Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-01
WINS
GAME FROM
Army TEAM
FREQUENT FUMBLING MARS
CONTEST
DOUGLASS MAKES ONLY SCORE
RECORDED
annapolis HaIfback Star Of Game and
Performs BriIiantIy-soIdiers
Held Safe All the
Way
BY AssocIated Press.

By Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. SO.-The navy
today defeated the army in the annual
football, contest on 4'ranklin field by the
score of to 0 before brilliant and rep
tesentative assembly of nearly 10000 per-
sons. Though the score looks close, the
West Point team ever seriously threat
ened the Annapolis goal, the midshipmen
playing all around their opponents at
nearly every stage of the contest.
The result was surprise to the army,
for with heavier team, more experience
and a better sea-ons record than the
navy the cadets could see nothing but
victory. The navy soon put the army on
the run, but like good soldiers the army
came back and fought very hard. 1t was
no use. however, for it was the navy
cay.
The game was marred by much fun
bling and other msplays. The new style
plays, particularly the forward pass, were
failures near.y every time they were tried.
Both teams resorted to much punting and
end runs The only score of the game
was made in the first half. The midship-
men twice had the ball within striking
distance and each time failed to follow
u the advantage, but finally, after
punting duel, an army man fumbled and
midshipman fell on the pigskin on the
army twenty -six-yard line.
Left Ha.fback Douglass went through
the West Point line for ten yards. A
forward pass helped some and another
line play put the ball two yards from the
cadets goal The army braced, but the
avy was not to be defeated. Douglass
was called on again and with mighty
plunge went over for touchdown. Lange
1itlo dining in fha
remainder of the half.
The second half was mostly listless,
play frequently being stopped to enable
| the trainers to fix injured men. Each
| team constantly punted with the hope OF
recovering the ball on fumbles in Its
opponents territory. This frequently hap
pened.
The star of the game was Captain
Douglass. His punting was uniformly
| good and his tackling sure. But 1t was
| running with the ball where he showed
| his best For the army, Beavers was
| called upon to do the most work and he
played a brilliant game until he was
| forced to leave the field through injuries.
| Society was out in force to witness the
game. Though the president was not
| present he was represented by Miss
| Ethel Roosevelt, who was the guest OF
Acting Secretary of War Oliver and the
Misses oliver The oliver party included
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Beekman.
Secretary Metcalf officially represented
the navy department He was accom-
panied by Mrs. Metcalf and Senator and
Mrs. Flint of California.
A big gray mule covered with the gray,
black and yellow of the army. in the
capacity of mascot. ambled in front of
the army stand. and goat was mascot
for the navy.
The West Point contingent also had
bear cub sent from Detroit.
From the time the game started until
the last whistle blew there was one con-
tinual round of singing and cheering, and
when the navy came out victorious pam
demonium broke loose.
The teams lined up as follows:
NAVY.