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Show "H 1LI1T EM gSPresirtent Has Been $t From Annual Games. )1 M NAVY 'WCERS.ARE PRESENT 4fe fee Thousand People ss Struggle for Supremacy. m lLPHIA, Jcc. I. In a bril-!fclie bril-!fclie midshipmen from the &ival nctulcmy today ou defeated West Point in Ifcfeootball game, 10 to 0. It khl victory for the middies ley of football contests bc-jVovornment bc-jVovornment academids. and mh which West. Point had toss the goal line. There spectators present, tynnlf an hour before the Igpcctators watched the An-ijmarclt An-ijmarclt around Franklin g." flags, casting hats, canes, tmnd nearly everything they .heir hands on, into the air. tfwns fierce from beginning ct there was no unnecessary ffhe navy was handicapped vind in the opening half, and ifto the utmost 10 prevent, bjfrom crossing the goal-line, again ihey were driven back iYfcw feci of their goal, but (would hold and Douglass .the ball out of immediate pi second half opened there tircly different proposition. Mwas pushed back foot by Sy'yard, until the navy had ;Uin striking distance of the IF- Beaver, for West Point, spiral from his ten-yard facer on the navy's forty-'j&penccr forty-'j&penccr heeled i he catch, ;ifnavy to a free kick. The Jthiu ten yards of the lino l? side of the field and at a ifdirBcult angle, but North-tlfthe North-tlfthe goal and scored four ,'jg rain began falling shortly ijck, but it had no apprccia-SBtho apprccia-SBtho attendanco, there bo-ya's'eat bo-ya's'eat in the entire eu-f&clock. eu-f&clock. Ittjlde of tho match, alwaj-s JUre of the occasion, was as : Stlie game itself although-l sfoi the President of the j ,cb, the Secretary of War tf'et'ary of the Kavy was re-:llwas re-:llwas tlie first timo since find navy game has been franklin field that all three jrom the annual contest. absence, it seemed as capital of the Nation had Jrred ip Franklin field. The J family was represented 1)3' Miss Ethel Roosevelt. In anged along two sides of a member of tho Presi-TDet, Presi-TDet, high loflicials of the Jartmcnts and officers of iL-grade in the army and arfpegislature and judicial -JreiaTso well represented, fijecretary of War Oliver (35 on the army side of the Shim were relatives and ttsand in the boxes ranged riftS? the gridiron were jfcand their families, cheer-tffttheir cheer-tffttheir favorites. Most of diplomats who came to tho juthc game occupied boxes "ors1 side as guests of the Bent. iiKc. north stnnd, where the -igent cheered its heroes to center boxes were occupied At- Secretary of the Navy End near him was Secretary and Labor Metcalf. The "gent that surrounded Score-Ihry Score-Ihry made things lively after 'forcd their first four "points, w- common sight to see the -wear-admirals wave the sand vol, won tfie toss and chose the Jrith a strong wind at their f SJcked off to the army's 15-iBtcarus 15-iBtcarus running th"c ball las on the first line-up. West tthe ball going straight in lavy securing it on West ,-jard lino. Stearns went '-tor for six yards and Doug-three Doug-three through right tackle, wit through centrr for four fen was thrown for a loss Ills. Beavers attempted a ;io field from the navv's -0-ut tho kick was blocked, glow-over, securing the ball &icd the hall for a first .filwns on the navy's 10-yard 'hrmy attempted a forward 11 going back of tho navy's .-jgmchback. jfticked into line and Norton rie ball. Norton gained five "(he ball was brought back Up the army for iutcrfer-"ison iutcrfer-"ison went through center KdB and Beavers then tried mck from the 20-yard, line Wont straight betwden the 'nderneath the bar by about f'ouglass was thrown 1)V im' loss of four vards. Caf-,d Caf-,d at center 'Beavers at- frT1 tho ficIl l"t the Side. Buavers gainod eight wend run ncro the entire fjc. bnll was on the navy's f, .Jn,a miarterback kick, !rcd the ball on the navy's f Ho had a dear field, but ,fcn by Daguc before he had Vnavy s goal. Timo was itlio ball in the armv'n pos-10 pos-10 navy's 10-yard line, jjfet half Army 0, Navy 0. appeared on the field for frialf at 2-30 o'c'ock. There" IJngcs in cither team. Doug-i Doug-i through ,'onlfv for four then. kicked to Johnson on b twonty-llve-yard lino. Beavers punted to Spencer in mid-field, mid-field, DougIas3 kickod to .lohuson ou the Army's eight-vard line. Ayers went in at right end Jn placo of Stearns for the 'Army.- dpencor gained three yards, and then the Navy attempted a forward puss. Johnson secured the ball and ran the entire distance of the field, Xor An apparent touch-down, ijiit tho score was not allowed, al-lowed, because tho hall hod not touched at least one member of the Navy team before the going to an Army man. II was the Army s ball on tlieir thirtv-yard. thirtv-yard. line. The Army then attempted an on side kick," and :t was the Navy's ball on mid-field. D niglast puuted to Johnson on' the Army's 'twentv-yard line, and Dague throw him fn his tracks. On a fake l.ick Beavers lost five yards. Northcroft was injured in the scrimmage. Beavers dropped back for a kick, but the b-i!I was passed to Hill, who gained fiv. yards through center. Beavers kicxed on tho next liue-up. and Spencer heeled the catch on the Army's fortv-five yard Hue. and Northcroft tried for a con! from placement, place-ment, and sont the ball squurelv between be-tween the goal posts. Score: "Navy. 1; Army, 0. Mount ford was scut, in in Johnson's place, and Spencer tried th; cenicr for two yards, and again for three more. The ball was on tlu Army's thirty-yard thirty-yard line, and Norton dropped back for an apparent, goal from thf field. On a lorwurd pass from Norton, Ingrain carried the ball over for a touch down. Norton, a moment lator. kicked goal. Score: Navy, JO; Arm. 0. Douglass got three yards through center cen-ter and Norton then mnde another pretty pret-ty forward pass to Bernard on the Army s ten-yard line. A navy man was off-side and ihe ball was brought back in the twenty-five-yard line. Norton then dropped b'ack for an opportunity op-portunity for a goal from the field. Inere was another forward paf.s. however, how-ever, but the ball went to the Army because of interference. Beavers kicked on the first line-np and Spencer ran the ball back fifteen yards. Lamont then went in for Dairue at right end for the Navv. On an exchange ex-change of kicks the Navy secured the ball on the Army's tlnrtv-vard lino. Douglass punted and Mountford caught, the ball on the Army's ten-yard line. Simpson, went in for Pierson. On a forward paBB the Army gained three yards, but was thrown back x moment later on a fake kick. Beavers kicked to Spencer on the Navy's forty-vard lino and Douglass returned tho punt, to Mountford on the Army's fifteen-yard fifteen-yard lino, but the ball was" brought back to the Navy's fifty-yard line and the Navy was penalized ten yards for holding. Douglass puuted to Mountford and Beavers kicked to Norton, who gained ten yards before being thrown on the Navy's fortv-five-yard line Douglass kicked to Mountford ou the A 11113-'s twenty-five-yard lino and the West Point men ran it back seven yards. Smith' tried the center for no gain. Richardson was sent in at left end for Bernard for the Navy. Beavers kicked to Spencer on tho Navv's fortv-yard nno and Sponcer carried the ball hack twenty vards. Smith retired and Grib-bell Grib-bell replaced him. Timo wn3 called. The average weight of the Army was 12: and the Navy, 173. The line-up was as follows: . West Point. Position. Annapolis. (i$non l.e.rJcrmml-RJcirt-on -rw, I.k Mever ,wler --. r.l.. Person, Simpson irns' JKr0H v,V'-''-e"'-Dnt'IJ' Lnmont Johnson. Mountr'd. . n b Norton neavcis. Grlbell ... lh.b ..Douglass 5" ;' Spencer hm,lh f b Ingraham Touchdowns rngniliiim. Goal from placement NVirthcxoft. Goal from touch-down touch-down Norton, lieferee V. H. Corbln, T,i,m,,,r?.7-A1 s',f",Pe. Yal. Llne-Ll Llne-Ll nr"?'olH'rt Torrey. Pennsylvania. Time or halves 30 minutes. Final score-Navy score-Navy io, Army 0. i |