The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-18
BALT TIM0RE HOST
 TO ARMY-NAvY
 WAR BOND GAME
By ERNEST BARCELLA

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 Washington, Nov. IS - (UP) = -The annual Army Navy football game, which promises to be one of the greatest gridiron battles of all time, was given back to the public today as 8 war bond raising venture that is expected to net more than $50, 100000.
 Instead of being played in the comparative privacy of Thompson stadium, Annapolis, with a seating capacity of 18,756, he game has been shifted to Municipal Stadium, Balti- more, Md, where more than 63,O00 fans will be able to witness the con- test. Win the construction of end zone bleachers, the Stadium's cap- acity may be extended to almost 75,000.
 It was obvious that President Roosevelt tipped the scales in favor of the change because the War and Navy Departments were opposed to the move. Secretary of the Navy Forrestal was reported in favor of it and Secretary of War Stimson op- posed. It was known that the Treasury Department favored the transfer because of the impetus which could be given to the Sixth War Loan Drive while ODT Chief J. Monroe Johnson reported the proposed change an outrage" when contacted Wednesday at Chicago.
 Seats will be priced at $48O each, but the amount of war bonds each spectator also will have to buy to see the game has not been set. The bond features of the contest are expected to be announced later today.
 Yielding to public clamor and with President Roosevelt as commander in-chief reportedly making, or at least influencing, the final decision, the Navy Department announced late yesterday that the game had been shifted.
 No Burden
 But in the shift, the Navy, host to this years contest, added no burdens to the already overtaxed nations raf11c arteries. For the Navy team, with its corps of midshipmen, will travel from Annapolis to Baltimore, some 9 miles, by ship. And the Army, to have gotten to Annapolis, would have had to reach Baltimore first. There was no word as to Whe- ther the Cadet Corps of some 2,600 from West Point would accompany the team, Army SpokeSmen declar- ing that the mater was one for the War Department to decide.
 In announcing the shift, the Navy Departmet npointed out that Balti- more's Municipal Stadium has serv- ed as he home field for the Middies this season. The Purdue game there today is the fourth which the Navy has played at Baltimore this season.
 Philadelphia and New York also had hoped to play the game, which may decide the nations mythical football champion for 1944. Philadel- phia, with its Stadium seating some 104,0 1000 persons, still holds pre- war contract for staging five Army Navy games. The contract still has three years to run.
 Contract?
 Mayor Bernard Samuel objected that the choice of Baltimore was an "affront to the citizens of Philadel- phia." He said the decision was in direct violation of a contract that the game would be played in Phila- delphia in the event that it was moved from either academy.
 At New York, acting Mayor New bold Morris said he was highly elated" over the transfer of the game from Annapolis to Baltimore, but bitterly disappointed" that the authorities did not see fit to place the game in New York. Morris pre- dicted an increased sale of war bonds due to the transfer.