Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1904-11-21
THE MIDSH|PMEN CONFIDENT
AND HOPE TO DEFEAT THE
WEST POINT TEAM.
The Navy Eleven Is Said To Be
The Heaviest of The
Past Two Years.

MOfe bndn usual interest CeQIcfoO
this year in the Navy-West Point con-
test which takes place at Franklin
Field. Philadelphia, on next Saturday
There are two causes for the increased
interest--the assumption of the entire
control of the coaching by DIR. Paul
Dashiell and the defeat of Princeton
by the Navy early in the season, a
feat which. Notwithstanding the sub
sequent slump. has convinced the
Navy adherents that this season s
team has playing ability in it.
Although it was heralded this season
that the only coaching would be by
amateurs, mostly graduates of the Ma
val Academy, but with DR.. Dashiell,
not graduate of the Academy, at the
head, the Academy has from time to
| time this season avaiied itself of pro-
| fessipnal help, but most Of the coaches
have been its own graduates. Al pres
ent DR.. Dashiell, of course. directs.
| The professional help consists of
three ex- Yale players. Olcott, a center,
who has been here the whole season,
and Hall and Gould. both ends, who
have just arrived.
Almost every position has one or
more coaches who have occupied the
position on navy team. Kayanaugh
and Tardy attend to the centre men
Belknap. at guard; Roger Williams, at
tackle. Byron Long, at end; McCar.
thy, quarter, and Halsey, full. Be-
sides there is q trainer, "Tot'' Muir
ply, of Yale, who knows something
about football himself The backs and
all but one of the positions on the line
seem to be we'll fixed, barring an ac-
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to which he was transferred from
guard, and Doherty and Spenser are
undoubtedly the best men at the
halves that have been tried this sea-
son. They have only been used light
ly, however, in the late practice, as
both of them have slight bruises.
The interesting fight for the quar-
terback position between Wilcox, last
years occupant of the position. and
Norton, who has ability as a drop
kicker, besides his general good play,
has been settled by the coach in favor
of the former on account of his gen.
eral steady play and somewhat greater
ground gaining ability. The ends
are we'll taken care of by Howard and
Whiting, and the tackles will be Cap
tain Farley and Grady, the latter q
fine ground gamer. Goss, at left
guard, and McClintic, center, are fix
lures, but three men. Pearsol, Cham
bers and Mcconnell, are still fighting
it out for the other guard. The work
every day last week was divided into
q secret practice and a scrub game
which all may witness. Trick plays
and formations are praoticed during
the secret portion. The work against
the scrub has generally been designed
to perfect the defensive play and TO
insure on the attack that every man
gets in the play and helps to make
short line gains certain. Consequently
there have been no big scores rolled
up. Indeed, work has appeared rather
tame and sluggish.
Interest in the approaching Army
Navy game grows =apace and as the
day draws near speculation is rife as
to the outcome of the struggle on the
gridiron. In spite of the fact that
every effort had been made to distrib-
ute the tickets in an equitable man
ner, there are still many who could
not secure them. The number of per-
sons attending the game from Annapo-
lis, however, is expected to be much
greater than has been the case any
preceding year. Everything promises
good, strong battle and although the
midshipmen are not sanguine of sue
cess it is within the range of possibil-
tiles that they will win. Today they
started out for the final week of prac-
tice and everything possible will be
done to strengthen the line bucking
and passing, in which the team has
been rather weak. The team will
leave here ON a special train Friday
morning and will be accompanied by
practically all the officers of the Acad-
amY.