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

30 to f6. The Navy had not the slight.
EST intimation that the Army had !m.
proved 50 much in a year. and was
taken entirely b. surprise. Both teams
were strong. but the ARMY had re-
sistless attack and greater staying
qualities and towards the last the
Navy pIsyers were carried away.
This 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 wer.
such stars as Bagley lizard, johnson,
Bookwalter. Reeves and Kavana6gh.
In 1892, the last game played at thu
t2catlOn of one of the contestants.
was won by Navy by a score of 6 to
4, the margin representing the di!.
ference between kicked and 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 punLing Of
Bagley. who later lost his life on
Cardenas, Cuba, and the remarkable
tacklns of Reeves. who is now. a
lieutenant-ccmmander in the Navy.
In the second half Bagley made a
touchdown after a kick had been
blocked and kicked a difacuIt 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.
sible 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 disci.
pline and studies. The playing OF the
game on neutral grounds mad not
been suggested. In 1899 the con.
tests were resumed.
The two institutions awaited tnem
selves of the courteous offer of tho
University of Pennsylvania and play.
ed the game on franklin Field, It,
athletic grounds. The Army won BY
a sclre of II to 5. In 1900 the Navy
won the only game in which it hail
then come out ahead since the games
were resumed. The score was II
to 7.
The Army won in 1901 by a score
% to s. In both OF these games DAILY,
ton noval officials and scores of An
eral SEASONS. captainlng the team dur.
ing his last year, was enc of the West
Point players. having become a mill.
tary cadet. 1t was almost entirely
through his playing that West Poln:
won in 1901, and the Navy contingent.
made something Of point of it 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 right to do
SO. The 1903 game was walkoyer
for the Army, the score being 40 to
5.
In 1904 DR.. Paul ]. Dashiell, for
many years the chairman Of the In.
ter.Collegiate Rules Committee anil
the most popular official of big con-
tests mat the game has 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 II to 0. In 1876 the
game was played at Princeton. N. j.;
the game resulting in a tie to c.
The Army had the better OF the game
as awhole, but Douglas, the great
Navy back. went into the game 10.
wards the close and scored touch.
down. Norton kicked a difficult goal
and time was called on account of
darkness shortly after.
The game at Princeton was not a
success from any point of view, aud
1t vas 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, Philadel-
phla, and resulted in victory for
the Nav yby a score of 10 to o.
Last year, although the Army went
into the game an to 0 favorite, tho
victory went to the Navy by score
of TO o.
A complete list of the games be-