Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1912-09-21
ST. JOHNS WILL HAVE
FAST AND HEAVY TEAM
Coaches Pleased Over Fine Ma
terial Available.
SEASON OPENS NEXT WEEK.
To Play Rock Hill on Saturday Navy
Warriors Get Down to Work
Monday.

With the candidates for the foot
ball team at St. Johns already dowr
to practice, and the squad of veteran.
of last years Navy eleven, who have
been on leave for the past four
weeks, due to return here by Monday
afternoon, the booting of the pigskir
and the barking of signals, will soon
be the familiar sounds on the athletic
fields at both institutions.
And, in addition, the daily practice
work of both teams will afford a pleas.
urable pastime for those of the city
and Naval Academy felix, who follow
the great college game. Likewise
football dope will be in the fore
front of conversations that will be
heard in the hotels, barber shops. drug
stores and on the street corners for
the next two months.
As has been previously told in The
Capital, st. Johns and Navy alike
will start the season with fine pros
poets for turning out strJng and fast
aggregations. The st. Johns boys
have been at practice daily since the
institution informally opened on We'd
nesday, and those who direct athletics
at the venerable institution are par
ticularly pleased over the outlook for
the year.
Upwards OF thirty of the students
are out to try for positions on the
team, and the squad contains material
above the average, in avoidupois
and general physical condition, as
well as playing ability and general
knowledge of the modern game.
Nearly all of the old men have picked
up considerable in weight, and it is
expected that the eleven will be
much heavier than any team that has
represented the institution in late
years.
Candidates for positions in the line
particularly are heavier Welch, last
years cenre, Woodward. McNutt
and GLADDEN. all weigh about ITO
pounds or better, and there are other
good men. Raymond Clark, an An
napolis lad, will make a hard fight
to land the quarterback position this
year. Last season he was one of
the ends, though he was frequently
shifted to the pivotal position. where
he made good. Clarke is fast, and
though not so heavy, he is a fearless
player.
Claude, another Annapolis youth,
will probably be seen at end again
this season. Captain Mellon and Will
son, last year men, both will clinch
jobs as backs and there are several
other good men out as candidates for
the backfeld. The players got down
to work in earnest today. BY Mon
day all hands will have become well
versec in the signals and various for
nations, and scrimaging will be the
order of things Still another An
napolis lad is Howard Thompson end
of last season.
The team will work hard daily in
order to get into trim for the opening
game Of the season next Saturday.
1t will be with Rock Hill College and
will be played on st. Johns field.
Down on the Naval Academy field
squad of some sixty fourth classmen
has been at work daily this week uu-
der the direction Cf head coach. Lieut..
Douglas Howard. Besides four young
sters of good kicking ability, a num-
ber of others have shown much foot
ball ability with every promise of de-
veloping good material for the regu-
lar squad.
BY Monday when the old men report
for the preliminary practice, Coach
Howard will have picked from the
fourth class bunch the players who
will work with the regular squad.
Those then remaining will be known
as the fourth class squad, from among
whom the class team will be picked.