Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-09
GATE APT TO MAKE
GOAL OF S1,O(O,O()D
1900 of 1000 Tickets Yet
UnSold-Cadets Driven
in Practice.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press. -
N JEW YORK, December e.
IN Ticket sales for the benefit
i Y foot ball game between the
Army and Navy at the
Yankee Stadium Saturday had
passed the 100000 mark today
and it still was hoped the receipts
would reach or exceed $1,000, 900.
Grover Whalen, chairman of the
committee sponsoring the contest to aid
the unemployed, announced that 1900
of the $4,000 tickets stu remained 10
be sold. He expressed confidence that
they would be disposed of within the
next two days.
Stimulating the sale more than any
other one factor was Navy's spectacular
triumph over Pennsylvania at Philadel-
phia last Saturday. The Midshipmen
revealed unsupported power on the at
tack in that game and all predictions Of
an easy Army victory have been tossed
overheard. Prospects now are for a
closely contested game that may be de-
cided by one break"
Army Record Much Better.
Army has much the better record,
losing only to Notre Dame by a 1-point
margin and getting no better than a
tie with Yale. Navy, on the other hand,
was trounced by Notre Dame, 1852, and
lost to Duke, Ohio State and Southern
Methodist as well.
But the Midshipnlen have been COM
ing fast and seemed to have reached
the peak against Penn The Quakers
we're bafiled by the rugged Navy defense
and Cannon, kim and Hurley gained
ground almost at will through Penn's
The Army. on the other hind, pointed
for the Notre Dame contest and then
broke training for three days to keep
from going stale. The coaches at West
Point have the difficult task 81 building
up the team again to the high point
OF efficiency it reached against Rockne's
mighty array.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, December An
air OF quiet optimism spreads over
Nays practice field as the Midsfiip-
men prepare for their clash with the
Army at New York on Saturday.
The smashing victory over Penn did
AuSA W 1cSIOEe NaVyS morale after
succession of early season defeats. A
series OF injuries ruined Nays season
for the first two months, but the entire
squad came out of the Penn game In
excellent condition and Head Coach
Bill Ingram feels his charges have
reached their psak.
Particularly cheering to Navy s,In
porters IVES the return to form of john
ny Cannon, a star in 1923. and tn,
rapid development of another back,
Tom Hurley.
WEST POINT, N. Y. December a.
The chef task confronting Mai. Ralph
!. Sasse, head foot ball coach at Army.
Is 10 get his squad back into the form
they showed against Notre Dame.
Unconsciously the team reached tts
peak for the Notre Dame game" saws
the Army mentor. ITO keen the squad
from going stale we broke training
after that game for three DAYS, Now
we are trying to build up"
The Cadets probably will he serious
~ crippled for the Navy game on Sat-
urday. Sebastian, Armstrong. Malloy,
Price, Hillsirger, Summerfelt, Csrlmsrk'
Stacker End Frentzel p'l are nursing
injuries of more or lesT severity.
Bowman. Csst's', T.a'ris ami Herb
'Hrn1ed til" n"~'7Gcid yest-rAfy. al
thouqh Kiiia". Carer and MocWil-
liams also were given a chance before
the practice session ended. Group
work, tussle with the scrimmage ma
chine and full-speed scrimmage com.
prtsed the workout