Union (NY) at Army

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  The sun, New York, October 25, 1896, page 9

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  WEST POINT. Oct. 24.-In thSfootbnll game lege this afternoon il was apparent from the first that the army boys clearly outclassed their opponents, and 1t was merely n question of how many tOuchdowns West Point would score. The play ing was almost entirely in Unions ter ritory. and not once was West Points goal in danger. The nll-around playing OF the West Point team was excellent. Conner. Scales. Nesbitt. and Gi lnore each mnde long runs, one of nId the hest worS Tor JTniop The cana yas called at $3.50 o’clock, and halves OF thirty and twenty minutes respectively were aged. Union won the toss and took the north goal with the strong wind in her favor. Hoxie kicked off. but in less than two minutes, by n succession of steady gains Connor WAS pushed over the line for n touchdown for West Point. From then touch downs were made at intervals of about five min. utes and the final score was West Point. 44 Union. 0. The llne.Mp.

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Army leads 5–⁠0 in five meetings, counting the one since this game.