalv2
| Belknap. Safety touchdown-Daly, West
| Point. Cmpire-Jack Minds. L. of F.
| Referee-Edgar n. Wilmington. Harvard
| Lnesmen-N. G. Graves, L. Of p Jack
| Haliowel Harvard. Time-35m halves
lTimekeepers-Carl Williams, T. of p:
| Truxton 7. Hare. L.. Of p. q"