Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1914-02-02
MODES CAPTURE 8;
LOSE | SPORT EVENT
Basketball, Wrestling, and SWIM
ming Teams Victorious.
NEW YORK FENCERS WIN.
Lovers Of Athletics Afforded Variety
Program on Saturday Afternoon
Keen Contests.


Keen Contests
The midshiImen athletes had a big
time of IL on Saturday afternoon,
winning three Of the -four dual com
petitions. They captured the baske T.
ball game from Swarthm IRE, after a
hard fight, won handily from the La
| fayette wrestiers, and the swimmers
OF Marston's School, Of Baltimore, but
lost the fencing 10 the New York
Fencers Club, after a hot contest.
The basketball team Of Swarthmore
College, of Pennsylvania, gave the
midshipnen their hardest fight of the
present season, although the middies
won by score Of 20 to 3. The game
was marked by frequent mixups ow-
ing to the strong defensive work of
both teams. A number OF fouls was
charged against each team, but there
was only one element of unnecessary
roughness. This resulted in the die
qualification of Smith, Nays crack
forward This happened in the first
half and Smith played his usual
strong game up to the time.
Adams, the other forward. put
up an especially strong game, netting
the leather five times from the court.
The visitors only succeeded in shoot
ing three goals from the court, seven
Of their points being the result of
goals thrown from the foul mark by
Twining. Although the Pennylva-
mans put up a plucky game, they
could not cope with the fast team
work of the middies, and the after
maintained an equal advantage in
both halves The line up:
Navy. SSarthmore
Smith right forward McKissick
Adams left forward Twininp
McReavy centre Lucas
Wilkes right guard &. McGovern
Overesch left guard p. McGovern
Summary Substitutions, NAVY,
Nelson for Smith; Swarthmore
Sproute for Lucas. Goals from Court
Navy. Adams, 8 Smith. 2; Nelson.
/; McReavy. /, Wilkes, /, Overesch,
1; Swarthmore, McKissick, Lucas,
Twining. Goals from Fouls Smith.
Ia; Twining, z. Referee George
Collohower, of Georgetown. Times
OF Halves-TweDty minutes.
The midshipmen wrestlers com olete-
| ly outclassed the mat men of Lafay-
cite College, of Easton, Pa, making
a clean sweep of 2 bouts, all of which
resulted in falls. The visitors were
no match for the niddies in strength
or knowledge Of the mat game, and
| in most cases they were considerable
outwei Ehed. In two instances the
visitors were pinned in less than
/ minute. The shortest bout was in
the 145-pound class, in which Broad
| foot pinned Baker in 80 seconds. In
the light heavyweight class Graf won
from Mummert in 81 seconds.
Smith, wrestling in the 145-pound
class against Midshipman Webb, put
| up the best defensive of all the yisi-
tors, and was the only one to get on
top for any length Of time. When he
| finally went under be bridged finely
and fought until entirely overcome.
He received much applause for his
gameness. The midshipmen lost two
II their best men during the week
through injuries, but the work indi-
Gates that the team will be strong.
The summaries:
115-Pound Glass Hof, Navy, threw
Gardiner, Lafayette, with half nell
son AMI wrist hold in 9 minutes and 80
seconds
125-Pound Class Wyatt, Navy,
threw Williams, Lafayette, with a
donble armlock in 5 minutes and 8
seconds.
135-Pound Class-Webb, Navy,
threw Smith, Lafayette, with a body
and neck hold in 6 minutes and 70
seconds.
l46-Pound Class Broadfoot, Navy,
threw Baker, Lafayette, with a boJy
and neck hold ia 80 seconds.
l6S-Pound Class-Gl ldden, Navy,
threw Wandley, Lafayette. with a
half-nelson, changing to head lock, in
3 minutes and 6 seconds.
175.Pound clss--Graf, Navy, threw
Mummert, Lafayette, with a neck
and BODY hold in 81 seconds.
Unlimited Weight Clash owe.
Navy, threw Bell, lafayette, with a
body and neck lock IN minutes and
9 seconds.
The midshipmen swimmers easily
won from the team of the University
School for Boys, Of Baltimore; in q
dual meet in the gymnasium tank by