Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-11-20
NAVY'S GOAT BILLY"
WANTED TEN STARS
When Being Measured for Blanket
He Said Game is Already Won.
INSISTS ON CLASSY "DUDS. "
His Goat-ship Reminded Bells Com
pauy's Cutters That Cav Manhattan
Isl. snd Not Quaker Town is
Where He Expects To Parade
This Year.

A rumpus Of no small proportions
occurred in the naval and civilian
tailoring establishment of the Will
lam H. Bells Company, on Main
street, this morning.
At the time Billy" tha Navy
goat and mascot par excellence Of
the MILDLY football warriors was be-
ing measured for the outfit in which
he proposes 10 deck himself just to
dazzle certain long cared, shaved
tailed qusdruped out OF Uncle Sam.
stables on the shores of the Hudson,
when the two meet on the side lines
at the New York Polo grounds next
week.
Indeed, BILLY" was responsible
for the rumpus. THE Bells Com
pany, with which many of the young
future admirals deal when they are
getting their first service outfits upon
graduation. each year, has for many
seasons past, presented The goat with
his coat. This years mascot, either
because of the wonderful showing
the Navy team has been making in
vanquishing all comers, or for some
other reason which he declined to
state, was decidedly ehesty.
While ordinarily perfect gentle
man, BILLY" was inclined to be a
bit pugnacious. He insisted upon it
that no less person than Mr.. C. Oliver
Smith, chief cutter in the establish
nent, should do his fitting for him.
In his .goatish way be reminded those
in the establishment that he was not
making mere trip to that slow and
sleepy burg, Philadelphia, where
only Quakers might see him, but
that it was Little Old Broadway
for his'n this season
After Mr.. Smith had called in
the firms assistant cutter, Mr.. Jane s
Peppler, every member of the
firm. as we'll as several customers
who were present had to pass judg-
ment on the blue and gold bladket
be fore "Billy" would be satisfied
that the cut, style, fit, "hang" and
general lines were up to the stand
ard for one of his position when
parading down the Great White
Way.
After this had all been straighten-
ed and his goatship's long aud silky
hair had been smoothed down, follow
ing the fussy exciteme mt of his fit
ting, Chilly" started another rumpus.
The gold border around his blanket
was "piped" on to suit his fancy, the
lettering Navy" arranged to meet
L.. nur,o,oi auI 4ba ~va~fv hoo,,,. ~
arranging the cluster of little" stars. "
eact If which denote the taking Of
an Army mules scalp during the past
years OF playing, when the second
trouble broke out.
Nine times since 1890 has the goat
beaten the mule, and this made an un-
even number Of stars which were diff.
cult to arrange in cluster that
would suit "Billy" Therefore,
"Billy", basing his opinion on the
seasons work of the MILDLY team, in
sisted that the winning of a tenth
star on Move ember 29, was already a
foregone conclusion and it might Just
as we'll be put on now as any other
time. To all arguments that such a
poceeding would be, to say the least,
Just a bit irregular, he shook his silk
en- beard and banged the hoor with
his tough but we'll manicured hoofs.
Finally it was pointed out to him
that such a proceeding would be de.
cidedly uon-reg. Chereupon he
announced that he would let the
matter go for a day or two until he
came in for his next fitting In
the meantime he said he would take
the question up with his dear chum, T.
]. Doyle, first class mids hipman in
the United States Navy, with whom
he was going to make the trip to
New York. Midshipman Doyle, he
said, would be sure to know what
was the proper thing to do in the
matter.
In this way the difficulty was got
ten over-or at least postponed, and
Billy left for his home, where, il is
understood, he has been in strict
training on a diet of tin cans, brown
paper and brick bats that his physi.
cal condition may be OF the best when
he and the mule meet on the Polo
Grounds.