Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1915-11-27

Annapolis last contingent of loyal
rootrs, got away this morning in the
wee sma' hours for New York, and the
side lines of the gridiron on Polo
Grounds to back their Navy team but
the departure of the contingent was
attended by not quite so much excite
ment in town as is usually the case.
This was because of the unusually
early hour of departure for the regi-
ment of middies and the disposition of
the average resident of the Ancient
City to let nothing interrupt his or her
beauty sleep.
However, the stay-at-homes during
the day have voiced their hopes for
Navy victory, and lin quiet way there
has been no little wagering on the re-
suit. While there has not been much
actual fat betting, several pools in the
various public gathering places have
been made up in which the entrant
backs his judgment as to what the
probable score would be. 1t must be
confessed that the majority of the
guesses rather favored the Army end
of the proposition.
AT the same time an occasional
staunch naval adherent was found
who figured on the team shifting an un-
expectedly fast pace and backing this
with the boasted Navy spirit" taking
the grey-legs' number.
Because of the long and expensive
Nf h. ~ Goh
there was a fallingoff in the number of
Annapolitans who went along, and
resulting increase in the number OF
persons who were to be found about
the streets discussing the outcome.
Getting off to an early start the hope
| full and determined Middies made no
effort to save the sleepy Annapolitan's
final hours of sleep this morning. They
each and every one down tosthe last
man in the regiment felt that there was
in that team of theirs the spark
which was going to overcome all the
early seasons mistakes, and they felt
too that to keep this spark alive it was
up to them to start their own spirits
soaring and to keep on boosting those
spirits until when they reached New
| York they would be able to pour an
avalanche of it across the gridiron
| and so do their part in swamping the
| Army. For this reason they came
through the town singing their battle
songs and chanting their defiance to
| the Army and the mule.
| Leaving the Academy limits shortly
\ after $50 decked in their dark blue
overcoats and carrying their beloved
blue and gold banners they marched
| through the town to their stations The
first and second battalions. under COM
mand of Lieutenant VIM. F.. x. Met
/ calf, swung out of line at Bladen st.
and the four hundred boys were soon
packed into the coaches of the special
| train of the Baltimore and Ohio road
on which they made the trip. The third
and fourth battalions under charge Of
| Lieutenant r. L. Ghormley continued
4 through town to the West st. station of
the Washington, Baltimore and Annap-
oils Electric Railway where special
train the Pennsylvania line was in
| waiting Both trains pulled out at
about the same time and were soon
speeding on their way to New York
Along the sides of their coaches the
Middies had chalked all sorts of
| guesses at the score, and number Of
announcements of what they were go
ing to do to the Army.
Immediately after the Middies the
Annapolitans who had waited until the
| last minute and thought so much of
the game as to make the trip in one
| day got under way. However, most
| Of the contingent Of officers, and the
| greater part of the civilian host of
Navy rooters left yesterday and last
night. There were sleeping car trains
| made up late at night over both roads,
and when these pulled out of the sta
tions here were well filledwith people
who awakened in New York this morn
ing with the whole forenoon to wander
about before going to the Polo
Grounds.
Some few officers and one or two un-
fortunate Middies were left behind al
the Academy, the latter because they
are under discipline's iron heel, these
joined the stay-at-home portion Of the
city population in awaiting, with patti
ence they could summon, the coming
of returns of returns from the scene
of the fray.
There will bbe a change tonight in
the usual routine after Army Navy
games. because the sitting up to well
come the returning MILDLY rooters will
be given up. The regiment of sailor
boys will not come home tonight. They
have been given liberty after the game
adm will be turned loose in the big city
with the great white way to do as they
see fit and have only to return to An
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