Evening star., 1930-12-13
Hoover Unable to Be Present
With Other NotabIeS for
First Service Clash in Three
Years.
EVANGELINE BOOTH SEES
HER FIRST GRID GAME
foot Ball, Autographed by Presi-
dent and All Members of Both
Squads, Sold at Auction Between
| Halves to Swell Fund for Unem-
plcyment Relief.
" the Associated Press.

" the Associated Press.
YANKEE STADIUM, New York, De-
cember I3.-with a 100000 plunge
into the Yankee Stadium. New York
helped to smash the bread line today
The lure was the Army and Navy
foot ball game for the benefit OF the
Salvation Army relief fund.
President Hoover, commander-in-
chief of both branches Of the service,
was not able to attend the game, be-
cause Of the pressure OF ofnclaI nusineSs' aiS
Lieut.. Col. Campbell Hodges. Inc
President. however, did his share by
autoeraphing foot ball to be auctioneo
on between the halves.
The big American League Park was
not filled to its capacity Of $4,000, but
there were few vacant patches IN the
colorful throng surrounding the grlo-
iron.
the Secretaries OF the Navy ana war.
Marching Units Arrive.
The cadets and midshipmen, alighting
from special trains near the stadium,
marched q few minutes after noon into
the meadow, where on milder days Babe
Ruth and his playmates frolic.
A bright sun was in the croWo
favor, but the December wind was cold
and penetrating.
THE ARMY mule opened the hostili-
ties. tamping the Nays horned white
goat with his fcrefoot when the GUS
todians Of the two symbolic animals
introduced the pair.
The cadets marched to seats at a
corner of the field. where tan mega
phone apiece awaited them, and the
nidshipmen paraded to a site in the
diagonally opposite corner, which until
their arrival was marked by colored
placards arranged to picture the white
Navy goat against a crimson back
ground.
Goat Follows Cadets.
AS the cadets marched to the stadium
o weazened nanny goat grazing on a
vacant lot tagged after them and would
not be shooed away. Finally an of1cer
gave her meaning thwack and ex-
claimed, Beat it, we've got the Nays
goat nowi'
The cadet corps, 1900 strong, came
first into the arena and the brass but
tons Of their heavy gray coats sparkled
In the wintry sun with a glitter as
martial as the unison beat of their soles
against the solid sod. The gleam was
reflected in the Army teams golden
helmets laid out along the sideline.
Then came the midshipmen to the
strains of Anchors Aweigh." Their
white caps were polka dots on the field
Of their blue uniforms as the 1,700 of
them closed their ranks across the field.
The Nays bugle corps blared when the
band was silent.
Notables Present.
The Midshipmen turned in unison
toward the Cadets, now in their seats,
and got q laugh from the crowd by
playing Taps" The student bodies
traded yells which rung through the
far reaches of the stands, then the
Middies loped by companies into their
seats.
Until today Comdr Evangeline Booth
Of the Salvation Army had never seen
q foot ball game. She came to her box
in uniform and shared the martial
thrill Of the day.
Mai. Gen. William r. Smith and
Rear Admiral S. S. Robson superin-
tendents of the two academies, met on
the field and shook HANDS.
When after the Midshipmen had re-
linqu1shed the gridiron, the Navy and
Army squads trotted on the field the
crowd remembered that this was, after
all. primarily foot ball game.