Las Vegas daily optic., 1906-11-30
THE ARMY AND NAVY
WILL MEET TOMORROW

FAala8elphia. ~. NoE- sA,-In
fAnesE festae nd easer foE sAe fray.
the f00shall sasyens 1t the Annapolis
and West Poaat academies have aTEiy-
ed In PhliadelphIa. ready for their an
nusi game t0nsoEEow On Franklin
field Extra stands have beea erected
On tho field ana all other preparations
for The contest have bsen eomplesed
More than aa.Hae semts have been dis
p0sed 0f. and the usual crowd of diw
tinguished Officers Of the army and
navy Is expected 10 b. at the game.
The Secretary u War and the Seere.
aary 0f the Navy are expected MI the
game. along with numerous other offi.
Gals of the several departments Of
the federal government Most Of these
win arrive in special trains from
Washington and New York taanoFFow.
Because of the excellent showing
made this year against Yale and other
star teams the West Point eleven is
naturally o decided favoFite In toan0r.
rows contest. though the sailor boys
from the naval academy are counted
upon 20 put up a game struggle for the
honoFs.
The contest tomorrow viii be the
twelfth between the football teams Of
tho two academies. The Navy has
won four and the Army six. Last year
they played a tie game
The first game between the two
government institutions was played at
West Point ON the Saturday after
Thanksgiving. 1890. In that game the
wearers Of the black and gray. cap
tained by William M.ehie, received q
severe drubblng at the hands Of the
Navy by the use Of the famous Fly.
ing wedge" which caused such an in.
tereating crusade 90 be made by the
members of the W. G. T. q. and the
Il. p. c. A. against tho brutal sport.
and which was later barred by the
rules committee. The score on that
occasion was "a 10 0.
The return game was played on the
Nays grounds on Nov. 30 OF the fol.
lowing year before the (for those
days. very large crowd Of 1000. and
resulted In the Army retrieving its
former defeat 10 the tune Of 30 to 10.
For tho third game Of tho series
the Navy again travelled up the Hud.
son. and although the Army team out.
weighed them seven pounds to the
man, tho contest resulted In a 10 to
victory for tho sailor boys.
Tho Army went TO Annapolis on De.
cember 3, 1893, entirely confident of
It's ability 10 carry a victory back 20
West Point. II returned. however,
with such heartbreaking figures as
Navy. @: Army, I.
The games were then discontinued
until December 2. 1899, when tho Uni.
versIty Of Pennsylvania first entertain.
ed "the nations heroes on Franklin
Field. The Navy could not stop the
fierce plnges Of the Army backs.
who were determined, and who sue.
ceeded In wiping out the stain of the
defeat Of 1893 by score of II to s.
On December |. 1900. the Navy was
again the victor. the final score being
Navy IL. Army 7.
II was at Franklin Field on Novem
ber 30, 1901, that the blue and gold
first met the famous Daily. who start
ed the Army's scoring by placing
beautiful drop from the field squarely
behind the goal posts near the end of
the first half and literally kept the
ball rolling until at the close OF the
game the score stood Army II. Navy
6.
Al the contest of 1902, which took
place on November 2S. the first OF the
A:my's big scores was piled up and
the Middies returned to Annapolis to
dream OF Army %. Navy s.
Exactly one year to the day and
date. the soldier boys rubbed It In on
the Navy to the mournful tune OF 40
to 6, and the Midshipmen went back
determined TO do or die at the next
attempt.
With this determination strong up
on them they came to Philadelphia
two years ago. and by one of the
gamest fights ever watched by a phe.
nomenal crowd, they fought their
heavy opponents all over the field,
and by an almost superhuman effort
kept the figures down TO Army. II;
Navy, O.
Last year the contest vas trans
ferred TO Princeton and resulted In a
magnificent tie game. the score stand.