Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-10-17 | Page 8 | Army Fails to Agree With Navy on Football Clash December 6

Army Fails to Agree With Navy On Football Clash December 6 Soldiers Unable to Make Date on Account o of Exams Heavy Schedule NEWORK EW YORK Oct 17 UP pros LIP Pros Pros- peets of renewal of ot football c competition corn com m- m petition between n the tho Army and nd Navy y during tho the present season appeared remote today despite the announced confidence of Chairman Britten ot of tho the house naval naval affairs committee that the time teams t ams would meet December 6 6 at at Soldier field Chicago Reports Reports' from Annapolis Indicated Indicated IndIca ed ad the tho naval academy was pleased with tho the possibility of ot a n posts postseason son clash lazi with Army West Vest Point how how- over ver took a 1 different viewpoint and anti and Major G General W. W R. R Smith de de- de cl there Js is not the tho slightest st chance of oC Arm Aimy playing laying Navy Nan in Iii toot football ball this season MEET TOUGH FOES Our schedule ho continued cd i ivery Is Js very en heavy rl right ht now v with such opponents as s Harvard rd Tale ale Illi Illi- nois Notre Dame Damo and Stanford t to tobe be faced And it would be out of the question to add another nent That would be asking too much of ot tho the players In Ill addition th the general said the dale dale- of or December 6 is Js Illogical Examinations ns will wUl be held at 11 that time ami antl of course we WC c could hi not nol cancel or p postpone them for or th the sake sake- of ol playing a a. football o game The team will not start for the tho th coast until after tho the examinations examination have ha been held so tho the theory that tha 0 wo wp could stop top at Chicago for tor a nJ game gamo on December 6 while en route rout west does not follow V the facts I 1 have hav heard nothing of ot a meetIng meet meet- Ing among m ng the superintendents a at Annapolis myself and others I Il l know of no no plans for fo fonny any meeting but I am willing to confer with any oW official ial at any time and place I have have- written a letter to this effect to 0 Annapolis n REPLY NOT RECEIVED No co reply to his letter has been bee ve elved front from rom tho the naval academy General Smith declared Rear Real Rear Admiral Admiral S. S Robinson Robin son superintendent of ot the tho nava naval na academy declined to make a statement statement state state- ment on m tho the prospect of or an Aimy Army Navy l game gam Now York sports spoils writers writers' cx pressed doubt that an Navy Army could be reached through congressional interference