El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-23

world.
the best OF the navy players appears
70 have been W Bagley. VINO PLAYED
fullDack- His exceDtionallv GOOD I-icL-
ing was largely instrumental in earn
ing Tor his team mates the victories
OF y and 20 Both of these men gave
tnelr ives Tor the Tag in the Spanish
amer lean war and il IS a fitting tribute
10 football that men such as these
snould nave been so prominently iden-
tified with the sport
Service CIaSsie Stopped.
At this stage Of the series when fine
games were taking their place among
Ine big athletic events OF the wear
the national government saw fit 10
aboiish the service classic by confin-
ing the athletics at each academy 10
the home grounds. II was several
years before the teams met aeafn II
would seem that the absence of rha
annual game would tend to put a
camper On the football spirit but. on
tne contrary, the sport flourished al
ooth schools and when the rivals faced
each other again they We're both rated
among the football elite of the country
II was not until 1899 that the govern
ment lifted the ban from the big zane
me academies accepted the invitation
OF the University of PennsvIvania to
play the annual game on its field and
Tor many years the contest was wa e-ed
on historic Franklin Field. The army
generated the renewal of hostilities
by winning. 19-5. but the navy turned
the tables in 1900 and won. IL.
DAILY Plays Great Game.
IN 1901 West Point made a remark
able record On successive SATURDAYS.
Yale and Princeton were tied and Penn
syivania overwhelmed. go. The team
then played a wonderful game with the
navy IN which the bright performer
vas Daiy the former Harvard star
Larry IN the game he kicked a field
goal but the navy later tied the score.
At the opening Jf the second half DaIv
caught the kick off and raced the en-
tire length OF the field for a touch
down He then kicked the goal which
made the score Is The next vear
DAILY invented a four-man tandem. an
attack which crushed the navy under
a 22-S score
The navy made great effort 10
stem the tide Of defeat which seemed
steadily flowing against them and the
ensuing game in 1908 was remarkable
IN many respects For a long time
the teams fought even until finally a
placement goal from the field put th,.
navy IN the lead suddenly the army
found itself and the powerful attack
hltherto Dormant commenced tearing
me navy 10 pieces When the sun
finally disappeared behind the western
grand stand Of Franklin field the score
board recorded the overwhelming
The game in 1904 also was 4 bit
ter fight for a long time The
sbreak" came when n navy back
tGmbied PuHt in mid field. Tip
toa. Ahe Army center. kicked the
Ball along the ground until IL was
over the goal line and then fell
on IL fer a touchdown. kicking a
football AZ well As Days tandem
have since been OutIawed by the
rules committee.
The year 1905 marked an epoch in
navy football history. The army had
another powerful team but the navy
held il to a 6-6 tie and the next wear
won its first victory in six years bv
the score of 100. The army made a
desperate attempt to regain its pres
uge in 1907 One of the best lines
that ever played anywhere was got
ten together Ted Gov and his Yale
giants were held to "a tie but with
the navy il was a different story and
Douglas, the navy halfback, crashed
over the line for the winning touch
down The score was 60. The navy.
the following season, retained most OF Z
CONTINUED on next paEe.l