There will be no more football matches between the military cadets of West Point and the naval cadets of Annapolis. Ever since the great game at Annapolis last fall, the secretary of the navy and the secretary of war have been considering the advisability of allowing these annual military-naval matches to continue, and, in order to help them in deciding the matter, reports were called for from the superintendents of the two academies. These reports were received recently and the superintendents agreed that, while football was a good thing for the cadets on their own grounds, trips to other places to play teams there seriously interfered with study and discipline. Secretary Herbert and Secretary Lamont had a talk over the question, and have indorsed these views of the superintendents and issued orders accordingly.
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Mr. Black's Lecture.
