The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-03
THE SCORE WAS TIED
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS ANNUAL
 GAME.
The Game Was the Most Exciting One Ever Played by the Two Teams. Had to be Called on Account
 Of Darkness.

Princeton, N l., Dec. 2--Army 6; Navy l 6. To the few thousand men from Annapolis and. West Point this score was the all-absorbing topic, but to the great majority of 25,000 persons pres l ent 1t conveyed simply the intelli- gence that there had been football | game played on Osborne Field, and | that neither team was victorious. While the game was one of the most exciting ever played between the two institutions. it was simply the side | show of the social footbaai event of the season From. all sections of the United States came spectators who ordinarily would not travel score of miles to see a football contest. This was doubt less brought about by the, fact that seated in the East and West stands, where were the genuine football enthu- siasts. ts-7s
 quick and dashing runs, and signs for the attempts which failed But the away wySn fos esss run sse Of sap occasion. electrified the. Navy, rooters by almost getting away from the A, Army 2; the field prevented Decker from doing some remarkable work.
 For the first twenty-five minutes Of
  In the. Navy territory. 1t would be carried to within striking distance or the Navy's goal only to be lost either aaw9s 9se or sose of ptss Army got the ball on the Nays 20 yard line. on an exchange of kicks, air, The easterly wind carried the
 ball back toward the Navy goal so that in distance 1t had trayeied not not point the West Pointers carried the ball over for a touchdown.
 A West Point player was responsi- ble for the tied game. On an exchange of kicks within ten minutes of the close of the game, the Navy had the | ball near the midfield. Howard sent Point sAser' soai. As ps the Navy Eleven, yen start | ed down the field, an Army man was detected by Umpire Wrenn. holding one VI was S brought t back and given to the Navy on the Army,s> 'S0-yard line. In
 last desperate effort the Annapolis
 boys plac.h the ball on West Points 5 Army was forced to kick. Again the Navy got the ball on the Army's 40- i yard line and carried it back twenty yards. Here they kicked and Johnson | fumbled.
 | An Annapolis boy was on the pig l skin in flash. At this point Doug, Smith at full-ba,k for Annapolis. The saHsV Navy eleven. Haa a With fs Renewed @ fierce the bali over for a touchodwn. Norton, who. had replaced Decker kicked the goal. It was so dark only where h the bali went through the posts. | When the Annapolis boys were as- sured that the score had been tied @ their enthusiasm ssn, was ta nnnounded nna They | the could grasp into the air. They l did not cease their jubilation until the l result of the conference between Cap l tains, Referee and Umpire announced l the conclusion of the game. The game had been called four minutes before | time was up. a most unusual occur renee, but the fast gathering darkness During the excitement incidental to | the Navy,s touchdown. the President. game from the beginning left his seat in the Army stand and accompanied by President Wilson of Princeton. sev- eral Secret Service men, Secretary Loeb and half dozen policemen, walked from the ground
 The demonstration accorded the Pres ident when he entered the field, and ai- so the thunderous cheers which greet cd him as between. the halves when he | left his seat In the Navy stand and walked across the gridiron to the Army spontaneous than those accorded the combined elevens of the two branches of the fighting department of the Unf- ted States.
 The president was apparently grati- fled with the hearty reception. From the time he entered the grounds at the he reached the box In the Navy's sec tion. the cheering was continuous, and he received & similar greeting as he crossed to the east stand;
 President Roosevelts day in Prince ton was very enjoyable one. From the moment he stepped from the train until he departed for the Capital he was cheered by the enthusiastic foot ball spectators
 After the president left the foot ball field he returned to the Club House of where. he remained for about twenty minutes
 It was 5:2s o'clock when the Presi- but owing to the heavy travel. tho train did not leave here until 6;ls p. m. While waiting for the train to start some of the crowd asked the president dent smillingly replied: "Oh. all right" Among those who Saw the game were Mrs. Grover Cleveland. J. P Morgan and former Secretary of the Navy Paul Morton.
 West PointIRoekwell left end; gr- guard; Abraham center; Christie, right guard; Mettler. right-tackle; Gillespie,
 Ss6 JGhnsHp Hi ToE ney. Watkins. full-back.
 Annapolis-Howard left end; Pierson Northcroft. left-tackle: O'Brien. left guard; Cansey, Reese. center; Shafroth, right-guard; Grady, right -tackie; Wood worth, right-end: Decker. Norton. auarter-back; Spencer. Douglass, left half: Doherty. right-half; Ghormley, smith full-back.
 Grant Defeats Tennessee. Chattanooga, Tenn. Dec. 2.--Upon a field covered with water and through out never ceasing downpour or ram