Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 229, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 September 1918 — HOPE FOR ARMY-NAVY GAME [ARTICLE]

HOPE FOR ARMY-NAVY GAME

President Hempstead of Giants Endeavoring to Stage Historic Gridiron Struggle. President Harry N. Hempstead of the Giants has not yet abandoned hope of staging the Army-Navy football game at the Polo grounds next fall, in spite of the fact that the historic gridiron struggle was not held as usual last year because of the war. Hempstead says that there is an almost unanimous sentiment in army circles for the holding of the game this year. Last faH the contest was frowned upon in official circles for the reason that it was feared the attention of the cadets at West Point and Annapolis would be taken from in the week preceding the game and that, in view of such possibility, nothing must be allowed to interfere with their training.