The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-12-04
PRESIDENT
ENJOYS IT
Army and Navy Fighters on
GidIron at p inoeton
TEAMS SCORE a TIE
Why Roosevelt fsvop Football
Now Fay TO Understand
Cheer From AssemsN

tie navy VIC raurt Nuftse tf"Ni AaAap
ole and West Point sud about 5000
noneamhatanis sas The annual foai'
ball game between tho army ani the
navy here. Tho pFcsldsat sat half ~
the time On the navy aide Will. the
navy was helng beai-n aud The other
half on the army side while the sol
dlrss were losing their advantage. THIS
the chi~f executive displayed satire
impariiaiity between the two arms ~
the service. Moreover. the rame 10
s-if. ono % the mos, splfitediy fought
~ Ill the contests ever seen bei~rrn
lh-ss Traditional rivals. resulted in .
90 q tie. the navy managing NJ tho
eleventh hour TO stsve OF Imminent
defeat with q touchdown and . goal 10
match tho.c secured by the army In the
hr.t half
There was the greatest possible In
ierst Ia the coming ~ the president
from Washington 10 see the match.
especially Ia View % tho vigorous In
i.r-si he has shown In the matter ~
football legislation. There were . good
MANY nsr,,,n. ur..,nt who s.l, that. -
far No Mr.. Roo~svelrs influence could
r..rh A. x.m. IA. mar. or lee. on
,,t.l a, prlnr-,on. N IN plsssant % lie
ali. Ga .ay that IN. pr~.ld.nt saw a
smar, ali. exhibition % the great
American Undergraduate game. str-n.
nously played. ne indeed are al foo''
t,.II y.,n.. worth, the name. hut free
,,,n ans tain, a, faui pi.x or p~r.onal
,.nco,
A. o., IN. r,..,dsn, hin.eif we'll m.
match xs. an. long .er,.. Of outbur-t.
., s,,,n.,,sn ,hs, .m,hs.l,.d his p.r.
.onsI non,,.,,,y win ,be nre.lden,
Co.,. vr. poo..v.,, Secretary M s,ate
pilbu po,, ss-r.,ar, az War Taft A..
.is,,n, s.rr.,arx ~ m. NAVY Ncwbcr.
>, >tts. r,h.i Roo..y.,, Theodore
poo..,.I, 4, fr..h fr,m n .tr.nuous
oo,,,,,.u season himself as nm end on
a.. u.r,.r, fr,..hman team and Ker.
,nI, po...,.,,
Tho .n,,r. marty w.r. entertained NJ
"a. nom. ., pr..,a.n, wo,arow VII.
/ son ., pr,,,.,,o, u,tvcrs,,v
| 4, xa.r., h.r5 On understand vhv
,n,, ,r..,,,.n, d.,.,d. foo,h.il after IN.
GAM. hcy.n lie wa. N, excited ms
a.. .m.,i.., ,ouny.,.r an tbe Acid and
/ H., nm Co. ,h. navy dr,nn.-j back
,or A.. Mac. l,cl a. aImost manned out
~ his hox watching IN. course ~ the
"w.I 4, was n good fry. ANYWAY"
,a saIJ ,o Secretary Root and the sec.
rotary sadly shook his head and said
a.. recton.J I, was
A. for tho game itself n must be
said that II was quite the most des.
nern,.lv fouyb, match I'm which these
rivals hnye ever partIclpnted.
4, yy,s min and u,ck from th. start.
Thor. tx I,,,la diffar.ne. between the
s,r.nv,h M the two teams The army
bad a hi, IN. he,,.r M tbe argument,
Ia ,ha srs, hal, -, tho match while
,h,, no,, ,,rn.d IN. tables 9, tho s.c.
onJ h.l, VIVA, ,ri,h, bav. b,nn.,ed
In ,hos. four minutes tina, the dark.
moss on, o0 from the tail end n, the
second baIf No man can sav
Rn, In the 6rst half the MAY was
,hree.,nar,ers n, m. time In tho novv,s
,orr,,orv wh,,e rho army was ON tho
do,ans,v. mos, ~ IN. limo In tho acc.
ond haIf
There wos , stro,y sor,h wind h,ow.
tn ri, ,ho a,,,rno,, ,ha, h,a ,,,,. no
mn,.h 90 a, Nth ,ha ,or,rnas ns tho
game as the breeze tnht oiew over tne
sea OF japan had 10 do with the battle
between Togo ana koJestvensky.
In the first half the army got the
weather gauge on their rivals. and the
wind added fifteen yards or so to the