Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-19

Army and Navy oamss Die Feature o
eootball Season.

Chicago, oct. 19,-Ssrvice elevcns
promise to furnish the real class oil
middle western football this season.
Altho the Big Ten" institutions
snapped up the choice dates, the attn
letic officers If the environments and
naval camps have arranged an nttrac
tive program of thirty or more games
to be- decided in Chicago and other
cities.
What the big service contest VIII
be this season can not be announced
as yet, but 1t Is regarded likely that
1t will bring together the Great Lakes
naval training station team and the
United States Naval Academy. Grea,
Lakes viii play the middies at .Annap-
oils on Nov. % and officials are nego-
tiating for return contest between
the teams to be played at Chicago.
Three contests between army and
naval elevens will he played In Grant
Park In the. heart of Chicago. The
first will be on Nov. 3. when Camp
Grant takes on CaGp Zachary Taylor
This contest will conflict with tho
Michigan Chicago game, which Is to
be played at Stagg field Experts be-
lieve the college game will draw thu
greater crowd.
1t will be the first meeting between
Chicago and Michigan. historic ath-
letic rivals. in nearly fifteen years
and the resumption of hostilities is eN-
pected to bring out one of the biggest
crowds that ever packed Stage field,
Another important conflict will be
the game, between Camp Dodge and
the United states naval reserve Oh
Nov.N16. to be played in Grant Park,
The annual Chicago Northwestern,
game will furnish the counter attrac-
ton. The third conflict is on Nov.
80, when the naval reserves play
Camp Grant. The big Ten attrac-
ton will be game between Chicago
and Minnesota.
There is doubt in the minds OK
some experts whether the service
games this year will draw the crowds
they had been expected to. The
schedule conflicts with, some extreme
ly interesting college contests and 1t Is
question if the football public can
he coaxed into going to the service
games in preference to the college
events. 1t is argued that the college
men are also in the Students Army
Training Corps and quite as much in
the service as the enlisted men at the
regular army and naval camps.
AS regards Playing qualities, how
ever, the service teams appear to have
the edge. These aggregations are COM
posed mostly Of players who have seen
three years Of college football and a
majority Of them were stars at their
respective institutions. The players
know football and require little teach
ing to master different formations.
The strict discipline of the army or
navy has whipped the players into top
physical condition to Withstand the
battering Of a tough game.
The idea to play service games in
Grant Park, on Chicaso's lake front,
was conceived by Capt. Lewis omer OF
Camp Grant, formerly athletic director
at Northwestern University. Grant
Park will be Temporarily transformed
into a huge stadium with q seating
capacity Of $4,000 persons. r.
AS sailors and soldiers will act as
ushers and ticket sellers, there will DO
little expense attached to staging the
contests. The proceeds will be de-
voted to maintaining gymnasiums and
purchasing equipment for the camps