Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1911-11-23
WORDEN FIELD AD|EU
Final Home Practice OF Stars On
Navy Football Team.
TEAM LEAVES TOMORROW.
Two Positions Still Unsettled At Close
OF Yesterdays Afternoon Practice.

So far as their home gridiron is
concerned, Navy football warriors
end their season afternoon and
when Captain Dolly Dalton and
the other first classmen on the squad
doff their moleskins and turn their
togs over to be packed up for tomor-
rows journey to Quakertown at the
end of today's coaching, they will bid
adieu to Worden Field as undergrad
uate players.
Dolly and one or more of the vets
who will be grads e'er another season
begins, may appear there again but il
will be as coaches next season when
they come back to teach the young
sters the finer points of the great
American college sport.
Bright and early tomorrow morn
ing the squad of eleven men who
will start the game against Army
on Saturday, with twenty-four sub
stitutes, coaches, trainers and rub
bers, will leave over the W., B. G.
A. railway on a Pennsylvania rail-
road special due to land them at
Broad Street Station, Philadelphia.
at Ills tomorrow morning. They
will be given the usual rousing NAVY
send-off by other companies of the
brigade, who will not see them again
until they trot into the arena at
FRANKLIN Field with the light of battle
IN their eye shortly before 2 O'Clock
on Saturday afternoon.
Final practice consisting of an
easy signal and formation drill will
be had on Franklin Field tomorrow
afternoon after the sailor squad has
been safely quartered at The Walton,
where those who think goat a bet
ter mascot than a mule, will hold forth
during Phillis' gala Army Navy week
end.
Unless the coaches make some an
nouncement at the end cf practice
this afternoon, two positions in the
lineup will still be unsettled when the
squad start for Philadelphia. These
are right guard, where Elmer, a 2O7-
FOUNDER, and Wakemap, who while
lighter, is more dependable, are the
possibilities, and right tackle. FOR
which Davis, who played against
Army last year, and Ralston and Red
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would, however, seem to favor Elmer
and Redman to start the game, with
all of the others getting an alternate
chance during the progress of the
battle. The other line positions will
be filled by Hamilton, left end: Brown.
left tackle; Howe, left guard Weems,
center. with Gilchrist playing right
end ON defense and holding down the,
pivotal job on offensive work.
McReavy one of the other backfield
men, will 60 in at end when Gilchrist
drops back to quarter on offensive.
The other backfield men will be Dali
ton at lefthalf; Rodes at fullback and
Nichols at right half.
Practice yesterday afternoon was of
the same light nature that has pre-
vailed since the middle of last week.
consisting of signal and formation
drills, land somewhat guarded scrim.
maging against the scrubs. 1t was Sc
cret to the extent that only midship-
men or those who appeared with naval
officers in uniform were allowed near
enough to the field to see what was
going on. The Academy Band held
forth while the brigade practiced
songs, yells and other bits of "vocal
encouragement" to their team for use
on Saturday.