Evening star., 1914-11-28

Army secures a safety. Score, Army, 2,
Many. o.
| Army scores touchdown. Score,
| Army, 8; Navy,
| PHILADELPHIA, November 28.-The
great annual outdoor sporting specta-
Gle, the Army-Navy foot ball contest.
with it's attendant glitter of gold
braided uniforms. the patriotic music
OF big brass mands, the riot of
colors and the inspiring marching
of midshipmen and cadets. found the
weather all that was to be desired for
the game on Franklin Field today. The
sky was clear and there was a crisp
ness in the air that made heavy wraps
feel comfortable.
More than $4,000 tickets were issued.
and the crowd that travelled to Frank
lin Field was the largest that ever saw
an Army-Navy game in Philadelphia.
A few tickets were in the hands of
SPECTATORS, despite the rigid rules laid
down for the distribution of the seats.
and these brought almost prohibitive
pricea.
| Despite the crisp atmosphere Of the
morning the afternoon proved one of the
|
the Army and Navy players when they
raced onto the Franklin Field gridiron.
Sun Unusually Warm.
Although the sky was overcast by
slight haze the rays of the sun carried
unusual warmth, which was accentuated
| by the absence of q breeze. The early
arriving spectators burdened with the
traditional equipment for foot ball found
| their fur coats, blankets and sweaters
unnecessary and dropped them with reief
as soon as they located their seats.
The Indian summer sun quickly re-
leased the frost in the turf and the play
| ing field was soft and slippery. The
bare spots. worn smooth with the tramp
| ling of many cleated feet had been COW
cred with q slight covering of straw to
afford the players a firmer footing. The
| flags which surmounted the gymnasium
| hung in limp folds, and the smolse from
chimneys drifted away lazi1y. indicat-
| ing that neither team could count on
the advantage of a breeze in defending
| their goal
| The spectators were almost entirely
seated when the first of the players
came on the field for preliminary
punting and field goal kicking practice.
| The gridiron men were quickly follow
| ed by the Cadet and MILDLY brigades.
| headed by the academy bands, and
amid a blare Of music marched and
countermarched to their cheering sec
| tions The evolutions of the blue-uni-
| formed sailors and the gray-coated SOL
| diers drew round after round of
applause from the thousands massed
| in the stands, but the cheering and
handclapping sounded like a distant
| echo compared with the roar of well
come which went up when the Navy
and Army playing squads appeared a
| few minutes later.
Army Team Slight Favorite.
| The Soldiers entered today's game
slight favorite, largely because their
seasons record showed up better than
| that of the Sailors. The Midshipmen al
ways put up a hard battle. and it is
tradition of the games between these
two arms of the government service
that the favorite team seldom wins.
| The coaches before the game reported
their elevens in excellent condition.
While the partisans OF the Army team
are taking some bets at 9 to and 5
| to 4, a good many wagers were made
at even money.
| The two teams kept away from the
crowds in the hotel district. After
breakfa st the men broke up into groups
| for short walks about the city, and be-
fore luncheon there were the usual
final talks to the men behind closed
doors.
rooters came rolling in from New York
and Washington early in the day and
continued to arrive until shortly before
the game began. The Washington con-
tingent was unusually large, several
members of President Wilson's cabinet
being included in the crowd. Most of
the general staff of the army and vir-
tually all the ranking officers Of the
navy stationed in the eastern part of
the country were in the city for the
game
Middies and Cadets Given Furlough.
The regiment of midshipmen from
Annapolis and the battalions of cadets
from West Point arrived In special
trains during the morning and were
given short furlough before the game
to meet relatives and friends.
The two contingents are under the
same strict discipline while in this city
that obtains at the academies.
Lieut. Cohen had charge of the first
and second battalions of the mdship-
men, and Lieut.. Theobald of the third
and fourth. change in the routine
was the serving of luncheon to the
midshipmen on the trains. A large con-
tingent from the Naval Academy and
many residents Of Annapolis left for
Philadelphia ahead of the midship-
men.