Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1912-11-27
ENTHUSIASM RUNNING
HIGH At THE ACADEMY
Confidence of Victory Increases as
Army Game Draws Nearer.
HAVE FINAL PRACTICE TODAY.
Tenn Leaves in Morning While Bri-
gade win Not Get Away Until
Saturday.

pleted the campaign in preparation
for the annual gridiron struggl,
against the West Point cadets. which
will be pulled off on Franklin Field
Philadelphia. Saturday afternoon
for tomorrow morning they will be
off to Quakertown.
The squad which will number thir.
ty-five players, in addition to coaches
and number of officers will leave al
$3.50 O'Clock in the morning on q
special train over the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad. Thus the pigskin
chasers will get away day earlier
this year than formerly, AMI they
will have two days of practice on the
field where Saturdays battle is to be
staged, as a final polishing off.
Headquarters of the football party
will be at the Hotel Walton, the
same hostelry where the Navy con-
tingent has had its camp for the last
several years. Arrangements govern
ing the movements of the brigade of
midshipmen to Philadelphia on the
day of the game also have been com
pleted. As usual, the business has
be en- divided between the Baltimore
and Ohio al d Pennsylvania railroads,
one battalion going by either road.
The special train bearing the mid
dies will pull out of the local sta
tions at o'clock Saturday morning.
Lieut. Commander Allan Buchanan,
one of the corps of discipline Off
GERS, will be in charge Of the mid
shipmen during the trip to and from
the Quaker City, and it is stated in
the official order issued by Superin-
tendent Gibbons that the Naval Acad-
emy regulations will remain in full
force during the entire trip. The
middies will have a brief space of
liberty both before and after the
game, however.
In accordance with the order of
the Superintendent. the middiee will
be forbidden from betting or making a
pool on the outcome of the game
In years gone by it has been the Gus
tom for the corps of students to raise
a pool of $1,000. or more, which was
wagered on the respective teams.
The bet was always placed at even
money, no matter how much the ad-
vantage apparently favored one or
the other team.
AS the great game draws nearer,
enthusiasm is running high, not only
among the midshipmen but the great
band of Navy adherents in this city
as we'll. IT will reach fever pitch
| this afternoon, when the team has its
final practice. Yesterdays practice
continued in secret, but the brigade
of midshipmen was on the grounds,
with megaphones, and from their
seats in the stand they ch sered the
| team individually and collectively,
/ and rehearsed the other songs and
yells, to be used an encouragement
of their team in Saturdays battle.
1t is likely that the public will
be admitted on the grounds this
afternoon to get the last glimpse OF
the team in action. Though the
coaches still decline to give out the
final lineup of the team, it is safe tt
say that all of the positions have
been settled upon. The chief do |
exists as to the tackle positions, fol
/ WHICH tnCAC mas OCCA nNG~EOLnGIGA
| fight between Ralston, Kennedy, Red
man, Hall and Vaughn. All ar,
heavy, strong fellows and aggressiv,
players. But, if past performance,
are taken in the reckoning, it woulC
seem that Ralston is sure of one DO
sition, with Kennedy and Hall in tn,
calling for the other.
l U-L. wnefffnao Mill ~. EIs.
as follows: Overesch and Gilchrist
ends: Howe and Brown, guards
Perry, center; Rodes, quarterback
Leonard and McReavy, halfbacks
Harrison, fullback.
A long preliminary workout i
which there was much special an
individual coaching, followed by
half-hour's hard scrimmage, was tn
programme Head Coach Graves hand
ed the Army team yesterday. 1t wa
the first real work since the Syracus
game on Saturday and all the regu
lars except Markoe were back in togs
Mafkoe is still in the hospital wit
sore leg. 1t is thought, however
| tnar ne VIII De aDie 70 resume pia
today. His place at end first wa
filled by Hoge, then by Rosevear an
finally by the veteran Gillespie. Th
latter did good work. Huston wa
used for a while in the uncertai
guard position which, with the tw
ends, seems to be the only position 8
all in doubt. After Benedict ha
scored the first touchdown Husto
was replaced by Herrick, who finisl
ed the game. Jones was over on th
scrubs as guard.
The regulars got two touchdown
by fine offensive work in which Bel
ediet, Keyes and Milburn. the latte
in for only q short period, distii
guished themselves. Benedict VS.
the first to score after he and Altms
had taken the ball from the Scrub
| S5-yard line to the final chalk mar
where Benedict was showed over.
1 Keyes got another score d momel
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