New-York tribune., 1903-11-29

chant militant. which wound up with the
truthful assurance: Navy, you have no show"
The sailors repied with equal enthusiasm. L
less truth. with waahle which ended:
We've cot a team t,at's Cd 20 snuf.
SO kiss yourself gcocoy.
What with these vocal efforts and more OF
the sanre variety. coupled with the Instrumental
inrosds or peace and quiet furnished ever
ana anon by the Marine Band and the coliec-
ton OF tooters. brought along by the West
Pointers. tne afternoon VIII 80 on record as
lrealzing all records for the manufacture OF
football Cir. The sailors we're. IL anything, the
more sistent. The worse their licking ap-
peared. the more they eheered- Nothing appeared
to diminish their lung power CT their eisposl
tion 10 employ IL
AS for the garne itself. after the first burst OF
surprise caused by the Navy drawing first olooo
with its lightning goal from placed pass there
was never any comparison between the strength
Of the respective elevens. Annapolis was out
classed in every department Of the game. out
played and outweighed. they fought gamely, but
most ineffectively Indeed the slaGghter-for
that is what it really amounted tO-was almost
pitiful
"AIIDDTEs" ARE BADLY BATTERED.
The soldiers averaged considerably more than
ten pounds heavier a man. and their skin was as
superior as their weight and strength. The re-
cult was that the "rniddies" not only got sound
beating but a terrific battering well Delays
from injuries numerous, and out Of the
eleven men who started the game for the Navy
only four remained In the lineup ct the final
whistle.
Where the superiority OF one team is so COM
plete and varied close analysis is almost su-
periuous. Yet brief survey Of the weak
nesses and strength Of the two teams may not
pc out OF place. West Points line was practi-
caIy invulnerabl bic. Annapolis was powerless
20 gain through il, save at rare intervals. and
never advanced the hail more than fifteen yards
without having TO give il Up punt. And yet
the amazing thing is that though this fact ap-
peared early in the match the sailors went right
on trying 70 achieve the impossible
NAVY SHOWS POOR JUDGMENT.
Minute after minute the sailors kept right
on banging into the stone wall and bounding of
and punung. This they did all the afternoon.
and il was n1anifestly the height OF folly. Not
more than twice did the Navy try end runs
though it was plain within ten minutes from
the time the ball put in play that end
runs were its only hope. 1t mighty poor
reneralship. and the coaches, the captain and
the quarterback must divide the responsibility
among them. It is. Of course, extremely i'm
probable that the sailors could have won i'm any
event but different tactics would have kept the
Army's score down and possibly added to their
own.
West Points backs did practically all the
ground gaining for the Army. Farnsworth had
10 go out OF the game early and Prince was the
most useful man behind the line. He rarely
failed TO gain his distance. and several times
made gains Of twenty and twenty-five yards
right through the centre, where the soldiers for
wards opened up big holes for him.
Hackett PLAYED a steady game at quarterback
passed well. of the plays speedily and put
up good defensive game. barring little shift
lessness in handling punts. Hammond played
brilliant football at end, and was right where a
good end ought to be pretty much all the time.
Every man in the line outplayed his sailor op-
ponent
HowARD's PCNTs HELP NAVY.
Howard and soule divided what few honors
there were 10 distribute among the sailors.
towards excellent pUnting doubtless kept the
West Point score from assuming formidable pro-
portions while Soule was fast on getting up
after punts and followed the ban keenly. making
many good tackles.
The biggest disappointment OF the match was
the poor work Of Strasso burger quarterback for
Annapolis. He is a veteran player ana q good
halfbsck. but at quarter he was distinctly out
OF his element to-day. his defensive work was
particularly bad. There the Navy played him
in the last line Of defence and TO his unrelia-
bility at critical times West Point directly owes
Two Of her touch6ovns Ee let one punt get
over his head. after tipping it with his fingers.
and. On another occasion, when Prince had got
through FOR forty yard krun Strassburger
missed clean, open tackle, With nc interference
whatever 70 contend with. and Prince crossed
the goal line.
But further analysis is unnecessary. The Navy
rlayed poor football all around. It's attack was
weak Ill directed and badly devised. It's de-
fence was uncertain ana Ineffective. and its
fumbles many and costly. What wonder. then.
hat il lost the ninth game OF the seriese The
record now stands . 10 4 in favor OF the Army.
The Navy won the toss and chose the west
goal to get The advantage Of the little wind there
vas. Doe kicked off 10 the Nays 30-ysrd mark,
and on the first lineup there was 2 tumble
Quickly Howard had 10 punt to West Points
aO-yard mark Plunges through tie centre
speedily showed how the soldiers were going to
I'D things up all the afternoon, and put the
pigskin on the sailors territory again where
Fsrnsworth stopped the advance by a tumble.
FCMBLE GAVE NAVY ITS SCORE
= series of fumbles on both sides followed.
Then Howard punbed 10 West Points f5-vard
liSe, ard there followed stin another tumble
which gave the Navy its chance for its only
score Of the day. II was neat and pretty work
on the part Of Rees, who passed the ban: Strass-
burger, who deity placed il. and Chambers
T'nc sent Il between the goal posts The Nay-,s
stand was frantic with Joy and dared even 70
hope fo- victory, with the score . To o ~, rbair
favor.
After West Point had kicked of TO the ns,,.s /
~0-saro mark Annapolis again tried twice - /
pierce the stone wan that confronted her. TIE 4
attempts were vain, as they were FOR the mos 4
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