Evening star., 1927-11-20
PRESIDENT SEES
MARINES WIN, 14-O
Tunney Also at CoIorfuI Con-
test With Army at Cath
olic u. Stadium.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
President Coolidge yesterday attend.
ed his second foot ball game since en-.
tering the White House. the annual
clash between the all-Marine and all
Army teams for the service champion.
ship, played N a colorful setting at
Catholic University Stadium
Besides the game itself. which the
Marines won, II to 0, the President
and Mrs. Coolidge saw plenty of com
cdy, staged by the Marines and the
soldiers. and by base balls premier
comedian, Mick" Altrock.
Gene Tunney. heavyweight cham,
pion boxer and the hero of the Ma.
rines as well as of all the small boys
present, watched the game from the
Marine side, and was showered with
applause and honors by the regiment
from Quantico, where the Marine
team was assembled and trained.
The President and Mrs. Coolidge,
who arrived after the game started
sat during the first half on the
Marine side cf the field with Secre.
tary Wilbur and Mai. Gen. Lejeune
commandant of the Marine Corps.
Escorted to Army Side.
Between halves the Chief Executive
and First Lady were escorted across
the field TO the Army side as the
Army band sounded the flourish and
played The Star Spangled Banner .
For nearly an hour the President kept
his eye on the ball as he held his fur.
lined great coat close about him
against the cutting wind that swept
the field
AT the finish, Mr.. Coolidge presented
the Presidents cup to Capt. Richard
tBozO) Duncan of the Marine team.
In the two succeeding years that the
Marines had won the cup this honor
fell to Mrs. Coolidge as pressure of
official business kept the President at
the White House.
THE game was we'll played and you
deserved to win," the President said.
as he presented the cup to Sergt Dun
can. Il enjoy ed 1t very much"
Before the President arrived Gene
Tunney was the center of attraction.
lie was accompanied to the field by
Representative Britten of Illinois.
While Gene was shaking hands with
dozens who crowded around him. Nick
AltrOck. wearing Marine foot ball
uniform. staged his stuff until a dilap.
dated hearse. drawn by TWO diminl.
tive mules, rolled out on the field.
Nick was unceremoniously loaded
aboard and the hearse started away
To the funeral dirge by the Marine
Band.
But Mick" refused to stay dead. ="
rolling out of the hearse to dash across
the field; grab Tunney by the arm and
pick up Sergt. Maj. Jiggs. IL. the Ma
,innsf hlllInfp
for the camera men. Gene took il all
in good spirit and was all grins when
the Marine Regiment stood to give
him three ''rahs."
Marines Capture Mascot.
While the first half of the game was
in progress, a squad of soldiers scaled
the hill to the west of the stadium to
capture the Marine standard
which had been planted there with
gaunt elms as sentincls. When the
Marines saw this hDil maneuver. half
the regiment Charged the hill to re.
capture the insignia while other Ma
rines staged counter-attack in
which the Army mule was taken in
custody.
Between halves the Marines brought
up free balloon to which was at
ldtIleu tIlc sAfillN I1uic III CTIlRX. Ine
balloon scared away in the high wind.
mounting rapidly amid cheers from
all sides.
There was more applause as the
President, with Mrs. Coolidge. who
carried large bouquet of chrysanthe.
NUNS presented by the Marines,
crossed the field between halves to the
Army side. lie did the same thing
three years ago. when he attended
the Army-Navy game at Baltimore.
At the final gun, the two teams
lined up in front of the Presidents s
box while Capt. Duncan and Capt.
Russell Reeder of the Army eleven
stepped forward to be greeted by their
mmander.in-Chief.
Like the Marine team, the Army
eleven was especially assembled and
trained for the combat. it's headquar-
ters being at Fort Benning. Ga.
1t was the third such team that had
come here to meet successive defeat
by the soldiers of the sea.