The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-11-27


80 o1s. The Navy had not the slight.
est intimation that the Army had i'm.
proved 50 much in year. and was
taken entirely b. surprise, Both teams
were strong. but the Army had a re-
slstless attack and greater staying
qualities and towards the last the
Navy pIsysrs were carried away.
,Ths third game was at West Point
and the Navy mad decidedly the bet.
ter Of the game, winning by a score
Of 70 TO 4. on the Navy team werg
such stars as Basley, lizard. johnson,
Bookwalter. Reeves and Kavana6gh.
In 1892, the last game played at thu
location OF one of the contestants,
was won by Navy by score of 6 to
4, the margin representing the di!.
ference between a kicked and a miss
ed goal. The Army team was very
strong and gained double the amount
of ground by rushing than the Navy
did in the first half However, a score
was saved by the splendid punting OF
Bagley. who later lost his life OF
Cardenas, Cuba, and the remarkable
tackllng OF Resves. who is now. a
lieutenant-c0mmander in the Navy.
In the second half Bagley made a
touchdown after kick had been
blocked and kicked difficult goal
Shortly after Stacey made a touch.
down for the Army, but Carson miss.
ed the easiest possible goal and with
his failure the game was lost.
This was the last game played here
or at West Point. The game had
grown in interest until It was impos.
slOle to handle the crowds at either
place and the authorities OF the Army
and Navy began to believe that the
annual contest were bad for discl.
pllne and studies The playing OF the
game on neutral grounds mad not
heen suggested. Ip 1899 the con.
tests were resumed
The two institutions availed them.
selves of the courteous offer of the
University of Pennsylvania and play.
ed the game on franklin Field, It;
athletic grounds. The Army won by
a scare of II to .. In 1900 the Navy
won the only game in which 1t had
then come out ahead since the games
were resumed. The score was hi
TOT.
The Army won in 1901 by score
% to S. In both of these games DAILY,
ton noral officials and scores OF An
eral SEASONS, captalnIng the team dur.
ing his last year, was enc of the West
Point players. having become a mill.
tary cadet. It was almost entirely
through his playing that West Point
won in 1901, and the Navy contingent!
made something Of point of 1t I'M.
plying that somehow or other the
Army was not entitled to mis- services.
In 1902 DAILY was quite outshone by
Bunker, and in 1903, DAILY did not !
play although he had a right to do
SO. The 1903 game was a walkover
for the Army, the score being 40 to
5.
In 1904 DR.. Paul ]. Dashiell, for
many years the chairman OF the In.
terCollegiate Rules Committee anil
the most popular official of big con.
tests tnat the game mas ever known,
took full charge OF football at the Ma.
val Academy. That year the Army's
score was much reduced, their vie
tory being by IL to 0. In 1876 the
game was played at Princeton. N. j.;
the game resulting in a tie to G. |
The Army had the better OF the game
as awhole. but Douglas, the great
Navy back, went into the game To.
wards the close anil scored a touch.
down. Norton kicked a difficult goal
and time was called on account Of
darkness shortly after.
The game at Princeton was not
success from any point of view, and
1t was the unanimous decision that
the game should never have been
taken from Philadelphia. In 1906 the
scene of the contest was again
changed to Franklin Field, Phlladel.
Dhla, and resulted in victory fop
the Nav yby score of 10 to o.
Last year, although the Army went
into the game an to o favorite, tho
victory went to the Navy by score
Ofs to o. Y
A complete list of the games be.