Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-11-19
SEVEN TO FOUR
This is the Score Of Series Between
Army and Navy


Navy football game TO be played a
week from next Saturday on Frank
| lin Field. Philadelphia.
The series Of football games betH cen
the United States Naval Academy
and the United states Military Aead-
emy af West Point has grown into
one " the most important joint ath-
letic ard social events that takes
place. The teams Of late years have
reached = point Of skilIfulness just
short of the best four or Gye elesens
tise country produces and in the mum
Der u notable people the game attracts,
il is easily in the lead.
The first game bet~een the ineiifu-
tfons took place in 1900 and was play
"a At West Point. Football had been
played at the naval Academy for d
number Of years and there was a
strong team ~ the Academy. The
game was in its infancy Al West Point
and the Savy had no trouble ip win
ming. the score being "a 10 o.
The next year the game was played
in Annapolis and the Army surprised
be Navy by winning by a score ~
- 60 ~. THE Navy had not the slight
est intffnafiOn that the Army had i'm.
proved 80 fnuch I'm q year. and wac
taken enlirely BY surprise. Both teams
wcre strong. but the Army had resist.
less.aftack and greater ing qualities
and towards slse last the Navy players
were carried away.
The third game was al West Point
and the Navy bad decidedly the better
ct The game, winning by score 81
l2 "a 8. on the Navy term we're such
stars ~ Bagley, Tzard. johnson,
Book walter. Reeves aid Kayauaugb.
IN 1898, the last game played NJ The
location ~ one Of the contestants, wat
won by Navy by score Of q 10 4,
the margin representing the difference
between n kicked and a missed goal.
The Army team was very strong and
gained double the amount Of ground
by rushing than the Navy did In the
fFst half. However, score WAS saved
by the splendid punting Of Bagley,
v wh0 later lost his life OF Cardenas,
Cuba, and the remarkable tackling ~
Reeves, who Is now lientenant-cofn-
tnander in the Navy and one Of the
Navy coaches for tho present season.
In the second half I3agley made q
touchdown after kick bad been
blocked and kicked dinicult goal.
after stacey made touchdown for the
Army. but Carson misscod the easiest
possible goal and with his failure the
game was lost.
This was tire last game played here
or at West Point. The game had grown
IN interest until II was. impossible "a
handle the crowds at either place and
the authorities ~ tho Army and Navy
hegan to believe that the annual con
test were bad for discipline and stud.
les. The playing Of the game on ueu-
lrni nruumds rad pot bccn suNgUatcd.
In 1885 the contests we're resumed.
The two institutions availed them
selves Of the courteous offer of the
University Of Pennsylvania and play
"a the game on Franklin Field, III
athletic grounds. The Army won by
score OF IL to 3. In 1900 the Navy
uoa the only game IN which IL had
then come out ahead since the. games
we're resumed. The score was IL to z.
The Army won IN 1901 by score
Of / I to 3. ard in 1902 by score oi
- to s. In both Of these games DAILY,
v ho had played on Harvard for sever
ri seasons, captaining the team during
his last year. was one OF the Wes
Point players. having become a mill
tary cadet. IL was almost entirely
through bis playing that West Poin
won in 1901, and the Navy contingent
made something of point OF It i'm
plying that somehow or other tht
Army was not entitled to his services
In 1902 Daily was quite outsbone by
Bunker. and in 1908, DAILY did no
play. although he bad right TO d'
so. The 1908 game was a walkove
for the Army, the score being 40 to B
In 1904 Dr. Paul J. Dashiell. 70
rnany years the chairman OF the In
Intercollegiate Rules Committee ans
| the most popular official of big con
tests that the game has ever known
took full charge of football at the Ma
val Academy. That year the Army
score was much reduced, their vic
tory being by IL to 0. In 1908 th
| game was played at Princeton, y. J
the game resulting in tie--6 to .
The Army had the better Of the gam
a whole. but Douglas, the great Nav.
| back, went into the game toward
| the close aud scored TOUCHDOWN
| Norton kicked difficult goal anI
time was called on account of dark
ness shortly after.f
The game at Princeton was not
success from any point Of view, an
/ il was the unanimous decision tina
| the game .sbould never have been take
from Philadelphia. Last year ia
scene Of the contest was again change
10 Franklin Field, Philadelphia, an
resulted in a victory for the Navy b.
\ score OF 10 to 0.