The Washington herald., 1907-11-30
ARMY is FAVORITE
AGAINST MIDDIES
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was great excitement al the freight de-
pot when the news Of the bears pros
pective arrival was noiSed abroad No
one seemed 10 yearn for the privilege OF
acting as the bears valet. so the man
agement hastily teIephoned over to the
100 and besought the loan Of two or
three keepers" familiar with bears"
Though somewhat surprised at this un-
usual request. tie Zoo officials proved ac-
c0mmodating and promised % provide a
hitting reception committee FOR the strange
mascot
Draped in the Arpy colors. Mr. Bear
will be a prominent figure on the West
Point side line Enthusiastic Army root
ers are hopeful Of arranging a one-round
go" between brun and the famous Navy
goat. They argue that such a unique
stunt would certainly provide amusement
for the spectators between the halves.
Forget Penn's Victory.
Though PENIS great victory over Cor
nell is not twenty-foUr hours old, il is
case Of The King is dead Long live the
King with Philadelphia football fanat-
les. OF course. echoes OF yesterdays game
still rumble along the horizon, but for
the most part interest centerS in the
probable outcome OF to-morrow's strug-
gle.
Many WOUld-be spectators arrived last
night. and early this morning every in
bound train carried its quota. Efforts TO
secure rooms. tables at the principal ho-
tells and a cab. motor or hanson 10 con-
erishly determined Hotel proprietors shed
hypothetical tears as they watched doz-
ems of well-dressed people turned away
by melancholy clerks. who sadly muir
INJURED Not a room left"
1t is expected that 5000 spectators VIII
see the game
To-morrow's game will have more in
terest than that which simply depends
upon the usual clash Of the Army and
Navy. Both teams have played football
during the past season Of a variety which
was little short of wonderful when the
limitations of their practice hours are
considered Two teams Of frst-class ma
terial have been met by each OF the acad-
emies and though neither was able 10
score a decisive victory over their classy
opponents. the play that they put I'D
demonstrated pretty wei their ability TO
hold their own against a team Of their
own strength
Bets stood 10 TO s in the afternoon and
; to , in the evening. always in favor
OF the Army. with little Navy money in
sight. One man from New York put up
500 10 $50 on West Point at the Walton.
and a Chicago stock broker was flashing
$1,000 about the Bellevue, but could find
no Annapolis takers.
The Navy held Vanderbilt. the eleven
which is considered the strongest and
fastest combination in the South. to
score Of to 8, and Harvard was able 10
obtain but one Touchdown while holding
the middies To no score West Point
has had its main clash with Yale. which
they held to a no score tie, and Cornell.
which defeated the Army in one of the
hardest fought games of the season by
tally Of II 10 10.
Yale Men Coaches.
Another feature of the game viii be
the decision of the point OF whether
Yale tactics will prevail against ma
neuvers Of an Identical sort. FOR both
the Army and the Navy have had former
Yale players to coach them in gridiron
science.
At West Point Rob Forbes. one of the
stars of Yales team of last year. has
had full direction Of the Army coaching
staff, but the Navy has had almost a
complete team OF old Eli players, in
GLIDING Knox. Needer and Rockwell.
and in addition. has a string OF Naval
Academy graduates who have made good
in the past Lieut.. Commando Reeves
has been chief coach of the Navy. and
his assistants drawn from the Navy are