Navy at Virginia

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  Alexandria gazette, Alexandria, D.C., November 14, 1904, page 2

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  News Of the Day. In the football game Saturday between Yale and Princeton the former won by score of II to 0. At Annapolis, Nd. Saturday, the Navy defeated the football team Of the University of Virginia by score of 5 to 0. The large clothing house of Browning King & Co., in Chicago was destroyed by FIRE Saturday night the loss being 81, 900, 900. During the first nine mon tbs of the calendar year 4, 266, 500, cS9 pounds of sugar, valued at SOL, ll6,7l7, were i’m ported into the United States. A number of prominent Episcopal clergymen at a meeting at St. Agnes’s Chapel, Newark, yesterday, declared that the church must prohibit the remarriage of divorced couples to put an end to the divorce evil. While seated at his desk Ia the bank ing house of Alexander Brown and Sons iu Baltimore, Saturday, w. Graham Bowdoin, a member of the firm, was suddenly attacked with what is believed to have been apoplexy, and died without regaining consciousness. The official tests of the electric loco motive constructed for the New York Central Railroad Company to determine its speed and drawing capacity were held at Schenectady, Saturday, in the presence Of railroad officials and news paper men. A speed of seventy five miles an hour WAS developed with train of nine Pullman coaches. Locked in each others arms on the bare floor of a dismantled fat in east Fifty. first street, New York, yesterday from which they had been dispossessed on Friday, two sisters-Louise and Valerie Abel, Al and 3S years old, respectiyely-were found dead yesterday. In the mou tn of each was a rubber tube which connected with the chandelier, Eight persons were killed and five in jured, two seriously, in a head on COLI lision Saturday night between a Union Pacific westbound passenger train and an eastbound freight train, a short distance from Granger, Wyo. Aspecial to Green River says that the operator responsible for the blunder that caused the collision shot himself upon hearing OF the disaster. The spreading of rail on the curve of the Wabash Railroad a. Bircher ave. +, ST. Louis, wrecked the Chicago special which left Union station, st. Lonis at 10 o’clock yesterday morning, four persons being probably fatally injured and forty others more or less seriously injured. The engine left the track and overturned, pulling the baggage coach and the three following cars from the rails. 1t has at last been ascertaioed that Maryland had elected seven democratic electors and one republican elector, the latter being Charles J. Bonaparte. The democratic candidate defeated Is John E. George, OF the First district, he having received the smallest number Of votes OH the democratic ticket. Mr.. Bonaparte leads all his party colleagues by nearly 1000 because of the peculiai marking by republicans, they having placed cross opposite his name believing that would carry the full ticket. For the same reason ex-Gov. Brown runs away ahead Of his colleagues. The fact that Brown leads BOnaparte shows that the democrats win BY asmall mar gin, his majority In Baltimore city being /

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  The times dispatch, Richmond, Va., November 13, 1904, page 1

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  .M|DD|ES WIN BY 4 SMALL s. v | |. |. SCORE s. |: Virginia Puts Up Great Game and Gives Navy Team Hard Struggle. The THE SCORE j Z: FIVE Z 70. J. NOTHING Fine Punting of Council One 81 the Features Of the Game. The SCORE FIVE TO NOTHING Especial to The Times -Dispatch.) ANNAPOLIS. ND. !, November 1s.-The Navy defeated the football team OF tho University OF Virginia here this attsinoon BY a score OF 8 to q. and although ut undoubtedly deserved. the game by that narrow margin, there was only q shade s difference In the playing Of the two teams. The game was most interesting one, and abounded in kicking, In which Captain Council, OF Virginia. always got the better OF the exchange. The Navy scored In the first ten minutes of the game, Smith going over the line at the extreme edge OF tho field, and Norton missed adifttcult goal. The time OF the half was called with the .yirginians holding the ball on the Navys fifteen yard line and looking like they would score. 33. In, the second half. the punttng OF Cap tain Council and the sitter defense put up by! his men gave the visitors the bet. ter OF 1t at times Both Virginia and the Navy landed tho ball behind their opponents goal after long runs. but the IuIIleEc WAS uEOuEHLS DdCk IHuCu TO LUG dissatisfaction of the respective rooters. Ialr-back johnson carried the ball In the case OF the Virginlans for seventy yards from the regular formation. but 1t was decide that he ran outside. For the Navy. Captain Farley got the ball #after Pollards S tumble. and run forty yards behind the goal. Interferences with a free catch was adjudged however. and the ball brought back and awarded to Virginia. IS s S Virginia much surprised the local players by the game 1t put up. and the playing OF Council, Pollard and Fl. john son was particularly notable. Tho Navys game was fairly satisfactory. being steady. rather than brilliant the bacts worlsing we’ll together and right-half Doherty doing splendid work. The lineup was: Navy. Position. U. OF v. wclch...... ~. ..left-end,. Warren Grady.... ......left tackle.... Cook Goss.... .........left guard d,..... ...... Spear .Kite) 5MtCnntic....... center. m, Johnson Woodruff. ..,...right guard..y. Murphy Farley Captain. right tackle..... Council Plersol.) lC:nnrl’n) Whlting...... ....right-end So. .Grnhara Dodson, Norton. ..D...,.qunrter... PAllald Doherty.,.. ....right ha.f....,. ..Ianccy (Strassberger) spencer....,. left half.,,. III Johnson tEeInard) Smth..,,. .m,..full- -back.... ....... Paul Summary: score--Nayy. :; Virginia. Q, Tcuchdown-Smith. Umptrc Mr. Thcmpson. OF Georgetown. Referee N. Sharpe, OF Yale. Tlmekeepers-Ar, Melvin. Of st. Johns: DR.. Bosart Navy. Time OF 8halves-twenty and twenty-five minutes.

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  Evening capital, Annapolis, Md., November 14, 1904, page 1

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  THE NAVY WON THE CAME The University of Virginia Meets Defeat By The Midshipmen Bv a Close Score The Navy defeated the football team of the University of Virginia Saturday afternoon by score of 8 to 0,and, although the mId6::es ;asSSdoubtedly deserved the game by that narrow irargin, there was only shades differ ence in the playing of the two teams The game was q most interesting one and ahounded in kicking, in which Captain Council, of the Virginians, al ways got the better Of the exchange The Navy scored in the first ten minutes of the game, Smith going over the line at the extreme edge of the field, and Norton missed q diff cult goal. The time of the half was called, with the Virginians holding the ball on the Navy’s 15-yard line, and looking like they would score. In the second half tie punting of Cap tain Council and the sitter defen Sc put up by his men gave the visitors the better Of it at times. Both Virginia and the Navy landed the ball behind their opponents goal after long runs, but the runner was brought back, much to the dissatisfaction of the respective rooters. Half Back Johnson carried the ball in the case of the Virginians for 20 yards from the regular formation, but it was decided that he ran outside. For the Navy. Captain Farley got the ball after Pollard’s tumble, and ran 40 yards behind the goal Inter ference with a free catch was adjudged, however, and the ball was brought back and awarded to Virginia. Virginia much surprised the local players by the game it put up, and the play ing of Council, Pollard and H. john son was particularly notable. The Navy’s game was fairly satisfactory, being steady rather than brilliant, the backs working we’ll together. and Right Half Doherty doing splendid work. The lineup was: Navy–W |. e.. Grady, l. t. (; Goss, l. g.; McClintic, c.. Woodruff, r. g.. Farley, (capt. r. t.; Whiting, T. e. Norton. q. b.; Doherty, Strassberger, r h. b. Spenser, Bernard, l. h. B. r. II. Smith, f. b. u. of Va. Warren, |. e.; Cook, /. t. Spear, Kite, l. g.; b. johnson, c /; Murphy, T. g. Council, (capt. }, T. {. /; Graham, Dodson, T. e. Pollard,q b. ; Yancey, r. h. b.; Fl. Johnson, |. h.. b. Paul, +. b.

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  The news & observer. (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, North Carolina, November 13, 1904, page 13

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  THE MIDDIEs WHIP VIRGINIA. The Navy Makes the Score in the First Half. Annapolis, Md, Nov. 12.-The Navy defeated the University of Virginia at football today by a score Of five to nothing. But one more game will be played by the Midshipmen before the great final contest with West Point at Philadelphia. The NaVy’s score was made in the first half. Norton after taking the ball on Virginias five-yard line, made a straight plunge through centre and scored touchdown but failed to kick goal The elevens were about even in the second half neither side scoring. The lineup: WEIGH, left end; Grady, left tackle; Goss, left guard; McClintic. center; Woodruff. right guard; Farley, right tackle; Whiting, right end; Will cox, Norton, Waurterback DOherty, Strasspurger left half back; Spencer, right half back; Smith full back. Virginia-Warran, left end; Cook, left tackle; Spate, Kite, left guard; Beckett, b. Johnson, center; Murphy, right guard; Council, right tackle; Grey, right end; Pollard, Waurterback; Campbell, E. Johnson, left half back; Young, right half back; Paul, full back. Referee: Thompson, Georgetown. Umpire, Sharpe, Yale

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Navy leads 26–⁠10 in 36 meetings, counting the 32 since this game.