South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-11-27
Macy Goat Shoes
More Kick Than
Game Army Mule
Dreadnaughts Effective and
Cadets Forced to Scrap
Airplaned in Fight.

NEW YORK. Nov 26.-The bat
tleships Of the navy eleven plough
ed through the heavy seas OF the
Polo grounds today, battered the
Army's Qualifications. captured the
annual service football classic by a
score of to 0 and took the lead
in the series. Since 1890 the navy
has won twelve times and the Ar
my II.
The navy scrapped its airplanes
upon discovering early in the game
that dreadnaughts were more eff
fective for making progress against
the enemy. 1t made an attack with
line plunges and end runs that re-
suited in an advance of So yards
in a play 70 a touchdown early in
the second period.
Barchet was the stellar battle
cruiser IN this progress toward the
last white line and indeed through
out the game. From his own Al
yard line he circled the end on a
kick formation 90 yards. Conroy
and Barchet then alternated in car
rying the ball off tackle from a
tandem formation until the former
smashed through for a touchdown,
followed by Kings goal. The pro-
gress to a goal comprised thirteen
plays during which the Navy earn
ed first down four times.
SOME CROWD.
NEW YORK, Nov. 26.-The spec
tacle Of twenty-five mud-smeared
husllies battling over a great lump
of mud that was a football, neld a
crowd of nearly forty thousands per-
sons spell bound through three hours
of biting, driving rain when Army
met Navy at the polo grounds to-
day.
1t was-as the NAVY cheering sec
ton insisted. weather. And
with their indicators set at full
speed ahead" the midshipmen from
Annapolis plowed through the sticky
sea 10 a 20 victOty.
Brush stadium sheltered scarcely
half the throng that followed the
fortunes of the skidding gladiators
up and down the field The others
among them Vice Pres't Coolidge
and scores of notables representing
America, Great Britain. France and
Italy-sat or stood in the rain.
The vice president and Mrs. Cool
idge were among the earliest ar
rivals taking their seats, for the
first half I'm a box on the Army side
OF the field and scorning prOffered
umbrellas. The vice president were
a battered slouch hat and a heavy
raincoat. Mrs. Coolidge was bundled
In a heavy fur coat.
In a box on their right were Sec'y
OF war Weeks and Mrs. Weeks, while
on their left sat high military at
taches of the foreign delegations TO
the armament conference.
The visitors. most OF whom were
witnessing their first football game.
included Gen. Lord Cavan OF the
British army. Viscount Marshal Hig-
gins OF the British royal air force;
Gen. G. Vaccari and Col. Y. De Ber-
nezzo OF the Italian general staff;
Mai. Gems. Tanaka and Haraguchi
Of Japan and Col E. Requin OF
France.
They were guests o. Gen. Pershing,
but as Pershing was unable 20 be
I present because Of Illness, Mai. Gen.
Harbord deputy chief OF staff. act
ed for him as host.
on the Navy side sat Admiral
Koontz, chief OF naval operations;
Admiral Jones and Eberle, COM
manders. respectively. OF the At
lantic and Pacific fleets. and Rear
Admiral Glennon and Benson. Sec'y
OF Navy DENLY was not present 10
see his middies win. Vice Admiral
Debon and Capt. Frochot OF the
French navy were the only repre-
sentatives Of the foreign delegations
on the navy side OF the field.
French is Star.
Outrushed and outplayed in the
line the Army fhreataned 20 tie un