Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-27
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FINE WORK At ANNAPOLIS Ill TRIED GAMPAGNERS
s4IDgIEs BEFaahT LAFAYETTE
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Special Dispatch 70 The Star.
ANNAPOLIS. ND. October e6.--fhr
e5aAderee That exists IN Annapolis that
tts ayssvg team e tfockfull 0f foot
bali playing ability, which originated by
the fine wofR in the early season games
soTaewhat weakened }j5 ths work against
Vanderbilt and revived By The sgeat play
INC AGAINST Harvard last week. was
strengthened to ar absolute conviction to-
dsv tv the magnificent game played
against LAFAYETTE and The defeat Of that
strong team Try The score Of IT to q: tHe
totcltabvvtl was made III The first ha:t
and in the seeBnd the visitors were pushed
IN tIeif limit and TIVE tSeth&ewGS were
scored. Lafayette falling 70 90 anything
effective against the fttidshigH}eff even
after the regulars Of the latter team had
been entirely replaced by second team
men.
The game put up by The 1nidshipmen
this afternoon was distinctly the best ex-
position of the new foot bail ever given
by q navy team at Annapolis, and be
sides The individual work of tn Navy
backs, notably Lange and Douglas. Kept
the Spectators in en- almost continual
fur0re of enthusiasm. Particularly was
the Navy contingent pleased with the
brilliant work of Lange. who was little
below his own standard in the Harvard
game last Saturday: Lange made gains
every time he received the ball from q
kick. He also scored the first touchdown.
the only one of the first half, running
from h kick formation after Lafayette
had stopped two plays on its eight-yard
line.
The longest run of the game, slightly
over fifty yards, was made by Capt Doug
las from d kickoff In the second half.
Douglas also played d ,tlest brilliant
game tnaHins Several substantial gains
besides lis long efle III the second half.
Dagus and tgebefts0t1 and afterWaFd
Reifsnider and Etrsthefs, decidedly out
played their opponents and this con-
tributed 10 the brilliant running back Of
! tho Navy backs and the small gains made
BY the visitors III tbs same way.
Magrlder played his first game at full
back and made substantial gains with
great frequency. He scored both of the
score In this period was made after Il
forward pass from Lange to Robertson
had been worked for II gain Of thirty
yards. putting the bail on Lafayette's
6-ynrd line.
lafayette made its only substantial
gains early In the game but the terrific
pace set by the midshipmen was too much
for the visiting players, though they
played pluclny to the last. During the
second half the Navy put in substitutes
until every regular player he'd been re-
placed.
The lineup:
Navy. Positions. Lafayette
Robertson ..'.. Left end .'..............sw ank
Reifsnlder.
Northcroft. StOer Left tackle .Engle Kirkratrtck
Meyer. ........ Left guard ............. Roger
Stuart. King.
Sl!ngluf. ....... Center avcri,o
Anderson.
Wright. Strauss. Right cunri ,.,...... Torsr
| Shafroth ....... Right tackle ....... FlftTrt4
Leighton.
Dague strothcr Right end KELLEY
Lange, Mason. Quarterback .............. Flad
douglas (capt.) Left halfback ....... Chalmers
Gates
Jones. Spencer. Right halfback. .NcCaa Conover
Magruder, Brand Fullhack ......B.aicher MEGA
Decentralization Poe Princeton Irrnpire-
Whiting, Cornell. Linesmen-Raker Lafayette Re,
and Burg. Naval Academy. Timers-Buckley Ia
Touchdowns-Lange, Magruder e. Goals from
touchdowns-Northcroft (2). Goal from .ouch.
minutes.