The Washington herald., 1907-12-01

Philadelphia, Nov. 3o.-with 1880 parti-
san rooters surrounding the gridiron on
FrankliR Field to-day. ths Naval Acad-
emy football eleven conquered West Point
by a score OF to @. The deciding score
was made in the first half. the result Of a
touchdown by the Nays captain. Doug
las from which Lange kicked a difficult
goal
The Army players were exceued at
every point. their showing being a great
disappointment 10 their followers. who
believed that because Of the tie game
played with Yale some weeks ago. the
Navy woulc be showed under. But the
Middies- trained 10 the minute. played
their best game Of the season. and so far
outcIassed their rugged opponents that
after the six points had been made the
final result was never in doubt.
All through the second half the Annap-
Oils men held their antagonists at bay. in
spite Of the fact that the West Point men
showed a marked Improvement over their
/ performance in the first period. but al
that the game was below the usual col
Iege standard as 20 skill and speed. both
eievens committing errors usually cred
tied 10 schooIboys. These mistakes were
accredited 70 The intense nervous strain
under which the young sailors and sol
die-s went into the battle. and they
served 10 make the play at times so excit-
Ing that the great crowd stood on tiptOe.
worked up TO a high pitch Of anxiety.
Douglas scores HonOrS.
To Capt Douglas belongs the chief
honor accruinE from The Nays triuuDh.
He played a brilliant game, not only in
punting with remarkable accuracy and
distance. bIt also in rushing the ball
through his opponents with dazzling re-
suits. together with numerous superb
tackles. which did much toward nuIlify-
ing The attacks OF TIE soldiers. One
might say that Douglas. a six-foote- and
a lightning sprinter. was virtually the
whole Navy team. for his maCnmcenr +
general play stood out Al all times in bold .
relief
II was The untIrirg play of Douglas =
however which kept the Navy going AT
top speed throughout the struggle. HIS
long punts Were made particularly e.
fective by the superb plays OF. the ends.
De Mott and Dague In fact no better
exhibition OF covering puuts than that
OF Dague was ever seen on a football
gridiron. This young man was down the
field SO swiftly that in very few instances
was IL possible for the Army catcher 10
run the bah back for material gain.
Northcroft young giant. also was a
tower of strength in the Nays nQe-up.
He showed wonderful speed for a big
man in sprinting down the gridiron un-
der punts. and in tsckling he was al
ways a terror TO Jhe enemy. one par
ticularly hard tackle by Northcroft
knocked all the vim out Of Beavers. West
Points capable fun back, IN the second
half. Beavers had just sent away a kick
when Northcroft dashed into him AZ top
speed.
Army Player knOcked Out.
Down went Beavers. apparently life
less. his face as white as chalk North
croft saw that ne was badly hurt. and.
forgetting all about the play. he lifted
Beavers 10 his feet and supported him in
his arms until assistance came from the
side lines. This display Of good fellow
ship showed concIusiveIy that. though
the rival players were fighting each 9th
er with extreme bitterness. not one OF
them forgot for single moment that
ne was a man.
Another Navy star was Iange. the
sprghuy quarter back. He was all over
the field following the ball ike a bulldog.
recovering il after numerous fumbles
and making flying tackles that delighted
the cheering AIiddies. Then. too. Sling
Ian. the Nays hustling center. proved a
big factor Ia the general result. for with
never-ceasing aggressiveness. he made
things hum both in attack and defense.
Beavers the Army Star.
For the Army. the best playing was
that Of Beavers. n veteran IN the service.
lie was really the naiastay behind the
line. His punting was excellent. although
it did not quite come up to that OF Doug
las while in rushing he made one of the
most brilliant runs OF the game-a dash
Of 20 yards behind splendid interference
in the second half Weeks, Erwin. Smith
and Stcarns also old nobly for West
Point, but they could not accomplish
enough 10 turn the tide
The Army's quarter back. M0untfOrd
made several unfortunate muffs and FUN.
bles. In fact, II was muI OF a punt
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