New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1926-11-27
CROWD OF 10000
Will watch GAME
As Time Draws Near, Navy
Rules Slight FaVorite
WEATHER CLEAR AND COLD
Station VITO OF Hartford One of
Chain to Broadcast Contest At
Chicago and Goes On Air AT
2:15 O'Clock,

Chicago, Nov. 81 (P,-Rich as is
the Army Navy football fray in color
and tradition. it reached the climax
as spectacle today with the great
est crowd in gridiron history, close
to 100000, marshalled from all parts
of the country to fill the expanse of
the newly dedicated Soldiers Field
Thousands came from far and
near to see and be a part of the
brilliant. if decidedly chilly setting:
other thousands came not alone for
games first midwestern battle-ground
but to watch battle between two of
the most formidable elevens in the
country, neither viewpoint, providing
it was well protected against the
chilling blasts from Lake Michigan,
seemed likely TO be disappointed.
Come BY Thousands
Few sporting events have attract
ed as notable a throng as this and
only one, the Dempsey Tunney fight
of last September in Philadelphia,
has been the magnet for a greater
outpouring of fans from all walks Of
life. They came by thousands from
the east, where the % previous serv-
ice tits have been fought, and in
large numbers from the south and
far west to make the occasion as
nationally representative as it is ma
tionally interesting.
Dyed-in the wool football fans
who haven't missed a football classic
in years mingled with such conspicu-
GUS personages as ice-President
Dawes, Secretaries Davis and Will
bur, Speaker Longworth. Governor
Richie Of Maryland, Mayor Walker
of New York and high officers of
both branches of the service.
Good Game Likely
The game itself gave every
promise of supplying the thrills
eagerly sought for by this great out
pouring of spectators. Seldom have
the rival academies sent such we'll
drilled and we'll matched elevens
into battle and never before has any
more significance been attached to
the outcome.
Expert opinion, which largely had
favored the chances of the Army,
showed an overnight drift In senti-
ment toward the prospects of
Navy victory for the first time since
1921. 1t didn't require much of
drift to figure the outcome as
tcss-up for wagering on the game
at no time put the odds on the
Cadets at more than 7 to S.
Navy Has Much AT Stake
The fact that the Navy had more
at stake than the Army reacted in
favor of the Midshipmen, it was not
that the Cadets had any less inven-
tive to win but that the Midshipmen
with a clean slate of eight major
victories, sought a victory that
would clinch mythical eastern title
laurels and put the sailors on par
with Alabama. Stanford, Notre
Dame or any other claiment for ma
tional championship honors.
Army's veteran eleven has been
rated as considerably more powerful
than the team that tramp!ed the
Middies at the Polo Grounds, 10 to
3, last year but the Nays improve
ment has been more spectacular.
Where the Cadets trounced Yale.
beat Syracuse and lost only by
touchdown to the undefeated Notre
Dame outfit, the Midshipmen swept
aside such powerful opposition as
Princeton, the champion of the Big
Three; Colgate, which tied Browns
iron men" Georgetown, the con-
queror of Syracuse, and Michigan,
co-champion of the western confer
ence.
Navy Line Heavier
The Navy's line held decided
weight advantage over its rival for
ward bulwarll: averaging 191
pounds to 1872 for the rangier Cad
cts. Both were we'll protected on
the TANKS with Charley Born and
Harbold on the Army outposts and
Lloyd Sharing the Navy wings with
Hardwick. The tackles presented
and array of All-American timber
with Sprague and Saunders Of the
Army opposite Captain Wichkhorst
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