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| Willets Point U.S. Army Engineers Corp School Football Team, 1895. (New York Times) |
(still under construction)
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| Willets Point U.S. Army Engineers Corp School Football Team, 1895. (New York Times) |
1890 Soldiers: . W 3-0 College Point FBC 1892 (2-0-0) . W 32-0 Fort Schuyler . W 20-0 Fort Schuyler 1893 (2-0-0) 11/11 W 48-0 at Governor's Island 11/23 W 14-0 St. John's at Fordham 1894 (~9-0-0) U.S. Army Champions 10/6 ? Manhattan FC (H) . W 60-0 Davids Island (Fort Slocum) 10/13 ? Volunteers of Harlem, at the Polo Grounds 10/20 W 18-0 Fordham College (St. John's) 10/27 W 8-0 at Seton Hall Alerts [8-2?] [10/20?] 10/31 W 30-0 Manhattan College Jaspers [10/27?] [36-0?] (pos. at Willts Point) 11/3 no game Volunteers of Harlem [on original schedule] 11/3 W 46-0 17th Separate Comp/Flushing AC (H) [48-0?][11/4?][11/10?] 11/17 W 22-0 Fort Adams of Rhode Island (H) (at Whitestone) 11/24 W 66-5 West Point Army Service Corps (H) (at Whitestone) 11/29 W 44-0 St.Aloysius YMCA of Newark (H) [40-0?] (at Whitestone) 12/1 W 30-0 at West Point Army Company E Battalion Engineers (H?) [22-0?] Reserves/2nds: 11/3 W 17th Separate Company, Flushing [see above] 11/23 Flushing AC (H) 1895 (~4-2-1) U.S. Army League Champions 9/29 W 36-0 Catholic Club of Paterson (H) 10/13 L 0-12 Entre Nous Club of Paterson (H) 10/26 T 6-6 at Seton Hall 11/2 not played 4th Regiment, NJ National Guard 11/2 W 44-0 Empire FC (H) 11/10 ? Varuna Boat Club of Bay Ridge . W 18-0 St.Aloysius YMCA 11/17 L 0-18 Entre Nous Club (H) 11/23 W 48-0 West Point Engineers 1896 10/11 Catholic Club of Paterson (H) 10/18 L 0-10 at Entre Nous Club of Paterson 10/24 Yonkers AC (H) 11/1 Catholic Club (H) 11/8 L Entre Nous Club (H) 11/14 W 6-0 at Montclair AC 11/15 Yonkers AC (H) 11/22 Entre Nous Club 11/26 W 30-0 at St.Aloysius of Newark (H?) 11/29 W 6-0 Madisons of NY (H) (Parade Grounds) 12/8 Governor's Island
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| 1897 team National Archives, courtesy of Bayside Historical Society, Fort Totten. |
1897 (~5-3-0)
10/4 L 0-18 Entre Nous Club of Paterson (H) att: 2,000 10/3?
10/10 W 14-2 Pastime AC of NY (H) [or 10/9]
10/17 W 8-0 Madison Club of NY (H)
10/24 W 18-0 Lenox AC of Harlem, at Bayside
10/30 Mt.Vernon AC
11/7 W 34-0 Majestic FC of NY (H)
11/14 L 9-47 at Entre Nous of Paterson, at Olympia Park {0-45?}
11/21 no game St. Agnes Lyceum
11/21 L 0-4 St.Peters Catholic Library Assoc., at Varuna Grounds, Bay Ridge
11/25 no game Ariel AA
11/25 W 10-0 Willet's Point 2nds (H) [orig. scheduled v Ariel AA]
"Juniors":
11/7 W 18-2 Eagles Club of Whitestone (H) 14-2?
11/25 L 12-16 Lafayette Club, at Central Park
1898
10/29 W 22-0 St.John's College (Brooklyn) (H)
. Majestics of Manhattan (H)
11/5 22nd Regiment (H)
11/6 at St.Aloysius, Newark
11/9 W 29-11 22nd Regiment
. L St. Peter's CLA
11/19 W Murray Hill AC (H)
11/20 W 6-0 at College Point Indians
1899
9/30 Warlow AC (H)
10/8 L 0-12 Pastimes of Paterson, at Wallace's Ridgewood Grounds
10/15 T 0-0 at Indians AC, Donnelly's Grounds, College Point att: 1,500
10/21 Loyola AC of Manhattan (H)
10/22 Bonaventure (H)
11/4 ?? Murray Hill AA of Manhattan (H) (Parade Grounds)
11/4 L 0-30 at Knickerbocker AC, Bayonne
11/11 at Newark AC
11/18 L 6-12 at Murray Hill AC, Flushing
Soldiers:
10/14 W 11-0 Murray Hill AC of Flushing (H) (Whitestone) [soldiers?] 10/15?
11/26 W 10-0 at Indian AC, College Point 1,000+
2nds:
10/22 T 5-5 Murray Hill of Flushing [orig. sched. v Columbia AC] (H)
10/29 W 40-0 St.John's of Brooklyn (H)
1900 [Soldiers team prob.]
9/30 T 0-0 at Warlow A.C.
10/6 W 6-0 Franklin AC (H)
10/7 Nutley AC [?]
10/21 L 6-12 Jersey City FC (H)
10/27 Crescent AC of Harlem (H) [?]
10/28 L 0-16 St. Aloysius of Newark, at St.George Cricket Grounds, Hoboken
11/11 T 0-0 Harlem Catholic Club, at Jasper Oval, 137th Street
11/17 L 0-17 at Seton Hall
11/18 at College Point
. L Warlow AC of Whitestone [could be Soldiers team]
12/6 Chelsea AC of Manhattan (record:10-1-3? before this game??)
1901
10/12 T Crescent AC
10/ L Irvington AC
10/24 Herkimer AA
10/27 at Newark FC
11/3 cancelled Robert Davis Association, at St.George Cricket Field, Hoboken
11/17 at Savoy FC, West Chester
12/6 Chelsea AC
12/8 Herkimer AA, at Dexter Park, Brooklyn
Soldiers:
10/20 ? Madison FC, at Jasper Oval
11/3 L 0-35 Madison FC, at Jasper Oval [or Engineers?]
. L 0-6 Fordham ["Fort Totten"]
. L Warlow A.C.
11/24 Herkimer A.A.
11/24 Knickerbocker AC, at Dexter Park
11/28 Madison FC, at Jasper Oval [postponed twice]
1902
11/8 L 0-17 at Orange AC, at the Orange Oval
Soldiers:
11/2 postp? at Herkimer AA, at Dexter Park
11/15 W 30-0 Ft. Hamilton (H) [win Army-Navy Post Championship)
11/16 L 0-6 at Herkimer AA, at Dexter Park (Willet's with 9 Warlows AC players)
1903
(see below under Fort Totten)
1904
(see below under Fort Totten
Home Fields:
*Willets Point Parade Grounds, Fort Totten
*Knabb Field, Whitestone
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| (Flushing Daily Times, Dec. 7, 1922) |
1901
(See above under Willet's Point Soldiers)
1902
(See above under Willet's Point Soldiers)
1903
10/18 L 0-5 Fort Slocum (H)
10/31 W 23-0 at Fort Columbus
11/14 W 39-0 Fort Columbus (H)
New York Harbor Championship
12/16 T 0-0 Fort Hamilton, indoors at Madison Square Garden
12/19 T 0-0 Fort Hamilton, indoors at Madison Square Garden
1904
(called Willet's Point Soldiers)
Soldiers:
11/20 at Knickerbocker FC, Knickerbocker Oval 110th St. & 8th Ave., Manhattan
1905
10/ L Fort Slocum
1906 ["9 games, 135/122 points to 1 TD"] New York Harbor Post Champions
. T 0-0 Fort Hamilton
11/3 L 0-23 Oreos of Asbury Park (v. Ft. Totten Heavy Artillery)
. T 0-0 Fort Hamilton
11/29 W 22-0 Fort Hamilton, at Donnelly's Athletic Field, College Point att: 500 23/24-0?
1907
11/5 W 6-0 Fort Hamilton (H), at Donnely's Field
11/28 w 11-0 USS Ohio, at Donnelly's Athletic Field 1,000+
1908
. L 6-17 Fordham
11/21 L 0-6 Fort Slocum (H), at Donnelly's Oval, College Point
11/26 W 5-0 Buster X AC Seniors (H), at Donnelly's Oval
1909
10/24 W 3-0 Fort Hamilton (H) [ps. Ft. Hancock-discrepancy in Flushing Times]
11/7 L 3-11 Mohawk AC, at Protectory Grounds, Westchester
11/14 ? at Warlows AC, Knab's Park, Whitestone
11/17 L 0-27 Warlows (H)
1910 (165th Company)
10/26 L 0-5 at Fort Slocum
11/ ? Fort Slocum (H)
1911 (165th Company)
12/3 W 11-0 at College Point Field Club, at Donnely's Field
1912
. L 0-13 Fordham
1913
. L 5-16 Fordham
1915
. W 6-0 Fordham
1916
. W Warlows AC of Whitestone (correct year?)
1917 (2-4-1)
NYAC Soldiers Football League/Post League
. W 17-6 Fort Wadsworth
11/6 L 7-9 Mineola Aviators, at Travers Island NYAC Field (Bronx) 3,000
11/10 T 0-0 Fort Slocum (H)
11/14 L 0-6 at Fort Hamilton att: 3,000
11/17 W 35-0 Fort Jay (H)
11/21 L 6-21 at Pelham Bay Naval Reserves
11/ L (for.) Fort Slocum [decline to replay tie game]
1919 (Coast Artillery)
. W 6-0 Fordham
. L 0-18 Fordham
. L 12-18 Fordham
10/27 L 0-5 Olympia Council, Knights of Columbus of Flushing, Ricketts Oval 2,000
1920
10/18 L 0-41 at Rockville Centre American Legion
. L 0-20 College Point FBC or 0-96?
12/2 at Mitchel Field
1921
10/26 ? at Fort Slocum
10/29 ? Camp Vail (H)
11/5 ? at Mitchel Field
11/12 canceled at Fort Jay
11/19 ? at Fort Hancock
1922
. Mitchel Field Aviators
10/12 canceled at Stapleton FBC (Stapes), East Shore Oval [canc. by Ft. Totten]
10/15 L 0-12 at Warlow AC, Knab's Park, Whitestone
10/22 W 6-0 at Flushing Triangles, Kalm's Oval, Jamaica & Sinclair Aves., Flushing 12-0?
10/28 ? Camp Vail
11/7 L 6-32 at College Point, Ahrco Field
11/29 Camp Alfred Vail (H) 10/29?
12/3 postp. at Flushing Triangles, Kalm's Oval [rain]
12/9 postp. at Flushing Triangles, Flushing Memorial Field, Bayside Avenue [wet grounds]
12/10 L 0-52 at Flushing Triangles, Kalm's Oval
*NOTE: Fort Totten manager wrote Flushing Daily Times saying this wasn't Fort Totten team on 12/10.
1923 Coach- Stew Timberlake
11/6 postp. at College Point Triangles, Ahrco Field
11/18 L 0-38 at Elmhurst Caseys
11/23 ? Fort Slocum (H)
11/25 L 6-7 at Freeport Field Club (semi-pro)
11/30 L 0-13 at College Point FBC, Ahrco Field 3,000 11/29? 0-18?
12/8 L 0-26 at 6th Separate Division, NY Naval Militia, Flushing/Whitestone, Flushing Memorial Field 1,500
12/9 L 0-12 at West Side Club, Jersey City, J.C. H.S. Athletic Field
1924
10/19 W 19-0 Mitchel Field Aviators L?
10/26 W 19-6 at Fort Hamilton
11/9 W 33-6 at Whitestone Warlows, Knab's Park 2,000
. T 0-? Newark Redjackets (loss or tie?)
2nd Army Championship:
11/16 W 7-0 Fort Jay, at Fort Hamilton 8,000 ["no losses in 5 games"]
11/22 postponed Fort Slocum
11/23 ? Fort Slocum (H)
11/27 W 7-0 6th Division, NY Naval Militia, Whitestone (H)
11/29 canceled Fort Slocum
11/30 L 0-13 at College Point FBC 3,000 (prob. away)
. W 6-0 College Point FBC (from 1926 Daily Star)
1925
. W Whitestone Warlows ?
USMA Prep at Fort Totten:
11/27 L 0-2 at Flushing HS 2nds, Flushing Memorial Stadium
1926
62nd Coast Artillery
10/24 L 0-6 at Whitestone Warlows, Knab's Park att: 35 6-13??
10/31 W 3-0 Twin Oaks F.C.
11/14 L 0-6 at Fort Hamilton 3,000
. L College Point ?
11/21 no game College Point
12/4 W 19-0 Company I, 14th Infantry Regiment, Flushing Armory, at Flushing Memorial Field [benefit] att: 150
1927
10/22 canceled Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church (H) [canc. by Ft. Totten]
10/23 W 12-6 College Point Ramblers (H) att: 500
. ? Elm A.C. (H)
11/8 L 0-25 Warlows of Whitestone
11/13 W 33-6 Fort Hamilton, at Bayside
11/20 postponed Fort Monmouth, at Fort Hamilton postponed to 11/27
11/27 W 9-0 Fort Monmouth, at Ft. Hamilton (2nd Corps Area Harbor Post Championship) 6-0?
2nd Area Championship:
12/3 L 7-21 at West Point Army Service Detachment
12/11 canceled College Point F.B.C. [Benefit]
["an Army team"]:
. W 27-0 College Point American Legion
. L 0-7 Saranac FBC
1928
11/8 W 20-12 Fort Slocum (H)
12/2 no game? Bayside AA prob. no game
1929
10/6 L 0-62 at Bayonne Vikings, Jersey City High school Field 1,000
10/13 L 6-51 Bayside AA (H)
10/26 L 0-91 at All-Coast Guard
1930
62nd Coast Artillery:
. Naval Base Militia T 6-6 or L 13-14??
10/22 L 6-39 at Flushing HS, Memorial Field (6-40?)
10/29 W 7-0 Flushing HS 2nds (H)
11/5 ? Fort Slocum (H)
11/16 W 7-6 at Fort Hamilton att: 500 (6-0?) [2 more games at Ft. Hamilton?]
11/22 ? Fort Hancock (H)
11/27 L 0-27 at Jamaica FBC, Peter's Field, Hollis 1,500 [Benefit]
Note: There was also a Ft. Totten YMCA Post 105 Lb. team, pos. played some of above games.
1931 (9-3-0 ?) Tim Hawley, coach
9/27 W 28-0 Fort Monmouth (H) 20-0?
10/ L 0-40 at Carlisle Barracks 0-42?
10/18 L 0-12 at Sandy Hook (Fort Hancock)
10/ at Aberdeen (Md.) W ?
10/25 W 24-0 Fort Hamilton (H)
10/28 L 7-13 Flushing High School (H) [scrimmage]
11/1 W 20-6 Fort Slocum (H)
11/8 W 14-0 Bay Ridge Maroons (semi-pro) (H)
11/15 W 32-0 Fort Jay (H)
11/22 W 25-6 Naval Base Militia (H)
11/26 W 7-0 Flushing Oaks (semi-pro), at Memorial Field, Flushing 2,000 [benefit] 6-0?
12/6 W 18-12 Bayside A.A. (H) 1,800
1932 (11-1-0) (from 1933 L.I. Daily Star) Tim Hawley, coach
9/25 W 13-6 at Fort Monmouth ("8th straight win")
10/9 W 6-0 at Fort DuPont, at Havre de Grace, Md.
10/16 W 20-6 Greenpoint AA (H)
10/23 W 13-0 Coney Island Vans (H) ~1,500
10/30 W 33-0 East Side Tigers (NY) (H) 1,200
11/6 W 31-6 St. Vincent Pros of New York (H)
11/13 W 39-6 Bayside AA
11/20 W 26-0 Fort Hancock
11/24 no game Flushing Oaks [proposed early in season]
11/27 W 18-6 at Whitestone Warlows, Knab Park [Benefit] 26-6?
12/4 L 0-19 at College Point FBC, Ahrco Field ~6,000 [for "Queens Championship"]
1933 (8-2-0) Tim Hawley, coach
10/1 W 32-0 Roosevelt AC of Jackson Hts. (H)
10/8 W 26-0 Brooklyn Bulldogs (H)
10/15 W 19-6 West Point Artillery (H) 3,800
10/22 W 27-0 Fort Jay (H)
10/25 scrim. Flushing HS (H) [scrimmage]
10/29 no game Flushing Yellow Jackets
10/29 W 12-0 West Point Service Detachment (H) 3,000-3,500 [orig. sched. 11/12 maybe] (10th "Colored" Cavalry)
11/1 scrim. Flushing HS (H) [scrimmage]
11/5 W 19-0 Lantern AC of Washington Hts. (H)
11/12 L 7-18 Carlisle Barracks Indians (H) 6-18?
11/19 no game Whitestone Warlows
11/19 W 19-6 Flushing Yellow Jackets (H) 3,500 [orig. sched. 10/29 maybe, then 11/12]
11/26 W 28-13 at Fort Hancock
11/30 L 0-18 Whitestone Warlows (H) 3,000 [orig. sched. 11/19 maybe] (Queens Championship)
1934 (10-2-1) coach- Lt. Paul Elias, asst.- Sgt. Tim Hawley
Training camp- Fort Tilden
9/ scrim. Pick and Pat Club of Bayside (H) [scrimmage]
9/9 no game Astoria Pros (H)
9/9 W 14-13 Kenyon Passaic Pros (N.J.) (H) (night) 1,000
9/16 W 8-0 Arverne Pros (H) att: 200
9/23 W 18-12 at Carlisle Barracks Post 7,000 not 6-0 reported in various 1935 papers
9/30 no game Flushing FBC [proposed]
9/30 no game Long Island Collegians of Great Neck (H)
9/30 W 33-0 Yonkers Alumni Club (H) 2,000
10/7 T 0-0 Whitestone Warlows (H) [record v Warlows, 10 years 5-5-1]
10/14 W 18-0 Fort Jay (H) 3,100
10/21 W 18-0 Fort Hancock (H) 3,100
10/28 W 7-0 Pick and Pat Club of Bayside (H)
11/4 postp. Flushing FBC (H) [rain]
11/6 W 13-6 Flushing FBC (H) att: 500
11/11 W 7-6 at Whitestone Warlows, Knab's Park [Warlow's change name to American Legion]
11/18 L 0-7 at College Point FBC, Ahrco Field 5,000
11/25 L 0-6 at Langley Field (Va.)
Fort Totten Club
11/24 ? Whitestone Trojans
1935 (~2-5-2) coach- Lieutenant Lazar
9/15 T 0-0 Passaic Pros (H)
[Ft. Totten soldiers at maneuvers at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, prob. no games]
10/13 canceled Columbia Dems
10/20 L 0-7 Fort Monmouth [at?]
10/27 W 12-6 Astoria Willows (H)
11/3 L 0-12 Carlisle Barracks (H)
11/10 L 0-20 Columbia Democrats (ex-Warlow AC) (H) [11th annual]
11/17 rain out Langley Field (Va.) (H)
11/17 postp. at College Point FBC
11/24 postp. at College Point FBC [snow] [pos. College Pt. claims forfeit for 11/17] [eventually canceled]
12/1 L 19-27 Fort DuPont (H) [11/24 0-35 seems wrong]
12/8 W 19-0 Corona Royals (H)
12/15 T 0-0 Flushing All-Stars (H)
1936 (2-6-0) Tim Hawley, coach
9/27 L 6-25 Fort DuPont (H)
10/4 W 26-0 Passaic Pros (H) 1,100
10/11 L 12-14 Astoria Willows (H) 2,500
10/18 L 6-27 Fort Monroe (Old Point Comfort, Va.) (H) 1,500 7-27?
11/1 L 12-14 Yonkers Alumni (H)
11/8 W 21-0 Jamaica FC (H)
11/11 L 6-31 College Point FBC (H) [not 11/15]
11/15 no game Astoria Willows (H)
11/22 L 0-19 at College Point FBC, Ahrco Field [two College Point scores may be reversed]
1937 (5-4-2)
62nd Coast Artillery
9/26 W 6-0 Astoria Maples (H) 1,000
10/3 L 0-6 Fort Hancock (H) [6-6-0 v Ft. Hancock since 1925]
10/10 no game Passaic Pros of Jackson Heights (H)
10/10 W 13-0 Bayonne Pioneers (NJ Industrial Lg.) (H)
10/17 W 7-0 Carlisle Field Barracks (H)
10/24 T 13-13 at Fort Hamilton 5,000
10/31 T 0-0 at Fort Jay, at Governor's Island 3,000
11/7 W 12-0 Colony Club of Jackson Heights (H) 2,000
11/14 L 13-19 at Fort Du Pont 1st Engineers (Del.)
11/21 L 13-20 at Fort Monroe Gunpointers (Va.)
11/25 no game College Point FBC [Ft. Totten says no to proposed game]
11/28 postp. Astoria Willows (H) [rain]
12/5 W 24-7 Elroy AC (H) at Bayside
12/12 L 0-6 Astoria Willows att: 700
Fort Totten Juniors
11/7 L 12-43 at Whitestone Falcons, St. Luke's Field
11/11 L 0-13 Whitestone Falcons (H)
Fort Totten Royals
10/2 L 12-19 Broadway Bears (H)
1938 (14-1-1)
"Gypsy Artillerymen"
11/6 W 2-0 Astoria Maples (H) 2,000
Eastern Corp Area Elimination:
11/11 L 12-27 Fort Jay, at Bloomfield, N.J. 3,000-4,500
11/20 W 13-0 Fort Ontario (Oswego) (H) 7,000
11/24 T 0-0 College Point FBC (H) 1,000 (Soldiers lead series 16-15-3)
11/27 postp. Astoria Willows (H) [snow]
12/4 W 6-0 Astoria Willows (H) 4,500
12/11 W 6-0 Flushing Viking-Ramblers (H) 3,000
12/18 no game College Point FBC [only proposed]
1939 (2-6-0)
10/8 L 0-6 Astoria Maples (H)
10/15 W 9-0 East New York Red Devils (H)
10/22 L 0-32 College Point FBC (H) 1,300
10/29 L 12-33 Flushing Vikings (H)
11/5 canceled Whitestone Tigers (H) [rain]
11/12 L 0-6 Astoria Maples (H)
11/19 L 6-20 Manhasset Alumni (H)
11/23 L 0-6 St. Joan of Arc (ex-Colony Club) of Jackson Heights (H) 1-2,000
12/3 W 13-0 Little Neck Pirates [10 minute quarters at end due to storm]
1940 (2-7-0)
10/6 L 0-9 Fort Jay (H)
10/13 L 0-25 Astoria Willows-Red Raiders (H) 1,500
10/20 L 6-8 College Point FBC (H)
10/27 no game Whitestone Tigers (H)
10/27 L 0-7 Bay Ridge Bulldogs (H)
11/3 W 13-0 Astoria Red Hawks (H) att: 500
11/10 W 13-0 Astoria Maples (H) att: 500
11/17 L 0-8 St. Joan of Arc (H) att: 600
11/21 L 6-14 Whitestone Tigers (H) att: 600
11/24 L 0-7 Sacred Heart (H) att: 500
1941
9/17 L 0-3TD Hofstra [scrimmage]
9/21 L 0-35 at Paterson Panthers (APFA) Hinchcliffe Stadium 5-6,000/7,000
9/28 W 13-0 Astoria Willow Red Raiders (H) 1,500
10/5 L 0-20 at Hempstead Alumni
10/15 postp. at Freeport Lions (N), Freeport Municipal Stadium [rain] [maybe to 10/29]
10/19 W 25-0 Ridgewood Bulldogs (H)
10/26 canceled at Fort Monmouth [Fort Totten sent on maneuvers]
1942
“Redlegs”
9/26 T 6-6 at Hartwick
10/3 W 27-7 at Brooklyn College 1,700
10/10 L 0-60 at Holy Cross
10/18 L 0-7 at St. Bonaventure
10/25 L 7-14 at Canisius 5,882
11/3 W 51-0 at C.C.N.Y. 800/1,500
11/8 L 6-13 at Scranton
11/14 no game Manhattan Beach Coast Guard, at Brooklyn College
11/14 ? Camp Upton (H?)
11/22 W 39-7 Fort Hamilton, at Union City, N.J. ["5th win"]
U.S. Army Service Command championship (2nd Area):
11/29 L 0-6 at Fort Monmouth, Eatontown, N.J.
6-man Touch Football
1956
6-Man Tackle
1st Army Flag Football Championships, at Fort Monmouth (double elimination)
11/13 W 13-6 Fort Wadsworth [not against Fort Monmouth]
11/13 L 8-13 West Point
11/14 W 7-6 Fort Wadsworth
11/14 L 13-33 Fort Dix
Notes:
•Home field- Army Base Reservation Field, Bayside, 216th Street & 12th Avenue.
•Willet's Point is the land that was later called Fort Totten, in the Whitestone section of Queens County.
on Long Island Sound. Deeded to William Thorne 1640.
•Named after Charles Willet, who died 1832 and is buried within the fort.
•1821 Coastal Defense Survey says property useful.
•1857 purchased for a military base. Star shape fort with a 600 foot vehicular tunnel,
the first in NY, designed by chief engineer Colonel Joseph Totten.
•The Civil War made the fort obsolete.
•After the war, 1865, it became a school for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, started as "Essayons Club."
•The school moved, transfered in 1901 to Washington Barracks, Fort McNair, D.C.; Engineers Depot closed 1902.
•101st Co., CAC 1901-1917; 54th Co, CAC 1901-1909; 87th Co., CAC 1901-1916; 114th Co, CAC 1901-1917.
•Eastern Artillary District, N.Y. 1906; HQ Coast Defense of Eastern N.Y. & HQ Atlantic Division 1913,
•Taken over by Coastal Artillery from 1922. First radar on east coast, held Nike missiles during the Cold War.
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