The Washington times., 1913-11-28
Navy Squad Boasts of More
Weight This Year Than Ever
Before.
ONLY TWO MEN FROM EAST
Large Majority of the Men
Are From West or Middle
West.

NEW YORK, Nov. S.-The Naval
Academy team that will battle for
the honor of the service afioat
against the Army lads on tomorrow at
the Polo Grounds, is believed to
be a remarkable aggregation in
several ways. In the first place, it
is the heaviest team the Naval Acad-
emy has ever had. For another thing,
the large majority of the players are
from the West or Middle West, while
New England is not represented at all.
Finally, more than two-thirds of the
teams members are from one class,
the first, the members of which will
graduate next June, and who have
never, while midshipmen, had to un-
dergo the sting of defeat by their
great rivals from the banks of the
Hudson.
of the men who will start the game
against West Point on SATURDAY., two
will face the Army team Tor the fourth
time These are Captain Gilchrist. at
right end. and Big Brown, the right
guard. Two other members OF the class
were substitutes the first year. Inese
are McKeavey, who VIII be IN the game
at left halfback. and Rodes. who cap
tained the Navy team last year, play
ing quarterback, but resigned from the
service shortly after the hnal contest.
Seven of the members of the class
made the team in the second year IN
tie ACADEMY: eight of them played on
te team last season. and the same num-
ber will line up against west folht
This year.
The services of this class to the foot
ball team have been -unapproached by
any other team in the history of the
Academy The first class men on the
team this year are: Ingram, LETT end;
Ralston, left tackle; Howe, left guard;
Brown. right guard: Vaughan. right
tackle: Gilchrist, right end: McReavey,
left halfback. and Nichols, quarter
back.
The only representatives of other
classes are: Perry, center: Harrison.
fulIback. who are from the second
class, and Failing, right halfback, who
is third class man.
Nine of the first team men may be
classed as from some part OF the West, |
including the middle West and South |
west. Ingranm and Oyeresch, who may !
be chosen ct left erd, are both from |
Perry, center, are from Ohio. Howe,
left guard, and Failing, right halfback, +,
are from Michigan. Vaughan, right |
tackle, is Texan. Gilchrist-- captain |
and right end, is from Missouri. Nc :
Recvey, the husky left halfback, is /
from the State of Washington, and Har |
rison, the stocky fullback, is a CHI |
cagoan. There are only two representa- !
tives OF other sections of the United |
States on the team. but they are towers |
of strength to the team. Brown, ad- |
mitted to be one of the best linemen in /
the college world, is from Canton. Pa.
while Nichols, the brilliant running
Quarterback. upon whom so much will /
depend On Saturday. is from Spartans-
burg. Pa The bulk of the substitutes
are Also from the West, but the pro-
portion is not SO great as with the
regulars.
1t is the great ambition of those
of the graduating class who
are ON the team. as well as those who
are not. to be able to say that the
Army never won from the Navy while
they were midshipmen. If this is ac-
il will be something that
the members of no other class in the
history Of the institution has been able
10 say
The ARMY and Navy brigades Of root
ers will not come here until tomorrow