Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-26
Seas Of Chrysanthemums and
Pennants Give Vivid Color
Amid Wintry Blasts.
HIGH OFFICIALS JOIN IN
CHEERS; VICTORY BY 15-7
Brilliant Maneuvers Precede Game
Serpentine Dance and Massing
About Colors Come at End.

| by the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, November 25.-Army
skill triumphed over Navy pluck when
the foot ball teams from West Point
and Annapolis clashed in their annual
| battle at the Polo grounds today. The
Cadets victorious score was Is to z.
but the Middies fought gamely and
grimly until the final blast Of the
whistle.
Some $4,000 citizens. not counting tho
governor of New. York. cabinet officers,
generals, admirals. and an array or
lesser lights in both branches of the
government service. saw the combat.
ONLY for the absence of President VIII
son, the game would have provided all
the spectacular incidents which go to
make Army-Navy foot ball battles his
toric.
Chill winter winds swept through the
great stands packed with cheering par
tisans of the soldiers and sailors The
gay gowns of the feminine rooters
were hidden under furs and heavy
coats. But there was no lack of vivid
color Seas of chrysanthemums swayed
as their wearers cheered and shouted,
and the pennants of both schools were
waved proudly.
Victors in Serpentine Dance.
When the Cadets trooped out of the
stands at the end of the game and
rushed" the colors. they had eleven
victories to their credit to the Navy's
nine, and they celebrated this achieve
ment in time-honored fashion. Seven
hundred ard sixty strong, they passed
in front Of their beaten rivals, did a SER
pentine dance about the field before
forming a great oval, and then. at a
their colors, held aloft by three of their
number.
The soldiers did most of their cheer
ing early in the game, for the Army
OIiphant caught the ball on his own
five-yard line. and carried it back
through a broken field. past eleven
piunging middies to within flve yards
of the Nays goal. From that point
it was rushed over for a touchdown. It
also was Oliphant who later kicked a
field goal for the Army.
Hero Of Annapolis Clans.
Goodstein, the young center for the
Navy, was the hero of the Annapolis
clans tonight. He broke through the
Army line in the third period, blocked
yards for touchdown
Gov. whitman, Mayor Mitchell. Sec
retary of the Navy Daniels and Secre-
tary of War Baker were among the
official dignitaries who occupied boxes
when the battalion of cadets marched
onto the field. In light blue uniforms.
with long overcoats and carrying yell
low pennants, with a band at their
head, the soldiers paraded in company
front dragging mounted gun as
mascot.
They started a storm of applause
that was renewed several times as they
gave q display of the machine-like
marching for which they are famous
Then their band played them up into
their bleachers at double time.
Goat Is Naval Mascot.
A few moments after the cadets had
cleared the field the middies, about
1900 strong, marched in with their
blue and crimson uniformed bandsmen
In the long navy blue coat of their
service they were In deep contrast to
the army. Their perfect marching,
first in columns of four. then swinging
into n front that extended the length
applause from the spectators, which
continued until the sailors reached
their seats. They brought q goat as
their mascot.
Just before the Army team appeared
upon the field the cadets. standing with
heads uncovered, gave the West Point
cheer. al the end of which their two
inch cannon roared a salute to the
soldier players.
When the Navy team came into sight
a few seconds later. their goat mas
cot greeted them with antics that were
accepted by the MILDLY rooters as be-
tokening good luck.
Secretaries Greet Each Other.
Between the second and third periods
Secretary Daniels and Secretary Baker
surrounded by officers high In their re-
spective services. walked to the CEN
ter of the field and greeted each other
In the Hudson river a fleet or s,x
battleships and lesser fighting craft
had dropped anchor to give their ue,
and 1t was said that about 10 O0O xrar
granted shore leave for this purnosa
IL was all Army In the first half of tn
game. Oliphants running back of tha
KICKOFF almost the entire length of the
field made 1t look to the specta,ors 40
II II would be a runaway race Olinb,np
and Vidal were the Army's stars kesn.
ing the ball in their opponents territory
all through the hrst two periods. A we'll
executed forward pass, Gerhart to vidal
brought the second Army toucbdown
early in the second period. Oliphant
failed to kick goal for either touch.
down.
Team Shows New vigor.
With the score Is to 0 against Them
the Middies returned to the field artar
the intermission between the halves N
make a desperate effort to win. Rob.
erts. who caught the KICKOFF on his own
5-yard line. ran back Is Yards
before he was tackled. The whole N.,,,
team appeared to have found new yigor
PLAYS off tackle and well-executed FOR:
ward passes brought the ball to the
Army's 25-yard line on an exchange Of
punts. Goodstein then broke throueh
hlocked a kick and made a tol1chdnn,'