Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-30
ARMY DEFEATS NAVY.
Great Crowd Saw Middies Showed Un-
der, 40 to 5.

Represented by cabinet officers. congress-
men, military and naval commanders "a
nous the world over, a governor, mayor.
mayor-elect and $4,000 men and women
from private life, America watched her
army and navy struggle for foot ball SUI
premacy on Franklin Field, Philadelphia.
Saturday afternoon
1t was a one-sided fight, and the score Of
40 to in West Points favor was a surprise
only in so far as the was concerned. The
betting was heavy that Annapolis would
not score at all, and 1t was the scratchiest
kind of luck, with tumble and goal from
placement. that saved the middies from the
bitterest dregs of humiliaton-the tabasco
sauce of defeat.
From the beginning it was apparent that
the sailors were Outclassed. The three
years difference in age limit at the two
academies told against them, but 1t was a
marvel how they fought. and Joy to hear
the uproar of defiance from the naval
cadets in the north stand
These two academies may be cooperative
In theory, but in fact there is no such Bit
ter rivalry between any other two institu-
tons of learning in the country. The teams
shot at each other as though they had been
thrown from catapultS. and the time sign
went up every few minutes to permit a
surgeon to revive some wounded player
Ten men We're put out of the game alto
gether-six from the army and four from
the navy-and nearly every man in both
teams was laid out temporarily one or more
times.
professionally speaking, they played bad
loot ball, savoring more of Iardy's tactics
than of the intercollegiate games brt thew
were all splendid specimens of manhood
ana the amount of punishment they took
was appalling. West Point was not as
strong as last year, albeit strong enough
out"eighihg the navy seven pounds to the
n. he hoI1 Il,
I6o yards 20 Annapolis twenty-four wards
, Each cadet was armed with megaphone.
through which they sang their songs and
Seileu their yelis with deafening effect
ne siren yell of the middies was particu-
lariy blood curding through these voica
magnifers. WIZ
At 2 o'clock the West Point band. in
pun oVercoats. marched out from the gym
followed by the Annapolis hand In darL
que with red-lined capes turned back
rive minutes later the ANNAPOLIS team ran
our, oeing greeted with glorious fiuttering
a I'm .ie horih stand and siren yell The
army paid a similar tribute to It's men when
tney appeared and then. with true fighting
chiVairy, the two academies yelled for eacb
other and sang Columbia
me sailors won the toss and chose the
west goal. with a slight wind favorina
mem. In the first ten minutes of the nlave
l ns the navy got the ball on the rmv,s
Hiteen-yard line through tumble apd
N nna klcked a goal from placement.
one might have thought he had inst
captured Spanish fleet If was sn to,ni1'
unexpected that the north stand becane
i nSs.erlcal' The middies could not cheer
they yelled and danced intividua1iv 50
ing their banners violently. tossing hot,
ana meSaphones into the air. slanninp ono
anoI , on the back and behaving gen.
evil spirits possessed OF
,,, but that was the last of Annanous
inerealter the sailors yelled only to
oro"n their sorrows and shut from their
side of the field ~ ZIG o'hef
Inc army charged with the ball again
ana again. never losing possession of ~
for fo,o On punt or tumble. and then not
p was rushed across Annapolis goal bv
Irlnce IN four plays, and in a tWinkline
.ne deiirium OF a few minutes before seized
essTy spectator In the south stand
There was bedlam again ubar u.u
nuleer INJURED Davis punt on the navy's
IWehty-yard line, and Hackett who is
ff I'm boy, caught it on the bound
Tor plunge to the eight-yard line Thraa
plays more and Davis touched If down
About this time touchdowns began r. hs
monotonous am interest conferred in tic
t thsra les on both sides of the field
the wards were kept pretty we'll filed
IN the latter part of the second half tho
navy abandoned its policy of stick to the
VII ana u prayed g their ends; They put
pa pace, which was notable Improvement,
The strength of the two teams was fairly
army rushed the ball forty-f1ve yards in
eleven plays without losing It once, and
pushed 4.nce over the line N
II was nearly . o'clock and almost dark
When time was called. The dusk had
turned tn green fields to brown. The
s s ana stripes fiuttering from the flag
STAN mad lost every vestige of its color
me root ball was lost sight of and the
men men were phantoms playing mimic game.
me clean gray drawing on the south
stand blurred into a sort of cobweh and
all banners were alike anu
Dinmer and DINNER the picture erav
ull.ii shrill whistle gave the signal that
tore 1t into shreds. A thunder ~ faat
arUse &c IA the grandstands and the field was
iuIl Vi shouting, running cadets.
Inc navy was beaten-badIv ha,,.
ana us last victory was pushed back as
far into history as the Spartans' stand o. %