Football

For the benefit of the unemployed, 70,000 people, including Secretary of the Navy Adams and Secretary of War Hurley paid $600,000 to see West Point play Annapolis on a sunny afternoon in Manhattan, first Army-Navy game since 1927. Army's attack functioned smartly and the Navy backs could not move far when they had the ball, which was not often. But Navy's Captain Blimp Bowstrom was punting perfectly and the big Navy line always held when it had to. For three periods both teams played hard, tense, defensive football. Then came a play on which Navy overshifted a little, and Army Halfback Ray Stecker cut over to the short side with pretty interference and was free. As he passed the line oi scrimmage he fooled the Navy right halfback and the safety man by swerving.sharply to his left as they came in from the wrong side; then he skipped 56 yards down the south sidelines to the only touchdown of the game. Army 6, Navy 0. Receipts Or the jobless (via Salvation Army): $600,000.

A group of friends gave Commander Evangeline Booth $5,000 to bid up and buy in the ball that was used for the kickoff, inscribed by President Hoover. At a convivial party on the St. Regis roof that night, to which Producers Florenz Ziegfeld and Earl Carroll sent beauteous shows girls for each & every player on the two teams, the ball was presented to Grover Aloysius ("Gardenia") Whalen, who had followed up Sport Editor Paul Gallico's lead in arranging the game.

Next day 50,000 New Yorkers gave $112,000 more for the unemployed, to watch the professional New York Giants smash up a collection of ill-conditioned Notre Dame graduates, 22 to 0.

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