Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1906-12-01
SEVEN TO THREE.
This Is The Score Of Series Between
Army And Navy.

tween the United states Naval Aead-
envy. and the United States Military
Academy. al West Point has grown
into one of the most important joint
athletic and social events that takes
palee The teams of late years have
reached point OF skilifulness just
short of the best four or i've eieNens
the country produces and in the num-
her Of notable pleopie Inc game at
tracts. IL Is easily in the lead.
The first game between the institn-
tions took place in 1900 and Was play
ed at West Point. Football had been
played az the Naval Academy for a
number of years and there was a
strong team AT the Academy. The
game was in its infancy al West Point
and the Navy had no trouble in win
ming. the score being 81 10 Q.
The II year The game was played
in Annapolis and the Army surprised
The Navy by winning by score OF
80 10 rs. The Navy had not the
slightest iniiination that the Army
had Improved SO much ia year, and
was taken entirely by surprise. Both
teams Mere strong, iut the Army had
a RESIST 81 attack and greater staying
qualities and towards the last the
Navy players were carried away.
The third game was n West Point
and the Navy had decidedly the bet
ter OF the game, winning by a score
of i2 to :. ON the Navy team were
such stars a. Bagley, lizard, Johnson,
Bookwalier, Reeves and kavanaugh.,
In 1898, the last game played at the
location of one of the contestants was
ga 4 !; GaNs ~ e~cre of q TO 4, the
margin representing liz ,..-.slcrcc We
tween a kicked and missed goal.
The Army team was very strong and
gained double the amount of ground
by rushing than the Navy did i'm the
first half. However, score was saved
by the splendid punting of Bagley.
who later lost his life off Cardenas,
Cuba, -and the remarkable tackling
OF Reeves, who is now a Lieutenant in
the Navy and one of the Navy coach
es for the present season. In the sec
ond half Bagley made touchdown
after kick had been blocked and
kicked dificult goal. Later Stacey
made Touchdown for the Army, but
Carson missed the easiest possible
goal and with his failure the game
was lost.
This was the last game played here
or at West Point. The game had
grown in interest until il was impos-
sible 10 handle the crowds at either
place and the authorities of the Army
and Navy began 10 believe that the
annual contest were bad for discipline
and studies. The playing of the game
on neutral grounds had not then been
suggested. In 1899 the contests were
resumed. The two institutions availed
themselves of the courteous offer of
the Univ rsity of Pennsylvania and
played the game on Franklin Field,
its athletic grounds. Tho Army won
by a score of II TO >. In 1900 the Navy
won the Only game i'm which it has so
far come ont ahead since the games
were resumed. The score was IL to z.
The Army won in 1901 by score
of IL to 5, and in 1902 by score of
% to s. In both of these games Daily,
who had played on Harvard for sever
al seasons, captaining the team during
his last year, was one of the West
Point players, having become a mill
tary cadet. 1t was almost entirely
through his playing that West Point
won in 1901, and the Navy contin-
gent made something of point of it
implying that somehow or other the
Army was not entitled to his SER
vices. In 1902, Daily was quite out
shone by Bunker, and in 1908, Daily
did not play, although he had right
to do so. The 1908 game was a walk
over for the Army, the score being 40
TO 5.
In 1904, DIR. Paul j. Dashiell, for
many years the chairman of the Inter
Collegiate Rules Committee and the
most popular official of big contests
that the game has ever known, took
full charge of football at the Naval
Academy. That year, the Army
score was much reduced, their victory
being by ii to 0. Last year the game
was played at Princeton, n. j., the
game resulting in tie-6 to 6. The
Army had the better of the game as
whole, but Douglass, the great
Navy back, went into the game to-
wards the close and scored touch
down. Norton kicked difficult goal
and time was called on account OF
darkness shortly after.
The game at Princeton was not a
success from any point of view, and
il was the unanimous decision that
the game should never have been
taken from Philadelphia. This year
the scene of the contest will again
be Franklin Field and 1t is likely TO
be played there as long as the series
of contests last.