Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1904-09-24
NAVAL ACADEMY FOOT BALL
WHAT A VACATION BREAK
MEANS TO ATHLETICS
At The United States Naval Acad-
emy "A Notable Event
of The Past
Week.

The feeling is growing at the Naval
Academy that this season will mark
the return of the football team to the
standing held in former years. AL.
ready the larger part of last years
team have cut their vacation short
and are on the field every afternoon
with the members of the new fourth
class, who have been practicing for
some time under Head Coach Da.
shells and others.
This break into the vacation means
something at the Academy, for the
vacation lasts only month and the
candidates for the team have shown
their interest by cutting a week or
ten days even, from that short allow
ance. Captain Farley, who last year
played right tackle until he was laid
mp with typhoid, returned Wednesday
and old men who are practically sure
of n place and who are here are Goss,
center; Chambers, left guard; Whit
ing and Howard, ends; Wilcox, quar-
ter, and Root. half. In addition TO
the old men who have returned there
are two men in the fourth class who
will undoubtedly make the first team.
These are Pearsol and Douglass
Pearsul played the position of left
tackle last season. but was unable Co
come up TO the mark in his studies
and was dropped. This year, how.
ever, he re-entered the Academy, hav.
| ing gained considerable weight. As
he is stooky man and played we'll
last season, he undoubtedly will be
more valuable this year. The show
ing Of Douglas, the new back, during
the preliminary practice has been most
satisfactory. He is from the Uniyer.
sity of Tennessee, and has had large
| football experience. He is back Of
the line breaking type, weighing 100
pounds and is very strong Not
withstanding his size, he is one of the
| quickest men on the field, and the
coaches are delighted with hi illing-
ness 70 receive instructio4 lie is re-
| garded as the find of the year
A notable incident of the week has
| been the fact that the Navy has de.
cided that it cannot rely entirely on
| West Point, and which was wished
| here. DIR. Paul Dashiells will act as
head coach, but il has been found inn
| possible TO have a sufficient number
of young naval officers, former stars
of Academy team, TO be detailed at
the Naval Academy TO assist him and
outside help had to be procured in
the person of Herman Olcutt, the for
mer Yale guard and center, who is
now here. While the Academy has
undoubtedly procured good man in
| Olcutt. il remains TO be seen just how
| it will work out to have such an ex-
| perienced man in subordinate posi-
| tion, for DIR. Dashiell will remain
head coach In fact the situation
along the coaching line will di fer
little from that in seasons just pre-
vious for although different persons
have been named head coach, DIR.
Dashiell has been generally regarded
| having the real control
One former star player of former
Navy team has been procured, how.
ever, in the person OF Lieutenant
| Bookwalter, who was quarter back
on the champion teams of 1892 and
1898, and captain in the last year.
He was one of the gamest and heart
lest players who was ever on a Navy
team and is well calculated to put
some life in the.midshipmen who have
met such constant defeat of late