The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-11-25

the West Point boys will rule slight
favorites before the whistle sounds for
the opening of hostilities. Both teams
have made. excellent records during the
season. The middies' record shows the
better performances so far as figures
GO but on the other hand the West
Point team has met more formidable
opponents than the middies and in
every game has made an excellent
showing.
Both Teams Are Strong.
At the beginning OF the season il was
stated that the material at the Naval
Academy was the strongest for years,
but the showing of the middies in their
early games did not bear out this pre-
dictlon, and many football writer's
were inclined to believe that
Annapolis was going to have poor
team this season, and would be out
classed by the Army team. But the
work of the midshipmen showed dis
tinct Improvement with every game
and the victories over Lehgh and the
Carlisle Indians resulted in a big
boom in the Annapolis stock The
middies defeated Lehigh by score of
80 to 0, while the West Point score in
The strength of the army team, how
ever was demonstrated beyond ques-
tion I'm the victory over Yale and the
excellent showing made against the
formidable Harvard eleven.
Odds Favor Army.
The betting on the game appears to
be remarkably light, the Army de-
manding slight odds, and the Navy
supporters holding that the real
strength of the rival combinations
merits even money. In view of these
conflicting opinions, very little money
has been put up so far. although some
lively betting is expected tomorrow
morning with the arrival of the
thousands of visitors from New York,
Washington and other poins.
The game tomorrow will 2 the tif-
teenth contest in which ,..e West
Point and Annapolis elevens have en-
gagged. The Army has won seven and
the Navy six. In 1905 a tie game was
played.
The first game between the two
Government institutions was played at
West Point on the Saturday after
Thanksgiving. 1890. In that game the
wearers of the black and gray received
q severe drubbing at the hands of the
Navy by the use of the famous Flying
wedge" The score was "a to 0.
Games In Other Years.
The return game was played on the
Nayy's grounds on November 30 of the
following year, and resulted in the
Army retrieving its former defeat by
a score of 32 to 16. For the third game
of the series the Navy again Travelled
up the Hudson, and although the Army
team outweighed them seven pounds to
the man, the contest resulted in IL to
victory for the sailor boys.
The game In 1893 was played at An
napolls and resulted in another victory
for the Navy by score of 6 to 4. The
games were then discontinued for six
years. When they were resumed I'M
1899 1t was on the neautral field of
the University OF Pennsylvania. The
Army won, IL to 5.
1909 Game Called of.
In 1900 the Navy was again the vic
TOR the final score being Navy IL,
Army Z. The following year the Army
repeated the victory. winning by al
score of IL to 8.
AT the contest of 1902 the first of the
Army's big scores was piled up, the
nnal figures being Army 22, Navy s..
one year later the middies were again
put into mourning. when the game re-
suited in victory for the Army to the
tune of 40 to 5.
With a determination to do or die,
the Navy came to Philadelphia in 1904,
ana by an almost superhuman effort
Kept the figures down to Army IL.
Navy 0. The next year the game re-
suited In a tie. In 1906 the Navy
scored Its first victory in six years