Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-03
NAVY TRIMS YALE
Defeats Dark Blue in GYM
nastics and in Wrestling.
CLAIM THE CHAMPIONSHIP
Middies Have Defeated Pennsy, Co.
lumbia, Princeton and
Others.
CLAIM THE CHAMPIONSHIP
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ANNAPOLIS Nd, March o-Following
their defeat of Yale gymnasts here this
afternoon the Middies are claiming the
Intercollegiate championship of the east.
through the fact that they have already
met and vanquished the teams Of Penn
sylvania, Columbia and Princeton and
three other principal contestants in the
annual intercollegiate tournament. which
will be held at Princeton early in April.
The Sailors not only put it all over the
Eli Bulldogs in work on the gym appar-
atus, winning to the tune of BIB to ID but
followed, this up by taking the Blue-clad
wrestlers into camp and winning six of
the seven mat bouts.
The visiting wrestling team put up a
set OF pretty scraps during the early part
of most Of the bouts. but lacked the STAN
ina to follow the pace set by the Tars.
Their one winning was in the heavyweight
class that Newberry took from Stecher on
points, after the Navy man had held his
heavier opponent 10 q tie bout for nine
minutes and been forced to succumb to
superior form in the three minutes of
extra wrestling. Being called on at the
last minute to fill the place of Capt
Berry, who tore a tendon in practice just
before the team left New Haven. New
berry. shortly after defeating Stecher,
was defeated by Weems of the Navy in
the hight heavy contest
The middleweight contest went to the
Sailors by default, Avery being unable
to come along with the team. All OF the
bouts were agsressively fast and proved
the most interesting that have been seen
at the Naval Academy this season. Fol-
lowing their conclusion the Middies took
their diminutive captain, 'Toots'' Elder.
to the swimming tank and gave him a
ducking. and later the members of the
brigade threw all of their mat artists into
the water. under an old Navy custom.
The gymnasium contest proved some
thing of disappointment, the entrants
of neither team uncOvering anything sem
sational. The only excitement of the meet
was when Fletcher of the Navy missed
his hold while doing stunt on the flying
rings and took dangerous fall.
The summary follows:
Horizontal bar-won by Callahan Of Yale: La
Flying rings-Won by Hull. Navy; Ruge. Yale
second; skinner, Navy, third.
Yale second: Giette y NAVY e th,r ra'e Callahan
YALE sd. second; Wal taHp s Navy. third
Navy, second: keifer, Navy. third.
Club swinging-Won by Cooper Navy: Golden
berg. Yale. second; Keiffer, Navy. third.
The wrestling summary follows:
Bantam weight-Eider. Navy. defeated Mayer.
Yale, in 2 minutes 1919 seconds: fall secured by
scissors and bar hold
Special weight-Davis. Navy, defeated Mute.
Yale, in 8 minutes 81 seconds; fall secured by
q bar and chancery hold
Lightweight Babbitt, Navy, defeated Colver,
YALE In minutes B seconds with a head lock.
Welterweight-Schofeld, Navy, defeated Little.
Yale. in minutes 80 seconds with q head lock.
Middleweight-Avery. Yale. defaulted to So
well. Navy. because Of Inability to get to An
napOlis
Light heavyweight-W Navy. defeated
Newberry. Yale, in minutes a seconds; fall
secured by bar and chancery bold.
Heavyweight = Nswberry. Yale, won from
Stecher, Navy, points after minutes Of
extra time.