Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-30


and the United States Naval Academy at
annapolis will ring down the curtain on
the foot ball season ut Franklin Field,
Philadelphia. this afternoon, i'm what
promises to be one of the keenest bat
ties of the season. and certainly the most
Spectacular The clamOr for tickets has
been such that the demand as usual far
exceeded the supply, so that fully a.OtO
persons will he packed and damned in
the stands when the teams take the field
at O'Clock.
The midshipmen. under marching orders
from the Navy Department. will be on
hand 100 strong, and in other years
Will camp out in the north stand, while
the cadets from West Point. probably 900
strong. will be directly across the way in
the south stand. In the boxes and round
about will he representatives of official
Washington senator's. representatives.
ca 5inct OtiicerS-tO say nothing OF the
officers from both branches of Uncle
Sans service. from lieutenants to gen.
erals aud admiralS-
The Army team is a slight favorite. at
odds of :, to 4. but nobody seems to know
why. as il is almost impossible to draw
compa risOn. individually or collectively
that points to any advantage for one or
the other on games played this year
the cadets have made q slightly better
showing but early games leading to the
all-important struggle of the year nave
little bearing. as SO many sacrifices are
made in order To bring a team up to the
final battle at the top of its form. The
Navy eleven unbeaten for two years. has
lost three games this season but word
coEIcs from Annapolis that great strides
have been made in the last ten days. and
this substantiated by the play OF
The team in easily defeating New
York University last Saturday
The Army recovered from the crushing
defeat at the hands of the Carlisle In
dianS. and played well enough against
Syracuse the conquerer of Michigan. TO
inspire tine cadets with a feeling of con-
tidencc that the time has come TO revenge
the defeats of the last two Years. The
two academies have met ON the gridirOn
sixteen times and the advantage now lies
with the Navy. as the Midshipmen have
Won eight games to seven for the cadets.
with one tie.
In 1910 and last year the Naval Acad-
envy eleven boasted of John Patrick Dali
ton. one of the greatest punters and place
klckcrs in the history of foot bali. He won
both games for the Midshipmen by goal
from the field. the score in each year
being :; TO -. Dalton is now ensign,
and the Nava! eleven is likely to miss him
this afternoon, as no player has been de-
velOped. so far as can be judged, to till
his shoes.
In some respects the Navy is better off
than the Army, five veterans are on
the eleven as compared to only two at
West Point. There has been a general
shifting about, however Brown, who
made such name for himself two years
ago. has been moved in to his old position
:s guard from tackle; Gilchrist. who play
III quarterback a year ago. Is now right
end, where he played in 1910, while Capt.
Rodes. who played fullback a Year ago, is
now running the team at quarterback
Howe. at left Suard. and McReavy, the
hard running halfbaca, are the other two
who have been under fire. The only vet
on he els re-
vor. at right tackle, and GeoHrey Reyes
ut fullbdck but Ii is cause for comment
that last years ends, Gillespie and Hose.
have been beaten for places after "A keen
competition by Merrill and Markoe. This
1n itself indicates that Lieut.. Hammond
coach OF the Army ends for the last three
years, has not been lacking in good ma
terial for the wing position.
In spite of the fact that Capt. Graves.
the head coach. has been forced to build
practically a new eleven, he has man
aged TO turn out a more or less finished
team II showed great promise in the
Yale game, and remarkable power against
Syracuse. The ends. apparently. are
ii ooye the average. while Capt. DevOre.
although he has not been at his best
this season, has been ranked with the
great tackles of the game and found a
place one year OIL the All-America team.
The other forwards are not lacking in
foot ball brains and have absorbed the
inner points OF the game in way to in
dictate that they will give Il good ac-
count of themselves this afternoon.
Prlchard. the Army quarterback, has
shown Keen Judgment in running the
team. and has been remarkably sure In
handling punts. Further than that, he
hurts the forward pass with more ac-
curacy than most players. or at least has
been doing in practice Keyes at
fnllback, Is "a good punter and drop kick
er, aNd ranks with the best ever devel-
"ped at WeSs Point. Hobbs and Benedict
strong, powerful runners the former
showing To great advantage against
Yale. ON the whole. the1, the backfeId
looks reasonably strong.
The Navy eleven appears 20 be particu-
arly strong In the center of the line as
the guards. BrOwa and Have, both
weighing over 100 ponds, combine great
too. will stand in their favor. Less is
known of the tackles. RalstOn and Hall,
but Gilchrist, on one end. is a speedy.
brainy payer. while Ingram. his running
mate, Is not far behind him.
In the backfeld Capt. ROdes has had
more opportunities than Pritchard OF the
Army. as quarterback, but, while a
good man In the position, he has not been
particularly conspicuous. McReavy Is al
most n second Dalton IN hitting the line
or circling the ends. and in all yrol,a
hilty is the best back on either team.
Leonard and Harrison are new men, Cut
both are good pulltrTs even if not in the
seine cl.t-s with Dalton. and both also
have. proved useful in running with the
ball.
The Navy eleven has a slight advan-
taSc in weight, but not enough to lend
any material advantage a dry field,
which is promised. Word came from
Philadelphia last night. where both teams