Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-11-30
Government officials and Mill
tary Men Turn Out By Hum
dreds to See Great Game
ONLY SCORE MADE IN FIRST HALF
Distinguished Gathering Of Govern
ment and Military Officials Present
President Represented by His
Daushter-Game Played on Frank
lin Field.

Philadelphia, Nov. 3O.-Ihe army
and navy of the United States, or that
much of the personnel as could find
excuse to get away from official du-
! ties, are in Philadelphia today to see
the battle on the foot ball field be-
tween the coming Officers of these
branches of the government service.
AS in former years, the annual contest
| between the cadets Of Annapolis and
West Point academies will attract an
enormous crowd and the vast assem-
blage, always brilliant one, will be
thoroughly representative of the ma
tional government.
Tho the president Of the United
States will not attend, he will be rep
, resented by his daughter Ethel. The
army, in the absence of Secretary
Taft, will be represented by Assist
ant Secretary Oliver. Secretary Of the
Navy Metcalf, with Assistant Secre-
| tary Newberry, will head the navy
contingent.
Supporting them on all sides will be
admirals Of the navy and generals Of
the army, not to say anything Of hun
dreds of other officers of the two
branches. A small army of military
and naval men, accompanied by mem
bers Of their families. arrived here yes
!, terday and made things lively about
! the hotels where the foot ball teams
are quartered. Today, nearly 10000
! foot ball visitors came here in special
trains from all directions.
The game is being played on Frank
lin field. under the management of the
University of Pennsylvania. The teams
are in fine fettle and each confident
of victory. They are pretty we'll
matched, tho the army men are slight
favorities because of their greater ex-
perience and better record for the
year. The army had suffered but one
defeat, that at hands Of Cornell, while
the navy has twice been beaten.
Play Begins on Time.
Perfect weather favored the vast as
semblage, heavy coats being burden
rather than necessity. The specta-
tors were slow In arriving, but not SO
with the cadets of the two great acad-
emies. With promptness that was in
keeping with the strict discipline of
the army and navy battalions, the fu-
ture officers marched into the field at
1880 o'clock, behind bands playing
stirring music.
West Point won the toss and took
the kickoff and gave the navy the
ct II off fo,, h.,
army, the ball went over the goal line.
The navy kicked out from the fifteen
yard line. The ball landed in midfeld.
West Point was unable to gain. Beav-
ers punted and the navy promptly re-
turned the kick. For the next five
minutes the play was in the center Of
the field, both teams doing much kick
ing. The pigskin was pnnted to the
army's fifteen yard line, where Beav-
ers received it and with magnificent
interference ran forty-five yards be-
fore he was downed.
On the next lineup the army was
penalized fifteen yards. The navy
showed surprising strength on the de-
fense and the army, after being forced
back for twenty yard loss, was COM
PEELED to kick, the ball landing in the
navy's possession on their own tWen-
ty-five yard line. After getting the
ball on their own fifteen yard line the
army punted to midfield. Douglas got
the ball and made a sensational run
thru the entire army field to West
Points eight yard line. The navy made
two yards on two line plunges. The
army's line held fast and the navy at
tempted the forward pass. It failed
and it was the army's ball on their own
fifteen yard line. Beavers kicked out
of danger, but the ball was Immediate
ever, fumbled the ball and the MILDLY
fell on it and was downed by Beavers
ON the army's twenty-five yard line.
Navy Scores Touchdown.
Douglas made ten yards around the
army's left end, then Lange on
quick formation for forward pass
took the bali around the armys right
end to within four yards of the West
Point goal line. Douglas gained two
yards and just as Reifsnider was be-
ing plunged over the goal line for a.
touchdown he fumbled. The navy,
however, recovered the ball about two
yards from the line. The navy held
conference and decided to let Doug
las make supreme effort to take the
ball over. He rose to the occasion
and the ball was pushed over. Lange
kicked goal. Score: Navy 6. army 0.
Beavers kicked off, and Douglas re-
turned the punt to the armys So yard
line. The Westpointers did not try to
advance the ball and Immediately
kicked back to the navy's territory.
Douglas after making twenty yards,
punted and 1t was the army's ball on
her own forty yard line. On the first
line up, the army fumbled and it was
the navy's ball on the army's forty-five
yard line. Here a peculiar play oc-
Cured Douglas tried an on-side kick.
but Weeks broke thru, and got the ball.
Douglas raced after him, and got him