The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-04
CADET AND MILDLY AT DINNER
fOL. a. W. THOuP>O> HD>T or
FEDERtI FOOTB VI IE MS.
al the PLAYER His tu-~i> nj the h'ir"-
poliIan { lib, Together WIN B's biii
Eitw arti> and ~On'r d,uor tisnrr>,
st,s.., a, at Least Four -. t'imirai-.

AZ tn. Metropolitan tluh Col. X. ".
Thompson spread HIM elf lat night for a
dinner To- the victorious football team oi
Annapoli- and On -"cund thought {" thu
ARMY team oi Wet Point. t"l thompson.
de.rire hi uIlITnrt -t'ic i-On Governor
stan th. Cul.n"i explained Ia It nlShl. IL
n graduate If -. Naval academy, and
reliable. p,r-0a, say that for years he has
been TIM, naval Academy Athletic Assn-
ci,ttnn'S on" h.-t hef financially. Tn"
Colonel. # pressed. at least will admit that
each wear n. puts Ip IN" trophy which
the. Army and Navy fight for on Franklin
Field Philadelphia on the Saturday after
Thanksgiving Day.
II wa. Col Thompson who in the early
summer II 1877. thu year that Annapolis
comp.,..d ~ tn. rowing races at Pough-
kacp-ie had hIs hous..hna' Everglades
lowed IN the river from New York 80
that the 'ni,idis~ might Use the boat "a
a headquarters whIl" preparing for the
race AT Poughke"r-Is. Cornell not -
mention Cplumhn heat the f"igling
admiraIs that year. hut some of their
sorrow was a-S,Iag"i by tho arisiocratic
Nf. the mir'dieS led while aboard Col
Thourenn'S huu-.LOat And II was Col.
Thomson who two wears ago chartered
the sea going steamer Nineola. refittad
her IN Yachting style. invited everybody
who - anybOdy tp step aboard and
Rut everybody got So SICK not Ill., sick
that perhaps Col Thompson would h"
Ilst "A. thankful # the incident were for
gotten.
The dinner AZ tho Metropolitan Club
last night got under WAY originally a.
rh,, annual dinner II tn" Naval Academy
alumni The idea " having this year =
victorious football team present ~ extra
guests was an att"rth"IGht. and IN"
invitation To- ih. West Point players
who /, w..k ago Yesterday wer" beaten
,n tho t,-rn II uuthIn ny the Navy wa
an after aft"TthouRnt II col. thompson =
IN" navy FOLKS We" Fat lat" E"'tiuE
in'u towu. but when they finally arrived
-h"v ~ their lark nl'." and thu West Point
kiddics IN their hight .rdy w"r" h"r'i"i
At an inrncuS.. tahl" IN IN" Crntr" ~ -"
room which they had all :" Themselves
There w"r" twenty .rN" III IN" Naval
: Academy party ~ thiS tam" ana sixteen
future fun Generals from Vest Point
Commander X /. hoontI. who - th"
Corur.auiant of mIdshII men al Nnnaun-
lis headed tn" sat water Delegation
The rest II IN" annapolis guests w"r''
IL.ur.nant- = commander Harris larnInE.
II.ut Frank l. k"rrI"n. Lieutenant
Commander T. l. Ierrup. Lieut. J v
lannon. lI"ut rrcdiv FotcF' and Paul
pasri.,. now u professor of y ath.rnatIc-
at annapolis huti Who's. II IN" viii 70
down IN history N''rri~' ~ played foot
hall on the I"hIgh team with thnrlrv and
Richard Dick Harding Davis. brothers
~ tho days between the civil and ~u'nIsr
wa,
Also Their. WERE football PLAYERS prcs"nt
named CLAW Lof,In. WriEhr M"rrlng
Anderson Cobb pougla- Dalton ,whos'
kick won IN" gam" for AnnapolI~l. Elmer
Hamilton W..'fns shaw Brown. Cochran.
Davis Eoda- GilchrI-t and NcR"avy,
not to mention IA" we'll known Jonas N
Ingram who in his early youth was con
siderable football PLAYER hut now j. an
aged officer II the service IN ms late TWEEN
ties
Their" were lesser folks present. To-
Of Ad-rirai- and Generals arJi :" on
Adt.l.al HlCEln-on idWral lt". Nd
mlral Mark.nli" William Allen Burl"r.
Admiral S'.v..r- capt J T. ! Kelley
Frank SprH g1I" ia" electrical engineer
" II S'avron and william Butler Duncan
And holding down ON" end II he guest
table. wh"r'. all 'h.'-.' itmIral- and p"r-
sons sat vac Rig Bil Edwarci>. also a
well known football man, who got IN
becauss' OnC. h" was a coach at Annapolis
MaJor-(iru Barry -p"k" about IA"
army Commander kuOu'S replied with
a speech just - good aruI' The navy
And a. tho whistles IN The New NOrI.
Central wards Announced th1t IN" news
paper trains w"r" being made mp col
Thorn r~ou d".ld"i that = would t." well
Ia hear -yae,h"- from IN" CeG."T- Of
Annaroh- add W"-' Point Themselves
Tn" navy cadets AZ 'hi- hour -aid that
West Point H. IN" greatest institution of
learning IN the word Nh"r"upnu Nn-'
Point cadets iru-.' m hsb'|l.' wasted gray
uniforms 10 proclaim that there wa. only
one place worth taIktUg about. ~" -arn"
which l. AUuAGpu-
Alta etIll latter hour the West Point men
returned 10 th"lr gray -ton" d"rmItori"-