Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-07

| VESSELS MAY BE BUILT ON An EVEN KEEL
| INTEREST AMONG OFFICERS IN TUE WEST
/ PoISr-AxSAPoLIs FOOT RAIL- MATCH.
Correspondence of The Evening Star.
| NAVY YARD, New YORK, Nov. 5, 1892.
Work is going on as usual on the building
ships. some Of the smoke pipe armor Of the
Terror and Puritan having been recently re-
ceived, and the work of shifting the struts for
the shafting of the Maine is nearing compile
ton. The battle ship Maine has occu-
pied the stone dock tor a long time,
and all vessels to be docked must
occupy the Simpson wooden dock, where the
italian cruiser Bsussn is having her bottom
scraped and painted The need of more dock
| ing facilities is keenly felt, and the work on a
new wooden dock in the eastern part Of the
yard win soon begin. There 10 great ad-
vantage in complaining building vessels in a
dock where all parts of the hull are accessible,
and it has been advocated to build a large basin
| where the vessel could be built from keel
| to truck and the only Launching required would
| be to flood the basin, which would do away with
all the probable accidents in launching vessels
| by the present method, and would give the
great advantage Of allowing them to be built
! on even keel, whereas now they must be
built on an incline to give them an impetus in
| launching.
| The training ship Portsmouth is undergoing
repairs prior to her winter cruise in the West
! Indies. The Miantonomoh, Philadelphia and
Atlanta are also receiving some repairs Tho
latter ship will be ready for sea by the middle
| Of the month, when it 10 probable she will sail
south for the winter. The Chicago is expected
| in from st. Thomas, where she il now, and the
Bennington is soon to return from Europe for
extensive repairs, especially to her electrical
plant
ARMY AND NAVY FOOT BALL.
A great deal Of interest is shown by the Off
GERS here in the Annapolis West Point game Of
foot ball game to be played on the 2Sth
of this month at West Point This will be the
third game pleyed between the cadets of the
army and navy.
1t will be remembered that in November,
1880, the Naval Academy team defeated the
West Point team at West Point by score of
% to 0. This decisive victory OF the naval
cadets caused the West Pointers to use every
effort to improve their team, and they en-
ployed an ex-Yale player as a coach, and in the
game last Thanksgiving at West Point defeated
the midshipmen by score of SO to 16.
thus nearly equaizing things. All during
the past year the two teams have been practic-
ing and training; the West Pointers have an
ex-fale player as coach and are as well
| trained rs could be expected considering the
studies and drills that take up most of their
available tine; while the naval cadets have
been coached all the season by Crosby of Yale,
go and Prof. Dashiell. who for years played on
the johns Hopkins University and LehIgh VAL
ley teams against the naval cadets. The SPLEEN
did discipline at the government academies and
the regularity of drills, studies and exercises is
calculated to keep tine cadets always in con-
dition."
The West Pointers have the heavier team
and the point Of age in their favor, but the ex-
perts say they play slow game and ale not
| olf thav oil ,v,t ~,
shipmen quick Mt this work. good at inter
fering and strong in their rush line. Compare
sons are not always good prophetic, but
one comparison OF recent scores is
particularly favorable to the midship-
men. In the first place West Point
played the Wesleyan team 6 to 6. Prince
ton then played Wesleyan 60 to 0. while the
Princeton team only beat the Annapolis team
% TO 0. thus giving the naval cadets the ad-
vantage by comparison of 80 points. Next
Saturday the naval cadets will play Rut-
gers, which will give another chance for COM
parison, the West Pointers defeated Stevens
University team AZ to 0. and Stevens defeated
Rutgers % TO s, SO the naval cadets must play
q big score against Rutgers to be up to the West
Point score.
OFFICERS WILLING TO BET.
The naval officers quite willing to bet on
the game and seem quite confident Of success,
but the army officers not confident and
have offered many excuses to prevent game
which leads many to believe that they lack con-
idsnce in their team. The latest excuse offered
by West Point officers il tina. these games tend
to create bad feeling between the two acaie-
mics, but it Is hardly probable that fair COM
petition in q healthful athletic game could
gender bad feeling between the two branches
Of the government service, and il the wishes of
the majority Of the officers Of both services
needed, the game will be played on the 26th,
with large probability of the naval
cadets redeeming their defeat Of last
year, and it seems only fair that the
West Pointers should offer the naval
cadets chance to regain their
laurels. A great deal Of interest is felt in the
teams by the graduates Of the academies and
the naval cadets get kind words and money
from officers out in China or South America or
the Pacific, who had been on the team when
they we're at the navy school, while the West
Point contributions come from the army sta
tions along the coast and the forts on the from
tier; but everywhere the game is popular and
the old charge that the officers take no interest
in their alma mater cannot be repeated now.
PREPARING FOR THE CINCINNATI LAUNCH.
The Cincinnati, which was to have been
launched next Monday, will not be launched
until Thursday, as the time first set being the
day before the election the large delegation
coming from Cincinnati to take part in the GER
emonies would not have time to vote after their
staging have been removed and the vessel
freshly painted, the launching ways are all
ready, and on the stand erected at the bow the
Secretary of the Navy and the mayor Of Gin
cinnati with large delegation Of citizens from
that city will sit. The vessel is to be christened
by Miss Mosby, the handsome daughter of the
mayor Of Cincinnati. The Philadelphia, At
lanta, Miantonomoh and Vermont will have
large parties Of visitors aboard, and it is e1-
pected that great many people will witness
the new cruiser 8 launch.
The Cincinnati's fine lines under water and
her sharp bow and stern would suggest the idea
Of speed to any eye, but there are naval con-
structors who advocate more beam in war
ship than has been given to her, but her large
horse power lover 10000, combined with
the small beam and fine lines, are ex-
pected to give her speed of
twenty knots, or as fast as any vessel of her
size in the world, and the young lady who is to
name the Cincinnati will surely look with pride
on this greyhound warrior, which could steam
to Liverpool side by side with the great passen-
ger liners. d. W.
HIS BOND CHALLENGED.
Ev .Cnu~rass,u~u Mild Huv,u~ Tro,, HE