Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-04
WEST POINT FIRST
SCORES ON YALE
Goal From the Field Wins the
Game for Old Eli in Last
Few Minutes of Play.

Il.
10; West Point. Is. That was the score a<
the end of todays foot ball game betw,en
tho New Haven colleglans and representa-
tiyes Of the United States Military AczS-
envy. When Yale and the army meet h,re
on the local gridiron the affair IS looked
upon as tho big feature of the foot ban
season. and the attendance today was
larger than on any previous occasion.
The weather was almost simmerllke in
mildness, and there was scarcely the rig
gestion Of a breeze so that neither side VA,
favored by an advantage OF wind to mar or
retard punts.
The cadets faced Yale with a stronger
team than they had in the contest with
Harvard last Saturday, Fullback Smith and
Quarterback Johnson having recovered
from the sickness which kept them out az
the game n week ago. In consequence
there was confidence among the West
Point boys that their team would at least
be able TO score. though last years g.ms
between these teams was 20 to o in favor
of Yale
Yale's Showing Disappointing.
The game was lively enough bat Tx,
showing made by the Ellis was a dsappGint-
ment to their partisans. Their line wo,k
defense, particularly in the first half. In
the second they oraced and made better
front but the fumbing OF pun:s spo..d
their open play. The cadets at all times
put up the stiffest kind Of contest IN,
absence of Roome at fullback was handi-
cap to Yale. but Capt Morse filed tn. Va
cancy cleverly, so that the low score OF N,
coilegians cannot be attributed entirely
TINS drawback Coach Graves had the, sol.
In frf
cheers for him when his men scored nj cr
twenty minutes of play in the first half
for the nrst fifteen minutes the contest
was ABOUT even. the exchanges of punts be-
ing frequent. In buCking the line West
Point made gains The touchdown for IN,
army was made after Jones tumble Mount
ford's punt on Yale's forty-fve- yard Inc
Scored Against Yale.
forward pass sent the plgskin twenty
yards nearer the goal. By repeated attack,
the army got the ball to Yale's ten-vard
line, where the New Haven men were pau-
allied five yards for off-side play Smith
then smashed through guard and tackle and
Hill carried the ball over for a touchdown.
the hrst score recorded against Yale this
season Mountford kicked the goal Unile
me friends of the army. women and men
ankle, cheered wildly and threw hats, coats
and wraps in the air
1t was stirring scene at this stage and
When the half ended three minutes later
the yale contingent looked in anything but
a pleasant mood. although they bet win
commence that the Blue would win out
Yale Ties Score.
In the second half Dimes replaced Jones
at quarterback for Yale. and later on IIick
am went in at right end for Stearns of West
Point. Early in the half Yale evened M
matters. In an exchange of punts Morse
punted out OF bounds at West Points ton
yard line, and Mountford's return kick was
blocked, Alcott going over with the han
and securing a touchdown, from which
Veeder kicked goal. Then the Yale College
shout rang out long and loud
fales defensive work improved during
the remainder of the game, but her ham
ding of punts was cratic The time was
flying swiftly and it began 70 'i inol was as
though the cadets would hold the visitors
to tie, but Yale fought stubbornly and
determinedly.
Game Won on Field Goal
The time limit was scarcely four min
utes away when Mountford punted out 10
the armys S1-yard line, after Yale had
failed to kick goal from the field Dimes
was the man in the right place a. this
stage of the game. He caught the ball
fairly and heeled for a place kick 1t was
an awkward angle but Bigelow sent the
ball sailing right over the bar in a perfect
line.
The game was won and lost right there
Yale having gained the lead by points on
their goal from placement. At the end 81
the game the army had possession of the
ball on its 53-yard line.
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