Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1913-09-22
FOOTBALL PLAYERS
At WORK N EARNEST
Nav NeieFans RsturulBg aud
Active Practiye VI start
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Practice waFk fn preparation far
the tonfhsl eamHa. En in Annapolis
w gee ur8er wuF lH earnest this
week af TIRE Naga Academy eud 81
fonu CoHtee.
Win the opening Of SL John .
81 Wednes ing preliminary wcrk was
started undsr tha direction % Frank
FL Mellon. TIRE star fulihaek Of last
seasous championship eleven, who,
II Be- expected. viii - appointed 10
the position Of athletic director, and
Raymond Clark. Of this city, who is
captain Of the team.
Down At the Naval Academy
SQUAD of mote than seyenty-tivt mid
shipmen of the new fourth. class has
been doing some elementary work
this week, and with the return of
last wears veterans next Thursday,
the most promising men will have
been segregated and join the regular
squad Jack McMasters, better
known as Scotty' among the mid
shipmen, who has trained the mid
dies in all branches of athletics for
the last several years, has begun work
with his charges.
The middies will begin the season
with excellent prospects of develop
ing a powerful aggregation. The
services OF only two of last years
eleven were lost by graduation in
June, viz: Hall, left tackle, and
Rodes. quarterback and captain. K.
p. Gilcbrist, of Missouri, the star
end, will lead this years eleven.
There is any number of second string
men to draw from 10 fill the two va
cant positions.
The regulars, in addition to Gil
christ, who will be available, are
Ingram, left eud; Howe, left guard; ;
Perry, centre; Brown, right guard /;
Ralston, right tackle; Leonard and
McReavy, halfbacks, and Harrison,
fullback. Besides these, all OF the
following substitutes are aggressive
plavers: Nichols and Mitchell, quar-
terback Failing. Bates, Collins and
Alexander, halfbacks Walker, CEN
tire; Vaughn, guard; Redman and Lat
| more, tackles, and Overesch and
Graf, ends.
Lieut.. Douglas l.. Howard will act
as head coach and j. j. Reilly, the
former Yale back, will be the field
coach. Howard is already on hand,
as he is attached to duty at the Acad-
| envy. Reilly is expected to arrive
this week. As the season progresses,
the coaching staff will be augmented
by several former Navy stars.
There is no doubt but that the
fourth claSs will, as usual, furnish
one or more good men to the squad.
The coaches will give particular at
tentiou to Blodgett, a New York
city lad. who has had much expert
ence in all branches of athletics.
Blodgett is 6 feet inches in height,
and though weighing about 200
pounds he established quite a reputa-
ton as a halfback on the eleven of
the Commercial High School. He
also is a good punter.
B.cdgett was the star twirler of
his class baseball team this summer,
and his work largely contribut I'd t.
the great success Of the team, which
won eleven out of fourteen games.
His great strength for a youngster
was we'll attested I'm the class field
and track meet recently. He broke
the Academy record for hurting the
discus, and smashed the class record
in the shotput.
As halfback Blodgett is said to
be hard line pluuger, besides play
ing a strong defensive game.
As many as possible of the candi-
datess from the new fourth-class
at the Academy were given a final
opportunity Saturday afternoon of
showing their fitness for the big
squad which assembled today. There
was a stiff lineup under the direction
of Lieutenant Howard and the other
coaches, and the players were rapid
| ly replaced so as to give all possible
chance.
Head Coach Howard will pick a
good squad for the main lot of can
didates and will announce them to-
day. A large number of the men
have shown up well, and it is conced-
ed that no new class has shown so
much ability since the present first
class entered the Academy. The best
work in the bsckfield was done by
jackson, Lowrey and C. B. Jones, at
halt back, and Austin at quarterback.
BIodgett did not &c in the lineup,
as he had bad ankle from baseball,
but he practiced punting and pleased
the crowd with some long, well-di-
rected kicks. On the line there is a
wealth of material, two of the best
men being Ward, former Navy APP
prentice, end Sizer. Lieutenant How
ard, the head coach, was assisted by
Lieutenant Ghormley, formerly a
noted Navy back, and Ensign Loftin,
tackle of the team of 1911.