The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-11-28
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sf8IiaAs fJGPHTA. nov Is. PallaY
dslghia today lost It's reputation as a
eaeefuI and quiet city and burst
ioFth IN 4 yeritable pandemoniuni Of
soand and riot Of color. The new
scheme and the noise we're sup
iIt principally by the thousands Of
Invaders from other cities, but even
the most said of Phtladelphians have
4wasened and are betraying some
thing resembling enthusiasm. And it
u an shout a football game-the ar
n1aI struggle for grid!ron supremacy
between the Annapolis Navay Acad.
envy and the west Point Military
Academy. which will be fought on the
neutral ground Of Franklin Field this
afternoon.
A dark cloud Of doubt hovers over
the issue of tolay's game. and thIs
makes it only the more interesting for
the thousands OF deyotees OF football
who are filling the Franklin Field
grand stand to witness the memorable
battle. Both the Army and Navy teams
have shown UP strong in some OF their
games, while in others they have
come near to defeat by the elevens Of
minor colleges,
1t appears evident that Franklin
Field win not be comodlous enough
! toahold the great thr4ng Of rooters
that Is clamoring for admission. A
great deal Of disgust was caused by
the fact that a speoulator had secured
seventeen of the tnlrty-two boxes al
loted to the University of Pennsyl-
ysnia Some of these boxes. it is said.
have been sold at fabulous prices.
y. All Quakertowp turned itself hose
With all the fire, vim and fervor of a
little Coney Island to-day to greet the
husky. sturdy athletes OF West Point
and Annapolis in their yearly grid
iron struggle.
Patriotism is mixed in great big
doses too. with the native love Of foot
ball. and the two frees combined form
d mixture that causes the old town to
froth and bubble with an etfsrves-
cence that is surprising to the casual
visitor of less fewll other days.
Quakertown wakes up the morning
after with a feeling OF depression and
perhaps tinged with shame, but willie
the fsYer is on, no city in the countr5.
can cut up more riotous capers.
The city has hardly had time t., re-
cover from the exhaustion follow,
ing the game between the University
\ of pennsylvania and the big red team
from Cornell, but she took u bath and
a shave, in which hot towels figured
most extensively, and she was fully
prepared this morning to do skirt
dance II necessary. to show her de-
light at the invasion If the cadets and
mlddtes. II was, in fact, rumored that
4 old William Penn. perched away up on
top of the City Hall, had performed a
double snuffle in the early morning
hours, but possibly the story was
evolved from the disordered lmagina
q ton OF a hangover celebrant.
When day broke this m3rning the
streets were fairly lurid with flags
and bunting in which the red and blue
Of Penn and the red and white Of Cor
nell had been replaced by the coors o
the Army and Navy. entwined in frn
ternal interlaclng of prettlness tha'
bespoke the hospitality of the native.
and their strict non-partizansalp.
When the Quaker squsd Of the Uni
yersity Of Pennsylvania meet any
other college on the white-barred field
! Philadelphia is a unit for It's own, bu
when the Army and Navy clash par
ttzanship vanishes. and may the hes
team win" is the prevailing m:tto o
good VIII.
Broad, Market and Chestnut streets
were taronged with home people AM
visitors. Famous generals and admir-
ais were as frequent as pretty girls
and there was host of the latter
How could the fair ones stay ava
from such an important event as this
They couldn't. There is a glamous @
exclusiveness surrounding West P,in
and Annapolis held ur the genera
public that Is more deeply iulbued |;
the hearts OF Femininity than in Ia
masculine breast. 1t may DO the dash
ing uniforms brass buttons, yards c
s gold braid. shoulder straps or wha
not, but surely the country's defender;
from the grayheired. ertzz'ed general
aud admirals of highest rank. VIII
have won their spurs in actual wa,
fare, to the newets pleb with III
donors vet b be gained, all have
Y dear place in the feelings Of the fal