Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-12-01
FOOT BALL TEAM LEAVES.
CAPTAIN HOWARD AND HIS
WARRIORS DEPART.
Middies Are Putting Up Plenty of
Money And Fully Expect
a Victory

1.-The Navy football squad under the
direct command of Commander Thus
b. Howard, u. S. N, secretary of
the Navy Athletic Association. left
this morning for Princeton, where to.
morrow tney will meet TIE Army
mule. The team, numbering-.40 men
and Chief Coach Paul J. Dashiell,
with the other members of the coach
ing staff, boarded the train at the
West street station, which shortly
thereafter pulled out.
The exact time of departure was s. 5S
and half, and the boys in blue are
due to reach Philadelphia at 10 81
The last lineup for the team on the
home grounds was held yesterdayfaf-
tenoon. This afternoon the team
will hold its final signal practice on
the Princeton field behind closed gates.
The practice yesterday was of light
nature, there being no lineup, the
coaches devoting much time to the
perfection of the new trick plays and
formations.
The men were also given additional
coaching in getting down the field
under punts and running back kicks.
Before the team left the Academy
there was a grand jubilation in front
of Bancroft Hall and another demon.
stration at the main gate. The we'll
known yells We're given for the va
rious coaches, for the members of the
Athletic Association and for the
members of the team.
Yesterday for the first time the
coaches discussed the coming game,
although Dashiell has had nothing to
say on the outcome. Ii is felt tnat
the chances for winning are about
even. The benefit of the doubt is
given TO the middjes. but the officers
and the brigade of midshipmen al.
most generally are more confident
than the team and officials, and it is
pointed out that they have slightly
underestimate the merits of thei I
rivals. who, it is realized, have taken
a considerable brace since their game
with the Virginia Poyls, the team
that was defeated by the MILDLY
eleven.
The scores made by Poly against
West Point and by Annapolis against
Poly are not now taken as a good basis
for comparison. In any event the
game will be hotly contested, and
whichever way the victory swings the
score should be close So confident
are the midshipmen of the brigade
buhb bu0lT IedIu Will VIII, however,
that they have raised a pool of more
than Sc, 600 to wager at even money
The West Point cadets have covered
50, 500 of the amount, but the middies
are hunting for more takers They
have wired to different Army sta
tions and replies have come from tie
posts at Fort Leayenworth, Kan. and
Fort Myer, Washington, asking for
odds of + To 4
1t does not seem probable that there
will be any changes in the lineup
from that previously announced, al
though Professor Dashiell, head coach,
still retains some indecisions as to
who will begin the game i'm the quar-
teTback position. He is carefully
considering the comparison between
Decker and Norton, but it is more
than likely that Decker will start the
fray at any rate. This may be judged
from the great care to prevent injury
to Decker in the game with the Vir-
gjnia Polytechnic last Saturday The
sEift little MILDLY received a slight
hurt on the first kick. off and after
one scTimmage he was taken out and
Norton was substituted.