South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-20
SERVICE ELEVENS
ARE FAVORITES
Bio Attractions Scheduled for
Chicago Parks During
Month of November.
Associated Press Service:

Associated Press Service:
CHICAGO. oct 19-Service
elevens promise to furnish the real
class" Of middlewestern football
this season.
Although the Big Ten" institu-
tions snapped up the choice dates,
the athletic officers Of the canton
ments and naval camps have ar
ranged an attractive program of
20 or more games to be decided in
Chicago and other cities.
What the big" service contest
will be this season cannot be an
nounced as yet, but it is regarded
likely that il viii bring together the
Great Lakes naval training station
team and the United States Naval
academy. Great Lakes Will play the
middies at Annapolis on Nov. %
and officials are negotiating for a re-
turn contest between the teams TO
be played at Chicago.
Three contests between army and
naval elevens will be played in
Grant Park in the heart of Chicago.
The first Will be on Nov. 9, when
Camp Grant takes on Camp Zachary
Taylor. This contest will conflict
with the Michigan-Chicago game,
which is to be played at Stagg field
Experts believe the college game
will draw the greater crowd
1T will be the first meeting be-
tween Chicago and Michigan, his
toric athletic rivals, i'm nearly Is
years and the resumption Of hostili-
ties is expected TO bring out one OF
the biggest crowds that ever packed
Stagg field.
Big Chicago Attractions.
Another important conflict will be
the game between Camp Dodge and
the United States naval reserve on
Nov 16 to be played in Grant Park
The annual Chicago Northwestern
game will furnish the counter at
traction. The third conflict is on Nov
| 30, when the naval reserves play
| Camp Grant. The big Ten" attrac-
ton will be a game between Chicago
and Minnesota.
There is a doubt in the minds of
some experts whether the service
games this year Will draw the
crowds they had been expected TO-
The schedule conflicts with some
extremely interesting college con-
tests and it is d question if the foot
| ball public can be coaxed into going
10 the service games in preference
10 the college events. II Is argued
that the college men are also in the
students army training corps and
quite as much an the service as the
enlisted men at the regular army
and naval camps
AS regards playing qualities, how
ever, the service teams appear 10
have the edge. These aggregations
are composed mostly of players who
have seen three years of college
football and a majority of them
were stars at their respective insti-
buttons. The players know football
and require little teaching to mas
ter different formations. The strict
discipline of the army or navy has
whipped the players into top ply
steal condition to Withstand the bat
tering of a tough game.
The idea TO play service games in
Grant Park. on Chicago's lake front
was conceived By Capt. Lewis OmeT
of Camp Grant, formerly athletic
director at Northwestern university
Grant Park will be temporarily
transformed into a huge stadium
with a seating capacity of $4,000
persons.
AS sailors and soldiers Will act as
ushers and ticket sellers. there will
De little expense attached to staging
the contests. The proceeds Will be
devoted 10 maintaining gymnasiums
and purchasing athletic equipment
for the camps