Evening star., 1923-12-01
100000 EXPECTED
AT ARMY-MAR|NE
|. FOOT BALL CLASSIC
Notables Attend Service
Game, Vying in Color With
Nations Best.
FIELD SOFT AND SLIPPERY
WEATHER OVERHEAD IDEAL
Last Block of 5000 Tickets Finds
Keen Demand-Game to Be
Broadcast.

ihlrty thousand persons. high Off
ciais OF the government. commanding
oiicers OF the Army and Navy, diplo-
mats leaders of society and eager
raced plain folks had poured through
ehe narrow gates into Clark Grifith's
renooeled stadium an hour before
the referees whistle in the game he
tween the Quantico Marines and I'd
Army Corps foot ball elevens TODAY
I Forty thousand are expected ~
game time
| ferlect foot ball weather greeted
the teams and spectators. The sun
sAal4eo with benign cheerfulness upon
'ne gay scene, and just enough wind
70 add the necessary pep to the at
nosphere blew straight across tho
srloiron as though determined m IA
/ Vor neither one side nor the othar
Many of the spectators thoushtful,v
oioushI warm blankets. The field it.
10 sippery. and even the least
iaeo spectator realizes already
that the breaks of the game are like
" 10 prove a decisive factor in the
| result of today's conflict
being frs, arHlE ar y, went the. honor OF
oL Goughboys, olive drab uniforms
prushed clean. buttons noiisbad
DIlsnt ana shoes shining brilIiantIv
niaIchso upon the field and took its
place In the north stand. from wbaro
the followers OF the soldiers watched
the battle. Half ii dozen ofTfcers
however, unceremoniously ushereG
ba.,,. tne,a GUY aSain 70 join the Army
oattaions marching upon the tajd
III BODY. The Marines were bnt
rev minutes behind. however
uetachment Of color sergeants and :.
stanoaiu bearer carrying aIoft tba
oeep pIue emblem led the Devil Dogs
Army Band Plays
FROM out the Enclosures of the sta
oium came the distant fanfare of mar
tIai music. 1t was the 200-piece band
OF the Army leading upon the field
4.ooo doughboys. drawn TO the Na
tlonai Capital for their athletic classi.
from Camp Meade. Baltimore, Edge
wood Arsenal, Aberdeen, Fort Hoylo.
the District of Washington rorn-i.'
prising Fort Washington, Fort Myrr
Washington Barracks. Langley Field
ana Fort Eustis, and from Fort Monroe.
Ihey marched to the ball park after
detraining at Union station.
A naming red banner bearing the
seal of the United States and four
whlte stars marks the box occupied
by Secretary of War Weeks and his
party or high Army officials They
sat directly in front of the 50-yard
Ine and right in the center of the
army section. Across from them
secretary of the Navy DENLY and his
party of comma nding officers of tn
Navy occupied special box in IN,
center of the marine section. II was
decked. 1t seemed. with all of tha
1ags IN the service. There was the
nag or the Secretary-a blue one
bearing an anchor and four Whitc
stars: several designating the pres
ence of an admiral by the four whit,
stars In blue field. and red one
win Two white stars. showing Mai
Gen. LeJeune, commandant of th. Nj
rlne Corps, is sitting there.
Wounded See Game.
Reminiscent of those fateful days
back in II, when many of the same
soldiers. sailors and marines were
fighting the most serious conflict of
their trade, are half dozen men in
wheel chairs, crippled victims of the
world war. But they smiled just as
cheerfully as the healthiest of spec
tatorS and seemed 10 be enjoying
themselves immensely. Five hundred
other wounded veterans of the world
war are special guests today and sit
in the north and west stands. If they
nave any reason to regret their plight
certainly they gave no indication of
| it.
Chamber of Commerce members
} who were most instrumental I'm
bringing the Army Marine game to
washington, are in the same stand
with them. Marine cheer leaders.
wearing white sweaters. blue service
trousers and red and gold skull caps
pranced up and down In front OF
the marine stands.
s,sadn s5dnding the in ATmH fTUnt Rsn, Of its own
Army Reveille," while the dough-
boys marched in what seemed to be
never ending columns through the
south gate. Ten feet from their
, stand they automatically broke ranks.
j., let loose a mighty yell of defiance
and rushed in mad disorder for the
choice places and the stands rapidly
, filled. While the soldiers poured in
a great brown stream through the
stream of spectators surged in equal
volume through the west entrance
: AS If one band were not enough, here
came another Of olive -drabbed musi-
clans.
The last strains of Army Revelie''
had scarcely fioatcd over the tops of
the crowded stands before the sounds
Of another familiar marching song
1t was the famous Quantico Marine
Band of 200 men saluting in true
sportsmanliko spirit their foe. Head
cd by their own brigadier general.
q ''Smed" Butler, the marines poured
/ through the south entrance. Once
= inside, they formed a huge oval
shaped mass like a foot ball and
marched to the center, of the field,
! led by their band.
" Standing directly before the Army
. stand, a whistle blows, the ranks
> move rapidly and with remarkable
precision. They formed great hu-
man "A" cheer was given for the
Army and an instant later, again In
: response to the whistle, a huge IN"
stretched across the field. Once more
the whistle blew, the ranks melted
and there was nothing upon the field
but four thousand Marines shouting
at the tops Of their lusty young lungs
as they made mad rush for their
2 own seats.
The Marines had in tow their faith
full mascot, the, spotty bull dog.
| dressed in his own special leather
neck" uniform.
1t is estimated that more than forty
0 thousand persons had pushed their
, way into the stadium before the mo 4
ment that all had awaited with
feverish anxiety arrived. The team
face. ready for the conflict. the re&