The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-27
ARMY MULE BUCKS UP AGAINST NAV GOAT
 AT NEW YORK TODAY
Army Has One Victory More to Its Credit Than the Navy. Many Turned Away In Rush for Tickets to Historic En-. counter
By Associated Press

By Associated Press
 New York, November 26.- Amid stage setting unique and different from any other football game of the year, the Army and Navy elevens will play their annual gridiron contest at the Polo grounds here tomorrow afternoon. | Other intervarsity football struggles may draw greater attendance of spec tators or be surrounded with gr eater tradition and classic atmosphere, but none approaches the battle of the clevens from the United States 4Saval and Military academies for martial pomp and splendor.
 The marching West Point cadets and the Annapolis middies, headed by blar- ing bands, the army mule and the navy goat, present a picture entirely foreign to any other field of American foot ball. The huge rectangular blocks of cadet gray and the sailor blue. where the rival academy cheering squads are located on opposite sides of the field supply a color scheme not matched in iany football stadium in the country. 1 MILITARY ATMOSPHERE
 There is in addition marked differ ence in the appearance of the specta- tors as a whole. Field boxes and grandstands are fleclSed with the gold braided and starred uniforms of ols- tingushed naval officers sitting sho1l- der o-shoulder with generals, colouels and captains of the army. In the more drab uniform of the civilian may De seen high officials from Washington diplomatic circles, while filling m the background of the scene may be found thousands of plain football enthusiasts who never miss the opportunity to Wit ness the Army-Navy game, the closing act in the gridiron drama of the year, providing they have enough influence to secure tickets from the few availa- I ble sources of supply.
 TICKETS HARD TO GET Admission cards for the Army Navy game have always been hard to rro- cure, whether played at Philadelphia, Princeton or New York, and seldom fas l there been public sale of the coup oas. This season the situation, so far as iseats are concerned, is undoubtedly the worst in the history of the series be- tween the two arms of the service. In 1 keeping with the popularity of football lin general this fall, the demand for tickets for the Army-Navy game has liar surpassed any previous year. While /, the Polo grounds grandstand have been enlarged to accommodate close to 50,- 1000 spectators, that number of persons Ihave made application for seats from either the athletic association of West Point or Annapolis, or through oromi- lnent government officials, who are sup tf, fo a of the precious pasteboards. Tho few | tickets '. hich have fallen into he hands of speculators are bringing fab lulous prices, and are being snapped up without hesitation or haggling by those who are determined to witness the play regardless of the cost.
 WORTH PRICE ! Viewed from certain angles, the game is worth the price being asked 1 by those who have tickets to sell, for the atmosphere and setting are that of a huge open-air, spectacle filled with music, cheers and action such as never lseen outside this particular and dis tinctive American athletic contest. The rival academy cheering squads armed with megaphones and brilliant -colored Istreamers furnish the noise, while the P rival players on the field supply i.c- tion and thrills enough to any devel- loped by the best of the big varsity football classics.
 | KEEN RIVALRY No keener rivalry or harder, play is ever seen in any gridiron climax in any ipart of the country than that displayed in the football meeting of the soldiers and sailors.
 { Close and exciting contests are he rule rather than the exception, and the very intensity of the series is shown i by the almost equal allotment of hon. ors after 22 years of play. Since 1890, when the initial game was staged, the Army has won II games and the Navy 10, with one-that of 1905 played at Princeton--resulting in n 6 to s tic.
 RECORDS | The records of the two academy elevenss for the present season; the results of all past games between the Army and Navy and the probable line- up offthe teams with statistics.of both academy squads follow.
 ARMY'S 1920 RECORD 1 october Army B, Union 0. l October 2-Army 3S, Marshall O.
 October 9-Army 27 Middlebury O.
 October t6-Army 26, Springfield l. l October 2S-Army 2S, Tufts 6. l October So--Army IT. Notre Dame 27 l November 6-Army 5S; Lebanon Val 1 ley o.
 November 1S-Arniy 90. Bowdoin O.. i November 20--No game. l Total for Army. S14, against op- I ponents' total of 40.
 NAVY'S 1920 RECORD l October Navy 2. North Carolina IA. | October 9-Navy 12, Lafayette [. 1 October 16-Navy 7 Bucknell ?. October 2Sz-Navy Q, Princeton If. 4 october S0-Navy 47, Western Re | serve 0. sf 1 November 6-Navy 21, Georgetown G. 1 November 1S--Navy 6s. South Caro- | lima 0.
 1 November 20---No game. l Total for Navy, 157 against op- l, ponents' total of 43
 RECORDS OF PAST GAMES
 1S90-Navy "A. Army 0. {. 1s91---Army 32 Navy l6. l 1S92--Navy 12. Army f. 1 1ss3-Navy 6, Army 4.
 ! 1S99-Army 17, Navy 5.
 l 19o0-Navy II, Army [. | 1901-Armv II. Navy ,.
 l 1so2-Army P, Navy s.
 | 1903-Army 40, Navy ,. l l904--Army II, Navy 0. 1 1905--Army 6, Navy 6.
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