The Washington times., 1927-11-26
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man with . glass eye and smoked
glasses. S.
That usually Is the case with
these preferred tickets-it being
the custom for the seats in ques-
ton to be occupied by . prorni-
nent bootblack or to be held in
escrow by gents in hotel Hobbies
until such time as the tickets are
worth a net price Of exactly
nothing.
Panorama Of Color
That, anyhow, is the customary
procedure for Army.Navy game
seats, and I have no particular rea.
son to believe that the present occa-
sion will vary the procedure In the
slightest.
Approximately 10000 people win
view the spectacle. this being the
only word that is reserved annually
for this occasion.
1t is the only word that does
justice to the panorama of. color pre-
scented by the marching cadets and
midshipmen passing in review before
Secretary Of War Davis and Secre-
tary Of the Navy Wilbur.
Both will represent official Wash.
ington at this game Of games. OF
course, there viii be admirals, briga.
der generals and what have you, If
any, or at all, the point being that
everybody who Is anybody viii be
there.
Just what 1t may be all about Is
strictly another matter, both teams
having been defeated during the
regular season just coming to q
close.
The Navy finished second to Notre
Dame and Michigan; the Army fin
ished second to Yale by a matter Of
one foot, the latter representing the
difference between West Points
fourth down on Yale's goal line and
the fifth down which the. officials
persisted in calling. In brief. the
Drawing a line through the
games played by the Army and
| Navy with Notre Dame, you could
throw this game out the window to
die on the car tracks in great dis
order. ~,
But unfortunately, they persist in
playing their football games on the
day they are scheduled and, by this
method. mistakes can and will
happen. IL
Today for exmaple, the Navy can
and probably win come up to this
game in its topmost form.
The Army, having finished q
great season with a veteran and
experienced team, might be q bit
past its peak.
Those kind Of things happen and
for that reason the football handi-
capper Is q man who makes his
choices and then runs the next
hundred yards In 8 S-5 seconds, all
three watches agreeing.
The Navy, having all to gain and
not. a thing to lose, is expected to
| so to the air without the slightest
loss Of time.
AS tip.off as to what might be
in the Nays tactical mind, 1t il
understood that Smith, basketball
center and captain, will be sent
out in the open in the hope Of
catching pass or two.
This play plus Lloyd's runs off
tackle probably will constitute the
Navy attack.
What will be the Army attack?
One mans guess Is as good as an
others when you have q veteran
line and a backfield that includes
such agile performers az eagle, VIII
son and Murrell.
One Is q line-plunger and punter.
the other a passer and open.field
runner second to none. and the
third q ball runner who has been
a standout man in Eastern football
these many years.
Decided on its paper merits, there
can be no reason to believe that
a team such IS the Army can lose
this game.
nothing in this case. For reasons
best known to itself, no Navy team
can lose to the Army without maxi
ing a fight such as no other team
iaveR has made