Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1904-11-21
NAVY WON FROM VIRGINIA.
VICTORIOUS BY A SCORE OF
IS TOO.
Doherty's Run Of Forty Yards For
a Touchdown One of
The Features.

In q we'll played game on the Acad-
emy gridiron Saturday the seamen de-
feated Virginia Polytechnic Institute
in a we'll played and exciting game by
the score Of II to o. The only real
feature of the game was in the second
half when during q scrimmage DOher-
ty got the ball out of the pile and ran
40 yards with q clear field for Nays
second touchdown. Another interest :
ing thing was V. F. rs first kick OFF.
when the ball went behind the goal
line "on the fly. I"
All during the game and between
the halves the spectators we're enter
tanned by hearing the midshipmen, &C
companied by the Academy band, sing
the songs they will sing next Satur-
day at Philadelphia. ST. Johns was
out in force to see the game and greet
ed the Navy team with q yell when it
appeared on the field. The Navy
rooters then gave yell for st. Johns.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute kicked
the ball over the Nays goal line.
Navy punted out from the 5-yard line.
Y. p. /. ran the ball back yards.
Navy lost g. yards on an offside play.
Conner, on the next rush, carried the
ball 10 yards around Navy's right end.
Navy secured the ball on downs, V.
p. /. soon recovered the ball on fun
BILE and tried a quarterback kick.
Nayy's ball. Navy being unable to
gain, q halfback kick was attempted,
again giving Virginia the ball. which
Navy soon recovered on q tumble.
The Navy then started out from the
middle of the field and by line rushes,
together with one or two end runs. car
ried the ball over Virginia's goal line.
ton kicked the goal. ", p. /. kicked
off to Norton. who rushed back 10
yards. V. p. rs ball. Navy lost 90
yards by interfering with the center.
After rushing the ball down to Navy's
25-yard line, Virginia tried for a
goal from placement, which missed,
but went behind Navy's goal line.
Nav punted out from the 25-yard line
and the V. p. rs back rushed the
ball back 90 yards before being down
ed. Virginia then carried the ball
down the field nearly to the goal line,
where Navy braced up and recovered
the ball on downs Navy tried half
back kick, giving v. p. /. the ball.
Virginia then again began rushing
the ball down to within few yards
of Navy's goal, when time was up.
Navy kicked to Nutter on v. p rs
5-yard line. Nutter rushed the ball 30
yards before being downed. Navy re-
covered the ball on downs, but was
soon forced to kick. Spencer was
knocked down just as he had kicked
the ball and was so stunned he was
compelled to retire. Bernard took his
place. The ball now alternated be-
tween the two teams in Virginia's ter
ritory and at last Doherty got the ball
out of O scrimmage and with q clear
field carried it 40 yards for a touch
down. Norton missed the goal. Score,
ITO. Virginia kicked to Navy. The
ball alternated between the two teams
for the remainder of the half, much
punting being done by both sides.
The game ended with the ball in
Navy's possession near the middle of
the field. The lineup:
Navy-Dague, Welsh, |. e.; Grady,
Mckinney, |. t.; Goss, |. g.; Nc
Clintic, c.. Piersol, .O'Brien, r. g. !;
Farley, (capt)., Piersol. T. e.; Whit
ing, r. g. ; Norton, Wilcox, q. b. /;
Spencer. Bernard. |. h. b.; Doherty,
Dowell, +. b. b ! Smith, I. b.
". P. I.-Shuey, Robins, l. g. !;
Wilson. (capt. |. t.; Mccullough. |.
g.; Stiles, c. Sticking, r. g. +; Hynes,
r. t. /; Lewis, T. Q. e. R. Harris, q. b. ;
G. N. Harris. |. h. b.; Connor, r, h.
b. Nutter, f. b.
The team which started in the game
Saturday is practically the one which
will meet West Point next Saturday.
Howard will play left end. and it is
a toss up between Norton and Wilcox
for quarterback, but the rest of the
team will remain the same. But one
week remains now before the great
game, and lot of work will have to
be done by the Navy lads if they ex-
pect to win from the soldiers on Frank
lin Field next Saturday afternoon.