Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1913-11-11
SAYS NAVAL ELEVEN
IS WITHOUT APEER
Washington Sporting Writer Gives
Opinion Of Middies
PLAYERS HEAVY AND FAST.
And Crushing Dsfeat Of BuckueII
Stamps Team as About Strongest
ia The Country

Because Of a long infantry drill
yesterday afternoon, the time avail
able for football practice at the
Nsal Academy was limited. In fact
a brisk cross-country walk was sub
stitutei for the usual program.
The squad crossed College Greek
bridge and made circuit Of Annap.
oils, pas sing through the town on the
sturn. During the trip the coaches
took the occasion to talk ever Satur.
days game against Bucknell and 10
outlint the work which would be re-
quired curing the week.
The team passtd d through the Buck
nell game practically without a
scratch and the only player on the
hospital list is Halfback Leonard,
who has heen laid up with a bad knee
Tor about ten days. Leonard is still
unable to get intc the game, but he
is improving and will probably be
used against Pennsylvania State next
Saturday for a short time.
Just now, however, the team is
getting along remarkably without
Leonard's services and it will be a
question whether or not he will get
in the regular lineup. Che work of
several of the players on Saturday
gave great satisfaction. Not Tor
years has any Navy player given such
wonderful exhibition Of dodging
and running as Nichols, who played
quart srback during most of the sec
0nd half
Mitchell is also playing fine game
AZ quarter. lie handles the team
better thal Nichols, but is by no
means as good on advancing tire ball.
The coaches have quite q problem on
their hands to make the decision be-
tween them and the work of the next
two weeIs will determine who will
start in the Army game.
Failing was another back who
showed up in fine shape Saturday and
mis- work was particularly gratifying,
as he will be available next year.
lie is strong and heavy, and is prov
lag very hard TO stop While Penn
State is not regarded to be a. strong
as Bueknell, the coaches will take 90
chances. and will prepafe the Middies
for a hard game. Miller, States
feet little quarterback, probably will
be the greatest bother.
With the Army game now only a
little more than a fortnight off, the
squad will 60 at its hard grind on
gridiron again today The men were
given rest yesterday. The usual
time was devoted to "star cham
Der" session in the gym with the
coaches, some of whom were present
when the middies smoihered Bucknell
last week. The Army came out OF
the Albright game in splendid shape.
The Cadets supporters were great
" encouraged by the work of the
team in Saturdays contest. Malkoe
aud Houston will get light work
this week, rat Benedict is not likely
10 be used at all during the rorgh
work His shoulder is improving
slowly. The squad will get hard
scrimmage right through the week
until Saturday, when it meets the
villa Nova elevs J.
H. G. Byrd, football writer for the
Washington Star, ia the issue Of that
paper or Sunday. has the following
to say OF the Navy eleven:
THE overwhelming victory BY
which the Naval Academy defeated
the Bueknell eleven yesterday gives
the Midshipmen standing second TO
none in the country. 1t is question:
able if there is an eleven in the coun-
try. as strong right now as are the
Midshipmen, and that notwithstand-
ing the fact that those which repre-
sented the big universities are just
beginning to reach their best form.
Comparative scores show the Navy
to be exceedingly powerful. Pitts
buTgh beat the Indians and Cornell
and Bucknell defeated Pittsburgh by
2 to 0. The fact that the Navy coule
score 40 points on an eleven whiel
could win out over team which bar
tc it, credit a victory over Pitts
burgh is rather remarkable.
That Navy team is undoubtedly
a wonderful combination. It's line i
so strong that it would probabl,
stave ,ff the attacks of any set Of
backs ia the East or West. Tn,
brilliant work Of those forwards ba
featured every game, and they hav,
seldom failed to open great hole
through which the backs might drive
And that backfeld is a big, powerful
combination. II is perhaps as beav,
as any in the big schools and certaiy
is that it has in il some cleve
men even thou gh the great -strengtl
of the team is in the line.
The Navy tam is one Of stars
Every Individual in the lineup is
mighty capable performer; there j
not one bat that he could make q 90
sition on most any team. It has al
ways been the tradition that the team
which appeared weakest in the an
nual struggle between the Army an,
Navy generally lost, but such il no
likely to be the case this year. Th
work sf the Sailors would seem 3
pressge 8 eteadiness that is remark
able, for they are running up enor
nous scores against teams whish th
big colleges are finding il iific7lt 1.