Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1904-11-16
GETTING READY FOR ARMY.
TEAM RECOVERING FROM A
LAMENTABLE SLUMP.
The Middies Are Experimenting
For Annual Contest On
Franklin Field.

The navy team continues secret prac.
tice daily under the instruction of
Head Coach Paul Dashiell and his as
sistants. The team is insrather poor
form just now and is not keyed up 60
the pitch that will lead the enthusiasts
to believe that victory will be taken
from the Army lads, but the players
have been steadily recovering from the
lamentable slump taken in the game
with Swarthmore, and improvement
has been gradually noted in their
work.
Still there is much vet to be accom-
phshed by the team in order TO meet
the Army ON even terms The secret
practice will continue from now until
the team leaves for Philadelphia on
Friday of next week, the only open
work in which it will be seen being
the game with the Virginia Polytech-
nic Institute on Saturday. The lineup
yesterday afternoon was practically
the same as in last Saturdays game
with Virginia. The recent changes in
the back field, with Smith at fullback
and Doherty and Spenser as halves.
are apparently permanent Norton
will no doubt replace Wilcox at quar-
ter. This combination is the fastest
that has played this season. The ath-
letic association began Monday the dis
tribution of tickets for seats at the big
game on Franklin Field. The Navy
boys are practicing their repertory of
songs and yells for the coming game.
good deal of experimenting is yet
being done with the players who are
shifted from one position to another,
but il is expected that the team that
mil fs,n f,,ar Dol
mic ON Saturday will be the one that
will be pitted against the Army. The
physical condition of Howard, left
end, the only reliable punter, is oaus-
ing the coaches some worry. Howard
has badly bruised leg and has been
out Of the game for several days. It
is thought, however, that he will be
in condition by Saturday. Besides be.
ing the best puuter of the squad since
Douglass was disabled by a broken leg,
Howard is also strong ON defensive
play.
The Navy Athletic Association have
finished distributing the tickets for
seats on the stands for the West Point
Naval Academy football game. Each
of the officers who is a member of the
association received three tickets, and
the midshipmen who are not members
of the regular football squad also re-
ceived three apiece. Only few per-
sons in Annapolis got tickets directly
from the association, but large num-
ber expect the coveted cards from their
midshipmen friends. The small number
given to the public was due to the un-
usually heavy demand made by the
officers Of the association.
The arrangements for conveying the
Annapolis contingent TO Philadelphia
have been made. On account of the
large increase in the number of mid
shipmen there will be four sections of
trains run on the morning of Saturday,
November 26. The party will travel
by the Baltimore and Ohio by way Of
the Baltimore a. Annapolis Short Line
Railroad. The first section will leave
at I. 40 a. m. for the Academy baud
and the public. The second will leave
at 8 a. m. with the first battalion of
midshipmen. The second battalion
will go ON the third section at S.15 a.
m. The fourth section will leave at
8. 30 o'colck with the public The
football team will leave Friday morn
ing, to be the guests Of tine students
of the University of Pennsylvania.
upon whose grounds the football game
will be played