The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-29
GOAL FROM PLACEMENT
 TIE NAW'S ONLY POINTS
Army Line Weakened In Second Half, But Navy Lost Opportunity By Con tinual Punting-Most Dis
 tinguished Spectators.
By WILLIAM T. MrNTYRE.

: 2S.-(Special)- Army defeated Navy to- ! day in thrilling contest. Score, Army i 5: Navy f
 Tie Army mule got the Navy "goar' 1 right at the games beginning when West ! Point rushed the ball across for touch down. This play followed a sensational run by Chamberlain through a broken l field after Lange the Navy quarterback had let a punt get away from him. i The Army lanky fullback was pulled down by flying tackle by Lange just three yards away from the goal line. On the second play thereafter Dean was jammed over for the Armys only touch down. Dean then kicked goal. The play { set Army rooters wild with joy, coming | as it did within four minutes after the first half was started.
 Then Navy braced and before the half had ended Lange retrieved himself by kicking perfect field goal from place ment on the Armys 17-yard line. This i was the total extent of the scoring and the second half proved to be a bunting duel with honors practically even. Navy , lost after expecting to win and her de- feat was bitter disappointment.
 The Usual Audience.
 The combat between the future gener- als and admirals of Uncle Sam's land and sea forces drew splendid audience. | Thirty thousand people witnessed the i memorable conflict. filling every section 1 of the vast amptheatre. The wealth and fashion of the country was there. Mrs. Nocholas Longworth, Miss Ethel Roose- welt, Miss Helen Taft and scores of other | distinguished young women graced either ! the Army or Navy side of the gridiron. In the audience were cabinet ministers, i soldiers of international repute, as fight ing men, sailors who had fought the good i fight for their country, diplomats, mil 1 lionaires and row upon row of feminine loveliness. The fair sex surveyed the brave and showered their praieses in shrill paeans.
 Both the cadets and middies were backed by one of the most remarkable demonstrations of cheering in the history of the game. When Dean made his touch down Army came out with a: "Hawl haw haw! hee, hee, hee! Hi, hi, hi, he, he, he, Ho, ho, ho, ha, ha,
 
 the field.
 Over on the Navy side there was a cheer leader by the name of L. C. Dunn a midshipman, with light hair, a smile and a wonderful ability to persuade his fellows to make at least IS different kinds of noise all at one time He bossed siren cheer that was executed by An napolis when Lange kicked his placement goal and exceeded in volume of sound the most powerful callope in existence.
 The battle itself was not great foot ball. There was to much bunting and too little of the new open style but it was spectacle, thrilling with the furious onslaught of two elevens determined to win for the glory and honor of their re- spective branches of the service. Both teams punted more than in any other notable contest of the year. Both Lange and Greple would punt on the slightest provocation. As a result the excitement was always at fever height, because of the uncertainty. The pigskin would be booted down the field and amid the frantic shouting of the stands, a huff or a tumble was liable to occur at any moment.
 Cause of Defeat.
 Tn fact, while the Army had shade the best of the general play of the afternoon, it was Lange's inability to properly handle punt which resulted in the middies de- feat. But the Navy was not alone remiss in this particular feature of the play. The Army backs heavy and heady ag- gregation, were also liable at any time to tumble at crucial moments. AS a result, while there was no scoring in the second half, the stands felt that score from a missed punt was more than possibility for either team. Both elevens showed the effects of the Yale coaching. Repeat ing attempts were made at line smashes. Proving unsuccessful as a rule the kick CTS immediately resorted to bunting If the contest on the grdiron was in deadly earnest, the interest in the out come was no less so to the grizzled old war dogs, who joined with mad and riotous abandon in the cheering when their pets forged ahead. This contest their pets forged ahead. This contest was the most important of the year to Army and Navy men and has worldwide sig nificance to the nations warriors from the Philippines to Alaska, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and northern boundary to the gulf.
 The actual gridiron battle was heralded by scenes approaching an ancient Roman triumphal, and was followed by demon- stration equalling the scene at New Haven one week ago, when Yale, defeated, but not discredited, sang before the shout ing hosts from Harvard for 90 minutes.
 The 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 beaten the Army for two seasons past and ex- pressed a determination to repeat. But the Navy soon learned that the bulldogs from the military academy were keyed up to the highest pitch. were on edge and full of confidence that even though the odds were against them, West Point would win. That was the situation when the game began.
 The Army Scores.
 Captain Northcroft of the middies won the toss and chose the east goal. The Army kicked off with a slight breeze coming from the southwest. Deans ef- fort only went 25 yards and was re- turned by Richardson 10 yards. Then Northcroft began the bunting duel of the afternoon by bootng the pigslrin to Hyatt on the Army's 40-yard line. A fake kick followed in which Dean gained yard / Creole, for the army, then kicked a twisting, puzzling punt to the Navys A6- yard line. Stocky little Lange came rum ming hard for the ball but it bounded over his head The Army forwards were down the field like 2 pack of wolves, but Chamberlain made victory possible