The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-30
UNCLE SANS
WARRIORS
MEET TO-DAY
Football Season Comes TO
End With Annual Army
4 Navy Game.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 3o.-The football
season of 1907 win be brought to a close
with the annual game between the Army
and Navy, to be played on Franklin Field
this afternoon. The members of the two
teams, with substitutes and coaches, ar
rived in this city yesterday, and each team
ran through signal practise on the grid
iron on which they will meet for battle
today. Everybody on each side seems to
be full of confidence. which gives promise
of a stirring contest,
The Middies were first on the field. ar
irving shortly after 2 o'clock, and %practis-
Ing until nearly 4. The Army eleven then
took possession and practised until dark.
The Pennsylvania authorities kept close
watch on the gates of the field and no
spectators were allowed inside the enclo-
sure. No one not connected with the team
practising witnessed the signal work. and
the rival teams were as secure from pry-
ing eyes as on their " field.
Both teams appeared in good condition,
and both captains we're sanguine of sue
cess, The Annapolis men surely expect
to win. One MILDLY, a member of the
squad, said: you can put 1t down that
Annapolis is going to win this time. We
are in good shape and ready for the
Army"
Confidence in the Navy team has been
growing during the week, and everyone
here feels certain that the Navy's chances
are at least equal. 1t is believed that the
Navy has the better of it at the ends, and
on the whole throughout the line. 1t is
admitted that the Army has rather the
better back field. though 1t is not thought
that 1t has any man who is the equal of
Captain Douglas. Much dependence is
placed upon the new plays which nave
been evolved during the secret praetises.
Army Has Best Record.
The Army team, with the no-score tie
with Yale to its credit, has made the
better record this season, and, having only
been defeated by Cornell, is considered the
favorite for today's game. The Middies
have been defeated by Harvard and
Swarthinore, but the Navy boys have a
way of fighting almost beyond them
selves in their game with the Army, and
may surprise the West Pointers. Last
year the Army men were favorites, but
the Annapolis team outplayed them and
won out by the score of 10 to 0. The
Army team attributed its defeat to a
hard schedule, which left them in bad
shape for the final contest, and not to be
caught the same way this year the Army
authorities cut out the games with Har-
ward and Princeton, playing only Yale and
Cornell for big games.
The Middies and Cadets first met on
the gridiron in 1870, when the Navy won.
The games continued annually until 1893,
after which the teams could not agree.
Finally, hugely through the efforts of the
university of Pennsylvania authorities, the
teams were again brought together, with
%fYranklinN Field the scene of the conflict.
-ihe game on Franklin Field on in 1899 was
a great social success, being attended by
President Mckinley and many other nota-
bles. A few years later President Roose-
welt attended the game in this city, and the
game between the two academies became
an annual fixture on FRANKLIN Field until
1905, when the game was taken to Prince
ton, One dose of Princeton was enough
for both teams, however, and the contests
were brought back to Franklin Field.
While no championship questions are de-
cided today, the game this year Is excit-
ing more than ordinary interest, aud fully
$1,000 persons are here to witness the bat
tie. The Annapolis cohorts will, as usual,
hold forth in the north stand, with a solid
phalanx of blue-clad middies occupying
the centre section. Across the field the
Army faction will occupy seats in the
south stand. The cadets, with their gray
uniforms. viii be seated in the centre OF
this stand. The entire centre section of
the north stand will be filled with Navy