Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1913-02-24
MIDDIES TRIUMPHED
IN SATURDAYS SPORTS
Captured Three Of Four Contests
on the Card.
CORNELL WREsTLERS TOO STRONG
Seat Saiisrs bv Two Points Sub
siiiute Fencers Show Fine Form
With 0uskers.

ssllate FenceFs Show fine fosm
With Quaksrs.
Because the wrestlers lost by q
: small margin the meet with the Crap
piers of Cornell University, which
s as the closing event If the day, the
midshipmen athletes were prevented
from making a clean sweep of the
quartette Of sporti0g events at the
Naval Academy on Saturday. The
1 Washington birthday holiday drew
large cowds Of devotees TO each Of the
sports.
Ia the opening contest Of the day s
card Of events, the basketball team
overwhelmed their old rivals of
| Georgetown University, and thereby
| furnished good start to clean up
everything for the day. The swim
ming team helped things along by
easily Owning the tank men Of Bal
timore City College, and Immediately
follC wing this contest. the fencing
team experienced little difficulty in
trailing the colors Of University Of
PENNSYLVANIA, one Of the teams of the
intercollegiate Fencing Association.
But the Cornell wrestiers proved a
bit too strong for. the sailor lads.
They captured the contest by the close
score Of 6 to Ia points, and 4 to 8
bouts To the credit of the middies'
skill, however, they won two of their
bouts by clear falls, while the ltha-
cans four wins We're by decisions for
aggressiveness. They showed keen
knowledge of the wrestling game,
| however
b the close score OF 16 to "a
points, and 4 40 3 bouts, the midship-
men wrestlers lost 10 the grapplers
Of Cornell University in dual meet
Saturday afternoon Otherwise the
middies would have had a clean slate
Of fo1r Victories Cor the sporting
events of the holiday, saving bested
their opponents in basketball, swim
mng and fencing earlier in the day.
Neither OF the four bouts won by
the Comedians was the result of a
fall. the decisions having been award
! ed for aggressiveness. On the con
trary two Of the three victories won
by the middies were decided by ialls.
Fhe visitors, however, displayed keen
kn9wlege OF the wrestling game.
/ Probably the most interesting of
] the bouts was that between Lewis.
Cornell, an Babbitt, Navy, in the 1876
pouad class. Lewis kept his oppo-
nent on the defensive most of the
time, and had the Navy man ia tight
places on several occasions, but was
unable to pin his shoulders. Davis,
Navy, did some clever work in the
il5-p pound event, when he threw
Rosemary, Cornell, in a little less
than six minutes.
The heavyweight bout between
Howe, Navy, and Davidson, Cornell.
proved comparatively easy for the
Navy man, who gained a fall in less
than two minutes by use of the ham
merlock. In striking contrast was
| the physique of these two contest
ants. Howe is sturdily built, stand
ing about feet 10 inches, and weighs
200 pounds, while Davidson, Of about
the same weighc, is tall and wiry,
standing feet inches.
In the I45-pound event, Culbertson,
| Cornell, and Hops. Navy, did moth
ing but ''spar' for the nine-minute
limit of the bout Neither left his
feet, but the Navy man got decisions
on points. Frank Lynch, the well
known wrestler, refereed the bouts.
The summary:
lis Pounds Davis, Navy, won
from Tesseuary, Cornell, in min
ties 5S seconds. Fall secured by a
half-nelson and body hold.
| 1Z5 Pounds--Boat, Cornell, won
from Dupre, Navy. Decision for
most aggressive work.
S5 Pounds--LOuis, Cornsll, won
from Bsbbitt, Navy. Decision for
most aggressive work.
145 ounds---Hoops, Navy, won
from Colbertson. Cornell. Decision
for most aggressive work.
1853 PoundsRyder, Cornell, won
irm GLADDEN., Navy. Decision for
most aggressive work.
i75 POunds--Bame, Cornell, won
from Graf, Navy. Decision for most
I aggressive work.
Heavyeight--H0we, Navy, threw
| Davidson, Cornell, in ! minute SO
seconds. Fall. secured by hammer
lock hold.
Showing rather poor form, that is
characteristic Of the I sncing of most
Of the college teams, the foilsmen
! representing University Of Pennsyl-
vania went down 70 defeat at the
hands of the midshipmen. The score
was bouts to Z.
Ia fact, the middies entered the
match with practically a substitute
team, as neither Gray or Duna, the
1 strongest of the regulars, engaged in
the bouts. The contest was really q
tryout of the thrse men who did par
ticipate, as il is understood that the
selection of 3 third man for the Navy
team will be made from the three.
And the fact that the Pennsylvanians
We're defeated virtually by a substi.
tute team would indicate that Navy
has an excellent chance Of winning
the championship when the intercol.
legiate tournament takes place il
New York next month.
The MILDLY fencers have been show.
ing steady improvement under the
tutelage Of Professor Fournou. ang