Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1912-11-29
POLLS. ND. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 20. 1919.
MIDDIES AND SOLDIERS
PR|MED FOR BATTLE
Football Teams in Philadelphia
Eager for Fray.
HOW THEY WILL LINE UP.
Trained to the Minute Rivals Are in
Good Physical Condition Ssy

the scene or the big battle. and
each is eager for the sounding OF
the whistle that will start them at
war in their annual struggle for foot
ball supremacy on Franklin Field,
Philadelphia, tomorrow afternoon.
The Navy scouting party was the
first to invade Quakertown. The
players arrived there yesterday in
time to witness the Pennsylvania Cor
nell game in the afternoon Their
rivals are twenty-four hours behind,
the soldiers having left their training
camp on the Hudson at 1880 O'Clock
this morning. Both teams will have
their final workout behind closed
gates this afternoon.
The Middies were given a rousing
send-off when thev left Annapolis yes
terday morning on a special train
over the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
| Although the Midshipmen were al
lowed the usual Thanksg giving holi.
days, they were not given the privi-
lege to accompany the team to the
/ city and follow up their demonstra-
tion at the railway station. How
| ever. all hands were up bright and
early and for half an hour preceding
the departure of thu football warriors
from the Government reservation the
students cheered and yelled them
selves hoarse.
They assembled at the main gate to
| the Government inclosure, and cheer
after cheer rent the air as the pigskin
chasers entered carriages to be driven
to the Short Line Railway Station,
from which the special train of three
Pullman cars and two standard day
coaches pulled out at $3.50 o'clock.
The football party is in charge of
Lieut.. Commander Ralph K. Earle,
and comprises thirty-five players, a
retinue of coaches and other attend
ants. A small party of Navy enthu-
siasts also accompanied the warriors.
Headquarters will be at the Hotel
Walton, the same as last year.
just before the train drew away
from the station the coaches an
nounced the line up of the Middies for
the big game as follows. over
esch, left end; Hall, left tackle:
Howe, left guard; Perry, centre;
Brown. right guard; Ralson right
tackle: Gilmore, right end; Rodes
(captain), quarterback; Leopard and
McReavy, halfbacks; Harrison, full
back.
This is one of the most formidable
aggregations that ever was picked to
defend the Blue and Gold The
heaviest man Of the eleven is Brown,
who weighs 2o6 pounds. while the
lightest is Leonard, who tips the scales
at las. The weight is we'll distrib-
uted.
Day by day confidence of Navy
victory has grown stronger and
stronger, and despite the outlook of
few weeks ago, which, it must be
said, was mighty dismal. the Mid
dies feel that they have every reason
to look for success in the annual
struggle. Very backward in develop
ment, compared to former years, the
Middies have come to the front strong
ly in the last few weeks, until now it
is felt that they have reached prime
condition and will be fit to put up the
fight of their lives tomorrow.
The chief positions on the team that
were surrounded by some doubt were
those of left end, to fill which Over
esch won over Graf, and dssrighc tackle,
for which Ralston was selected after
the keenest kind of a five -cornered
contest. The other competitors were
Vaughn, Redman, Kennedy and Lati-
more. Ralston is a stockily built
fellow and has shown much aggres-
siveness.
Those who have followed the pro-
gress of the rival teams this season
feel that the game will be a tight one
after all West Point apparently has
sho wn greater strength in offensive
work, but the Middies have develop
ed in the final workout And while
each has been thoroughly drilled in
a number of fancy PLAYS, it is pre-
dicteo by many that old-fashioned
| football will predominant.
A long signal practice on the plains
yesterday marked the close of the
| Army's preparation for the game.
The men rehearsed all the plays that
are on the programme for use against
the Navy, the coaches paying special
attention to smoothing off the inter-
ference and calling for speed in the
execution of the many different
plays that the Army has.
With all the men in excellent condi-
tion, Coach Graves will send the
strongest team he had had in action
this year against the Navy. The un-
certainties of the Army line were
selected. Houston beat out Jones
and Herrick for the guard position,
and Merrillat outdistanced Hoge and
Gillespie for the doubtful place at
left end.
Coach Graves announced that he
would start the following lineup
against the Navy: Markoe, right end
Devore, right tackle; Huston, right
guard; Purnsll, centre; Weyand.
left guard; Wynne, left tackle; Msr-
riIlat, left end; Pritchard, quarter
back; Keyes, right halfback; Hobbs,
left halfback; Benedict, fullback.
The average weight of the team will
be a trihs over 174 pounds. The
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