The Washington times., 1902-03-31
ATHLETICS AT THE
.. S. NAVAL ACADEMY
Bright Outlook in All Lines
of Field Sports.
Middies Will Enter in Several Outdoof
Meets-Sehedules for Baseball
Team and Crew.
lspcei.l to The wasrinxtoon Times,


ANNAPOLIS. Nd. March 30. - The
spring athletic season at the Naval Acad-
emy promises to be the most interesting
in the history of the institution Besides
the baseball and rowing. there are sew
eral features In track athletics. a compe-
tition In the regular programme Of events
with outside organizations. events in
which the cadets have never before rar-
ticipated.
These organizations are Johns Hopkins
University. of Baltimore. and the Seventh
Regiment. of New York. Physical Di-
rector McDermott. Of Johns Hopkins.
wrote to Captain Blackburn. of the track
team. inviting the cadets to enter their
indoor games. to be held in Baltimore cn
April 5. Captain Blackburn laid the mat
ter before Commandant OF Cadets Cola
han. and it met with his favorable sup
port. The events for the games will be
sprinting running and broad jumping.
pOlevault, and weights.
The cadets who will enter these games
will be Blackburn in the jumping and
vaulting. Wilson in the sprinting and
broad jump. McNair in the long distance
running. and Adams or Carpenter in the
shot-put. Blackburn holds the Academy
record for the high jump. 5 feet ~ incnes.
McNair holds the mile record Of 4:45 LIS.
The team will also enter games between
Hopkins. Pennsylvania. and several other
colleges.
To Meet Militia.
On May 10. when the baseball team Of
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Cadets. they will bring besides their team
eight men. who will engage in field and
track sports with the cadets. There are
some good athletes among the men OF
this regiment. and these sports promise
to be interesting. The events will be:
100-yard dash. 40 and S80-yard run. high
and broad jump. pole vault. and shot-
put.
For the past three weeks, since th6
baseball squad and boat crews have been
at outdoor practice, better weather could
good nine this year, and they expect to
win the majority OF their games. One
game was played last Saturday with Hop
kins. and one today with Lafayette. and
the remainder Of the schedule is as fol-
lows: April 5. Gallaudet: April 8. Core
nell; April 13, Maryland Agricultural Cole
lege; April Is, Harvard: April II. Hare
Pennsylvania; May 3. West Virginia: May
10, Seventh New York Regiment, and
May IT. West Point.
Aquatic Sports.
The boat crews have taken big jump
during the past week. Last Saturday the
first race between the first and second
crews took place. The first won, after
being handicapped five seconds. Again.
on Monday of this week, the crews had
another race of two and a half miles, and
the second crew won, much to the surprise
of the cadets. Coach Ten Eyck is high
ly pleased with his first crew and he only
wishes all of the men could row in the
four races scheduled.
The races are as follows: April 26.
Pennsylvania, first and second crews;
May 10. Yale; May II, Harvard. and May
"a, Georgetown.
The first crew. as they are rowing now
and as they will fill the boat in the
Pennsylvania race. is as follows: No. 1.
2. Farley: 3, Michael; 4. Coop
er: 5. Schlabach: 6. Freyer (captain): Z.
Fretz: Stroke Nicholas, and Coxswain
Bingham.
The graduation of the first class on
May VIII cripple both the boat crew
and baseball team. The crew will lose
Nichols. at stroke: Captain Freyer. No.
S: Cooper. 4, and Coxswain Bingham. Ten
Eyck expects to supply these vacancies
with Smyth. Kibbee, and Blakely. who
row these respective positions and are
the best men in the second boat. Read.
Of the third crew. will also
graduate. so Davis, Of the third. will prob
ably ill BiEghams seat.
hal xril (hiIGs
stop; Read. right field; Station, left field.
and Captain Weaver, catcher, but there
S good material among the other three
'lasses to supply these vacancies.