The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-29
ARMY-NAVY RECORD.

Philadelphia, Pa, Nov. 2S.-With a
record of six games for the Army and
six games for the Navy, also one tie
game, the West Poiutcrs WOE the rub
ber this afternoon at Franklin field
by a score Of 6 to 4. All the points
were made in the first half. 4 crowd
of over thirty thousand people. watch
ed the contest which was without
doubt the most bitterly fought and rhe
most intensely interesting of all the
classic gridiron battles Uncle Sans
army and naval cadets have fought.
The crowd included nearly all the
prominent army and navy officers
stationed in the east. Washington
was almost depopulated of its govern
ment officials. but President Roose-
welt remained on his job at the White
House. However. Mrs. Roosevelt.
Miss Ethel and Mr.. and Mrs. Nicholas
Longworth came up from the capitol
in a private car. Miss Helen Taft.
daughter of the president-elect. came
over from Bryn Mawr and was the
center OF attraction.
Washington, Philadelphia and New
York society folks turned out en-
masse. Even from so far as New Or
leans and San Francisco came hund-
reds OF persons who, urged either by
patriotic or social motives. chose this
particular time to make their eastern
pilgrimage. Fifteen special trains
were run from New York and in the
Gotham delegation was Alfred Wander
bilt. champion of the horse show.
Seated in the boxes along the army
side of the field were the following
prominent army and government osfi.
cials: Secretary OF War Luke E.
Wright, Colonel H. C. Scott, chief Of
staff. General j. Franklin Bell, Gen.
eral F. ID. Grant. General Sharps. Sem
ator p. c. Knox, Congressman Henry
II. Bingham, Theodore Voorhees,,
James McCrea, General Arthur MUIR
ray. chief Of coast artillery. A. G. Van
derbilt, Col. j. c. Nicholson. IT, s. Sen
ator Frank o. Briggs. OF New Jersey,
Congressman r. Wayne Parker, Con-
gressman r. o. Rodenberg. Congress
man w. G. Mckinley. Congressman
Leonard Wood. Gen. Nelson Henry.
General Brooke. General ]. C. Bates,
Senator Dick. General s. b. NJ Young.
General George A. Garretson. General
| Horace Porter. Theodore Gibbs. Gen.
/ eral Chas. F. Roe. General John A.
Johnson, General George B. Harris.
Judge Advocate q. s. T. 8. Dupont.
| General Clarence Edwards. bureau of
| insular affairs. General VIM. Crozier.
chief of ordnance, Col. John A. Hull.
u. 8. army. Col. Chas. w. Leonard,
General Corbin. Clement A. Griscom.
General J. III. Wilson.
The naval cadets were the first to
appear on the field. They had q goat
| for a mascot Uncle Sans sea fight
ers were given an uproarous welcome
and they responded with a vocal ex-
plosion that shook the stands Short
| ly after the arrival of the navy boys
the grey clad West Pointers romped
on the field and the greeting given the
naval cadets was duplicated.
| 1t is a historic fact thar there is no
| love lost between these two historic
/ institutions and the game emphasized
this fact. Ii was a desperate struggle !
/ from start to close. Men were laid
out time and again but after a bucketi
of water had been dumped on them,
these trained fighting men. even,
though rib was fractured or a knee
joint displaced. showed the game spir-
it of their respective services by jump
/ ing up and resuming their places.
| The strain of this gruelling fighting
/ told in the second half and several
players were forced to retire from the
contest
| The Navy was the fayorite at to 5
odds and one Of the causes of its de-
| feat was over confidence. The Wet !
Pointers sailed into their rivals With
cycIonic fury and simply played them
off their feet In less than ter min
utes after the first half opened the
Army had scored touchdown. The
Navy then rallied and fought their