Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-11-20
RIVAL CAPTAINS TO
OPPOSE EACH OTHER
Gilchrist, Navy, and HOge, Army,
Should Have Merry Time.
BOTH PLAY ON THE END.
Former is on Right Wing, and Latter
on Left, So Lined Up They Will
Be Face To Face.


When the midshipmen and West
Point cadets clash in their annual
football game on the Polo Grounds,
New York, on November 20, not only
will the outcome of the struggle eA-
cit the keenest interest, but consid-
erable attention will be centered on
the work OF the rival captains, who
will be directly opposed to each other
on the charging line.
Gilchrist is the captain of the
Navy eleven and he plays right end,
while Hoge. the Army leader, is
holding down left end. So that when
the teams line up for the first scrim-
mage the two leaders will be face to
face with each other. This situa-
tion is an unprecedented one in the
history of Army-Navy games, so far
as can be learned.
Men in the backfeld have captained
the rival teams oftener than line
men, and while each team has several
times had forward as leader, it has
not so happene that the makeup of
the teams brought them face to face
with each other. Needless to sjd
that this years leaders will extend
themselves to the utmost in their
efforts to outdo one another, and there
by bring the laurels of victory to
their respective teams.
Based upon past performances, the
rival captains are players of the first
water Gilchrist is serving his fourth
year as a member of the Navy eleven.
and in all four campaigns he has fill
ed an end position, with the excep-
tion of part of last season, when he
was shifted to quarterback He
plays an aggressive game, is a hard
and sure tackler, and follows the ball
well. He is stockily built, very
strong and weighs about ITO pounds.
This is Hoge's second year as a
member of the West Point team, and
he has be en- one of the mdinstays in
defensive work in this years games.
In point of weight, it is said, he will
about balance pounds with GilchIist.
He is of lanky build, though we'll
developed. Hoge, it is understood, is
used good bit in forward pass for
nations go is Gilchrist, and if this
style of play is used much in the COM
ing game, some good generalship
should be the result.
Secret practice was resumed at the
Naval Academy this afternoon, and
tn varsity was driven At lively clip
in a long scrimmsge against the
strong scrub team. Nichols continues
at quarterback, and Vaughn at right
tackle in place of Redman. During
the practice, however, Mitchell was
worked a good bit in the pilots job,
and besides two sets of backfieId
men were used.
The coaches are thoroughly salts
fed with the wJrE of their charges,
notwithstanding Saturdays small
score against Penn. State College
and the inability to score after work
ing the ball within a yard or so of
the opposing goal line on five occa-
isons. No special preparation is be-
ing made for the game against New
York University on Saturday. This
will be the final game on home
grounds, and victory should be COM
paratively easy for the sailor lads.
There is no let.up in the vigor with
which the Army cadets are prepar-
ing for the gIidiron struggle with the
Navy. In the ten days intervening
before the big game observers expect
to see the Army eleven come along
rapidly The midseason career was
one of hard knocks but none of the
Sc etbacks has caused encouragement.
The small score by the Navy
yainst Pc pennsylvania State has con-
tributed to confidence that the An
uapolis cadets are not any furthe r
advanced than those at West Point.
Practice continues to be secret, but
il is known that Coach DAILY is MAX
ing several shifts in the team in prep
aration for the battle in New York.
Experiments are being made with
be backfield, Hooker and Boots heing
tried behind the regular line yester-
day. Capt. Benny Hoge was moved
back to his old position at left end.
The regulars showed considerable
strength on the offense, Hoge and
Hobbs each scoring a ouchdown
against the second eleven.
A dispatch from New York says:
'The New York University football
team, which has failed to score a
point $50 far this season, plays its
last game on Saturday at Annapolis
against the Navy. The squad is put
ting in hard week Of practice in the
hope of topping off its bleak season
with st least one tally against the
midshipmen. The forward pass was
used to promising advantage in last
Saturdays game with Wesleyan, and
anacial attention fp basnu reid 4hsa