Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-10-16
TWAS A STUBBORN GAME.
MJDDIEs, HOWEVER, CAME OUT
VICTORIOUS.
Dickinson Kicked About The Time
And Wanted To Scrap
With Officials.

After a zip to zipr first half, and
| fourteen minutes of the second halt
| had passed, without either team
crossing the others goal, the Midship-
men ON Saturday wrenchod defeat
from the strong Dickinson eleven in
the last seconds of the contest hv
showing Smith, the doughty full over
for touchdown. Norton kicked goal
and almost as soon as the ball had
been put into play from another kick.
off the timekeeper's s whistle ended the
struggle.
The result was, in a way surprise,
rs the contest had been "anybody' s
game" up to the very end. Davis,
the big captain of the visitors, who
lost many yards for his team by his
frequent otfside plays and interfer-
ence, raised howl of unfairness and
an extension of time for the benefit
of Navy. He applied profane epithets
to the timekeeper, and later after the
contest was over, went to the resi-
dence of the official, it is understood,
with the intention of causing trouble.
Whatever may be said, however,
the Navy gained ground much more
consistently than the visitors and de-
served the agme, if by narrow mar
gin. Dickinson could not gain any.
thing like as much ground as the Mid
shipmen, but they put mp a splendid
defensive game. On pinch and the
long punts of Davis the Dickinson
captain kept the Navy from scoring in
the first half and nearly repeated the
trick in the second.
The Navy kicked off in the first half
and kept the ball in Dickinson ter
ritory the whole time. IN the second,
Davis kicked into touch and the ball
was returned from the 25.yard line by
Douglass. Douglass continued to do
the punting in this half and his kicks
generally equaled those of Davis. In
the second half series Of line plunges
and short end runs by the Navy backs,
and an S-yard squirt by Norton on
quarterback run, rapidly took the ball
down the field. A 3-yard gain by
Douglass and one yard by Smith scored
the touchdown. A half-minute after
the next kickoff the game ended.
Captain Howard, of the Naval
Academy team, was slightly injured
about the left shoulder during the
early part of the game and was COM
pelled to retire to the sidelines. Sew
eral of the Navy men made especially
good showings. Douglass, the best
back at the Academy, played his first
full game since ne broke his leg
against Princeton last year. He was
the best ground gamer and appeared as
fit as a fiddle. Smith, last year S
guard and full back, got in tile game
for a short tins and scored the only
touchdown. His general work was
good, Notwithstanding he has been in
poor. condition. Causey, a new man
at center. got. down on kicks with the
ends and made several brilliant tack
les. WEIGH and Norton also did good
work.
While Navy was worsting her foe,
her especial rival at West Point, was
receiving drubbing at the hands of
V. 2. /. TO the tune of Is to 6. The
Virginians played their whole game
in the first half and could not score
thereafter. In the second half, soon
after the play began, the ball went to
West Point on tumble when near
their opponents goal line, and Christy
was showed over the line for a touch
down. Torney kicked an easy goal.