Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1903-11-05
NAVY WINS A GAME.
The New York Naval Militia
Eleven Defeated BY
Score of 28
To q.

The football eleven of the First New
York Naval Battalion played the Mid
shipmen at the Naval Academy yester-
day afternoon, and were defeated by
a score of 2S 10 o. The Navy's pionts
were netted by five touchdowns and
three goals.
The game was an enigma as far as
affording any indication of Nays
present ability is concerned. The Wis
itors were nearly all former college
men, with more or less experience ON
the gridiron. They were also mate
rally older than their opponents and,
in most cases, outweighed them. Yet
they have had very little experience in
playing together as team, have had
no opportunity for practice under a
competent coach and, until yesterday,
had not encountered a team even of
the second class. Moreover, they were
seriously handicapped, in view of the
fact that their game was necessarily
largely on the defensive; by the lack
of good punter.
On the other hand, the eleven placed
on the field by the Academy coaches
contained so many men foreign to the
regarded as scrub Under these
circumstances it is quite impossible to
form an estimate of the middies' prog
ress. In fact, one is in doubt whether
To approve or condemn their perform
ance, as whole.
There were some features, however,
as to which the condemning process
may be indulged in without hesita-
tion. The defense, on numerous oc-
casions, was lamentably weak. On
the very first kickoff, New York, on
receiving the ball, was able to ad-
vance il to the middle of the field by
series of line plunges, and had the
visitors possessed even fairly good
punter, the first touchdown could have
been deferred several minutes, thus re-
ducing the final score by at least five
or six points. The visitors succeeded
in making the necessary first down
nine times during the course of the
game, fact which, under the cir
cumstances, augurs i'll for the defen-
sive ability of the local players.
On the attack, Navy's representa-
tives were far more effective. On no
occasion were they held for downs,
though once they lost the ball on a
technicality. With the exception of a
15-yard gain made by cleverly exc
cuted double pass, there were no SEN
sational runs, most of the game being
won by legitimate, though monoto-
nous, line bucking. In view of the
success of this one vancouver, and the
fact that the New Workers were OBJ
viously weak in defense, it was de-
cided mistake in Judgment to at
tempt greater number of open plays.
Another error of Judgment, suggesting
also an ignorance of the rules, was
the attempt at a quarter back run
when the ball was within twenty five
yards of the New York goal For this
blunder the middies suffered a penalty
of twenty yards. Except for two sue
cessive fumbles, which cost nothing,
Navy deserves credit for clean hand
ling of the ball and for falling on it
promptly when opportunity offered.
The first touchdown was made with
in five minutes after play began by
constantly bucking the line, the attack
being chiey directed at the tackles.
The second touchdown followed with
in another five minutes, but though
the ball was taken over between the
posts, the attempt at goal was dis
NAL failure, as was also the succeed
ing one, from a similarly favorable
position The third touchdown was
made in the first half, which ended
with the ball in the New Workers
possession, after they had succeeded
in advancing it twenty five yards.
The second half was almost a repe-
tition of the first, both touchdowns
being made by steady ploughing at
the line. The monotony of this half
was relieved by a clear run on the
part of Navy's quarter back, Wilcox,
who returned the ball twenty five
yards after receiving New York's only
successful punt of the game.
The line-up;
N. Y. N. M .-Scrymser, left end !;
O'Donnell, left tackle; Christianson,
left guard; Roberts, center; Lottemor,
right guard Moore, right tackle ;Craw-
ford, right end; Strauss, quarter back !;
Hone, left half back; Pollock, right
half back; Walz, full back.
u. S. N.-Baggaley, left end; Nc
Kinney, left tackle; Mcconnell, left
guard McClintic, center; O'Brien,
right guard; Doherty, right tackle I;
Clay, right end; Wilcox, quarter back I;
Spencer, left half back; Jones, right
half back: Reichmuth. full back.