Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-30
MIGHTY POOR FOOT BALL.
Eut a. society Event Ganae il a.
Great Success.
THE cLEvELANns WE'RE present
Miss Alice Roosevelt the Cynosurs
of All Eyes. and Upon Her Atten-
tons Are shovered-she Sit. Q.
Army Side. But i. alfred In .
s.vy-nlue Corn Enthusiastic
Finish.


Finish.
PHILADELPHIA. PA. November o.
In the fourth contest on Franklin Field
between the football eIevens represent
ing the army and the navy. the young
tars were decsively beaten by the land
lubbers, s,y the score OF q to s. The
first half ended with the score of 10 70
in favor of the West Point lads. The lat
ter had made two touchdowns. neither OF
which resulted in a goal, while Annapo-
lis scored q touchdown sensational
run Of sixty-two yards by Stras sberger,
and forced DAILY. of West Point. back of
his own goal line for safety, In ths
second half. West Points goal was neyeI
in danger. while they duplicated theft
performance in the first half. and kicked
both 81 pals.
AS a football contest it may, without
speaking disparagingly Of either team
oe called mediocre but as society event
in fot,tballdon it was gigantic success.
Prob .bly 10000 people were present..
There were distinguished from both hsl.t.
ing. departments of the government, find
pro minent citizens from nearly every sec.
ion Of the United States. Former l'res.
dent Grover Cleveland and Mrs. q;Ievs
tan d occupied a box on the army side
anil close to them sat Miss Alice lRt,ose-
Welt, daughter of President Roosevelt.
The cynosure of all eyes, and upon whom
every attention was showered- Fiie bog
occupied by Miss Roosevelt was tdirsctis
IA front of the section occupied by thu
West Point cadets. Her sympatllies were
painiy with. the army boys. but per-
chance as a balm for the navy lads, she
was becominSly attired In navy blue
gown The President was prevented from
attending the game by the press of official
business, and Secretary Root, of the War
Department, was unable to be present.
account of the serious illness of his faith
I er-in-law- He, was represented by First
! Assistant Secretary Sanger. who looked
| after the Washington guests.
| In a oox Close TO that occupied by Mis-:
Roosevelt were Major Generals Young
/ and Chaffee. and Acknowledgement Corr
| bin They were the guests of Clement a
! Griscom, .,f this city. General Chaffee
/ was particularly elated over the success
| of the young men who will in a few
years DIRECT the operations of Uncle Sans
| land forces. 1t was the first football
| contest General Chaffee has witnessed
since his; return from the Philippines.
General fJonn C. Bates, commander of
the Department of the Missouri. also oc-
| cup;ed a, box.
lInapromptr Reception.
Between the halves. Miss Roosevelt
| heid an irnpromptu reception. and shook
| hands with many friends. A great crowd
consrq sated in front of her box, anxious
| 10 catch a glimpse OF the daughter of the
! nations Chief Executive.
| AT the conclusion of the first half. Cen
! eral Corhin and General Chafee walked
across the field to the navy side. and
condoleI with Secretary Moody. who Co.
cup:sd "a box, with Congressman Adams.
| of Pennsy ivania, and Gillette. of Massa-
chuseits. In a box adjoining that OF
/ Secretary Moody were Admiral Sands.
Mrs Sands and their daughter.
The scene at the close of the game was
| thrilling and spectacular.
/ At the sound of the referees whistle.
! announcing the close of the contest. the
/ supporters of both institutions rushed to
| the soSgy field. and time and again the
] bands marched around the big grounds,
| followed by students. cheering wildly.
/ Finally. the West Pointers halted IN frons
| of the east goal. a cadet climbed the
! goal post and planted an army flag at
/ the top of the twenty-foot upright. Not
/ to be outdone by their victorious breth,
/ rem, the navy boys made rush Tor the
/ same goal. and in moment two oransa
/! and blue flags f1oated defiantly from the
+!
Some Sensations.
/ AS far as scientific football was COM
! cernel the game was a failure, but at tha
/ same time there was one or two sensa-
/ tional runs. Strassberser's 62-yard dash
/ for touchdown was brilliant. and Da!y'a
(, running of kicks was little short of mar
/ velious. But the safety of the navy was
! due to bad Judgment on his part. Ha
| caught the ball on West Points goal
/ line, and notwithstanding both Soule ard
/ Whiting were upon him, lie s:Irted 10 run
] tns h.til eut rs a consequence he was
! pushed h:t. Il :tr;,i thrsw e,.iiil tFe goal.
| For time the Annapolis boys held fair-
|! Iy well. but the training Of the heavy
| army guns on the light craft soon began
to have It's effect, and before tine close
| OF the contest the navy had in an almost
/, entre substitute eleven DAILY outkicked
/ Se!knar by twenty yards TO each ex-
| change. and had he used little better
Judgment the Annapolis boys would pro-
/ badly not have scored. When S.rass-
berger got through the West Point cen-
ter, on a tbread-barc fake, LAZY failed
| to catch him. missing the tackle by a
| foot His dive for the navy hait-back
was badly timed. an onusual PERFORM
ance on The part of West Points star
/ quarter.
/ The Linc-Up.
I The teams lined mp as follows:
| West Point Positions Annapolis
| Farnsworth 1900. left end ..... Mmttnc
Hammond ...... left tackle ..... Rogers
Riley ....,..... left guard ....-..... Grady
! Michae
Boyers center ............ Oak
/ Fretz
Thompson -. right guard 80. Belknap
Graves right. tackle $500. Reese
Farley
McAndreW right end ...... Soula
/ DAILY $1,000. quarterback Smith
McNais
Haeket :. left haif-bac- strasaherge,
Bunker ...... right -.-back ......--.ine
Roos. Rafferty,
Torney .......- fulI-bacs ........ Halsey
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