The Washington herald., 1906-10-14
SPECIAL TO The washington Herald

SPECIAL 30 The Washington Herald
Annapolis. Nd, Oct. 1s.-The Annapolis
nidshipmen developed surprising strength
in the football game with the Princeton
Tigers here to-day. the strong and heavy
men OF Old Nassau being able to score
only one touchdown after thirty-five
minutes of play. Al all stages OF the con-
test the middies fought stubbornly and
displayed remarkable strength defensive
ly. and the smashing attack led by the
Tigers did not wear them out t,n within
Eve minutes Of the close Of the game
Then they showed a noticeable weakness.
and the Jersey lads worked the ball
steadily on from Navy's 5-yard mark
until Mccormick, the big fullback, was
pushed across the line COoney's try for
goal was from a difficult angle and fsl-
ed, thus making the final score Prince
ton . and Annapolis O.
Game Full Of Life.
The game was one Of the most spirited
that has been played in Annapolis for a
long time. and Il was Witnessed by over
1900 persons. the largest crowd that has
attended an athletic contest here for a
number Of years. There were several
hundred persons from Washington and
Baltimore, many of them Princeton ad-
herents Among those who saw the game
was Lieut. Graves. L. s. A, himself
former football star OF the West Point
eleven. and is now head coach of the
military eleven He was here not only
10 get line on the middies' work, but
also 10 watch Princet0n's style Of play,
as West Point is TO meet the Tigers later.
Rockwell one of the coaches at Yale
and who was quarterback OF the Els
last season. and Tad Jones. quarter
back of this years team at the New Ha-
ven institution, also watched the work
or the Tigers.
It was about 2.25 O'Clock when the
bali was put into play. Spencer, having
won the toss Of the coin, decided that the
NIiddv team should receive the kiek-oG
and from the time that CoGney sent the
rail- sailing down the field to Norton un-
til the close of the game it was a struE-
glc that no one anticipated in Annapoii-.
Dillon Great Factor.
There was one individual on the varsity
eleven whose work IN general attributed
largely IN the result OF the game He Was
E. a. Dillon, the small but agile little
quarterback. who time and agdu. when
yards were needed TO cover the required
distance for "a first down, would essay
the quarterback run Tor gain. ONLY
on two OF three occasions did ue fail in
the play. His work in running the ball
hack after Speucer's punts crlip-ed any
thing that had been seen here Tor some
time. Repeatedly he would receive the
kick and somehow manage to squirm and
q L L.
for gains before beiug doWned. The
MILDLY ends were fast in getting down tl1
Held. but the tackling in many cases was
DOOR
In the first half tho teams played each
other TO a staDdstiil Although the
Princetons had an advantage in the
straight ground gaining there was less
fumbling by the Middies to-day than here
tOfore while their opponents juggled the
pigskiu several times, nearly all of which
were recovered by MILDLY.
By straight plays neither team was able
10 get within scoring distance. although
each bad au easy try tor seal from thl
field Princcton's chance came early iI
the half. when Cooncy tried for one from
placement from The 20-yard Ile but the
Middies easily blocked tine bali and re-
covered IT,
Norton Misses Field Goal.
Norton. whose ueld goal helped 10 wiz
from Princeton two years ago, had an eX-
ceIlent chance just before the close Of th,
halt, The Niddies had recovered th5
spheroid after a tumble on Princctou's
;5-yard line, and Ingram ran with 1t =
Yards before tackled by Dillon. Two
plays worked it out Immediately in front
of the Tiger goal, but Merton did not kiet
The leather souIrCiy. and 1t fell short Ul
The bar
Princeton started in the second hall
with the determination of ut least max
ing one score. a smashing attack was
led against the MILDLY forwards, who
gradually yielded, but would hold at criti
cal stages ana force ii punt.
Finally. however. the varsity players
got the BAH Id midfeld after "a punt
and 10y the substitution of Stannard. tho
crack tackle. for Phillips, and McC0r-
mick at full, and other new men, they
began an onward march down the field
tiH Mccormick was showed over
sard from the line Co0ney had a dif-
UculL Try for field goal earlier in tbs
half and failed, as did Harlan.
Lineup and summary.
Princeton Positions Annapolis.
.Dd-uC tigTt
Ai-lll- '--.l-l l---.ll tsetie.i rcr7cl- R1rfusoT
H. /. Dillon itaDff.i,fI gUaId....- Myers Su-lngc
L0r7of
Herring -.-.--.... center ................ .sIi,sla
fhcinstcIn- Tight cgaTd.- Wright shaflrltt
ConSly- taehlJ............ Nagrldel
ltOasiand. night alI.-- Bernard Dcmott
- \ Isiloii- quarter Norton
Daubi SieaFtr......Cit hslfback..-- Spencer Cant
1ibbott. Coxe-----rsit halfaach Ingram
Harlan
Coke McCumick full llE..... N3rtbcrof
ToucAdown- AicCoImick. BCf5Tcc-Nr Minds ol
University Of Pcunsyiyaui5- Jnput-Mr OkeSon
a. Lehish. Chief liuesmau-Ar Melvin Of St
Johns Colege. Lncsmtn-AIr. Rl1ueu for Prince
i0B. Midshpmau Ewing Tor annapolis. Chief fius
Lspcr-Mr Woodruff. Of Pennsylvania. Time G.,
lliscs-g1 and i minutes.
FOOTBALL SCORES.