The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-12-02
navy Won ON
field GOALS

Philadelphia, Pa, Dec. 2,-In one Of
the most stirring football games ever
played by the two arms of the national
service, the navy Saturday afternoon
defeated the army 6 to o.
The midshipmen did not need Jack
Dalton, who won the games of the two
preceding years for the navy by field
goals, for Annapolis had mother sure
kicker in J.. +. Brown, the tall guard,
who booted the navy to victory by W j
splendid goals from placement. Both
came in the last period, from the TWEEN
ty-third and thtrty-seventh yard lines.
after it looked as If the fierce struggle
would result in a scoreless tie.
At times the cadets outplayed the
navy in all departments, defeat was
the result of their weakness to kick.
1t was a wonderful triumph for the
midshipmen, with a record for the sea-
son that did not compare favorably as
that of the army's and the prevailing
feeling was that the army, on the
showing made during the year, had the
advantage, the midshipmen battied
valiantly, even during the moments
when the tide was going against them.
They held off the army through grit
and generalship and when the OppOr-
tunity came to score they had the
punch" to Ian the victory.
Army Not DisErReed.
While all credit is due to the navy
for it's splendid success, the army was
not disgraced In the defeat.
Twice. when the army had chances
70 score, the navy stihened its de-
Tense and held it's rivals off.
Perfect weather conditions prevail
ed and the game vas staged amidst
a blaze of color in which gold and
yellow, which have a place on the in
sigma of both branches of the service,
predominated.
Outside the army boys, there was
scarcely one of the nearly 35, 700 spec
tators who crowded the high stands
surrounding the gridiron, that was not
carrying a pennant of the navy's blue
and gold or the arrays black, gold and
gray.
The florists of his and other cities
seemed to have been relieved of thel
entire supply of chrysanthemums, the
official football flowers, judging by the
number Of them in evidence.
Game Was All Enthusiasm.
The cadets from West Point, IN
service coats, stood out like a great
gray fectangle on a back ground of
black and assorted colors, in the south
stands. They carried no pennants or
other colors, but the sections on the
opposite side of the fields. where the
midshipmen were seated, were a tenn
ing mass of gold and blue streamers.
Although familiar m~egaphones of the
previous games were ruled out by an
agreement between the academies, the
mtdshipmen rendered a new bunch of
SVIABo III ~ way lHdL hepI the en-
thusiasm to a high pitch. The cadets
also distinguished themselves by vocal
efforts. but did not have as many OPP
'~portunities as the other side. Near
the close of the game il was all navy
the grays sat and watched their vic
torious brothers invade the gridiron
in a perfect delirium of joy. Parading
behind their famous marine band, the
middies cake walked and waltzed and
over the cross bars OF the goals as
they raced and danced cross the
field.
Finally came the famous rush to
colors," when the midshipmen formed
a great circle. The two big blue and
gold silk standards of the academy
were placed in the center, and a fran
tic rush toward them, accompanied by
a tremendous waving of blue and gold
pennants,
The lineup was as follows:
Army-Morillat, i. E.; Wynee, l.. T.;
Weyand, L. e.: Purnell, G.; Huston or
Herrick, r. c.; Devore (Capt.) r. T.;
Markee, r. E.; Prichard, ~; Bennett,
J.. H.; Hobbs, r. H.; Reyes. r. 3.
Army-Ingram, l.. e.; Hall, l.. T.;
Howe, Ia G.; Perry, G.; Brown, IF. g.;
Ralston, RI T.; Gilchrist, r. r.; Rhodes
CCapt.) O.: Leonard, l.. H.; McReavy,
r. H; harrison. r, b.