The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-27

the oldest foot bah enthusiast has more bitter defence been witnessed than that put up by the navy during an exchange of pupss the army secured the ball on the N6vy's 50 yard line. From this point 1t required twenty-two minutes for the Army to force tho bah gift Of five yards for ofr side. 10 " the s laymen this length of time means naught, but to those who have followed root nau from It's inception 1t means one one ssd.tn of the me most dstermined and dog,
 Held. During this time it was neces-
 sary for the referee to measure the
 distance five times in order to ascer-
 tain If the holder of the ball had se-
 tne game was the arm goal threatened
 A few minutes before the close of the game the Navy by brilliant line buck
 ling by Doherty and Gcrmley the lat-
 full back. carried the ban from
 their own 4s yard line to within
 twenty yards of West Points goal.
 where It was lost on downs h this
 any. favored the Navy.
 Society recognized the West Point-
 Annapolis game as tho proper function.
 Not in the history of the University of
 Penn., has such an immense crowd witt
 messed . foot ball contest in this city,
 with the exception of the game which
 was attended by President Roosevelt
 two years ago.
 for those who cared to view the contest and it was estimated that there were over 90, 600 persons present.
 At Franklin Field the scene was brilliant and inspiring. On the south stand the army gray stood out prom inently among the multi-colored hats and gowns of those who surrounded the West Point section, while on the north stand the navy blue banked on each side by a veritabfe flower garden made ed as though the War and Navy De- partments and the foreign legations had been transferred from the national capital to this city. In the forefront his imperial highness, Prince Fushimi. amber of he reigning house of the Japanese Empire. The Prince and his suite entered the great oval through the gymnasium building. He was es- c. Harrison, President of the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania. When the Jap- anese nobieman was discovered by the great crowd he was loudly cheered.
 Vice. e-President-elect and Mrs. Fair Point Pohn siSe 9 of the % eid The S Secretary, SrS of the Navy was the centre of e large group in a box on the navy side. and opposite him on the army side sat act ing Secretary of War Oliver. Near him were Lieut.. Gen. and Mrs. Chaffee. Miss Chance, Sir Mortimer Duraud, the British Ambassador, Mrs. Duraud, Miss Durand ana Mics Taft.
 Navy won the toss and chose the west goal. giving West Point the baii Prince Kicked off at 2:Os and the game
 The scene which previous to the game had been inspiring, was turned into a grand pageant after the battle. The army lads. preceded by their band and followed by thousands Of persons, circled the field time and again, while the navy band was bustly engaged req dering 'The Army and Navy Forever" huge circle extending from one side of the gridlEon 10 the other, with a flag guardian in the centre and made a grand rush for the emblem. which all are taught to honor. It was the cul- mination of a great game and a bril- liant soeial event. The teams lined up West Point. Position. Annapolis. Left end. .. ..Howard Doe. Left tackle. .... Farley Erwin. ...... Left guard. ..;. Ooss Itpton s.'..:. centre. McClinboeK seagraves. Right guard. :;Pierson. :. .. Right tackle. Grady :. Right end. whiting. Carey. Quarterback. Norton, wilcox Prince Left half back. ..Spencer Bernhard. Right half back. ..Doherty Torney. Full back. .. Smith
 Watkins. Gormiey.