Evening star., 1926-11-26
By the Associated Press,

~ HICAGO. November 26.-Chi.
cago. far from the seacoast,
where invaders might he ex
~ pected to appear first, never
thelesS today prepared for
war.
The city. however. will furnish
only a battle-ground for the combat
ants-the Army and Navy-who
have moved onto the battle area pre-
pared for the annual service conflict
on Soldiers Field tomorrow.
Commodore Bill Ingram Of the
Blue-the Navy--firmly 1ntrenched
his sea-going foot ball contingent at
hotel and then tested the Navy foot
ball guns, big and small, on the
.eettl ~Aeld.
General Biff Jones, guiding genius
Of the Army grid warriors. also wheel
ed his mobile forces into position,
captured tho South Shore Country
Club and, established headquarters
there.
And Chicago, engulfed by a tidal
wave of cadets, midshipmen, men of
state and thrill seekers from through
out the Nation, found itself the happy
host to one Of the most colorful
throngS in its history.
Chicago Welcomes Hosts.
F7inging ajar the gates Of it's hos
pitality, the city began two days Of
festivities attendant upon the first
service foot ball game ever played in.
side the Atlantic seaboard.
In the wake of the two foot ball
squads the student bodies of the two
academies poured into Chicago today
on 13 special trains. while the city
rocked In tribute.
The cadets and midshipmen will
give the city a foretaste this after.
noon Of tomorrow's spectacle when
they march into Soldiers Field for
dress parade preceding dedication of
the S10,000.000 municipal stadium to
Cbicagos s World War dead.
While the city was extending it's Off
cial welcome, foot ball followers were
casting an eye on the sky and also
attempting to assess the merits of the
kind in his forecast, promising that it
probably would be fair, but rather
cold. Today, however, rain was in
prospect. turning into snow by night
fall, but as Soldiers Field is protected
by a coating of straw underneath
tarpaulin, it was believed that the
gridiron would be in excellent condi-
ton for the kickoff at 2 pm. to-
morrow.
Few Line.Up Changes Likely.
The line-ups have not been an
nounced. In fact, Navy Bill Ingram
surrounded himself in secrecy that
was thicker than the mist that
hung in the atmosphere when he ar
rived with his future admirals.
r,1a inc
up" was the most that he would say,
although he intimated that Shapley,
one of the Navy's iron men. who has
been laid up for repairs, probably
would play. Hannegan and Caldwell
probably will be seen some place in
the backfield, and Schuber and Hamil-
ton also are likely. starters.
The Army lineup, likewise, is uncer-
tain, but from hints dropped by Capt
Lawrence Jones, head coach, it prob
ably will be much the same as the
one that faced Notre Dame.
Indications were that J. II. Murrell,
former Cedar Rapids High School
star and later performer at Minnesota,
would be a leading factor in the at
tack. o. n. Hewitt, former star at
fight. II. Wilson, fleet halfback; n.
B. Harding and ]. H. Trapnell are
backs in the regular forces. In the
line DAILY probably will be at center,
with Schmidt and Hammack at guard.
Saunders and Sprague at tackle and
Born and Harbold on the ends.
AS the boys came off the practice
field yesterday, Murrell was greeted
by his sister. who came from Cedar
Rapids for the game.
"Ill give you a kiss after the game
IL you make a touchdown" she said.
"If you make two touchdowns,"
Jones added, "I'll give you kiss my
SELF"
The mule and the goat, time-honor-
ed mascots of the teams, will be