The New York herald., 1921-11-26
Mixed With Service Uni
forms Are Prettily Gowned
Women by Thousands.
CADETS ARE DETERMINED
City's Hotels Are Crowded
With Notables Here for
Clash of Service Teams.

With the Army at the Astor, the
Navy at the Commodore-and both
Army and Navy and myriad adherents
from all quarters OF America scat
tered over the territory between head
quarters. adding pleasing dash Of
color to hotel and theatre assemblages,
his was quite a gold braided me-
lropolis last night. They're all here
for the twenty-fourth football meeting
OF tho service schools at the Polo
Grounds at 2 o'clock this afternoon
and let us say that they are here for
good reason.
u ought TO be quite battle, that
scrap In the lee Of Coogan's bluff. and
don't let anybody tell you that it's ''in"
for the Navy In strategy, thrilling de-
velopments and technical qualities the
contest is very likely to match the re-
cent Big Three series. In physical force
--trenchant demonstrations Of the deter
mination to win--the battle is certain to
be the game Of games of the great sea-
son which 1t will climax.
There was plenty of confidence at both
The Astcr and the Commodore last night
among the Army and the Navy hackers.
And never in the history of Army-Navy
games have there been crowds so full
of holiday spirit as those which wont
in and out Of the hotel lobbies through
out the evening.
Mixed with the uniforms of the Army
and Navy and of the soldiers Of other
nations were pretty women by the thou
sands-nore and prettler this year. 1t
would seem. than ever before. They
dined and danced and sang. and no mat
ter which way the game goes. the din
ing and dancing and singing will con-
tinuc tonight with unabated vigor.
NotabIes Are Here.
Notsblcs OF every sort. whether d.
rectly interested in the Army and Navy
OF not, will be at the game. They in
clude sportsmen from many delds,
United States Senators. miliionaires and
u dozen other classifications. And on
top OF all the hilarity of last night the
chief topic was the outcome of the game
to-day.
The Vicc-Prcsident and Mrs. Coolidge
arrived late yesterday and are at the
Belmont Hotel.
The lobby of the Hotel Astor, where
the Army makes it's headquarters, was
so packed with second lleutenants. with
generals and civilians, that 1t was next
10 impossible to walk through. And at
the Hotel Commodore. Navy headquar-
ters. the same thing was true. except
that the uniforms there were OF COM
manders, lieutenant-commander and
every now and then an admiral.
Hotel registers indicated that men and
women came from San Francisco from
Florida. from Maine, from New Orleans
ard from avery part Of the country to
sec the game and to meet their friends.
Many rsunions of officers who had seen
servicf together during the war were
held yesterday and last night. There
were dozens of small private parties in
addition to the regular dinners and
dances In the hotels. And with the
crowds were the most gorgeously garbed
and beautiful women, according to those
who have watched such things for
years, who ever have showed themselves
about the hotels.
All Large Hotels FILLED.
Besides the Astor and Commodore
all the other larger hotels OH both the
East and West Sides were filled. The
arrangements refused to make reserv,
tions. and many had to walt for hours
and take their chances of getting rooms
The Biltmore. Plaza, Ambassador. Buck.
ingham. st. Regis. Claridge. McAipin,
Waldorf. Pennsylvania--all were crowd
ed to the limit
Two floors at the Astor have been
turned over to the Army squad. The,
were given special dining room where
they we're served exactly the water an6
food prescribed by the trainers. A place
has been fitted up on the roof for tn.
Army mule" the mascot who posi
lively VIII make his appearance to-day
New arrivals at the Astor include
Brig. Gen. Douglas Macarthur, We,
Point; Major-Gen. David G. Shanks.
Camp Dix; Major-Gen. George c. Rick
ards. Washington; Col. Willard d. New
bill, Camp Knox. KY; Col. Abraham {
Lott and party OF guests from Fort
Howard. Md: Col and Mrs. William
Merry. Washington Col. and Mrs
Francis w. Clark, Washington. and Col
and Mrs Thomas l.. Brewer. Troy' n v
Also Col. Henry L. Newbold and fam
lily and Col. and Mrs. Charles T.. Stod-
ter. Washington; Major Philip Hayes
and Major Edmund L. Daley and fam
lily, West Point: Mr.. and Mrs. A. r.
Crichton. Wilmington, Del. and Mr..
and Mrs. W. +. Whittelsey. Hartford,
Conn.
Heservafio~s for Dance.
Additional reservations for the dinner
and dance tonight at the Astor include
Senator j. T.. Aids. Norwich, n. ":
Major Gilmore b. Gray. Camp Eustis,
Va; Major BARLEY NJ. Harloe, Troy;
George B. Dairs, Hampstead i. T.:
Major George A. Matile. Plainfield: r.
2. Jutter. East Orange: r. Parker
Kuhn, Robert r. Kimbali. Pittsfield.
Mass; y. n. Hully, Philadelphia s. W.
Continued on Pnge Twelve.