Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-11-26
BOYS OF UNCLE
SAM BIG NOISE
TODAY ON GRID
Army and Navy Meet in Color
full Battle-Middies 2 tO1
FavOrites.
1921 SEASON CLOSES
By JACK VEIOCK.

NEW YORK, Nov. 26.-Army and Navy
rung down the curtain on a wonderful
football season here today.
Uncle Sans colOrful service teams, RI
walls since 1890, and watched with
feeling of personal interest by the whole
country, came to grips in the lee of
Coogans Bluff at the Polo Grounds in
their twenty fourth annual game.
Navy went into the contest a to 1
favOrite in the betting. Red hot enthusi
asm among the supporters of the future
admirals had much to do with making
the odds what they were.
Snappy, partly cloudy weather was the
order when the Middies and Cadets tum
bled out Of their couches this morning.
crowd of some 10000 fortunates pre-
pared to crash into the Polo Grounds be-
tween noon and o'clock when the game
was scheduled to start.
Something more than one hundred thou
sand people wanted to see the Army mule
tangle with the Navy goat and just about
one half of them had to be content with
the thought Of reading all about it in
the newspapers.
PLENTY OF POMP
PRESENT AT GAME.
The big service game was never more
attractive than it was today, for with
both elevens strong, proficient in the
open style Of play and sadlcd with more
color and pomp than ever, the contest
Some fifteen hundred midshlpmen from
Annapolis and a like number Of cadets
from West Point were on hand to do the
roofing for the rival teams. But while
they furnished big part OF the spectacle,
their natty uniforms their military
bands and drills on the field, there was
! something more brilliant than usual.
President Harding and Mrs. Harding,
General Pershing and several other no
tables who were originally expected to
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present. but the official family of Presi-
dent Harding was we'll represented.
Vice President and Mrs. Calvin Cool
! idge, Secretary of War and Mrs. John
W. Weeks, Secretary Of Navy and Mrs
DENLY, Senators and Representatives
from all parts Of the Union and officials
of all ranks from the capital were here.
Governor Miller of New York, Governor
Edwards of New Jersey, Secretary Of
Commerce and Mrs Herbert Hoover, Sec
rotary of Labor and Mrs. Davis, As
sistant Secretary Of Navy and Mrs
Roosevelt Assistant Secretary Of War
J. NJ Wainwright and his daughter were
10 occupy boxes.
AMONG THE
OFFICERS THERE.
Brig. Gen. Douglas Macarthur, supe-in-
tendent Of the Military Academy at West
Point; Brig. Gen. and Mrs. John S
Organ; Maj Gen. james G. Hartford,
George Orchards, Admiral and Mrs. Rob
ert Coontz, Admiral and Mrs Z. W. Eber
lie and Surgeon Gen. and Mrs. Edward
X. Stitt were MISC to be among tho dis
inguished spectators.
Scores Of prominent official and So
ciety nOtables from Washington and
many other Eastern cities attaches OF the
delegation attending the conference for
limitation ut armament ut Washington
and some OF the delegates in short, fig
ureheads IN all walks Of life, were gath
cred here to witness the game
The Middies and Cadets have met
twenty three times One Of these games
was a tie and the rest were split even be-
tween the teams, eleven each.
Nnvy's team went into the game with
It's strongest talent intact. The lineup
Of the Cadets, however, was bit un-
certain, for il was by no means sure thnt
French, star punter and full back Of the
West Point eleven, would be able 10
remain long in the game, II he stared
at all French was injured in the Yale
game and has not been himself since that
day.
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