The Washington times., 1905-12-03

their seats amid thundercus cheers The
supporters of the Navy seized their
megaphones and greeted the soldier boys
with a mixture of Ge-ance and good
will. The exultant cheer FOR their own
warriors came first. followed by a gen.
erous 'Army-aTmy-arrny Back ac-oss
the gridiron yeiped the cadets; one cheer
for their team. and three for the foe
The West Pointers banc struck uD
Columbia the Gem of the Ocean, and
a thousand virile voices sent up to the
nurlIy sky: 1.-The army ard navy for
ever, three cheers To-. yhe Red, White
and Blue"
I The field was heavy and wet and inter
fered with the movements of the players
materially. The Middies made their ap-
pearance first and were wildly cheered
I ne Army appeared a few moments later
and were given an even greater ovation.
II was real fight. and real fight
was expected from these youngsters.
Tonight this is the toast in Princeton:
Football so long as il shall last. and
the Army and the Navy forever
Navy Kicks OF.
Captain Gillespie won the toss and
decided to defend the south goal Deck
er kicked off to Torney. who ran back
fifteen yards Torney kicked. Annapolis
( ia turn punted. Another exchange Of
kicks and the Army had the ball on its
z5-yard line. Line plays were tried
then came other exchanges which land
ed the ball on the Navys 25-yard line
in possession of the Army
West Point was penalized five yards
and Hill tried place kick on the
! SO-yard lire but failed. The play con-
tinued fast and furious. the players of
both sides frequently being obliged to
take out time. Neither side could make
much headway by line bucks or attempt
ed end runs
Toward the latter part of the half. the
f.rmy fell back on tackles back forma-
ton which proved to be a ground gamer
and eventually gave West Point her
touchdown. A poor punt by Annapolis
gave the Army the ball I'm the Middies
| territory. Hill. Smith Weeks. Torney.
and MettIer started to hammer the An
napolis line.
Army Scores.
The attack was directed first al one
side OF the line and then at the other.
and they seldom failed to bring results
in the shape of good gains. In this way
the ball was carried for thirty-five yards
10 the Navy's I7-yard line. Weeks
made three yards and Smith electrified
the West Point bleachers with an eight
yard gain which took the ball to the
Navy's 6-yard line. Torney was called for
/ two bucks. and on the second trial carried
the ball over the line. Rockwell kicked
the goal
/ Score-West Point. 6; Annapolis. o.
Decker kicked off, and West Point ran
the ball back seventeen yards. Torney
then broke through the Hne and shook
/ of all the Navy men who tried to tackle
him until he reached Decker. who down
ed him after a run Of thirty-ftve yards
Smith then made a gain Of twenty yards
around the Armys left end. With a
minute to play another attempt at a
place kick was made. but failed The
half ended
Score-West Point. G; Annapolis o.
Second Half
Northcroft replaced Piersol at left
tackle for Annapolis In the, second half
Rockwell kicked of for West Point to
the Middies' SO-yard line. There was a
free exchange of punts in which the
| Navy got the best OF IT, One Of Hoard's
kicks for sixty yards took the ball TO
/ the Army's 13-yard line.
/ Navy player had been off7side. how
ever. and the ball was brought back 10
the Nays 4O-yard line. Howard again
punted. but the ball was brought back
to the Army's 33-yard line. At this
I Morse took his place
West Point made short gains and then
kicked. Annapolis could make no head