Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-02-25
HARVARD VS.. THE MIDDIES.
NEW GAME FOR FOOT BALL AT
NAVAL ACADEMY.
The Crimson Gridir0n Players To Come
To Annapolis On October 10
For One Game.

Manager Robert II. Welshimer. Of
tthe Naval Academy football team,
has practically completed the schedule
Of the team for next year and il Will
be one of the best that the Navy
team has ever had. lie has succeed
ed i'm arranging a game with the Har-
ward eleven, which will be the first
time that Institution has sent foot
ball team TO Annapolis. The game
will be played on October 10.
Although it is known that the West
Point athletic authorities wish the
Army-Navy game at Philadelphia to
be played ON next 10 the last Satur-
day in November. which viii be the
23, the schedule has been made out
on the assumption that ii will se
played, as usual, ON tha last Saturday
in that month and game has been
scheduled at the Naval Academy for
the %. The whole schedule is sub
ject to the approval of the Navy Ath-
letic Association, but ii is almost GER
tain that there will be no change.
The game with Harvard was secured
unexpectedly after Manager We'll
sinner had tried 10 arrange a game
and received a reply stating that the
game was out of the question on ac-
count of the long trip from Cambridge
to Annapolis. shortly after that the
Navy manager received a letter from
the Harvard management in which
a game was asked and it has been
definitely arranged for October l9. 1t
is believed that the breaking off of
relations with the University of Penn
sylvania and the likelihood that no
gams will be played between Harvard
~. al
the Harvard authorities to look for an
other important game and il was de-
cided to play the Navy.
The game will add n great deal to
the local season and those interested
in sport here are delighted. 1t is the
first time that Harvard has arranged q
game of football here, though there
have been several baseball games and
two will be played during the coming
season. The game takes place after
the season is we'll on and the midship-
men will have a chance 10 get into
good shape.
There is still a reasonable chance
that Princeton may come TO Annapo-
lis, the most probable date, if a game
is arranged, being October IL. Prince
ton, however, seems 10 be lighting
rather shy of the midshipmen since
they lost two years ago and won by
one touchdown ..only last season. 1t
is said that the Tigers regard the trip
to Annapolis as a sort of hoodoo, as
they invariably have some of their
most valuable players injured. Nego-
tiations were also going on with the
manager of the team of the University
OF Chicago, but they have been ended,
as it is likely that the Chicago team
will abandon its proposed trip.
The schedule as a whole is most dis
creetly arranged, being splendidly
planned in order to gradually work
the team up to its highest point with
out endangering the players before
they have gotten into good shape.
Following the custom of several sea-
sons, Wednesday games during Ccto-
ber will be played with Maryland col
leges, the second, ninth and sixteenth
being filed in order by Western Mary
land, Maryland Agricultural and st.
Johns College. The only Saturday
games during October which have been
fixed are Dickinson on the fifth and
Lafayette on the twenty-sixth. The
latter team has not played at the Naval
Academy for several years. The
twelfth is being reserved for Prince
ton, il it is possible to get them 10
come to Annapolis.
1t is probable that no game will be
played on October %, the last We'd
nesday in the month. 1t is also likely
that November viii be filed with
rather light team, as it will be wise
for the players to take it easy between
the Lafayette and Swarthmore games,
both of which are likely TO be hard
contests. November 8, l6 and 20 are
filled with Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
state and Virginia Polytechnic Insti-
tute. The first two games are sure 10
be hard contests for the midshipmen
and the Virginians also put up stiff
contest here last season.