The Washington herald., 1910-11-27

OF the season he began TO catch the eye
/ Of the coaches and 1t was not long be-
i fore he was regarded as fixture in the
I position With each game he has shown
steady Improvement. until now he Is re-
garded by many as the star" Of the
team. Gilchrist has the fighting qualities
OF bulldog. follows the ball exceptionally
/ wei. and is generally standing IN waiting
10 down the runGer after a kick is made
GilchFist comes from Isathrop. Mo. He
/ is twenty years old, feet So inches IN
| height. and weighs 1853 pounds
Ingram c. SOWelI OF LaWrenceburg.
/ Tenn. can we'll commend his untiring
! navy spirit and determination for land
ing the honor Of driving the Navy gladi-
/ ators in yesterdays important battle,
! for il was only through these manifesto
tons, resulting in steady Improvement.
that he succeeded snatching the job out
| Of the hands OF four other men OF good
1 caliber At the start of Ine season his
! chances OF landing the place we're not re-
garded as very encouraging when the field
was made up Of such good men as Erwin.
McReayy, and Shaw, but he simply
buckled down 10 hard work and II was
/ handed 10 him short or stature he is
The ideal man for the position. strong
aud well developed physically. and has a
good head for running a team. He. too.
is a member of the wrestling team and
is valuable man in the secondary de-
I Tense. Sowell is twenty-One years old,
/ weighs l67 pounds, and Is feet ~ inches
In height. He Is a member OF the second
class
Practically everybody who enthuses
over football has heard OF DaltOn-John
Patrick Dalton is his name-and he halls
from the little town Of Broken Bow.
Nebr., though he was appointed TO An
napOlig from Missouri. Dalton Is by far
the star OF the Navy outfit, though all
through the season he has been made 70
bear the brunt of a bluf on the part OF
the coaches that his position was in Sc
riOus danger until il had come to be re-
garded as a huge joke. lie is undoubt-
erly the most reliable grOund-gainer and
there is no sidestepping the fact that he
scored the great majority of Navy's
points in the seasons game. Each game
only showed added Improvement in his
work. His chief forte IS his ability at
line-breaking, and his punting is a valu-
able asset 10 the team. Dalton is twenty
one years DID, weighs $50 pounds. and is
feet II inches. He is n member OF the
second class. and there is no doubt that
nc WAL be elected captain OF next sea-
sons eleven
DaltOns running mate is Henry s.
! Mex. Clay, q veteran Of three seasons
and decidedly the surest man at handling
the leather. He Is fast in running the
ends and clever at lodging in the open
field. He was elected as captain of this
years team, but deprived OF the honor
by the superintendent of the Academy
because of an act Of misconduct that
eonflicted with the regulations governing
the midshipmen and their participation
in athletics as team captains. Clay is
from Ardmore, Pa, and member OF
the first class. He is twenty-one years
old. weighs 1853 pounds, and Is feet 10
inches in height
Peter Powell Rodes IS playing his first
year at full back. He is a member OF
the third class, and though he came out
with the squad last season, he did not
hit the proper stride until this season.
He is second in line with Dalton at line
breaking, but he is at his best as a de-
fensive player and interfering for the
runner Rodes is a Kentuckian his home
being az Lexington. He IS stockily built
weighing 10 pounds. standing feet So
inches in height, and is twenty years old