Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1912-11-19
| MIDDIES START HARD
WORK FOR ARMY GAME
Less Than Two Weeks Before Sea-
sons Supreme Struggle.
PROSPECTS LOOK BETTER.
Encouraged by Saturdays Big Victory
Sailor Lads Begin Weeks Work
With Greater Vim.

Fully aware that the greater part
of the final training and development
for the big game with West Point
must be accomplished this week, and
that there is room for much improve
ment, the midshipmen's football team
settled down to practice yesterday
afternoon with greater vim and snap
than has marked any of the practice
work Of the season.
Less than two weeks now remain
before the seasons supreme struggle,
and the squad will leave Annapolis a
day earlier than in former years. there
will be but three days of practice on
home grounds next week in which
the finishing touches will be put on.
The team will leave on Thursday in
stead of Friday, according to an
nouncement made at the Naval
Academy, and it will thus be enabled
to practice on Franklin Field two aft
ernoons before the game
The last game of the local season
is booked for the coming Saturday,
when the University of New York
will be met The middies are greatly
encouraged at the overwhelming vic
tory over the North Carolina Aggies
on Saturday, and it is confidently felt
that the team is now rounding into
form
Victory over New York by a COM
Portable margin is anticipated by the
middies, but the coaches will not
allow the players to overwork them.
selves, taking every precaution to
guard against injuries on the eve of
the battle
During this week and the half of
next, the middies will have plenty of
time for practice. as the squad has
been excused from attending all
drills. This will allow them to get
out on the field before o'clock, as
recitation periods end at 8 80 o'clock.
There was long practice yester-
day afternoon, not marked by any
scrimmaging, however, the work be-
ing confined to general tactics, such
as formations, signal drills and get
ting down the field under punts.
Captain Rodes, Brown, Harrison and
Gilchrist, all of whom were pretty
well used up in Saturdays battle,
took rest.
All except Rodes will get into the
work today, however. The captain
is suffering with twisted ankle, sus-
tanned in the early part of the second
half. 1t is expected that this hurt
will mend in day or two. Hall.
big fellow, who plays first base on
the baseball team, was in the lineup
at tackle again yesterday, and it is
said that he has practically eIinched
that position. He is hard and ag-
gressive player.
The fine work of McReavy in Sat-
urday's game undoubtedly stamps
him as fixture in the backfield.
He has been dumped about from one
position to another during the sea-
son, but now seems settled in the Job
he held down last year. He is not only
good ground gamer both in hitting
the line and running the ends, but is
about the best of the lot in making
the forward pass.
The Army team was sent through
hard scrinmage yesterday, despite
the fact that Monday is usually day
of rect for the men. With the poor
showing of the team against Tufts
Saturday and the Navy game less
han fortnight off, the coaches would
stand for no letup, and after tae
usual signal drill ordered a stiff half
hours scrimnlage.