The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-11-26
MidShipmen Get the Short
End in the Bet
ting.
ELEVENS PRIMED
FOR THE CONTEST
West Pointers, With Brilliant Sea
sons Record, Slight FavOTites
Over Future Admirals-
Continued from First Pase)

morning The football experts who were
without sentiment made the cadets the
favorites, but II was an even money
proposition generally
The Army has been beaten only bE
Harvard which has been declared by
Eastern football critics 10 have put the
best Of the big teams IN the field this
season On the other hand no team
playing the Middies this year has been
able TO score against them. aiLlodsl
Rutgers played them 10 a StandSJll.
However, the Navy did not get Yale.
Harvard, or Princeton
Lieutenant Commander Berrien, Who
has acted as head coach for the Navy
team, declared this morning that while
he appreciated the strength OF MS op-
pOnentS. nevertheless he confidently be
lieved that the 1Iiddies would go back
10 Annapolis with the Army scalps at
their belts
Our bows are in excellent condition.
he said eve have been training with
this game in view. and we were pre-
pared for II when We came from An
napoIis There has been nothing TO
indicate that we are less TO De con-
sijered than the Army
Lieut. 8. NJ Nelly. head coach Of the
Army team opposed the view OF MS
Navy rival
Record Is Good.
The past performances Of the Army
team this season speak best for it.,
said Lieutenant Nelly I'VE won over
Yale. and gave Harvard a hard tussle,
and in the light of the Nale-Harvard
game il can be seen that the Army
came here 70 win. and 10 win de-
cisiveIv. With the exception of
WaInasIev. We came here with every
man in the pink OF condition
In man-tO-man comparisons tOotbali
experts said that the playing OF the
Army ends would be more than offset
by the Navy men The forwards were
pretty evenly matched. The Army
baCkfieId has been looked upon as one
Of the strongest in the East, Dean.
Hyatt, Browne, and Surles forming a
perfect phalauN Of muscle and speed
Those who have seen both backheids
IN action declare the Army Outciassed
the Navy. On The other hand the Army
has been weak in good substitutes al
season. and the injury Of one Of the
quartet in the backdeld has meant 3
serious gap that could not be adequate
Is filed
The rnidshipmen have trained their
substitutes TO equal perfection with the
regular playing squad, SO that injuries
70 perhaps half a dozen of the players
have not greatly crippled the eleven
Arnold IS twenty pounds heavier than
WeemS at center but. on the other
hand, Weems IS much quicker than the
Army, who plays Fight guard. was
slated 10 oppose Acting Captain Wright
Both are experienced m5n and towers
lean a " DlAfatL-
There can be TO doubt about Dean
OF the army men. Those who have
watched his playing during the fall say
that he is the best back on either team
His greatest value lies in his punting
and forward passing Brown depends
Upon his speed. while Surles Is q cap
able all-rOU1d player. Hyatt IS noted
for his GOODNESS under ere and his cen
eIralship- Dalton has been the star Of
the Navy back field His speciality
through the season has been line plung-
ing.
This morning the Army squad was
stationed At the BeIevue-st tford aud
the Navy at the Hotel Walton. The
coaches gave the men their final In
StTuCtiODs- Both teams have some
secret practice in the past week and
It was predicted that they would uncork
new tactics
The brigade midshipmen rolled IN from
Annapolis IN special trains, and swarm
ed over TO The Hotel Walton with cheers
and waving pennants- Automobiles were
commandment and the streets Of Phila-
delphia were brilliant with waving
ColOrs.
The Navy men brought their official
goat with them-a meek looking animal
with a pampered appetite for tin cans
and old shoes A special coat made Of
Navy colors vas constructed for the
goat. and plans were made TO give him
q post Of honor upon the field.
West Point was apparently deserted
judging by the number OF Army men
here, General Barry, the new supeTin-
Academy, headed a party from there
Army and NAVY have played fourteen
games IN the paSt, Army winning seven
and Navy g. with one a tie There was
no game last year, owing 20 the death OF
Cadet Byrne in the Harvard game