Show THRASHED THE ARMY Middies from Annapolis Down Cadets from West Point CONTEST WAS A FIERCE ONE I I It was Fought on Franklin Fields Philadelphia Was a Bitter Fight from Beginning to End Was Only j Won by the Hardest Kind of Playing tho Part of the Boys from j ing on fl tho Navy A Groat Crowd of Prominent Prom-inent Officials from Army and Navy Present 1 i J Philadelphia Dec 10n Franklin f I I field today the navy retrieved Ha defeat of last year by thrashing the army by i a score of 11 to 7 It was a flerco contest con-test from beginning to end and was only won by the hardest kind of play jng on the part oC the Annapolis cadets II I The West Point boys In the face of de fpfti never for a moment weakened In their play and won the applause of the multitude of spectators for their gameness t game-ness nessNeither team played giltedged foot tall but what they Jacked In the finer p points of the game the elevens mado up In the seal and earnestness with which the players went at each other Their tackling was marked with a reckless reck-less abandon that stirred the army and stands Into navy officers In the crowded wild enthusiasm PROMINENT OFFICIALS OUT i The greatest crowd that has assembled assem-bled on Franklin field for a number ot years was out to see ten game and many men distinguished In public life I occupied seats on either the West Point or the Annapolis stands Secretary i Rot and a party which Included Lieut Gon Miles occupied a box on the army I side and when the War Secretary made his appearance he was honored by the West Point academy yell In other boxes and scattered through the crowd In the soldiers stand were many other army olllcers past and present Secretary Long was unable to attend the game but the Navy department was Just as fully represented In numbers num-bers as was the other arm of the Government Gov-ernment service Menjbers of the diplomatic corps were on the navy stand as were also half a dozen officers of the Russian Imperial navy who are temporarily stationed In this country MASCOT OF THE ELEVENS The black gold and gray of the West Point supporters and the Annapolis blue and gold seemed to cover the entire 1 1 en-tire four stands The army teams mascot was a mule togged out In the West Point colors while Uhe navy pinned its faith upon a goat which was paraded up and down the sidelines side-lines by a sailor Before the game began West Point was the favorite in the betting but within five minutes after the kickoff Jt was seen that whoever won would have to fight for the victory The Annapolis An-napolis boys started out with such vigor that It was thought they would win hands down but the West Pointers kept their heads and settled down to a determined contest Both teams were guilty of considerable fumbling and most of these mlsploys were made at critical point of the game As far as I linebucking and plunging were concerned I con-cerned neither team had anything on the other Both lines except In a few Instances where the ground gained was not great held quite firmly which compelled com-pelled the captains to resort to end running At this style of playing West Point was a little more successful FEATURE OF THE GAME One of the features of the game was the numerous attempts made by Long 1 of the navy to kick goals from the field EIght times the Middles worked the i ball to within the armys fortyyard line and eight times Long tried for a goal The three first times were badly aimed his next four attempts were blocked and on the eighth try the ball j sailed beautifully between the goalposts goal-posts His perseverance won for him the applause of the army and navy supporters all k tIn t-In the punting line the navy had much the better of It During the first i hall Belknap had difficulty In placing I his kicks which were also rather short but In thp seqond period of play his punting was almost perfect There was a vast difference in the interference of the two elevens Whenever When-ever a navy cadet had the ball he was seldom protected while the armys runner run-ner waa well covered WEST POINT SCORED FIRST Tho first score made by eIther side was a field goal by Clark for West Point The navy had made four at tempts at a field goal up to this time and on the last try the army secured the ball on the kick being blocked The West Pointers slowly worked the leather leath-er to the navys twcntyflveyard line and then Clark dropped back and booted boot-ed the ball between the goal posts There was no more scoring In the first half SECOND HALF In the second half the Annapolis cadets got possession of the ball on the armys fortyyard line on a fumble and exchange of kicks Long for the navy dropped back five yards for his seventh trial for a fIeld goal but the ball was blocked and one of his own men secured It He immediately tried It again on the fifteenyard line and this time lIe was successful which tied the score A few minutes later the Middles forged to the front They secured the ball on the Infield on an exchange of Kicks and Belnap punted to the armys tenyard line where one of the soldier halfbacks fumbled the leather and a sailor dropped on IL The Middies tried the right of the armys line but failed to gain On the next lineup however Land was given the ball and went through tho West Point line like a flash for the only touchdown scored in tho game Fowler kicked the goal SAFETY BY LONG Shortly before time was called the navy got the ball on a kick on their own flyeyard line Belknap attempted t6 kick It out of danger but Finn blocked the effort and the ball rolled oer tho goal line It was a desperate moment and both teams tore after the bounding leather l but Long fell on It for a safety and prevented tho possi bility of West Point tieing the score |