The Washington herald., 1922-11-04
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vacant. Then from the players en-
trance came the blare OF horns and
the staccato boom cf drums. Headed
by { ATTY piece band. the Penn state
students, accompanied BY their dance
ing Military Lion.' strode proudly
onto the flisd.
Immediately afterward. from the
southeast corner OF the feld, came
another blaring and booming. and
the midshipmen, 400 strong.
marched on In orderly ranks. Along
the stands they marched. swinging
into a heid-long rank. then march-
ing to their seats 1t the south side
Of the inciosure.. Their demonstra-
tion Of thorough drilling drew an
other round Of hAndciapping.
A few cheers by the students. .
brief warming up by the opposing
teams and the ball was placed in
the center of the gridiron for the
beginning of the engagement
.,Dashes, scrimmages. kicks and
passes were received by most of the
spectators as only dashes, scrim-
maEes. kicks and passes. Cheers
and countercheers broke from the
students stands at every play. but
all was quiet In the other stands.
Then the game was ended. with
Navy holding the opponents score
less. Penn State rooters. players
and "Nittany Lion" downcast.
walked from the field.
The Midshipmen celebrated. Caps
were thrown over the goa posts.
groups OF blue-coated, hilarious
youths danced here and there among
the exciting crowds. Bedlam and the
first real demonstration of the after
noon reigned for ten minutes.
A bugle call from the center of
the gridiron brought this to a.,
abrupt end. The Midshipmen be-
gan to "fsll in" Officers. heavy
with gold braid. began the calling
of the rol. "Here.' rent the air.
Then the band began to play and
the orders. to- march" were given.
In the same orderly manner. with
probably little more of a certain
step. the ranks began to move to-
ward the southeast exit.
And the Battlefield" was soon va
cant.
Crumpled programs. newspapers
and one or two midshipmen's capr
were the only evidence Of the strug-
gle for victory which had ragged.
Society went almost en- masse to
the game. Officials and diplomats
army officers. as well as navy on
GERS. mingled with residential So
ciety, and many who are not So
cially prominent.
Mrs. Edwin DENLY. wife OF the
Secretary Of the Navy. occupied
the Secretary's box. but he was
conspicuous by his absence: he. like
most of the Cabinet, right now is
campaigning. With Mrs. DENLY In
her box were Maj. Gen. John A.
Lejeune. commandant Of the Ma
rine Corps, and Mrs. Lejeune. Ad-
miral and Mrs. Robert E. Coontz
Mrs. George Canheld. aunt of Mrs
Denby. who Is staying with her;
Maj. and Mrs. Shearer. Mrs, Ar
thur Macarthur and her young
son, Douglas Macarthur: Mrs. WAL
ter Turpin and her two children,
DR.. NJ. z. Higgins. U. s. N. and
Edwin DENLY. jr.
Gov. Sproul of Pennsylvania came
to Washington for the game and
occupied a box. having members
of his cabinet with him. Senator
George Wharton Pepper, of Penn
sylvania. was in the governors box.
The former Secretary of State.
Robert Lansing. was there: also
the Assistant Secretary of State. Le-
land Harrison. DIR. J. b. Hubrecht.
charge d'affaires of the Neither
lands Legation: Capt. and Mrs. Luke
McNamee. Richard Flournoy. Capt
and Mrs. w. w. Galbraith. Maj and
Mrs. Henry T. Bull. Lieut.. George
Price. Miss Betty WaImsley. Ralph
]. Totten. consul general at BARGE
Iona: Robert Stead. Miss Dorothy
bennett, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Burr
Comdr. Jack London, Mr.. and Mrs
l.. L. Nicholson. jr.. Col. and Mrs.
Frank Jewell. Miss Evelina Gleaves,
Comdr. w. F. Newton. Mrs. Arthur
Schautz. Mr.. and Mrs. William Rey-
burn. Chester Lockwood. Ted Wei
liver. Richard Davidson. Col. and
Mrs. Charles B. Drake, Col. John G.
Beaumont. Comdr and Mrs. John w.
Rankin and many others.
Streets for more than a half-mile
in all directions of the park, ex-
cept for those where parking was
prohibited. were lined with automo-
blles-slightly less than 1000 in all
Shortly after noon, when a detail