Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1913-11-29
CROWD FROM CITY
SEES GREAT GAME
BRIGADE OF MIDsHIPMEN AND LOCAL CONTIN
GENT LEAVE EARLY THIS MORNING
MASCOT ATTRACTS ATTENTION
Academy Like Deserted Reservation and Business Of
Town Shows Effect Of Exodus OF Its Population
Several bad Students" Miss the Game

Bill. the goat and his most'
pranced alons near the head OF n
line. s
His goatship was elsborately co.
tuned. This time his blanket
"coat" was made of handsome plet
Of Navy blue velvet, with a gul
laced border. and emhelished wli
brilliant stars in gold The lcas
was of gold aud blue ribbon. As tll
band swung into College avenue fro
King George street, IL struck up tl
now famous athletic battle song a1
march. Anchors Aweigh, still
ring air. composed by LiuteuuI
Zimmerman back in 1907 and dedI
Gated TO the graduating class Of n
Naval Academy Of that year.
The Grst battalion was under 4
command of Lieu. Com Chauuc,
Snackford, with Lieut. G. f.. Baker
assistant. Surgeon J A Bass i
companitd the party The second "a
TALON was in charge If Lieut. w
Glassford assisted by Lieut. r
Stewart. The uniform of th, mi|
shipmen was "dress, with ova|
coats and heavy dress gloves
Rain clothes and rubb,rs we
taken along. Luncheon viii bc sep|
on the ferryboat and dinner on
cars on the return trip. MidshlUmI
warned in the order that am Mas
Academy regulations will bc d f1i
during the trip. From the ending
the game until b;l5 the midshipn
may 90 what they wish, but may
leave the Polo Grounds.
AS the procession passed Blud
street the companies Of the first D
talon filed down that thoroughfhre
they made the trip 90 New 81
city on special train over the Ba
more and Ohio railroad The seed
battalion continued on out w
street 20 the terminal Of the Elect
Line, where they boarded q sped
Z train Of ten coaches Of the peuna
vania railroad, standing on sid
Many OF the gene raj public
7 Annapolis. as we'll as officers Of
( Academy and members Of their fa
+ lies, also went on the midd
/ specials, " which We're first %
out Of the stations Both railro
ran special trains hall an hour la
for the accommodation OF the res
the civilians. n Rddition, many
the local contingent left town on
early morning cars, so as t.
them more time in New York bci
the game. Still others got q
Yesterday and still others went
the special over the Penusy Ia
which lett here at 7:l5 O'Clock
morning
With the second battalion over
! Pennsylvania line went the n
goat. On the rear Of this special
middies stretched q huge piece
canvas, embellished by Navy
and bearing this inscription w
you Army mule get off the GA
way"
And the old town today present
condition that results only oncd
every 366 daye. Business is pr
much at a standstill Many Of
merchants and private citizens a
look forward to the annual All
Navy game az one biz outing of
year.
Down az the Naval Academy (
is an air of quiet and desolater
There was scarely q cOrpora's q
~ officers who remained al hom'
lock sitter che aTairs Of the Gov
\ mert institution Bancroft Hall
absc.ateIy deserted az far as
nldrHipmuu we're concerned, for
efaf uh1 were compelled 10
mntn at bone are c01nGed %
st.r Ealra Mercedes "a
~ aho stayed 40
f sta the game a
dog
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