Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-10-03
NAVY'S FOOT BALL MATERIAL
GIVES PROMISE OF GOOD WORK
THIS SEASON.
Will Probably Play Their First
Game With Virginia Poly
tecnic Institute.

| Unless some unforeseen event turns
| up between now and Saturday, the
Navy will open the football season on
that day with the Virginia Polytech-
mic Institute. The Virginians, in
turn, will play West Point on October
ii, and it is the only team which will
play both institutions this season.
The practice work of the Navy team
has been interrupted to some extent,
as the members of the fourth class
have been restricted, owing to a num-
Der Of cases of diuhtheria among
them, and cannot join the other can
didates. leighton, who played tackle
on Andover last season, was consider.
ed a strong candidate for that position
on the Navy team. However, he has
been taken with typhoid fever and is
not likely to play again this season.
A noticeable fact about the men of
the Navy football team is that there
is general increase in weight and
this is very gratifying. as lack of
weight has been the weak point in
the Navy teams for a number Of
years. The full coaching staff is on
hand, DR.. Paul Dashiell, who is head
coach, having been joined by Herman
Olcutt, the ex- Yale guard, and Foster
ii. Rockwell. last seasons Yale quar-
ter, who will be the only professional
coaches.
Olcutt will look after the linemen
and Rockwell will devote special at
tention to the back candidates. Lieut.
q. S. Eookwalter, an old Navy star,
has been designated as football adviser
on the part of the Navy Athletic AS
sociation, and several other x-Navy
players will be on hand. OF the line.
men who have already put in their ap.
pearance here are Captain Howard,
end; Dague and Welch. substitute
ends; Grady, tackle; Smith, guard,
aud Mcdonnell and Chambers. sub.
stitute guards. Piersol is most likely
to fill the vacant tackle and there is
some doubt about center Woodworth
or O'Brien, both of whom have play
ed at guard. may be moved in place
While the material for the line is
strong, it is behind the line that tn
Navy has wealth of material this
season. Those who have been in the
lineup this week are Norton, Need :
ham, Decker and Carey, quarters !;
Douglass, Spencer, Causey, Boyd and
Doherty, halves, and Bernard and
Ghormley, full. Norton will prob.
ably start in the season at quarter.
He is good passer and tackler and
the best drop kicker in the Academy.
Though light last season, he has put
on some weight since. Decker is a
fast aud experienced man and Need
ham has played the position on the
Yale freshmen team. Carey is new
player, but very fast and strong.
Douglass. candidate for halfback, is
one of the few men who learned foot
ball elsewhere, but who have turned
out we'll on the Navy team. He
weighs over 100 pounds and is over 6
feet in height. He played football at
the University of Tennessee and did
good work at the Academy last season
until he broke his leg in the Princeton
game. He is in good shape, however,
and played baseball last spring 1t is
thought, therefore, that he will be
able to play without difficulty. Spen.
Ger has also the making of brilliant
back and has gone from 40 to 100
pounds since last season. AS Ghorm-
ley, the most likely candidae for full,
weighs $50, it will be seen that Ethe
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Navy back field will be very beefy.
Doherty. fast and strong man, whose
weight is 40 pounds, may make one
of the backs.