The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-11-08
Army DEFEATS NAVY IN
SPLENDID FOOTBALL CONTEST
Company G's Eleven Wins From Han
cock Naval Reserve Team by Score
of Six to Nothing in Hard Fought
Battle Witnessed by Big Crowd Of
Spectators at Driving Park Yester-
day.

Twice in week have the soldiers OF
Company G. beaten the Naval Reserves
in athletic contests. Last Tuesday the
soldiers won in an indoor baseball
game and Sunday afternoon they de-
feated the sailors in the great football
battle waged on the gridiron at the
Hancock driving park. The score was
six to nothing, made during the earlier
part of the first half. For the rest CT
the game the Hancock team not only
prevented the soldiers from again scor-
ing but for the most part kept the
BAH continuously I'm the enemy's terri
tory and were twice on the point Of
making a touchdown when the wills
tie blew for time.
Both teams were I'm excellent form
and played fine game, the soldiers
having slightly the advantage I'm point
OF weight, while the navy team, which
comprised number of former local
high school stars. was superior in skill
displayed. Waara, Coon and Beau
champ played star game. Barnes,
Shea and A. Anderson of the Army
team did excellent work. Anderson
making the first touchdown. in twenty
three minutes of play and Barnes MAX
ing the goal kick. The score then
stood six to nothing, with about two
minutes to play. Before scoring the
soldiers kicked west and had the wind
in their favor Then the teams chang
ed goals. and after the ball was again
put i'm play, Hancock forced the fight
ing by slow gains, every inch holly
contested by the soldiers, when cou-
pie of runs by Waara and Vacation
brought the Navy team closer and
closer to the goal. and would undoubt-
eddy have scored but for the referee s
whistle signaling that time was M.
Vacation had the ball and just as the
whistle blew he planted it across the
line. which. however. did not count.
Shortly after the ball was kicked off
for the second half Waara got the bail
and by a long end run for the sailors
carried the ball to the Army's ten-yard
line. For an offside play the team
was penalized and put back. Erickson
got the ball and carried II forward sew
eral yards. but was tackled by Ander-
son. Steadily the navy team continued
to gain and were again within a couple
of feet of winning when again the
whistle blew, without their having
scored. and the game finished with the
score six to nothing.
The crowd was one Of the biggest
that has turned out to witness a foot
ball game i'm the past three or four
years, there being about eight hundred
people present, about evenly divided
between Army and Navy rooters. The
sailors and their friends wore ribbons
of yellow and blue, the Naval Reserve
colors and carried a standard bearing |
the letters an. N. b." michigan Nav
al Brigade) in yellow letters on blue
shield. A squad from Company G
marched out to the grounds with the
bugle corps and greeted the result by
sounding the various bugle calls.
Major Edward Heckel was referee
and Prof. S. r. Claflin. umpire. The |
other officials were; Timekeepers, Nc
Dougall, Pope and Edwards; head
linesman. Rowell and Wright. The
teams lined up as follows:
Militia-Center, Haas; right guard, |
Prince; left guard. O'Leary; right
tackle, Kutschied; LEFT tackle Cahoon; !
right end, c. Anderson; left end. Sulli-
van; quarterback, Barnes; right half
back, Shea; left half back, Alice; full
back. Captain A Anderson; substitutes
Dryer Doetsch and Mccarthy.
Naval Reserves-Center Erickson;
right guard, Smith; left guard Jarvin;
right tackle, Brock; left tackle. Wes-
sala: right end. Cowling: left end,
Coughlin; quarterback, Coon; right
half back. Nikkila; left half back. Cap
tain Wealton; full back. Mclean; sub
stitutes, Doyle and Rodda.
The proceeds of the game will be
applied to fund that Is to be raised
to provide rifle range for she joint
use of the naval reserves and the mill
tia.