The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-27
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MIGHTY h STRUGGLE !. !.
Annapolis Defeated By Score 81.
III to 8 in Great Uni Z
versity Game.
TEAMS f EVENLY I: NJ. MATCHED NJ 1 e
Upton, Army's Center, Makes q
Wonderful Play Great
Crowd Present.
TEAMS Al EVENLY E I: n : MATCHED 1 ! Il:
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PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Nov West I
Point to-day defeated the Annapolis foot-9
ball eleven by the score Of II to o-two8
I5touchdowns and ono goal. The score
does not properly indicate II he relatiyS
strength Of the two clevens. for probably
not in the history OF tho great university I
game havo two teams been moro evenly
matched. Tho first touchdown for the 4
army was tho result of q tumble by one [
OF tho navy backs, and tho brlllancy
with which Upton, the army's center.
took advantage Of the error has never
l$heen excollcd, il ever equalled, on a foot-s
ball gridron. The game had been In pros
gveAs less than ten minutes. Tho Navy
had shown unexpected strength In de-S
| fensc. whiIo the Arny's much vaunted
offsnse's had crumbled to naught. With
sthe hall In midneld, Smith, for the Navy
was hurled back for a. loss. Spencer also @
failed, a nd Howard Kicked to tho Arnly'sS
thIrty-f1ve yard line. West Point found
the Navy line q Gibraltar and Torney$
Kicked to nlldhed. There We're three *
Annapolis men, under the punt. but when
to one side OF tho mass of players. Tip
ston. coming from behind, with muscle s
and brain both,in good working condition.,
kicked the ball toward tho Navy s. s goal.&al
Pursued ly half a dozen Navy men, who
had no time to stoop and secure the
sphere. he rushed on and n gain drtbbledS n
Ut. His aim wirs accurate. and the ball "
was driven nearerEth he Navy's goal. w hen
{ within fifteen yards Of the coveted d line
.rfpton knew, that a touchdown for tha I:
Army was inevitable. 81 AS he drew near
to the goal lie began to loosen his buzz
densome headgear and nose guard hat &
lre might better be enabled to locate LIE NJ
2hall with accuracy. "A third kick. y and u
S-ne pigskin was behind the Navy's goal,8s
>STipton lying upon 1t. Such dcliberatton
5And rare Judgment In q moment SO trying p
ss8 as truly remarkable. 1t was probably II
.ne turning point for West Point. Up to (
this time tho Annapolis boys had really
outplayed their heavier opponents, and Z
bontthe exchange OF punts, assisted by 2 s
stiff wind. had gradually forced West
/; Point nearer her own goal line. # I'd III
Doe missed the goal. and the score stood *
8 to In favor Of tho Army,
Navy's Fine Work.
Probably never In the memory Of the
oldest football enthusiast has a more
bitter defense been witnessed than that
put up by the Navy during tho next
twenty minutes OF play. On an exchange NJ
OF punts the Army secured the ball on q
tho Navy's ffty-yard line From this Il
point it required twenty-five minutes for x
tho Army to forca tho ball to tho NnYy's "A
goal. and this with u gift OF five yards i
for off-sides.
Only once during the game was 35ths
Army goal threatened. y few nlinutss Y
before the close or tho game. the Navy
ahy brilliant limo buclting by Doherty and,
Gormley, the latter having taken Sinith'a
position at full back carried the ball 4
from their own -eght-yard line to s
within twenty yards OF West Points \
goal, where 1t was lost on downs. In this
half tho advantage, If there really was
any, Favored the Navy, 4, & sss
Society recognizes the West Point -An-3 III
nnpolis game us the proper football
function, Not in the history Of the
University of Pennsylvania has such an
imnlense crowd witnessed a football
contest in this city. with the exception q
3 Of tho ganlo which was attended by u.
President Roosevelt, two years ago. Tho
idea weather was an incentive for those &
who cared to view the contest. and It
IS estimated that there was over 30, ,0iJ 81
persons present.
Prince Among Spectators,
On the south stand the army gray
stood out prominently among the multl-
colored hats and gowns of those who Il
surrounded the West Point sect ion whit N
on the north stand the Navy blue banked
on either. side BY peritable flower gar-
den, made tho spectacle brilliant, In s
deed. It seemed az though tho War
and Navy Departments and the foreign
Legations had been transferred from tho 4
national capital to this city, In the fore
front and attracting the most attention.
was His Imperial Highness, Primes NJ
Fushimi The Prince and his suite ems .
tered the great oval through the gylnna~
stun building, When the Japanese MOBILES
man was discovered by the great crowd. Il
he was loudly oheered until he took hs
seat among the rooters for thu Navy on 4
the thirty flve-yard line Of the west goal.
The Prince did not know much about the 5
game, but took an Intense interest In n
the immense thyong and seemed 20 thor
roughly enjoy the terrific noise cent up
bv the Army aud Navy Cadets. Nkht