Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-17
NAW'S TEAM
WILL Be STRONG
Foot Ball Prospects at Annap-
oils Apparently Are
Very Bright.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.


ANNAPOLIS. Md, September II, 1906.
/ The foot ball season at the Naval Acad-
envy will open here October 9. the Midship-
men meeting the team from Dickinson Col
lege and October ID the Navy lads will
have Princeton for their opponents. Great
interest attaches to this contest, as the last
game between the two, two years ago, was
won by the Midshipmen by score of ii to
10. The Navy has good schedule this sea-
son and the prospects Of the team are very
good on the whole.
For the third successive year Paul Dash
Tells will have full charge of the team and
he will be assisted by John Gates, last
years end at Yale. The candidates for the
team will assemble at the Naval Academy
September "a. one week before the opening
Of the institution.
DR.. Dashiells took charge of foot ball
at the Naval Academy after the disastrous
defeat Of 1903. when the Army won by a
score Of 40 to 5. Since then there has been
steady improvement in the Nays show
ing. West Point winning in 1904 by score
of II to 0. and last year drawn game-6
to 6-being played at Princeton. With good
material. it is felt at the Navy that there
is at least an equal chance OF victory at
Philadelphia this year.
The return to Franklin Field is hailed
with general satisfaction here. 1t Is ad-
mitted that the move to Princeton last
of the University Of Pennsylvania is the
place affording by far the greatest advan-
tages for the contest. The game Will be
played December 1, and a somewhat larger
ted to the Army and Navy authorities for
distribution.
Material for the Team.
There will be no trouble at Annapolis in
! producing an unusually heavy and strong
line from the material on hand. but the
Navy is congratulating itself particularly
on It's prospective speed in the back field
and placing special reliance upon Carey. a
third classman, who is remarkable sprint
err having done 8 As seconds in the 100
yards. The other backs who are In the
academy are Spencer. left half and cap
tain; Norton. quarter back. and Ruhi, VINO
played full back on st. Johns and on the
scrub last season.
In the line, the only two regulars who
return are Piersol. left tackle and Shat
roth, left guard. Piersol is a strong. heavy
and experienced player. this season being
and improved constantly during last season,
his first on the team. Two men. who are
both strong and heavy, are Mcconnell and
Chambers, safeguards last season. North
croft subtackle last season, has an ex-
cellent chance Of being played regularly
this year, as he weighs 100 pounds and is
strong and experienced. The Navy will
also have the services Of Leighton. who
PLAYED tackle on Andover two years ago,
but was ihcapacitated by illness last year.
The Navy has lost its ends. Howard and
Woodwork, as well as its best substitute
The strongest candidates at present are
Dague and Townsend
The most promising men In the new
fourth class are Richardson, who played
half on the University of Tennessee. and
Strelinger, a lineman on the eleven of
Michigan Military Institute.
AS usual, there will be no dearth Of ma
terial at West Point the Nays great rival,
although number of good men will be
lost by graduation. OF the regulars, the
Army loses Abraham, center: Gillispie and
Wilhelm, ends: Mettler. tackle. and Tor
ney. full back They still have Moss, Weeks
and Christy for guards, Mathues. Edwin.
Sultan and Stockton for tackles, Johnson
and Carey for quarter and Hill, Beavers,
Smith, Moose. Ellis, Philoon and Watkins
for backs.
Altogether it appears as If the team that
makes the most of its opportunities under
the new rules will be the winner.
The Full Schedule.
The full schedule is as follows:
October Hutchinson.
October 10-Maryland- Agricultural Col
lege.
October 13-Princeton.
October list Johns College.
October 0-Lehigh.
October 24-Western Maryland College.
October 27-Bucknell
November S-Pennsylvania State College.
November 1O-Swarthmore
November 17-University of North Caro-
lima.
November 24-virginia Polytechnic Insti-'
tute.
December Limited States Military
Academy.
All games will be played on the Naval
Academy grounds. except the game with
the Army team, which will be played on
Franklin Field. Philadelphia, the grounds
of the University of Pennsylvania.