Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-11-18
No Tickets To BE
Sold For Big Game
Marines and Guests to Use 10000
Tickets in the Marine-Army
Game.

day cOmmercl2llZed sport, Will be
played when the L. s. Marine team
of this post meets the Third Army
Corps Area team in Baltimore, De
cember 2nd. The game viii be unique
because twelve thousand tickets, the
entire number in the Marine stancs,
viii be given to Marines and their
guests absolutely without charge, rs
an exemplitication of the sort of ANA
/ teur sport for which the Marine Corps
stands.
The decision Of the Marine Corps
to give away its entire allotment o.
tickets was reached at conference
between Major General John i. Le-
ieune, Commandant fthe Corps, and
Brigadier-General Smediey ID. Butter,
commanding gengeral fthe Marine
Post at QuGuticO. Both these officers
are firm believers in amateur sports
according 10 It's stricteSt definition
and they decided, in accordance with
Marine Corps traditions and the hISn-
est ideals OF amateur sport, That the
big Marine team should pa It's o"n
way through the entire season Ac-
cordingly, expenses have been reduced
almost TO nothing and those incurred
have been no gate receipts and no nu&e
financial budget. At first observers
doubted the possibility fmaln,alnlnE
a team of frSt-class college CAMPER
without huge receipts and eXpendituf-
eS. but with the success Of the Marine
experiment. these have been most en-
thusiastic in their praise of the SPIRIT
which made the success possible. IL
accordance with this policy the un-
examplcd step of giving away all the
kets allotted 20 the Marine Corps was
determined upon. Even the expense Of
transporting the Quanltco team 10
Baltimore viii be paid by the officers
and men themselves. All those who 2c-
cept Marine Corps invitations 70 the
game Will be the guests OF the Marine
Corps, from the President Of 1he
United States to the friends Of the
lowest-ranking Marine. Not Ma
rine ticket viii be sold and not cent
of revenue viii accrue. All costs Will
be- borne by the officers and men Of
the Marine Corps. entirely without
cost to the Government.
The game this year is the third Of
the annual championship contests
played by the Marine team Of this post
against representative teams Of the
Army and Navy and IS rapidly COM
mo to be recognized as one OF The
classic social and athletic events CT
the season. It is the ambition OF Gen
eral Butler to gain for the contests ma
tional recognition similar to that ac-
corded the Army and Navy football
came. By its exploits in defeating the
Georgetown University team and INC
Navy team of the New London Sub
marine Base with several former Ma
val Academy stars, the big Marine
team has provided itself one OF the
strongest elevens in the United States
while the Army team, with sucn
stars as French and Ohphant OF West
Point. is said to be equally strong.
Invitations to the game have been
sent to the President of the United
states. the Vice. resiednt, members
OF the Diplomatic Corps, members u
the Cabinet. the Justices OF the Su-
IRENE Court. members Of the Senate
and House Of Representatives and
ran5ing officers and department heads
of the Army and Navy and lndllc,a-
tions are that one of the most brliIi-
amt audiences Of the season Will at
tpnd. The governors Of Maryland
Pennsylvania and Virginia VIII octu-
nv boxes and the mayors Of Baltimore
ard Philadelphia and the District
/ C,,,,,,,,i,yiooo,.s Of Washington will al
so attend.
The CITY authorities of Baltimore
plan to make the occasion memor9'!e
Inv series Of social events and en-
I tertainments to the city's Distinguish
ed guasts. An elaborate luncheon, TO
which all visiting digniJaries and Of
fca,.s of the Army, Navy and Marine
COINS have been invited, will be given
Inv Mavor Broeuing by way OF Official
Welcome from the city. In the even
inc. dance will be given by prominent
/ rosi6en+s Of Baltimore and by the oJ.l
rers of the Third Army Corps Area TO
the guests at the game.
( The Marines from Quantlco, 12ur
+bousand s,rong. will come to BAN
more in q body for the occasion. mead
II NV General Butler. -Four SPECIAL
-,.oirs chartered by the men Of
OTantico. will carry the men TO Union
Statior Baltimore. There they viii
ieova the train and will parade
through he city in body headed by
tbeir band. one hundred strong. ana
tbeir drum and bugle corps Of about
The came number. The Marines viii
bring with them u number Of maseo.5'
;~ch1dinr "Teufelhund' thorough
bred bulldog, the official mascot q
me OuanJico team Beside the QuIn-
tico Marines, strong dctachmeuts VII
come to the game from other Marine
Corps posts. Marines from New 1orh
and PHILADELPHIA, five hundred strong
will arrive by a special train and nc
tachmonts fom Norfolk and Annapo-
. lis will arrive on specially chartered
steamers. Detachments from Marine
Corps Headquarters and rom the
Marine Barracks and Navy Yard IN
Washington Will join the Quanucc
Marines at Union Station, Washington.
In all it is expected that more than
five thoSand Marines will be present.
The Marines viii stage an official re-
view for the authorities OF the city OIL
Baltimore and State Of Maryland, Il
, 49,. ,,.l,;<b .bo,- will ,,,orcr m the field