New-York tribune., 1920-11-28

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came Of it. Neither line smashing
Navy won the game by deception.
I. is also traditional that = distinct
rcint shall be made of the fact that q
arge crowd was present. OF course. by
this .ime there is probably no great
element Of surprise in that. If it were
possible TO say "only ten persons wit
ressed tie game between the Army and
the Navy yesterday that would be
news and worthy Of note. Still there
was large crowd present. We count
&c I'd to 10000 before the game began,
but few may have come in later
We distinctly recognized Secretary
B&kcr, who sat in Il box on the Army
side ard Secretary Daniels On the
Navy side. This impaired a rather pa
thetic touch to the Afternoon, for this
was the last year N which either gen
tleman VIII see the game from good
sst. M. Bureson was engaged in
srcedlng up last weeks special delivery
etters and could not attend. The day
was so bad that it seemed as if Mr..
Palmer must have had something to do
with 1t. bat he was not visible
Pretty Girls Are Present
In accordance with custom it should
be stated that among the 10000 spec
tators we're hosts OF pretty g irls.
Beauty to he sure is relative. and We
don't want TO make the statement too
positive. It's Just one of those shrewd
SLesses which the trained newspaper
observer chances now and again. 1t
should be qualified by the information
chat the Ziegfeld Follies is out Of town
and that Tip Top" WAS playing d
matinee. At any rate, there were j lot
oi girls present, and undoubtedly g
great many of them were pretty.
Personally we didn't see Helen Of
Troy or anybody who looked much be
cause of her reputation for beauty,
which has probably grown in the
ellne. but on account of her reported
executive capacity. She seems to have
been curious mixture of constructive
and destructive qualities.
We know that she launched thou
sand ships, but we are also told that
she burned 'hs topless towers Of
hum. And il is also noteworthy that
N the launching Of those ships there
vas not even q hint Of scandal, at least
no scandal of & financial nature.
Be that as it may, General Pershng
was present and in his fluff and demo
cratic va he was observed to salute
one OF try SteveAs's program sell
.ers who wore red rat and un-
ioubtedly '"'staken by the Ger
eral for RUL-- .e- field marshal.
Explains" Fine Points of Game
General Pershing sat next to Nivelle
and explained the fine points OF the
game 10 him. A. Arst this vas easy
enough. as there weren't AIRY fine
points, but after the final whistle had
blown the General was observed TO be
having 0 Nttle difficulty to think up
the French equivalent for moral vic
tory"
The cadets and the midshipmen came
n late, as did almost everybody else.
The crowd was handled bady and each
ticket holder was made to feel that the
Polo Grounds was the eye Of needle
and thai he was rich man or g camel.
Once inside there Was ample evidence
that the simie about the camel was
not holding up any too we'll.
The delegations from the two acade-
mics arrived in time to do little pre-
liminary singing, and the Navy had
ht the best OF il. These young men
VIII some day shout orders in the teeth
Of typhoons and above the roar Of gun
They sang very loudly. The cheering
honors were even. No rooters in the
world cheer so enthus stically a.
cadets and midshipmen. If runner
were thrown for tsn-yard loss an
equal volume Of cheers came from each
side
The Navy, however, gave more ad-
vice. shouting in unison. again and
again, Block that kick" and Fight
IKE hell" Maybe the first injunction
was not heard, for the Navy didn't
block any kicks, but it fought like hell,
as did the Army, and both we're liber-
ally penalized for it. Service games
are apt to be rough, though not dirty.
Heavy Work Done Is Open
Most o. the heavy work was candid
and franz. Whenever a prone player
wanted % get up he helped himself to
als feet by resting an elbow on the
oacH n some foeman's neck and put
ing knee in the small os hi, back
tnese, however, were pleasantriae for
mere we're no injuries Of moment d
,ime out was called infrequently
me tfst period gave promise, or per
nape threat is better, Of d nothing to-
nofnlng game Neither side could gain,
actually lost ground by rushing' The
Army rad three rather dimcult ghots
.or aeld goals in the first half, but
french missed them all by wide mar
gins
Let u trust that there will be no
more wars, and that # there are French
7iil not be in the artillery. His in
iantFy would suffer. All his barrages
were short.
The first hale d.sciosed little ad-
fantage for either side. Both lines
si'ed through fas' and spilled most Of
ne pia before toey could ge, started
ffenea made d fen short dashes for
ne Army, but was never able 10 get
aired IN long rln. lntericrenoc
*as crude, and neither team played
FsFn football, except in the sim picst
clements Of lin~ defense
'-te N the third period the Navy
aa9 ''s frgt real chance poor kirk
y french sent the ball out Of boundg
m me Arrny's 4syard line. and from
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