Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1913-10-24
AGGIEG REPORTED IN
POOR TRIM FOR GAME
Farmers to Clash With Powerful
Navy Eleven Tomorrow.
MIDDlES ARE IMPROVING.
Have Made Fine Showing in Practice
This Week-Army To Entertain
Tufts College.

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Following a week OF the hardest
kind of practice, the football team of
the Naval Academy will line up
against the eleven of the daryland
Agricultural College on the Academy
gridiron tomorrow afternoon the
game starting at the usual hour,
2 80 o'clock.
The Farmers are not rated any
| thing like near the class of the sailor
lads, and although they have been
putting up fast, strong article of
football in the early season games,
the mjddies are not at all concerned as
to the outcome of tomorrow's strdg-
gle. Undoubtedly the Aggies will
give an exhibition of open football,
as it is hardly likely they will be able
to make much impression against the
heavy Navy line, and if they are well
drilled in tbs respect, they may count
upon worrying the middies Just bit
anyhow
Former Coach Jack Gates wjrked
with the linemen of the Navy football
yesterday afternoon. He was delight
ed to learn that not a man on the
squad had received an injury of any
account this season. The practice
was largely devoted to kicking and
receiving kicks, the work of the back
fl cid in receiving showing a marked
Improvement.
Army Has 45 Minute Lineup.
Head Coach Naly gave the ARMY
a 45-minute scrimmage drill with
the scrubs yesterday, during which
the plays to be used in the game
against Tufts tomorrow were re-
hearsed. The Army's offensive play
did not appear very strong, as the
regulars were unable to score against
a strong scrub con- bination Hooker,
Boots aud Hodgson were the first
string of backs. Hobbs aud Benedict
rested on account of injuries.
The hospital list was swelled by
the addition of Wynne and Merrillat.
Rand was back for a short time at
tackle. Meacham continues to do
good work at the guard position,
where Huston belongs regularly. The
latter was only in the scrimmage for
a few minutes. The nearest tie var
sity came TO scoring was when Hook
er got around Hanley's end for 20
yard run to the scrubs 15-yard line.
The regulars yielded the ball on
downs, and the chance for score
went glimmering. DAILY will work
his men hard today in another 45-min-
ute mix-up. No me asures will be
left undo ne to strengthen the Army }
play, for all hands realize that Tufts
looks as dangerous as Colgate did a
week ago.
Still smartiug under the over
| whe lining sfeat at the hand. of
franklin and Marshall College at
Lancaster, Pa, last Saturday when
they were vanquished by the score of
46 to o, the eleven of st. Johns Col
lege will leave here early tomorrow
morning t. meet the team of Haver-
ford College.
The Collegians have been in a Grip
pied condition for the past ten days,
Captain Clark, the star quarterback,
being out because of illness, and two
or three other regulars also are in
poor condition for hard work. In
spite of this, however, the players
have been working ergetically this
week, and expect to make q strong
showing against the Haverford ag-
gregation.
A dispatch from College Park
reads:
1.-THE Maryland Aggies will play
almost substitute team against the
Naval Academy Saturday. The Farm
| ers have had another man added to
their list of injured Hoffecker, who
has been holding down the place at
right halfback all Sc ason, had his
shoulder strained yesterday so severe
| ly that it is questionable If he will
| play in two more weeks. The Aggies
have been put through the longest
scrimmages this week that they have
heen subjected to this season, and
some of the men are pretty scre and
stiff as result.
THE work of the Farmers has
not been satisfactory. With five reg
lars watching the practice from the
sideiines, the scrubs have torn through
the varsity line for touchdowns on
two successive days, using the Navy
plays The Farmers are beginning
to wo lder what the Navy, with its
heavy, powerful and experienced
team, will do with those plays, if a
light and really unorganized eleven
can make eight touchdowns in about
eighty minutes ofplay. .
The Princeton Dartmouth game al
Princeton will be the most important
contest in the East tomorrow. Other
big games scheduled are: Pennsyl.
vanis gs. Indians. at PhiIadelphia
Cornell VS.. Pittsburgh, at Ithacs
Harvard vs. Pennsylvania State, al
Cambridge Yale vs.. Washington-Jef.
ferson, at New Haven.
/ Independent Ice Co. Shuts Down.