The Washington times., 1908-11-29
MiddieS Lost Hard Fought
Contest by Score of
8 to 4.
MADE
EARLY IN GAME
Lange's tumble Proves Costly TO
Admirals-Retrieyes Himself
by Fie&r Cos.

/ FRANKLIN FIELD, Philadelphia,
Pa, Nov. s.-Armg defeated fhe Navy
ltcday in a thrilling contest. Score:
Army, 6, Navy, 4
The Army mule" got the Navy-s
goat right at tie games b Banning,
when West Point rasled the laWacross
for a touchdown. rhis play followed a
sensational run by Chamberlain through
a broken feId after Lange. the Navy
quarter, had let g. punt by Dean get
away from him. The Armys lanlSy
! fuHback was pulled down BY flying
tackle by Lange jgst three yards away
from the goal line On the second play
/ thereafter Dean was jammed over for
/ the Armys only touchdown. Dean then
kicked goal The play set Army rooters
/ wild with JOY. c0uug within four min
utes after the first half was started.
Then Navy bracod and before the half
I had ended I-ange retrieved himself by
/ kicking a perfect aeId goal from place
ment on the Arnys 17-yard line. This
was the total extent Of the scoring and
/ the second half proved to be a punting
/ duel with honors practically even. Navy
/ lost after expecting 70 win. and her de-
/ feat was "A bitter disappointment
10000 Present.
/ The combat between the future gen
/ erals and admirals Of Uncle Sans land
/ and sea forces drew a splendid audience
/ Thirty thousand people witnessed the
/ memorable conflict, filling ever section
Of the vast amphitheater. The Nyealth
/ ana fashion Of the counter was there
/ Mrs. Nicholas Lougw0rth. Miss Ethel
/ Roosevelt Miss Helen Taft and scores
OF other distinguished young women
/ graced either tie Army or Navy side
of the gridiron- IN Tudience were
/ Cabinet ministers, soldiers sf tnserna-
tionaI reputation as hghtir - en. saii-
( ors vsi5 naf fouehs the 6 y sht feE
their colat diplomats milllouaires.
and row up0n row Of feminine lowell :
/ ness. The fair sex surveyed the brave
and showered their praises in shrili
paeans.
Both the cadets and middies were
backed up by one OF the most remark
able demonstrations Of cheering in the
history OF the game. When Dean made
his touchdown. Army came out with
"Haw. haW. haw.
HE, he. he
Hi. hi, hi
'Ho, no. no,
] "Hs, hs, hs.
"Rah. rsh, rah-West PointT' that
rocked the field.
Navy's Cheer Leader.
over on the Navy side there was
cheer leader by the name OF I. c.
Dunn. a midshipman with light hair,
smile and a wonderful ability 10 per-
suade his fellows TO make at least eight
cen different kinds OF noise all at one
time. He bossed a siren cheer that was
executed by Annapolis when LanEe
kicked his placement goal and exceeded
In volume OF sound the most powerful
caliope IN existence.
The battle itself was not great foot
ball There was too much punting and
too little Of the new open football but
it was a spectacle. thrilling with the
furious onslaught OF two elevens deter
mined to win for the glory and honor
| OF their respective branches of the ser
vice. Both teams punted more than in
any other notable contest OF the year.
/ Both Lange and Greble would punt on
the slightest provocation. AS a result,
excitement was always at fever pitch.
! because of the uncertainty. The pig
skin would be booted down the field,
and amid the frantic shouting of the
stands, a muff or a tumble was liable
to occur at any moment
| In fact, while Army had a shade the
best Of the general play of the after
noon, 1t was Lange's inability to prop
erly handle a punt which resulted in
the Middies' defeat But Navy was not
. alone remiss in this particular feature
Of the play. The Army backs. a heavy
and heady aggregation. were also liable
/ at any time to tumble at crucial mo
ments. AS a result, while there was no
| scoring in the second half, the stands
felt that a score from a missed punt was
more than a possibility for either team.
Both elevens showed the effects Of Yale
coaching. Repeated attempts were made
at line smashing. Proving unsuccessful.
as a rule, the kickers Immediately re-
/ sorted 10 punting.
Interest on Side Lines.
If q contest on the gridiron was in
deadly earnest, the interest in the out
come was no less SO to the grizZled old
war dogs. who joined with a mad and
riotous abandon in the cheering when
their pets forged ahead. This contest
! was tle llAo9L AiiiPOi 1sN'1' OL INC SSoi 70
| army and navy men, and has a world
/ wide significance to the nations war
riors. from the Philippines to Alaska,
] from the Atlantic TO the Pacific. and
from the northern boundaries to the
/ Gulf.
/ The actual gridiron battle was herald
/ ed by scenes approaching an ancient
/ Roman triumph. 1t was followed by a
/ demonstration equaling the scene at
/ New Haven, one week ago when Yale
defeated. but not discredited, sang be-
/ fore the shouting hosts from Harvard
/ for thirty minutes.
/ Navy was out to win and the odds
! were in her favor. Her line outweighed
/ that of the West Pointers by over FIVE
pounds to the man. The Navy had
ECoisffnued on Ninth paga