The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-11-29
Sixteenth Annual Football Con-
test With Navy on FRANKLIN
Field Tomorrow
WASHINGTON SOCIETY ON HAND
Proceeds to Be Used For Relief
Of Dependents

D..
Philadelphia. Pa, Nov. 29-The 1912
football season VII. close tomorrow
afternoon with the annual battle be
tween the West Point and Annapolis
teams on Franklin EieId AFrom u
sociai standpoint the game eclipsts ait
others. Washington society never fails
10 attend the game In force. awhile
everybody who can get away fromN the
War and Navy and other departments
In the national capitol are 10 be found
In the stands The battslion OF cadets
from each academy Will attend the
game, together with a host OF army
and navy officers from all of the STA
tons within radius of 300 miles of
Philadelphia.
Teams in Great Shape.
The betting today about the hotels
and other places where the visitors
congregated shows the Army to be a
favorite The West Point team has
played stronger elevens this season
and therefore has had more experience
than Annapolis. But the latter team
PpoS'So'o bOOu dihd 'hc
naval contingent stood ready TO cover
the Army money about as rapidly as
II was offered The coaches this after
noon reported their respective teams
In fine physical condition and conf
dent.
Tomorrows game will be played as
usual under the auspices Of the Uni
versity OF Pennsylvania, which was
instrumental in bringing the two aca-
denies together in 1899 for annual
football games after break OF six
years. Since 1899 all games have been
held on Franklin Field except the con.
test of 1905. which was played at
Princeton.
Seven Victories For Each.
The first time that the blue and gold
Of the Navy met the black. gold and
gray of the Army gridiron was in 1890
when the Annapolis team defeated the
West Point eleven by a score of "a
to o. Since then fifteen games have
been played between the two academ-
les. OF this number each institution
has seven Victories To its credit. the
contest in 1905 having resulted in a
tie. The total scores are. Army 100:
Navy lis.
a record breaking crowd of more
than 10000 spectators is expected to
witness the game tomorrow. A total
Of 30.6S0 tickets for the game have
been equally distributed between the
University of Pennsylvania and the
two academies.
Proceeds to Widows.
The West Point and Annapolis share
OF tickets are not sold but distributed
gratis To officers and others identi
fed with the two arms of the service
and tn prominent men In government
circles. Pennsylvania's share was sold
this year at SO a ticket, an increase
OF so cents over the highest price here
tofore. The proceeds of the sale are
given To the orga nizations for the re-
liet of the dependent widows and or
phans of officers and enlisted men Of
the army and navy
Yesterdays Scores.
The scores of yesterdays football
games were as follows:
Penn q Cornell 2.
Notre Dame CO. Marquette 0.
Carlisle 80. Brown o.
NJ. A. G.. 35; Ohio State 90.
Bucknell 2; Washington q jefferson
22.
Pennsylvania state 81: Pittsburgh 0. |
Lehlgh 30; Franklin 4 Marshall o. |
Lafayette 49, Dickinson l3.
Games in the west |
Case l3; Western Reserve "a.
Detroit University 81: Loyola G.
Miami, 81: Cincinnati 81.
South Dakota 6s: Creighton o.
Colorado IA; Oklahoma IL.
st, Louis Is; Holy Cross %.
Rose Polytechnic, l3; Butler g.