Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-29
ARMY-NAvY GAME.
Brilliant Throng Will Witness Grid
iron Battle.

More than $4,000 tickets already have
been sold for the Army-Navy foot ball
game In Princeton on Saturday, and 1t is
expected that this years crowd will be the
largest that ever witnessed the annual grid
Iron struggle between the two arms of the
government
President Roosevelt, with Miss Alice
Roosevelt and the rest of his party will ar
rive at Princeton on a special train about
noon: The President will be driven imme-
diately to the home of President Woodrow
Wilson, where he will lunch.
Practically every arrangement for the
game has been completed The field has
been covered with straw for the past three
days, and the covering will not be taken
Off until Saturday morning. The present
rain has not softened the turf
The plans for entertaining the visitors
include elaborate luncheons in the various
ciubhouses. Both the middies and cadets
Will be cared for In the new gymnasium.
which Is large enough to comfortably hold
them all.
Miles of Gold Lace.
All Princeton Is alive to the great military
display that the game will give. With not
only the students from the two SCHOOL,
but army and navy officers from every Sec
ton of the east present, there will be more
gold lace In old Nassau than Jersey has ever
seen, not excepting the historic day when
the Father of his Country was padded
across the ice-filled Delaware. Washington
and his army were bundled in long coats
that hid what glitterng splendor they had,
but at this battle of Princeton the heroes
Of land and sea will display all their gilt
tering insignias of rank.
OF course, President Roosevelt may again
jump a fence, high hat and all. If the
Army scores, but whatever he does he is
bound to add to the occasion.
And the fair ones will be there, too.
They always are, for they love the military
| man and the ''rat-a-plan'' more than the
game itself. In cadet gray and navy blue,
like unto Salvation Army lassies, they will
dot the stands, and as the soldiers brave
and the sailors true, with heads erect and
chins slightly drawn in strut back and
forth along the side lines the girls will soft
ly murmur to themselves, And they never
proceed to watch the game, but always
follow me-.
Players Hard at Work.
Those who will be fortunate enough to see
the game are waiting in fond anticipation.
but the ones who will do battle are busy
lot.
Today both the West Point and Annapo-
lis teams will have their last hard practice.
Since their defeat of the Virginia Polytech-
mic eleven, which beat the Cadets. the Mid
dies are almost confident Of beating their
rivals. There was some rain at Annapolis
yesterday and the grounds were soft, so
it was thought best not to give the team
hard practice and thereby risk injuries.
There was long signal practice instead
and some of the attack formations were
gone over until every man knew his work
perfectly The navy players, particularly
the backs, are in shape to make a fast pace
from the very beginning of the game. and
there is a good substitute for every back
position In case one of the regulars is hurt
or worn out.
The return of Douglass to the game was
particularly gratifying, as he Is the best
back in the academy when In shape, and
with him the team will not be weakened If
either Spencer or Doherty Is forced to re-
tire. In the same way Barnard can go In
for either half and keep up the pace. Smith
can replace Ghormley at full and Norton
can take Decker's place at quarter. 1t Is
also the case with the line men that the
Navy has one or more substitutes for each
position who are only a little below the
standard OF the regular men. Piersol, the
left tackle, who twisted his knee, was again
on the field and he has made decided prog
ress since Monday.
The Cadets held their afternoon practice
yesterday on field covered with two inches
of snow. No heavy work was INDUCED in,
as the coaches feared an injury and are
nursing the men carefully.
Capt. Gillespie was in the lineup, having
fully recovered from the bad bruise he re-
ceived last week in practice. In the work
there was much fumbling. No donbt this
was on account of the wet ball. which Is
something the men have not had to handle
all the season. The tendency to tumble has
cost the Cadets two games, and If this
habit ciings to them at Princeton it no
doubt will prove disastrous. The team is
still working nightly in the gymnasium per-
fecting the signals.
Robert D. Wrenn Of Harvard will umpire
the game and Edgar Wilmington. also of
Harvard. will act as referee Mr. Roper of
Princeton will be the head linesman
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