But, at many a table further removed, the whole trend of prediction was that, with Prescott and Holmes now definitely on the eleven, the Army stood its first chance of defeating Navy that year.
The Navy! It is the whole hope of West Point to send Annapolis down to defeat.

The middies of the Navy on the other hand, can smile at many and many a defeat, provided the Army trails behind the Navy at the annual football game.
As the cadets marched out of mess hall and back along the sidewalk to barracks, those who allowed their gaze to stray ever so little across the roadway in the direction of the administration building noted that the holiday crowd had already begun to gather.
There were girls down from Vassar for the afternoon, and from half a dozen choice schools along the river.

There were many out-of-town visitors from every direction.
We're going to three or four thousand people here to see the game," murmured Greg to Dick, in the undertone that cadets know so well how to use in ranks without being detected in conversing.
"Think so ?" inquired Prescott.
"I'm sure of it." In the groups that were strolling up and down the roads leading across the plain were young ladies whom many of the cadets wanted badly to see and exchange greetings with.

First of all, however, Saturday afternoon inspection had to be gone through with.

From this, not even the members of the Army football squad were privileged to be absent.
When inspection was over many of the cadets hastened forth for brief converse with popular fair ones.
None of the football men, however, had time for this.