The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-02
ANNAPOLIS, TO-,
WESTP0INT, 0
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Annual Game Between Sailors
and Soldiers, as Usual, Is
Great Social Stunt.

Philadelphia, Dec lin brilliant
game the midshipmen from the AnnapO-
lis naval academy today on Franklin
field defeated West Point in their annual
football game. 10 TO Q. II was the fifth
victory for the middies I'm the history of
Football contests between the government
academies. and the second I'm which West
Point had failed to cross the goal line.
There were 5000 spectators.
For fully half an hour before the con-
test the spectators watched the Annapo-
lis lads march around Franklin field, way
ing flags. casting hats, canes and mega
phones and nearly everything they could
lay their hands on, into the air. The
contest was fierce from beginning TO
end. Yet there was no unnecessary rough
ness. The navy was handicapped by
stiff wind in the opening half, and were
forced to the utmost to prevent West
Point from crossing the goal line. Time
and again they were driven back to with
in a few feet of their goal but their line
would hold and Douglass would boot the
ball out of immediate danger.
Navy Strong in Last Half.
When the second half opened there was
an entirely different proposition West
Point was pushed back foot by foot yard
by yard. until the navy had the ball
within striking distance of the army s
tsoal. Beaver, for West Point, sent a
high spiral from his ten-yard line TO Spen-
beer on the navy's e-yard line. Spencer
f11cGieu the CdlGn. GlIlliiDE the navy 10 4
F1ree kick. The bali was within ten yards
lof the line on the south side of the field
Eand ar a remarkably difficult angle. But
lRorthcroft kicked the goal and scored 4
points.
Scarcely had the jubilation of the An
lnapoiis rooters ceased when there was
cause for another explosion of ecstatic
10y. The navy, on exchanges OF punts,
worked the ball well into the armys ter
eitOry. With third down. and f.Hr yards
tto gain, Norton dropped back as though
TO try for a goal kick from the field.
ingram, fuIlbaclS. had been drawn close
ito the line, ostensibly to protect the
hticker. But the instant that Slingluff
lsnapped the ball Ingram was off like a
shot. -....
Forward Pass Does 1t.
He grasped Norton's beautiful forward
pass and dashed for the aTmys goal.
One man got within striking distance,
hut he was warded off and a touchdown
was the result The delirium of the An
napolis boys began all over again, and
never ceased until the game was over.
Norton ran the Annapolis eleven bril-
liantly. and the handling of kicks by
himself and Spencer was almost perfect.
On the other hand. both Johnson and
Mountford, who came on late in the
game, as the formers substitute, were
weak. Both fumbled Douglass high
twisters. If any one man deserves more
than another a niche in the football at
Annapolis, it is Dague, the right end of
the navy team. He followed the ball
he caught a punt, and broke up interfer-
ence in remarkable style. Spencer. Doug
las and PierSol also played brilliantly
for the navy while Hill, Beavers. Stearns
and Weeks did good work for the army.
The drizzle which began a few minutes
after l o'clock continued until few mo-
ments after the game had started Il
was not enough, however, TO mar the bril-
liancy Of the great social football func-
ton.
Every seat in the great amphitheatre
was filled. and there were hundreds
Giles the gTidirOn. Everybody was dec
GRATED with the gold and blue of the
navy. or the black. gold and gray of the
army. and the stands were a myriad of
brilliant colOrs.
Society Was There.
The social side of the match, always a
great feature of the occasion. was as
brilliant as the game itself, although the
absence of the president of the United
States, TIE Secretary of war and the sec
Rotary of the navy was regretted 1t was
the first time since the army and navy
game has been played on Franklin that
all three were missing from the annual
contest. Despite their absence, ii seemed
as though the capital of the nation had
been transferred to Franklin field. The
presidents family was represented by his
boxes ranged along two sides of the field
were member of the presidents cabinet
high officials of the various departments
and officers Of nearly every grade IN the
army and navy. The legislative and Ju-
diciai branches were also well repre-
scented.
Assistant Secretary of War Oliver was
en box on the army SIDE OF the feld