New Britain herald., 1927-11-26
SERVICE ELEVENS
 READY FOR FRAY
Army and Navy Teams Meet
 Today at Polo Grounds

New York, Nov. 26 R-Two Army and the Navy-pitched camp
 in the Polo Grounds today to settle
 on a field of battle barred with thin chalk lines the time honored ques- ton of service football supremacy. Onto that battle ground strode
 great Army eleven. the cream of the nations finest youth, moulded into the ways of war in the shadows of the bleak bluffs of West Point. Across the field, the seagoing sons
 of the nation. hand picked from coast to coast. marshalled a grim host that had saved its bid for greatness for this day. For while the steel-shod hoofs of the Army mule have dashed all but
 Yale into submission this season and drummed into 1S-0 defeat the flashy cast of Notre Dame. the gray
 goat of Navy, prongs dulled by ineX- perience, has lost huge chunks of
 hide to Michigan, as well as Notre Dame.
 But other Navy elevens, equally green" as this one, have faced great Army teams in the course of their twenty nine year warfare, and. in the heat of Americas keenest gridiron rivalry. have risen to new
 and glorious heights. Oftener. how
 ever, the rollicking roar of "kaydet. kaydet,' has sounded in triumph at the close of historic struggles. Army has met defeat but 12 times
 while winning IA games in the series Three have been ties. includ-
 ing the blistering conflict of last fall. 1 when two mighty lines and two sets of Tightening backs matched point
 for point in a 2l-2l deadlock before 120 900 fortunate fans in Chicago. From that eleven, Army has saved
 most of her huskicst weapons, while the Middics, stricken by gradua-
 tions, have been forced to rebuild from little tried material an aggre- gation that has developed slowly on the shore of Chesapeake Bay. There are the veterans Born and Harbold two of the greatest ends in Army history. guarding the Hanks. The All-American Sprague and giant Perry roaming the tackles, with Hammack and Seeman, bulwarks of past elevens. in the guard holes and
 Hall at center. Behind this array
 ride Captain Light Horse" Harry
 Wilson. hero of a dozen Army vic- tories. the shifty Chris Cagle, who plucked the Notre Dame from the
 fire. the bruising Murrell and crafty Nave at quarter.
 From end to end, Navy must de- ! pend on an unseasoned line that has
 never known the crucible of q cadet battle, but her backfield boasts "Whitey" Lloyd a wingman last
 year. who raced 95 yards for a touchdown in the Soldiers Field
 fray. The veterans Clifton and Rans- ford. stalwart assistants, are on his
 Hanks with Captain Hannegan di-
 recting the play at quarter.
 Among the 76,000 people who will u aiii CNNiy HUI ol dNdlld plC cpdSI
 In the National League Ball park, will be members of the presidential cabinet, admirals of the navy and
 generals of the army, rubbing el- bows with the cadet and middle
 corps and losing dignity for two
 hours at least in the glamour of the
 nations fall spectacle. There have
 been 100000 applicants for their
 seats.
 But at p. m, when the starting
 whistle blows, the mighty Army , eleven that has been installed a 5 to 8 favorite and the bitter under dogs of the navy will be just two football teams, with past perform
 ances cast aside and paper-figured supremacy smothered in the crash
 by statistics.
 The probable lineups: Army Navy Harbold ......,........... sloane Left end SpTaRue ..'......... DdSudHoFlCH Lelt ldCRle Hanllnack ............. buTke Left guard Hall ..............., Hardln Center
 Seeman .....'. '........... Woerner Right guard | Ferry .....-.''..' '........... IleSc /. Right tackle
 Right end
 l Nave Hannegan i Quarterback CaEle Lloyu Left lalfback
 II. Milson ................ Clifton Right halfback 1 Murrell ............. Ransford Fullback