Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-24
Arnay-NdUv Game
to Be Played Here

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for their annual football game SAT-
Mr.. Bushnell. 49,.
/ "As a matter Of fact, the two acade
mics have had standing invitatiof
: to use our field whenever they desired
since they began to play on 1t as neu
trail field. in 1890. -
"we expect to have our new felt
ready by October 1. with a minimum
seating capacity Of 80. 900, and the pos
sibility that n few slight changes maJ
| raise this to $1,000.
preliminary borings for the new
foundations nrs now being made ant
the work of tearing down the present
I stands will begin on May 1. immediate,
| ly after the relays. 1t Is expected tha'
It can be completed in. FIVE months.
Philadelphia was picked by the Navy
Unde. the terms Of the five. year agree
mcnt, which will expire this year. tue
Middies had the alternate choice OF
naming the field of contest. Since l0l4,
barring tho games missed during the
war. the encounter has been staged an =
runiIy by mutual consent on the Polo
Grounds In New York.
While II wns left to thr teams to do
the selecting, the agreement stipulated
that the game must be played no farther
north than New York and no farther
south than this city.
It is understood that Robert G. Fol-
well, Navy coach and former Penn foot
ball star and tutor. used what Influence
he had to have the contest played on
tho grounds Of his alma mater.
John w. Heisman, Pennsylvania
coach and successor to Bob Fol well.
present Navy tutor. sounded a welcome
for the service athletes:
"I am surprised and delighted to learn
that the Army and Navy game will be
played on Franklin Field" said Coach
pride in staging the annual contest.
Alumni and undergraduates alike are
elated over the. decision to play the
1922 game here
Twenty. ffth Contest
It will be the twenty fifth struggle
between the ancient rivals. Twelve Of
these contests have been won by the
Navy, eleven by the Afmy ahd one re-
suited in a tie.
The series stood at n complete tie
last f4l, but the Middies obtained the
edge When Folwell's fighters defeated
in New York. on November 26.
November 20 Is the Saturday before
Thanksgiving Day and the tilt will con-
fict with such important struggles as
the Harvard Yale, Lehigh- Lafayette
and other engagements of sectional and
national interest.
The Army Navy game always mas
been considered as the climax OF the
collegiate football season and as such
attracts coaches and players as well as
spectators from all parts of the country.
The date usually is set for the Saturday
following Thanksgiving Day, when only
few other contests OF minor import
ance are played.
Conflicting Dates
There is a clause, however, in the five
year agreement between the two insti-
tutions to the effect that IL the Satur-
day after the holidays falls In Deeem-
ber, officials Of either academy can
demand that the tilt be played the lust
Saturday in November. This is the
case this year, as Thanksgiving Day Is
November 80.
1t is understood that West Point was
in favor of playing on the date finally
selected and that the Middies wanted
the contest staged on December z.
The Navy eleven will be seen In ac-
Il
1922 football season: On October %
the Middics will appear here to meet
the Penn team. 1t will be the first time
the Navy has engaged the Red and Blue
since 1915. That game was played at
The last appearance Of the
Middies on Franklin Field against Penn
was in 1914. 'T'
The Navy athletes were seen on
Field last year against Penn
State. The Folweu players were de-
IF the most sensational contests ever
vaged on the historic Red and Blue
grounds. 1t was the only defeat suf-
cred by the Annapolis team during the
1921 season.
First Game Here In 1890
The series between the two branches
IF the service started in 1890. The |
irst two contests were played at West !
Point and the next two Mt Annapolis. |
Then followed a lapse of four years in !
which no games were played. In 1900,
through the efforts of the late DR.. j.
William White, the contest was brought |
lere.
Every struggle from 1899 until 1912,
inclusive, with the exception of the 1905
Engagement, was fought on Penn's
,ridiron. In 1905 the scene shifted to
Princeton, but only for one season. In
013 West Point insisted on New York,
tut in 1914, the contest came back
here.
Since 1914 NIL games bave been played
IN the Polo Grounds. During the war
ears of 1017-1S, no contests were
n god