The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-11-28
Annual Clash of Cadets and
Middies Tomorrow is Fin
al Battle of the Year.
.Ar,my-Navy Records

New York. Nov. 2S.-The football
eeason for 1913 will close tomorrow
afternoon when the rival teams from
The United States military and naval
academies meet for their annual gy9d-
iron battle on the Polo grounds in
this city. This will be the first time
that the annual contest between the
two branches Of the service have ev-
er played in New York. and with the
additional seating facilities of the Po-
10 grounds the game is expected to
take on " greater Importance than
II has in former years. when played at
Franklin field in Philadelphia.
The seating capacity at the Polo
grounds has been rearranged and ad-
ditional stands and several field boxes
have been built. Accommodations
tators. The Army will occupy the
south side Of the main grandstand
and the navy will be on the north
side.
Greatest Social Game.
From a social standpoint the Army
Navy games eclipses all others Of the
season, as it attracts a most repre-
sentative gathering of society leaders
from all yer the east, army and nav
officers, diplomats and others promi
men I'M all walks Of life. Seated in
the various boxes round the field Of
play will be Mr.. and Mrs. Francis B..
Sayre and other members of President
Wilson'S family. cabinet members.
diplomats, senators and representa-
tives and prominent army and navy
officers from Washington, Philadel-
phia, Newport, Governors Island and
other points.
The battalion Of cadets from each
academy will attend the game. The
West Point cadets will arrive here
Saturday morning. The midshipmen
trains. They will march to the Polo
grounds from the ferryhoat landing
at the foot Of One Hundred and Fifty
fifth street.
Appear Well Matched.
The eleven this year aprear to be
unusually vel matched. although 1t
fs possible the nliddies will rule slight
favorites before the whistle sounds for
the opening Of hostilities. Both
teams are substantially the same 40
faced one another on Franklin feId q
year ago. when the Navy was vtcton.
u by a score of 6 to 0.
Both teams ave made good rec.
ords this season. with the Middies'
record showing the better PERFORM
ances. On the other hand. the Army
has had more formidable
than the Navy. The Army's achieve
ments. as disclosed in the games early
n the season, particularly the victory
over Colgate. the onquero Of Yale.
indicate q. standard army team close
n power to a first grade eleven.
Unable to Pick Winner.
Comparing the players and team
records. the critics Of the game have
eache the conclusion that they pre-
sent 1--we evenly matched ~elevens with
about equal resources and equal PROS
poets. On the I'VE Of the battle It an
pears that the team will win which
excels IN a superior knowledge of he
e points Of play and Possesses the
greater mental alertness to convert to
advantage the breaks OF fortune and
the opportunities of play.
The game will be the eighteenth in
the series between the two academies.
Or the seventeen games played the
Navy has won nine and the Ar,nI
seven. In 1905 the two cams nlayed
a tie game.
The officials Saturday will be; Ref.
eree. ". s. Langford, Trinity college:
umpire. IA" Sharpe, Yale UNIVERSITY
head lines,nan. Carl Marshall, liar.
ward university. Langford and snarne
acted in the same capacity last sea.
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