The Washington herald., 1911-11-05
Eitueiohn
Wood

the plebes Of the Runt companies and F1anker COM
panes respectively The superstition lies in the
position that whenever the Runts victorious the
Army will surely beat the Navy the next day, vice
versa. Only has the superstition failed and that
failure occurred last year, when the Navy beat the
Army although the Runts had licked the Flankers
Some people wont to call West Pointers tin
enough and the majority thin enough for their form
of life necessitates these two conditions However
their showing in football ranks them as men.
Few are the big colleges who do not feel nervous
when they up to play the cadets. They realize
that they will have to fight to the last second Of the
game. The cadets, being light always have a few
tricks up their sleeves and there is telling when
these tricks may be practised There is game that
Yale fears half much she does her game with
West Point. Yale always outweighs the cadets but
Yale herself realizes that her weight will gain her
little against such team as that Of the Academy.
First Played in 1898.
Football was played at the Academy as early as
1888 1t was played for about ten years and died
about 1s49 In 1853 the cadets obtained permission to
play football and since that time it has been played
more less with considerable success For the last
few years the system Of graduate coaches has been In
vogue, with marked improvement in the teams. The
system OF graduate coaches at West Point was per-
fected by Lieutenant Henry NJ Nelly who for the
Nelly played on the Academy team in 1902 and Is
thoroughly acquainted with the game both old and
new. Under the new rules he has developed some
wonderful teams at West Point in the last four years.
His absence this year, he having been relieved,
will be deeply felt Lieutenant Nelly used to tell the
men, Whenever you a MILDLY give him some
thing to put In his lucky bag"
West Points showing against the larger colleges
has been wonderful, considering the difference in size
Of APQH ondfh fha nOlIap
beat Yale go and was beaten by Harvard by the
small score Of go. She was beaten by the Navy So
Whenever she is beaten by the larger colleges the
scores are always small and the games hard won
Up to 1911 the Army and Navy teams were tied
each team having seven victories to its credit-the
first Army-NaVy game having been played In $780,
There have been several ties This year the rubber
will be played, and at present the Army's chances
seem very bright From her last years stars and
veterans she has Arnold at centre, Dean at half
Hyatt at quarter, Devore and Lttlejohn at tackles
and Wood at end. Besides she has other seasoned
men who are invaluable in pinches.
West Point In the past has turned out some won
derfu players, such as DAILY, AlLAmerican quarter:
Farnsworth, AllAmer1can; Beavers and Pullen.
There is Upton, of 1905 who playing centre against
the Navy stopped KICKOFF and kicked the ball along
the ground through the entire Navy team and finally
Tell on the ball behind the Navys goal line scoring
NNNHNO"A' AhCSe anu many OInerS constitute the
'oll Of football heroes at West Point Their deeds
Ire at the end Of every cadets tongue Their names
ire inscribed in the football archives at the Academy
The Duke Of Wellington aptly said that Eng
ands generals are made the football field So are
many OF the generals Of the United States made on
he football field at West Point There 1t Is that they
ave their daily drills in serving their country and
here 1t is that they first learn to SIGHT for West Point
md their country. And has been lately shown,
hey are ever as ready to give their lives on the fook
All field as they are to give them on the battedsld =