Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-11-19
NICHOLS AND VAUGHN
WILL LAND POSITIONS
Former Seems Sure Of Quarter
and Vaughn at Tackle.
HOT FIGHT NOW CLOSING.
And All Places Apparently Settled =
Army Coming Along With Rush
SAYS Report.


Encouraged by the cheers of their
fellows of the brigade, the midship-
men continued to practice in secret
yesterday, and they put lots of life
into their work.
With the great game with the
rival w est Point cadets now less than
two weeks eff. extra time has. as
usual, been granted the squad for
practice, and full advantage is being
taken of it. Although new plays and
formations are being perfected,
chief interest centres just now in the
final stages of the fight for at least
two of the eleven positions. These
are quarterback and right tackle.
As f1recssted several days ago, il
is practically conceded that Nichols
viii lald the pilots job, after hot
fight with Mitchell, who has filled it
most of the season. Nichols did not
make his debut until late this season,
hut he established something of a rep
ltation as backfield man last year,
and his coming out three weeks ago
was viewed by the sharps in the light
that Mitchell would have a hard time
holding on.
Fleet OF foot, Nichols has lost
none of his old-time cunning. He is
even better than last season. He has
performed splen Idly in running
through broken field. as we'll as
carrying the ball from formation, and
is clever dodger. Besides, he ham
dies kicks we'll and another asset is
that the punts well. And, above all,
he is a heady player and knows how
to drive the team.
1t is likewise certain that Vaughn
will clinch the tackle position. He
has been a strong candidate for guard
for two years, but could not displace
either Howe or Brown. In the game
against State College on Saturday
the coaches played him at tackle in
place of Redman, and he performed
we'll. Vaughn is an aggressive player
and weighs close to 200 pounds, near
ly rs pounds heavier than Redman.
The latter, however, is very capable.
A keen contest has also been waged
between Overesch and ingram for
left end, and the chances now seem
tc favor the former. There is little
to choose between them, however,
for both are heavy and strong, and
hard players.
The Army's secret work in prepa-
ration for the Navy game was re-
sumed yesterday afternoon. The
regular field was too heavy and treach-
trous for Daly's men, so a new grid
iron was laid out just north of the
present size, and with guards station
ed at all approaches the men were
driven through an hour and half of
strenuous work.
Herrick was used on the line in
Huston's place, Meacham being rele-
gated to the scrubs. Wynne and Mer-
rilat, at tackle and end, respectively,
did good work. Captain Benny Hoge
vas moved back to his old position
at left end, exchanging places with
Markoe, who was tried for little
while in the backfield. The regulars
showed considerable strength on the
offense, Hoge and Hobbs each scoring
touchdowns.
Referring to the progress OF the
West Point team, the New York Sun
today says:
The Army team is in the last
two weeks of its campaign, and with
brisk driving in that time it wouldn' Z
be surprising to see the elevea come
along rapidly, for ii has bee handled
in such manner that it probably can
absorb a good deal of football in i'm.
mediate preparation for the Navy
game.
"The team has been brought along
slowly by Coach DAILY, every game
prior to the Navy clash being taken
az it came without any hurrying OF
special preparation. So it may be
that the soldiers will come with a rush
in the last two weeks. Their midsea.
soh career was one of hard knocks.
Following three stiff games came
two which were so ssy that the big
scores made in them may or may not
have indicated that the West Pointer.
were getting into their stride anC
getting together. The small score
by the Navy against Penn State
didn't make the Army folks downcast
over their prospsc cts.
Already there has been much bet
ting in the financial district Of New
York on the outcome of the Army
Navy struggle and Navy continues al
favorite at odds of 10 to 8. TIE
Harvard-Ysls game Saturday is rs
ceiving gre ater attention of thu
money sharps just now, however, AMI
the betting is 10 to 9 en- Harvard.