Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1912-09-27
JOHNS TO PLAY
FIRST GAME TOMORROW
Rock Hill Opposing Team for
Opening Football Season.
MIDDIES START WEEK HENCE
Prospects for Strong Elevens at Both
Institutions Very Encouraging
Dalton One of Navy Coaches

Dalton Une OF Navy IOacheS
Although ST Johns College will
pay its initial game of the season to-
morrow, and football throughout the
country will have its real opening,
| the Navy eleven, as is generally the
case. is behind the other big fellows.
The middies do not open up until next
Saturday. when they will go against
| the team of Johns Hopkins univer-
sity. Baltimore, for the first time in
years.
With a wealth of material in both
of the squads, those who follow foot
ball see no reason why the strongest
teams that have represented St.
Johns and the Naval Academy in
wears, should not result from the sea-
sons training. Cne thing stands out
boldly as far as the Navy aggregation
is concerned, and that is that the
Navy team will probably be the heav-
| lest that ever wore the Gold and Blue,
for the line as tentatively made up
will average anyhow $50 pounds. All
are not only big and husky fellows,
but men of experience of a year or
more.
And at st. Johns, too, the boys
as whole, are heavier than for
number of years. and with a good
nucleus of last years veterans on
hand, there is every prospect of turn
ing out fast and strong team. As
for the speed of the game, St. Johns
is acted for its snappy and tricky
| playing.
AS a season opener for the lovers of
| the game In Annapolis, St. Johns
| will have as its opponent tomorrow
the team of Rock Hill College, of Ell
licott City. The game will be played
on the College gridiron, starting about
1890 O'Clock in the morning. The
| squad has been at practice for more
than a week, and the team has been
| whipped into fair shape for the first
struggle. Nearly all of the veterans
have taken on weight since last sea
son, which will mean considerbfe Of
an asset for this years team as the
| elevens turned out in recent years
have been rather light, though fast
and strong.
Probably the most difficult position
to fill will be quarterback, as Fred
die Melville did not return to College
this year. Raymond Clark will prob
ably start the game tomorrow, though
the makeup has not been decided.
| Clark is very fast, besides being an
aggressive player. 1t is practically
certain that the following last year
men will be seen in their respective
positions-Welch, centre; Woodward,
guard; GLADDEN. and McNutt, tackles,
and Captain Mellon and Johnnie Will.
son, the crack halfbacks. and Howard
Thompson and Howard Claude, on the
ends. Clark was an end man last year
as was Thompson, and it is possible
that Thompson will be shifted to
quarter, and Clark stay at end.
Z Of noteworthy interest in connec-
tion with this years, as last years
.eam, is the fact that at least six of
the boys are of Annapolis. Of those
mentioned above, Woodward, Welch,
GLADDEN., Clark, Claude and Thomp-
son, all are residents of this city.
At the Naval Academy, the outlook
is equally as rosy, though coaches and
| followers of the team alike, realize
that it will take years to develop a
player of the calibre of Dolly" Dali
| ton, whose services we've lost by
| graduation in June. Dalton was the
star halfback for four years, being a
heavy line plunger, and despite nis
| I80 pounds, he was swift in run.
ming the ends, aud was equally as
strong ia defensive play. And, be-
sides all this, he was one of the
best kckers in the country, both in
punting and kicking field goals. In
addition to Dalton, the team lost
by graduation Weems, centre; Hamil-
ton, end; Sowell, quarterback, and
Wakeman, guard.
There is any number of men of
good ability, available for all posi-
tions, however. In fact it will be
difficult for the coaches to make a
choice in some cases. At present the
end positions are being filled by Over
esch and McReayy, both of whom
weigh above 10 pounds. Big Babe
Brown. the giant tackle of last sea-
son, undoubtedly will be a fixture
again this year, as will also Howe, a
stalwart guard, who is unusually fast
for his weight, 200 pounds, frequent
| ly getting down the field under kicks
ahead of the ends.
Ingram, first sub of last year, will
also probably land the centre posi-
tion. He is an aggressive player,
and is much heavier than Weems.
one of the Academy's strong men
wh5 held the job last year. For
the other guard and tackle positions,
there is a large field of candidates
from which to make choices. Among
these are Vaughn, Redman, r. o.
Davis, baltimore, Ralston, Hall,
DeRoode, Emerson and Kennedy. The
latter is one of the players of much
capability furnished BY the new fourth
class. At present, Vaughn is holding
forth at guard, while the call for
tackle seems to lie between Davis
and Redman. Amy arrangement of
the players that the coaches might
make would present most formid-
able set of forwards. In fact, it Is