New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-30
Gridiron VictOrs Are Lions
at Dinner in the
Hotel Aston.
ARMY MEN TURN
OUT IN FORCE
Defeated Midskipmen Visit The
atre and Dine in Gloom
All Go Home To-day.

With dinner the West Point cadets
celebrated at the Hotel Astor last night
their football victory over the Navy In a
manner BETTING the occasion. Uniforms.
gold lace and handsomely gowned women
formed a scene that lacked little in re-
spendency.
1t was a gala night for the gridiron
victors, and they made the most of It,
The students will return to their studies
to-day.
While entertainment for the defeated
athletes partook OF more sombre air
the midshipmen enjoyed their evening at
theatres and i'm an informal dinner at
the Vanderbilt Hotel.
Brass buttons and gold braid shone
brightly i'm the corridors and dining rooms
of the Astor from an early hour IN the
evening The dinner, which was held In
the grand ballroom. was attended py
more than 200 persons. The victorious
football squad and Colonel f. W. sla-
den. commandment Of cadets, and his stan
were in boxes overlooking the main floor.
men began to stream back from the scene
of their victory, about 20 o'clock soon
| IL was almost impossible to get into the
, hotel lobby, which was packed with cheer
ing cadets. All was confusion, with
babel OF yells. And while the cadets
gloated army officers from every corner
of the country held reunions in corners
of the building.
| A souvenir of the dinner was the menu
card. with a thrilling scene from past
| Annapolis West Point game as the 'front.'
ispiece. and the records Of all previous
! games between the two academies set ont
ut the close. Each woman received lit
tie football filed with CONNECTIONS.
When the football squad entered the
boxes the cheering was deafening. Be
sides the cadets there were many men
from other colleges and universities pres
ent. and few institutions failed TO con-
tribute a yell or two during the evening.
A military hop followed the dinner. Be
sides Colonel Sladen, his staff and MEM
bers of the football squad, those for
whom tables had been reserved included
Colonel Daniel Appleton, Colonel 5. X.
Allen. Captain James +. Bell, Colonel u.
NJ. Blake, Captain l.. c. Benton, Captain
w. b. Cochrane. Lieutenant q. H. Bald,
Colonel J. VI. Andrews. f. w. Bellinger,
| Robert Boettger, Mrs. George 5. Brown,
| Major George X. Conevan, Major VIII
lam Chamberlaine Captain O. Collins,
| Mrs. Julia Rowe Davis, Lieutenant Colo
mel G. F. Flagler, Mrs. Morris {. Foote'
| Edward r. Gold, Colonel Henry j. Gold
man. Mrs. w. II. Hamilton. Colonel II. y.
Handley. Captain T. p Holcombe, Lieu
tenant Colonel l.. II. Holt Lieutenant
Colonel Odus c. Horuey. Christian q.
! Hupfel, Charles J. W. Kelly. Captain
! William Mex. Hamilton, Mrs. Joseph f.
Lynch. Connie Mack. Captain James
Brady Mitchell, Captain James a. Moss
Captain j. X. Parsons. Colonel John
Pitcher. Frank D. Patten, w. r. Rumsey'
| CAPTAIN L. s. Ryan. George Spoor Cap
tain II. l.. Steel, Mrs. Lydia Scranton
Bate. Colonel ]. Frank Supple, Mrs. FL
eanor L. Walback. Mrs. j. d. Walker
Mrs. +. D. Waterman. Fritz Williams,
G c Wilson and Major Charles Wylie.
Including the members of the Annapolis
team. about forty friends of the defeated
midshipmen gathered at the Nanderoht
! Hotel after attending the Longacre
Theatre. Secretary Of the Navy Josephus
Daniels was among them, as were Secre-
tary William G. McAdoo of the Treasury.
| Governor Martin J. Gynn and William
+. McCombs. chairman of the national
committee. Professor Paul J. Dashiell
! was POSTMASTER.