Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1912-10-04
MIDDIES READY FOR
GAME WITH HOPKINS
Sailors to Play First Football Game
Tomorrow.
cOLLEGIANS GO TO LANCASTER
VIII Invade Little Quaker Town for
Annual Battle With Franklin and
Marshall

ne IOOTDaii season IN annapolis, as
far as general interest is concerned,
will be given its formal start tomor-
row afternoon, when the Navy eleven
will hook up with the team of Johns
Hopkins University of Baltimore.
And while the hostilities on the
Academy gridiron are under way, the
eleven of st. Johns College, which
played its initial game last Saturday.
will be struggling for supremacy in
the annual contest with Franklin and
Marshall College at Lancaster, Pa.
Incidentally, the local Collegians
will play most of the seasons games
away from home.
With such an array of heavy as
well as experienced timber that ths
Navy coaches have in hand this sea-
son, it is not expected that the mid
dies will nave much difficulty in dis
posing of their opponents of the NOR
row, although it is recognized that the
wearers of the Black and Blue have
been making rapid strides forward on
the gridiron IN recent years, and it
will be their first contest in many
years with the Navy warriors.
AS usual with Saturday games at
the Naval Academy, tomorrow's pro-
ceedings will be started promptly at
g 80 o'clock. and it is expected that
a large band of Hopkins undergrad
yates, as we'll as varsity adherents,
will be on hand to root" for their
favorites. In fact, a special train
over the Short Line has been chart
cred for the trip, and it is expected
that many other spectators will come
by way of the Washington. Baltimore
and Annapolis Electric Line.
With splendid conditions Of weather,
n striking contrast to the miserable
elements of last week, the middies
have put in some mighty good licks
In practice this week. And because
OF the wealth of available material,
the staff of coaches has been forced
to the extreme of trying out several
combination of players for the several
positions.
With such men as big Babe"
Brown, Howe, Vaughn, Redman and
others, indications point to the fact
that the aggregation of forwards
will not only be the heaviest that has
represented a Navy team in years,
but judging from the methods that
have been employed by the tutors in
looking for a heavy combination back
field, the team win, in that respect,
probably excel any college team in
the country. With Gilchrist, the
crack end of two seasons, playing at
quarter, Captain Rodes and McReavy;
Nichols, Hall, Bates, Leonard, Col
lins, Austin, Cochran and others, all
of sturdy build, alternating either
as halves or at fullback, make up
most formidable coterie of players.
All are men of much ability. But
ii is too early in the season to figure
as to who will be picked for the
different positions. In fact the. lineup
for the start Of the game tomorrow
will not be decided upon until after
practice this afternoon, and there is
no doubt but that many changes will
be made in the course of play.
The staff Of coaches for che Navy
eleven is now complete, at least un-
til the final round up in preparation
for the big game of the year with the
rival West Point Cadets on Novem-
Der 80. 1t comprises Lieut.. Doug
las L. Howard, for the last two years
head coach; Henry M. Wheaton, an
ex-Yale star, who is filing his fourth
year as field coach; Dolly" Dalton,
the stalwart captain, and Weems and
Shaw, all of last years team.
Thoroughly satisfied with their ID
to 0 victory over the fast team Of
Rock Hill College in their opening
game last Saturday, and with a
squad Of players that augurs well
for developing a team that will be
heavier than those of recent years,
as well as measuring up to the char
acteristic speed, st. Johns has
smoothed off the rough edge of their
team work in preparation for tomor-
rows setto with Franklin and Mar.
sail. The coaching is under the d.
rection of w. j. King, the newly an
pointed athletic director of the Col.
lege, who comes from Allegheny Col.
lege, Of Pennsylvania.
King has the able assistance OF
Roscoe Grove, a former st. Johns
star, and S. Roland White, captain OF
last years team. In addition, Weems.
one of the Navy coaches, has con.
sented to help bring the CoIlegians
up to top-notch form.
Although the CoIlegians will moi
meet the middies this season, it being
the first time in years that the two
| institutions have not clashed on the
gridiron, st. Johns adherents will
watch with interest the showing Of
Hopkins against the sailor lads to.
morrow, in view Of the Hopkins-St
Johns game to be played at Home.
wood on November 16. That Navy
and st. Johns do not come togethe,
this year is due principally to the de.
sire of the st. Johns management tc
meet more State teams, coupled with
the fact that the middies have no,
only greatly outweigheJ them, bat
have developed teams far above theil
class in recent years.