The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-28

Pennsylvania, Harvard. Yale. and
Princeton viii attend the game as
guests Of the Army and Navy Jointly.
Navy Not Boosting.
Navy is not Boosting that It expects
an easy victory Head coach Berrien
and Captain Northcroft today expressed
The belief that they would have TO play
a hard game TO carry the day.
Both sides have been brought TO the
hard fighting point by the dispute over
officials. Before the selections were
finally made President Roosevelt had TO
be called upon to arbiTate.
The two teams are well trained, as
some OF the best coaches in the country
are hired 10 put the players through
their PAGES. Both have hard schedules
Both have taken advantage OF the new
rules, and while the old hammerlng play
has not been forgotten, the Forward
pass and the OH-slde kick are freely
used On Franklin Field yesterday the
kinks in their bodies So lar as an OBJ
seryation Of the practice went the teams
are about evenly matched.
Play begins at o'clock, but the noise
commences earlier. for the two bat
taliOns always get up their cheering
steam in the half hour preceding the
opening Of hOsti1tIes.
Crowds Care Little.
whether the Army maic kicks the
winning goal or the Naval goat butts In
and wins the football game today, the
crowds that swarm the streets care lit
tie. Army and Navy are equally dear
60 them, and the attraction of the brass
buttons filled the streets today with a
tHrong of eager enthusiasts at a time
when more conservative citizens were
Just beginning to think about breakfast
Every shop window is blazoned with
the Blue and Gold of the Navy. and the
Gray. Black, and Gold or the army
partially mingled. while from every coat
lapel and at the breast OF every pretty
girl nestles the C5lOTs Of one OF the
other team. About Cue Bellevue STRAIT
ford and the Walton, the crowd surged
In waves of cheering humanity. I'm
certain as to why they broke out ia
enthusiastic cheers. thrilled with the
magnetic power of contagious excite
ment
The appearance Of a cadet was the
signal for tremendous outbursJ. while
liz and ont through the crowds went
quiet-lOCkmg men, CCuhdentially whis-
QeTiug here and there, ''HOw about put
ing some money on the gdme2 We
have quiet little pool, and ii YOU wanT
90 get ga on 10 just say So
The odds were mostly ia favor Of
Navy.
Colors Haunted.
The street vendors who Loyalty sold
Tenn nags on Thanksgiving. today bios
somed ont with flags of Army and
Nav. while from head TO foot they
were decorated with long sJreamers Of
the same ColOrs. They did a rushing
trade after the theaters last night,
while. as the wave of enthusiasm grad
ually swept over the entire city this
morning. the demand for their wares al
most OvertaNed the supply.
Tee ticket sCalper was ia his element,
nzsa tickets for the game were selling as
high as So apiece by I'D o'clock this
morning. Rum5rs crepJ about, however,
that thousands of bogus tickets had
been printed, and the police watched the
sralpers with care that embarrassed
them tremendously Whether the tick
cts sold are good or not viii, OF course,
not be proved until the time for the
game, but g. is generally believed that
the buyer of these tickets runs a ire
ueudOus risk, as last year several thou
sand people were duped this way.
Broad street station was impossible
because OF she crowds Army and Navy
men arrived by every train, while prom
iuent New Workers and guests from
every point OF the compass arrived
throughout the morning Each party
was greeted by cheers. but the crowd
was waiting for Miss Helen Tart.
Several rgmors that she had arrived
irpm Br-u MssvT caused "a rush Tor the
stairs. but disappointment met them.
Her name was "n every lip, however
throughout the morning
West Philadelphia station was also
T.ied with aU eager, Jostuug mass or
people, waiting for the arrival of the
Ethel Roosevelt and Secretary Of War
Luke T. Wright and his party from the
Nations Capital