Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-03

but Hammond made foul and the army
players We're penalized half point. The
score stood 2 to 112 in favor OF the VIZ
ginians.
The fourth period was an exciting one
and Maj. Treats team seemed to go TO
pieces somewhat. Fauquier scored twice,
while Hennessy and Moose each fouled
and caused the officers to lose a point.
Swan also fouled in this exciting period
and lost a half point for his team The
score now stood $40 to 12 against the
army officers. In the next period Skinker
and Swan each scored a goal for Virginia
and at the end of the first half of the
game the Fort Myer team had only half
a point, against 51s for its opponents
1t began to look like a walkover for Nlr-
ginia, but in the last half of the game
things took turn.
Virginians Sarcastic.
In the sixth, seventh and eighth periods
not score was made on either side,
but through a foul by Skinker, Virginia's
score was cut down to ). The ninth
period was the swiftest one of all Army
scored goal and Virginia player
fouled. 1t was then that things got so
mixed up that the players forgot which
goal was which, and Virginia, being op-
posed by the Army players at every
stroke, knocked the ball through their
own goal posts, and the referee gave
the point to the Army team. The score
at the end of the next to the last period
stood 212 to Az in favor of Virginia. The
Virginia players evidenced some feeling
against the decision of the referee in
giving the goal made by them to their
opponents. rs that the way you're 60
ing to try to beat us?' We'll. let them
point" were some of the sarcastic cop-
ments made by the Virginia players,
who made no effort to conceal their
criticism Of the decision.
Feeling ran high at the beginning of
the last period Wilbur fouled and cut
the score of Virginia down to f. While
the play was fast up in the Army's
field, Lieut.. Hammond accidentally ran
into Smith, and his horse fell to the
ground. rolling completely over his rider
Time was called and the injured officer
was carried off the field and laid on a
horse blanket, while physician. who
happened to be present. did what he
could to revive him. After he regained
consciousness and while asking. in a
Hammond pulled himself together and
declared that he would finish the game.
He was finally induced to allow himself
to be taken off the field.
Hammond Not Allowed to Go On.
Lieut.. Hammond's play had been ex-
cellent. and every one praised his cour-
but it was evident to all that he could
not possibly do SO. AS soon as they
saw that their brother officer was being
cared for, the army men started off
again under Maj. Treat and carried the
ball straight down the field through the
goal posts of Virginia, making the final
score 31a to in favor of Virginia. The
teams had hardly taken their places in
the center of the field when the sound
of the bugle announced the end of the
game, and was the signal to the army
officers to give three lusty cheers for
the victorious Fauquier county team
The Virginians answered with a cheer
for Fort Myer, and the close and spirited
contest ended with the best of good
feeling
1t was quite evident to the spectators
that the horses of the Virginians were
far superior to the mounts of the army
officers. They were not only faster, but
seemed to be easier to handle on the
field, but as the selection and training
OF the horse Is a very essential part Of
the game. the spectators did not feel
that the army officers were really handi-
capped.
Many of those who witnessed the. game
remarked that more policemen should be
detailed to keep the crowd off the field
On several occasions the ponies came
dashlng through the spectators, who
could not get off the field quick enough.