The morning times., 1896-10-25
c. Az TIED THE SOLDIERS s
Fair ROOters Cheered the
Struggle on Columbia Field.
ARMY GIRL OUT In FORCE
Fort Monroe Officers w ereth Henvi-
est, But the Winged Arrow Held
Them Down-lieavy Rushcs III the
Center Against the Home Teams
Tric snnd Skill-l0 to % the Score.

The blue bloods and blue jackets of Fort
Monroe came TO town yesterday TO i'll
auguratc the season with the Columbia
Athletic football team. They met on
Columbia Field and fought each other TO
stand still and stand Off 1t was a
Lively game. 1t was frosty weather but
the skies We're clear with plenty OF sun
shine.
There was a goodly crowd to which the
bellies of Fort Monroe contributed largely.
IL should be said To the credit oil the Fort
Monroe people that they nearly monopo-
iiZed the grandstand. The mascu line
lungs of Washington is really not in it
with the lady lungs of the rooters for the
garrison team OF the old fortress.
The football cries Of Washington have
been increased by one, which those present
will not forget. II is:
'Rah, rah, rah; rah, rah, rah; Army,
Amry, Fort Monroe"
1t was very jolly crowd that came up
with the Army team on the Norfolk
steamer. Among the ladies We're: Mrs.
Capt. Pullman, the Misses Pullman, Mrs.
Lieut. c. s. Phillips. Mrs. SWEET, Mrs.
MoscIy, the Misses Moscly, Mrs. Lieut..
Timberlake, Miss Barker, and the Misses
Jones. These and some others were from
the garrison, but there We're from the
town the Misses Everett, Warburton, Ellis.
Shields. Shannon, Durham, and others from
the vicinity of the garrison.
DAY FOR WRAPS.
1t was no kind of temperature for clabo-
rate dressing. They were all bundled up
in winter wraps which, however, We're
prufusely decorated with the red ribbons
and streamerS of the visiting team. They,
of course, for the most part had horns
and oopahs on which they were blowing
when they were not shouting and encourag-
ing the men in the field.
There was one damsel who wore blue
felt hat with Il wilderness OF rich TRIM
ruingS, whose enthusiasm with her horn
and upper register soprano became cpl
demic the first few minutes after the
opening of the game. The army rooterS
from Fort Monroe were not alone.
There We're ladies there from Fort Myer
and from the Washington barracks ut the
Arsenal, whose presence helped to enliven
the scene, but they We're not demonStrative
as it was not polo, archery, or the cossack
drill.
There was plenty of room there for
the Washington lady enthusiasts, who
turned out, but not in numbers that ought
to have been there to give the season
good send off. The Washington boys
were, however, there. They were lined
up along the rope in front of the grand
stand and on the opposite side of the
VI tTc - "a y. SluD
occupied the balcony overlooking the field.
The battle of &C. A. CT and Army,
Army was carried on by the ladies ON the
grandstand against the crowd of local
enthusiasts on the south side of the
gridiron.
ALL HEAVY WEIGHTS.
The Fort Monroe team are all but two
West Point men. They are heavy weights.
They have played but one game this season,
against the Hampton team, in which they
lost by 10 to s. Apart from this and
the scrub games among themselves at Fort
Monroe, they claim to have had no cXer-
else.
The center, rightguard, and leftguard
of the Army team are men of about $50
pounds each, and they play football and
dance down the middle with equal facility
and enthusiasm. The C. A. C. did not
have all of its ablest and most scientific
people in the Fray Sims, Dickinson and
Maupin appeared to be the favorites and
they certainly did some robust work.
The Army men are strong on the rush
through the center They did very little
side or trick play. Roberts OF the garri-
SON Team was by long odds the fayOrite.
judging FROM the frequent inquiries from
the grandstand, accompanied by horns and
waving of ribbons, 30, what's the matter
with Roberts?" and the constant assurance
in conlralto and soprano that .'he was all
right"
There were only three casualties which