Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-19

companied by its mascot the Navy goat.
variously clad In fine raiment Of much
color. The raw army mule which is tho
mascot OF the West Pointers is not al
ways In evidence. but is promised for the
coming game Previous to the appear
ance of the mid1ies and cadets at tho
foot ball grounds they have been served
with a sumptuous luncheon by the rep
resentatives Of the University OF Pennsy-
vania. This luncheon has been provided
for out of the receipts from certain
tickets that have been sold by the Unit
versity of Pennsylvania. which has this
matter in hand. The players, however.
being IN training, have not been able to
partake of any OF the festivities Of tho
occasion. anil are still lean and. hungry
against the coming contest.
Franklin Field has a seating capacity OF
$4,000. These 24o0O tickets are divided
into three parts, one-third going TO the
Army. one-thrd to the Navy. and one
third to the University of Pennsylvania.
This gives 1900 tickets each to the two
branches of the military service and
leaves 5000 to be distributed among Uni
versity OF Pennsylvania men and to Ia
sold In order to raise funds for the
penses of the game and to provide sur
plus which the Army and Navy devote To
certain OF their own charities
None Of the tickets given to the Army
and Navy are for sale. They 20. in the
first place. to the student bodies Of those
institutions. and in the second place To
the members OF the athletic associations
which defray certain expenses incurred
in the preparations for the game. There
are some 1000 members OF each Of the
athletic associations OF the two institu
tons. These men pay dues amounting to
a minimum of $40 year. but with no limit
to the amount that can be contributed by
wealthy members OF the association.
From these dues all the expenses Of de-
veloping the foot ball corps are borne.
SO the trained teams as they appear on
the day OF the great battle are in reality
product of these athletic associations
rather than Of the institutions themselves
The institutions have. Of course. housed
and fed the foot ball players while they
were being developed. but the athletic as
sociations have paid for coaches and
trainers and uniforms.
So to the men of the athletic associa-
tons go the tickets. 1t is really their
event. Two years back there were only
100 members of the Navy Athletic AS
ISOLATION. for instance. Now there are
more than 1900 members. The number
of members Is augmented each year by
the new class that enters tho Naval Acad-
envy. So there are not as many tickets
this year for tho men OF the Army and
Navy associations as there were some
years back. The members have been ac-
customed to getting four tickets each for
the big game, but this year the number
was cut to three.
The University of Pennsylvania tickets
are. however. partly for sale After the
university delegation has been provided
for seats the balance OF the tickets are
sold. There are some 1000 OF these for
sale each year. and the scramble for them
is greater than for any other such event
put on anywhere In the country. From
the sale OF these 900 tickets IL annually
derived a revenue of some $4,000. About
81, 900 OF this amount goes toward defray-
ing the expenses of the game and tho
big luncheon. The remaining $4,000 is
divided into two equal parts and turned
over to the athletic associations Of the
two institutions. These. in turn, turn the
money over to the Army Relief Associa-
ton and the Navy Relief Association,
and these organizations spend the money
for charitable purposes, mostly for this
relief OF widows and orphans OF enlisted
men. So does the only money derived
from the great game 60 for charitable
purposes
Copyright, 1911. by ". A. Du PuyJ