The Washington times., 1911-11-23
MANY OFFICIALS TO
ATTEND BIC GAME
fiNaons Head May Be Unable See Contest But Bril-
liant Throng From Washn gton Will Be There to Wit
d l. ness Army Lads Battle Middies on Gridiron
BY THOMAS KIRBY.

That official Washington will be re-
markatiy well represented at the Army.
Navy game at Philadelphia on Saturday
is shown by list of some of those who
have purchased boxes for the occasion
That President Taft will be able to be
present is rather unlikely, but the spe-
lcial compartment set aside for him will
probably be occupied by Mrs. Taft and
Miss Taft. No matter whether the
Chief Executive Of the Nation will be
there, Vice President Sherman will have
. box in the middle OF the Navy side.
The management has sold boxes az
No. a-united States Senator Frank
No N-Congressman ]. w. Weeks ana
Congressman a. l.. Bates.
No. 5l-Rear Admiral W., Il. Brown
and ana b'fssons" Dr. Thomas Fell. t'"' '"'''''
No. 52-Capt. r. L. Russell, J. w.
Kittrell, and Congressman George A.
No. s4-Rear Admiral Hugo osterhaus.
U. S. n. commander-in.c chiet Of the At
No. 55-Renr Admiral Hutch I. Cone.
chief of the Bureau of Steam Engineer-
Watt, u. s. N. and Congressman 8. w.
Mccall of Massachusetts.
No. 5s-Rear Admiral Twining. y. 8.
N; Chief Paymaster T. j. Cowie. y. 3.
No. 57-Capt. F. F. Fletcher, U: S. NJ;
Congressman R. A. vreelanj. and
United States Senator James A. Reed.
No. bS-Rear Admiral Richard Vain
wright. 7; 8. N: Rear Admiral will
man nam Edwin Gi' & Indsrhiii,. ii Mi, ana N'ns'e's
No. 6S-Capt. J II. Gibbons. superin-
teHdens Of the Naval yan Newer seers
tary of the Navy.
No. 7o-Beekman Winthrop. Assistant
Secretary of the Navy.
No, n-commander e; H. Logan, COM
mandant of the n1idshipmen.
No. 72-President Taft.
No. S1-Col. Robert N. Thompson, of
New York.
No; . ss.chsrlss @I2e,, bearing Resr q Ad; a I'd
Congressman NJ Il. Driscoll.
No. S5-James S. Sherman, Vice Presi-
dent of the United States.
No. Ss-Congressman =. W. Roberts
and Congressman c. Bascomb Slemp.
No. s7-United States Senator Benta-
min r. Tillman, Congressman Ira w.
Wood. ana Rear Admiral w. D. Mar
! : shs1,' M! s-Rear s (; m Admiral Bradley A.
Fiske. U. 8. N; Capt. Aaron Ward. o;
p s. N; and w. z. Corey, former head
of the Steel trust.
No. 90-United States Senator 1sador
Rayner, and Gov. Austin l.. Crothers, OF
Marylaad.
Logan Cunningham, head coach of the
victorious Princeton football team, has
returned to Washington to assist In de-
Neloping the Central High School eleven
for its game with Tech next Tuesday
for the benefit OF tho Boy Scouts and
the Playground Association.
Cunningham spent yesterday with MS
old school squad teaching them some OF
the plays that were most successfully
used by Princeton against Harvard ana
Yale. ,..,-
, I'VE had a pretty good team" is about
all the comment the coach makes OF his
winning campaign. Whether he will
return for another year Is not known,
and the question cannot be decided until
the captain for next year ls elected:
His successes and his popularity would
ham for the position.
Who the new captain at Princeton will
be is not known, but the impression
seems to be that .'Toi' Pendleton. VINO
first attracted attention at Episcopal
High School, will be afforded the high
est athletic honor within the reach uf
an undergraduate at the university.
The Princeton alumni OF Washington
are arranging a spread in honor Of
Cunningham and Phil King. when The
story of the victories will be retold.
Unless present plans are altered. few
Of the Georgetown regulars will go
University of Maryland.
The game was inserted between Vir-
Sinia and Lehigh merely to keep tho
plays primed for a hard finish, and an
soon as a comfortable lead is obtained
substitutes will be rushed in, After
Saturday the eleven will have but four
days of rest before the coming of Le-
high, so 1t is not considered necessary
IN take apv chances
The Georgetown players got their first
touch Of hard work since the Virginia
game yesterday when they had short
scrimmage. The return of Bryant at
guard was a feature, although Sitter
ding and Rheinschild had a day of rest
as they have not completely recovered
from their recent gatherings.
Captain Marum was once more a
star for the Georgetown Props. AL
though his team lost to st. Joseph 8
College at Philadelphia. the leader ro-
ceived honorable mention from all the
Quaker critics.
Both Tech and Central put in a busy
day yesterday getting ready for that
clash next Tuesday.
Tech went out to Kendall Green. and
was beaten in a practice game by Gal
laudet. but the experience proved val
uable, as 1t offered an opportunity to
smooth of several rough spots in actual
In spite of the fact that they had
played the previous day the Central
players spent two hours In hard signal
drill. Barring Reuter-, all OF the regu-
lars are In good shape. Reuter- mas been
unable to get into the best Of shape,
but he Is being counted upon for Tues
day, but IL he Is not ready King will
be moved to the backfield and some sec
ond string player used at tackle.
The championship series of the high
schools will be brought 10 a close to-
morrow afternoon at Georgetown Field
when Western and Business meet Bar
ring a tie, one OF the eleycns will be
showed into the submarine position
The Vigilants. Washington's best in
dependent team. will meet the Baltimore
Country Club eleven at Capital Park
next Sunday afternoon at 8 O'Clock
Thanksgiving morning the VigilRnts will
lire UP against a team picked from the
different high schools.
Tech will be strengthened on Tuesday
by the return of Lewis, who has been
playing a strong game at guard. d..
The management OF the Army Navy
football game Is making a desperate
effort to break up speculation In tickets
Fifteen dollars has been offered for any