New-York tribune., 1906-12-02
DETAILS OF THE GAME
Hoso the Elevens Fought Up and
DozU1 the Griduon.
rBy Telegraph to The Tribunel


Philadelphia, Dec. 1.-The crowd had hardly
than gathered at Franklin Field to-day for
the Army-Navy football game when the elevens
took the field and enthusiastically greeted
Captains Hill and Spencer, after little prelim
mary practice by both teams. met in the centre Of
the field and shook hands The referee spun the
coin and Captain Hill won the toss. amid tumultu-
Gus applause from the cadets. Norton sent the
ball flying into Army territory, and the game
was
Captain Hill caught it his 2o-yard line.
and little Dague threw him after he had recovered
twenty yards. 1t was the Armys ball on their
4O-yard line. The cheering sections of both sides
Immediately "cut loose" But gloom reigned
in tho cadets stands, for the soldiers could make
no headway against the sturdy midshipmen and
Beavers called TO punt His kick
good one, but Norton neutrazed the Army's ad-
vantage of wind by dashing back fifteen yards
before a fierce tackle by Captain Hill laid him
low. After try the Army line for slight
gain. Norton evidently decided relying upon
Douglass's toe. despite the fact that the wind
against him.
A mighty shout arose from the nlidshipnlen as
their great halfback drove the ball good forty
yards into the Army's territory. and little Dague.
sprinting down the field like mad nailed Johnson
realized that she facing a team equally as
strong as she was. and possessed Of as fine
,,slinglGfr broke Through sultan and spoiled
forced an exchange ef punts Which resulted in
giving the Army The ball on her own 10-yard line.
team to block that kick beavers punted out Of
danger and the cadets @ @breathed a sigh of relief;
9oad to nab and crawl BACK six yards before he was
WsEed r1mphahy as Ingram was S'a sopped 5 s fcy
a slight gain. Several exchanges of punts fol-
inferior TO Beavers, even with the wind against
h51 Nm: Each succeeding play seemed to give the
to each scrmmage with renewed confidence and
ad the ba Was f9 m aTT forcing the play
sd Spencer @ @ Punteq TO johnson IN the centre OF the
like fash and threw Johnson hard before he had
growing short for the first half and Hill desperately
urged urged his team on The Navy line was almost
half Johnson made cever o1side Kick to sea4n se
T Tho carried t the bali to The Nays fteenzyard line
first half was over with a score of to o.
jubilant and confidently counted on the second half
70 bring them victory. With the wind against
SECOND HALF
The Navy team the field first, closely
followed by Captain Hill and the Army aggrega-
tion. Beavers kicked off against the wind to Ber-
nard on the Navys ffteen-yard line. He jugged
the ball, but the omnipotent Dague grabbed it and
got back five yards before Hill smashed him to
earth with fierce tackle. The Army captain was
self into every play with absolute abandon The
intended for Douglass fell back and sent u twst
ing spiral sixty yards 10 Johnson; The Army quar-
for T the Navy Norton Nor essayed a forward pass to
thousand persons were on their feet as J obnsoH 6
the Army quarter, gathered il in and, tucking tie
coveted pgskn under his arm, raced down the
field toward the far distant Navy goal line Norton
lunged forward at the speeding Army runner and
missed the tackle by an inch. Captain Spencer hJr
g. desperate squirt, dived and missed For a frac
tiOn of moment 1t seemed if the tackle w;ts a
sure one, but his gripping fingers slipped and the
ball was planted sQuarely behind the NAVY goal
posts after a brilliant eighty fve-yard dash PaSJa
nOniun broke loose in the cadet stands It NO.
short-ived, however, as the ball had TO be brouehf
back. light
Then the mdshpmen had a chance to veil. Thew
gave the nerve,raeking siren" with a determine,
Hill plunged through Wright in good stve but
Slingluh threw him from behind after he had
made . 3-yard gain, and again the NAVY
gold and blue waved tumultuously Beaver punted
dashed back for eight yards before Hill slammed
him to the ground. After Spencer had gained nva
yards Douglass punted again, and little ''Vtolet"
Dague continued his phenomenal work by mailing
punts followed, in which Beavers did good work
despite a brisk wind which blew against him on
one Of Douglass's punts the Army secured the bali
on their 25-yard line. HILL a fake kick, dashed
around Bernard for twelve yards, making the first
down of the half. The West Point cadets instant
~ grasped the opportunity to let loose the full
force Of their cheering strength but the nidship-
men numerically the stronger. thundered forth a
-Four NJ yell in reply
Beavers tried onside kick, but Spencer drOpped
on the ball on his own 50-yard line. Two exchanges
OF punts cost the Army heavily, Dague was
down the field like flash both times. and nailed
the Army runner in his tracks, or for toss. The
nttie Navy end was playing the most rema kable
game OF the year. Weighing only 40 pounds he
tackled like iend. and time after timo down
the held and throwing runners back before they
had time barely to catch punt.
Beavers was then called on to punt. and. stand