Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-03-17
WINTER SPORTS OVER
BASEBALL TO START
Middies' First Game With Mary
land Aggies Wednesday.
LACROSSE PLAYERS AT WORK.
Schedule in That Sport Begins on
Thursday With Baltimore City
College.

Saturday saw the close of the ser.
les Of indoor sports al the Nava
| Academy, the final events being tn,
fencing exhibition between t. ans OF
the midshipmen and the Baltimore
Athletic Club. and the annual indoor
| interclass field and track meet amonl
the midshipmen.
The baseball fever is now in the
air, and the season will have its break
this week. The ball tossers have
had very little outdoor practice be-
cause of the bad elements of weather
prevailing for the last few weeks.
However, the middies will usher in
their schedule on w lnesday, when
they will 60 up against the nine
representing Maryland Agricultural
College, and they also have a game
on for Saturday, when they face Uni
versity of Pennsylvania.
This week also witnesses the open
ing of the lacrosse season at :he
Academy. The initial contest will
be with the twelve of Baltimore CITY
College, and will b. played on the
Academy grounds Thursday afternoon.
With representatives. of the Bal
timore Athletic Club as opponents,
the Naval Academy fencing team
Saturday had its last practice match
in preparation for the final bouts of
the annual tournament of the Inter
collegiate Fencing Associ alton, to he
held IN rooms Of the Hotel Astor,
New York, March 2l According to
the original sche dule. the Middies
were to have met the experts of the
New York Athletic Club, but they
took on the Baltimoreaus instead, as
the New Workers we're prevented
from coming to Annapolis.
The match was entirely an exhi-
bition affair. No decisions were,
therefore, rendered. Several of the
bouts were very keenly contested and
afforded the Middies excellent prac-
tice The foil was the weapon used.
Representing the Baltimore Athletic
Club were Bailey, Or. Schlinkmann
and Ward, all Of whom have fenced at
the Naval Academy or previous occa-
sions.
Dunn, Hans, Gray and Lingo. The
three former. it is expected, will
represent Navy in the tournament at
New York this week. Incidentally,
the Middies are picked to win the
big event, as they have shown better
for than any of the other teams in
their preliminary matches $. The
to win through the fact that the
West Point cadets, hitherto their most
for .nidable opponents, withdrew
membership in the intercollegiate as
sociation this year.
The annual interclass indoor field
and track meet among the Midship-
men was held Saturday afternoon in
the gymnasium, and ell of t he events
were very spirite dly contested. Nc
records were smashed, however, nor
were there any remarkable perform
| ances. Athletes of the first class
won the meet with a total of sc
points, while the first class represen-
tatives finished second, with q
points. The second class took thirC
place, with 10 points, while the
fourth classmeh only registered foui
points. The results:
50-Yard Hurdle--dull, first, 'l8
VIckery. second, '15; Geiscenhoff
third, 10. Time. 2 seconds.
50-Yard Dash--Collins, first, Is
Clark, second, Is; Winslow, third
is. Time, 5 s-5 seconds.
50-Yard Low HurdIes--Leonard
first, ID, Hull, secodd, Is; Vickery
third, 10. Time, 6 S-5 seconds.
440-Yard Dash Armstrong, first
I5; Wynkoop, second, '16; Lennon
third, '16. Time, So l-s seconds.
Mile Relay--Geisenhoff, '13, Hull
l3, Armstrong, ID and Lewis, 'l5
first; Palmer, IA, Ericsson, 'I6
Cooper. 'I6 and Thompson, '16, sec
ond. Time. :a3.
Shot-Put-- Brown, Ia, first; Hintze
Is, second. Distance, SO feet l.
inches.
High Jump--vict ~, Is, first: Arm
strong, '15, second; Jeffers, l6
third. Height, feet inches.
Pole Vault--Asserson, I3, an
Vickery, Is; tied; Armstrong, Id
and j. P. Brown, '15. third. Height