Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-11-29
MIDDLE "ROOTERS" AROUSE ANNAPOLIS
IN WEE SMA' HOURS OF MORNING As
THEY PASS THROUGH CITY FOR GOTHAM
Happy And Cheering, They
Vented Their Feelings Of Con
fdence With A Rip-roaring
Demonstration
BILL" MASCOT CON-
SPICUOUS IN CROWD

Marching 10 the catchy tune of
Anchors Awcigh," the athletic bat
lI song of the Naval Academy, more
ib.n 1.se0 mdshlpmen got away
curly this morning on special trains
of thc Baltimore and Ohio and the
PENNSYLVANIA Railroads that conveyed
tacln ,o New York for the big grid
ron battle staged today rival cadets
of thp West Point Military Academy.
The movement OF the loyal student
rooters" was long before the crack
of day. and everything went off
smoothly.
Reyeille was sounded at $40 a. m.
three hours ahead OF the usual hour
OF academic routine. and the middies
did not lose any time in turning out
al their beds, as everyone about the
goscrnment reservation has been vir-
tually football mad for the past week
or ten days.
Rrcakfas; OF the middios soon was
+ over. and then all attention was di-
rccted TO getting from the government
reservation to the Short Line and the
minals Of the Baltimore and Ohio and
Pennsylvania Railroads, respectively.
The march to the station was marked
10y din of noise from the happy,
cheering mNdies, and the music OF
The band Those OF the citys popula-
ton who were not up and astir early
for the getaway to Gotham, could
al hxy 70
strains OF Anchors Aweigh." as they
waited over the dull, stiffness of the
early morning hours. except possibly
for the extremely heavy sleepers.
Commander G. IL. Bowdy. was in
charge OF the whole party, with sew
cra junior officers OF the executive
or discipline departments, as the bat
talon commanders.
Attred in theri service uniforms of
tlue. with mackintoshes. the march
ins middies swung into College ave
nae from King George street, with
tic band blaring for all that was in
them Those who took the Baltimore
ana Ohio special. dropped out at the
Waden street depot of the Short Line
while the others continued on out to
the West street station. While vir-
taally the whole town was aroused
tram its slumbers. not many persons
gathered At the railway terminals to
SCI The middies OF. because OF the
o31iiness OF the hour.
cutie conspicuous ct the head of
;Ae line OF marchers was Billy a
hls white goat and the official Navy
mascot; Held in leash by midship-
man Shorty" Brown, to whom had
been delegated the duty OF the goat 5
earetaker. Billy pranced along, hut
he aha not cut any untoward capers.
3Q ,here could be discerned a GER
ta., amount OF meanness in his eye,
which his goatship held in reserve to
ha; 'aH Army Mule over the greens
ward ot the Polo Grounds. And be
il remenil cred, 100. that Silly was
10 Ari and primed for their gridiron
rEument between the Middies and
CI5t;s. because as one midshipman
remarked. the Goa; had got wind
ot tGe wager challenge of the Army
Nut tina; the animal mascot whose
.faA oSt the game should lie shorn
q. As athletic roles In o,her words
Navy should so down to defeat
bt0 Nily VIII have 10 surrender his
handsome blue and gold lankct. with
An us embellishments, and likewise
ae nale be forced 70 canter lis wa
aioHg minus his raiment of Black
Gold aad Gray. the Army colors.