Heading into their rivalry game against the Midshipmen at Annapolis, the Cadets of West Point carried a won-lost record of 8-5 with some of their biggest wins coming at the expense of Colgate and Bucknell. West Point’s season was disrupted by inclement weather as five games were canceled due to rain or snow. The Naval Academy was looking to end Army’s five-game win streak in the 13-year-series. Since the Army-Navy baseball series began in 1901, Army exerted their dominance, capturing nine victories against three losses.
With their confidence bolstered from a strong 11-7 season, which was also marred by three weather-related cancellations, Navy was seeking to turn the tables to start a streak of their own.
Navy played host to West Point on Decoration Day, May 30, 1915, filling the stands with more than 12,000 fans, their largest crowd attending an athletic event at Annapolis at that time.[i]
1914 U.S. Military Academy Black Knights:
| Rank | Player | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Omar Nelson Bradley | LF | |
| William Hamilton Britton | 1B | |
| Homer Caffee Brown | ||
| John W. Butts | ||
| William Edwin Coffin | SS | |
| Jefferson Reese Davenport | ||
| Francis Joseph Dunigan | 2B | |
| Elbert Louis Ford | ||
| Charles Hunter Gerhardt | 3B | |
| Ray Harrison | ||
| Leland Stanford Hobbs | RF | |
| Francis R. Kerr | Mgr. | |
| John James McEwan | ||
| Fenton Harrison McGlachlin | ||
| William C. McMahon | ||
| Louis Alfred Merillat | CF | |
| Lt. | C. B. Meyer | OIC |
| Frank W. Milburn | C | |
| Henry Jervis Friese Miller | ||
| Charles Morton Milliken | Capt. | |
| Robert Reese Neyland | P | |
| S. Strang Nickelin | Head Coach | |
| Ralph Royce | ||
| Robert William Strong | ||
| John Hamilton Chew Williams | Asst. Manager | |
| Ludson Dixon Worsham |
Navy’s manager, Lieutenant R. A. Theobald tapped Thomas Vinson (no relation to the Georgia Congressman, Carl Vinson) to take the hill against Army’s Robert Neyland. Through nine innings, Neyland had the hot hand, holding the Middies to just three hits while striking out five, issuing three free passes and one hit batsman. Vinson’s day was less than spectacular. William Coffin, shortstop and right fielder Leland Hobbs led Army’s 12-hit attack on the Navy hurler with three safeties each. Navy’s defense was anything but sharp with five miscues.
1914 U.S. Naval Academy Midshipmen:
| Rank | Player | Position | Former |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Raney Adams | SS | ||
| Robert Lamar Beall | UT | ||
| Harry Collins Blodgett | |||
| Walter Carson Calhoun | 2B | ||
| Martin James Connolly | 1B | ||
| Hilbert Adam Fisher | CF | ||
| Thomas Geary Fisher | 3B | ||
| Edward Canfield Fuller | |||
| Robert Ogden Glover | |||
| Stuart Adams Hamilton | |||
| Harold Dorr Hayes | |||
| Walter Alexander Hicks | C | ||
| Manuel James Jemail | |||
| Thomas Joseph Keliher | |||
| Robert Norris Kennedy | |||
| Isidore Lehrfeld | |||
| William Clark Luth | |||
| John Livingstone McCrea | Asst. Manager | ||
| Andrew Calhoun McFall | |||
| Clarence James McReavy | |||
| Arthur Clark Miles | |||
| Edward Joseph Moran | |||
| James A. Reilly | Asst. Coach | ||
| Swift Riche | Mgr. | ||
| Bertram Joseph Rodgers | LF | ||
| Allen Edward Smith | |||
| F. Bascom Smith | LF | ||
| LT | R. A. Theobald | Head Coach | |
| John Langhorne Vaiden | Capt. | ||
| Thomas Newcome Vinson | P | ||
| James Evans Waddell | |||
| LT | R. W, Walker | OIC | |
| Leonard Paul Wessell | |||
| Nick Altrock | Coach | Nationals |
Hobbs, third baseman Charles Gerhardt and centerfielder Louis Merrilat each tallied two-runs, accounting for half of Army’s output. Vinson struck out and walked three batters and was charged with a pair of wild pitches.
West Point handled Navy with ease, extending their win streak to six (they won again in 1915 and ’16) with the 8-2 blowout victory.
This single-page scorecard is monochrome printed on bifold blue cardstock. It features a beautiful Navy batter illustration with hand lettering superimposed over the image. Each team’s season record adorns the front cover with the series record and rosters on the back cover. Unscored scoring grids dominate the inside pages.
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[i] “12,000 See Army Down Navy, 8-2,” Evening Star (Washington, D.C.), May 31, 1914: p.1.
Acquired at online auction, February 2026.
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