The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-08-26
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WASHINGTON .. ~ AUG Y 20.
About the time the first frost
/ s1lvers the pumpkin con con- Tesssionall
mail begins to bring requests ior
I free tickets for the annual f %, !;
| ball classic between the Army, an y
!; Navy teams. Tickets allotted 70
members Of Congress nave peen
| limited, very limited, in past years
i and thew we're distributed by them
with much care It was adv1Sa o!e
Ito apply early and most folks d do
This year there is no use for
anybody to apply to a senator or
representative at all. They VIII
have no tickets. only those that
they buy under the same .regula,
lions as anybody else, save and
except that each will be allotted an
option on two tickets at the price
fixed for everybody who gets on
the lists Of the two athletic as
sociations. 5
| This xears game will be played
November IS on franklin Fie!d. .
Pa. Under the provisions of the
constitution of the Navy Athletic
Association, likewise the West
Point Association, as recently
changed, the issuance Of compii.
hentary tickets for the game has
been discontinued. Members Of
the associations and others deslr-
! ing tickets Will now be required to
| tickets will be SO so each, plus ~
cents for postage ndregistry fee.
requests for tickets with check OF
money order. payable to whichever
association application mis- made TO,
must be in by october On that
! date the total number Of such tick
cts will be divided to meet re.
! quests, or as nearly so as the total
number OF tickets will permit In
eases where requests cannot be
fully complied with. check res
| funding the amount OF over pay
/ M nt will be made to the sender
when issue is made.
One day the past week form
Letter informing each member OF
| Congress OF the change made was
treceived The following day Re.
preventative Clarence MacGrego:
introduced in the House q bill
which would forbid any cadet at
West Point or any midshipman Al
1.-THE Naval Academy from parIici-
!; pating in an athletic contest where
] an admission fee is charged. 1t is
/ cited as suspicious coincidence.
| ! Athletics have been built up at
/ both academies by unofficial org
an:zati ons composed Of grads
and their families. and with no 4.
nancial help from the public treas
ury Government support is mere
lily moral and advisory. It takes 4
hot Of money to maintain athletics
on the scale that prevails, which
money comes mainly and gladly
/, from the army and navy in;l!es,
land from a part of the ctvilian
public.
Many. proba bly, a majority of tho
members Of Congress, welcome the
change. Distribution Of the few
passes issued to them for the game
each year proved more Of a liabil-
! ity than an asset. There were al
ways more applicants than com
| piim entaries. with the result that
there were more disappointed con
stitutents than pleased one, and
the member OF Congress was gen
orally blamed by the former or
/, charged with lacking influence, etc
and what made it worse for the
unhappy member was that consti.
I tuents who applied for free tickets
were Of the influential and upper
crust class.
| AS a spectacle and asa game,
the Army-Navy gridiron contest IS
well worth anybody's So. so plus
IL cents Fact is it is worth that
much more. But a free pass holds
magic for many people, and they
are often known to 60 to more
trouble and expense to acquire one
than it takes to purchase 9 ticket