The Washington herald., 1906-11-01
How TEAMS COMPARE
West Points Record Looks
Better Than Nays.
MIDDIES SCORE MOST POINTS
Each Has scored on "a Big Eleven,
but the SoIIiers' Showing Against
Williams Indicates that Their Good
Game with Harvard Was No Acci-
dcnt-Xavy Has Coed Line.

Annapolis. Nd. Oct. 3i.-Both An
napolis ana West Point have completed
4 the first month Of their football season.
and the games played by each during tho
period can De made the basis of a compar-
I iSon oi the strength of the twc te@nls
I The total score made against each team
+ is ike points represented by touch
down made by Princeton against the
/ Navy. ard one scored by Harvard against
the Army The Navy has scored eighty
/ FIVE points in seven games. and the Army
/ ffty-threc points in five games.
Though the aggregate OF points ana
/ average points scored per game are bota
somewhat higher than that of the Army,
/ a careful comparison Of scores viii show
/ that the Armys record for the month is
decidedly better than that Of the Navy
Bv far the most cGeditabks performance
of each team VAS thc game put up
against Princeton and Harvard, respec-
lively, but the Army mas played at least
one other game which approached their
work agains; Harvard, while the Navy
has never shown anything like the form
Ia any other game that was displayed
against Princeton.
NAhN IEaNGN FEOT cams
OF the Nays So points. a were
scored against St Johns. Western Mary
land and Agricultural College, three
teams not claiming to be in the same
class The other eleven were scored
against Lehigh. and there was no scoring
either with Dickinson or BucknelL
The Army played a scoreless game with
Colgate, and made points as follows:
With Tufts. L. with Trinity, Il; with
Williams, L. The score against Williams
was the largest which has been made
this year Harvard scored seven points
against Williams. and on Saturday last
Dartmouth and Williams played without
a score. West Points score against Viii
Hams. therefore. stands as the seasonts
high mark and indicates that the show
ing against Harvard was no accident
Heavy Games Coming.
The Aidshipmeu viii play Pennsylvania
State here next Saturday. and Swarth-
more On the following Saturday. These
games viii be sreat tests for the ocal
team Probably two teams could not be
found in the country who arc nearer to
the strength of the West Point eleven
taan are the teams Of Pennsylvania State
and Swarthmore. II the Navy is 10 show
this season it will be necessary TO prove
itself about as good as the teams it will
meet on the two coming Saturdays.
States seasons record includes a defeat
of the Carlisle Indians 10 and - to
game played against Yale, the best
showing against Yale this season. Swarth-
more defeated Pennsylvania to 0. and
also ran Up a score Of - TO against
Gettysburg, which had tied with Penn
syiyania.
Douglass and Spencer.
With the return of Half Back Douglass
and Capt Spencer to the game, the ef-
fensivc strength Of the Navy should he
increased 80 per cent Both are big, ac-
tive fellows with much experience. and
with Richardson at fun there viii be a
splendid b2ckfeld. both heavy and fast
Richardson weighs 10 pounds and Spen-
CT and Douglass about 1S5 pounds.
The great question with the Navy viii
bc that of quarter. Il is still in doubt as
to whether Norton, who has appendicitis,
viii be able to get in the game this sea-
son. Battle is the best substitute, but is
not altogether satisfactory. It has been
suggested that Burg, who has been play
ing left half in place of Spencer. be given
chance in the position. He weighs less
than $50 pounds, but is very strong and
hard, and runs 100 Yards in 10 is seconds.
He has done splendid work both in prac-
ticc and matches in the last two weeks.
Navy Has a Coed Line.
The Navy has developed a splendid line.
4ht. find Of tbc eaaeon r,rohalI,, bcg,,c,
Meyers. a fourth cIassalan, at left guard
The ends arc still in doubt, but on ac-
count OF the abundance Of good material
rather than because of difficulty in find
ing a good man. Dague, Clark DeMott,
Robinson, Bernard. Mccormick, and
Boynton are all good men in that posi-
ton The position of right guard has
not been settled as to ShafOrth or Wright
but Siingluff. at center, and Piersol and
Magruder, at the tackles, appear to be
fixtures