Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-11-28


annual army-navy football game IN
Philadelphia this Afternoon will come
the usual selection of an-American,
aIl-Eastern and all-Western teams for
the season of 1914. The adherents
of the two United States academy
teams will await these mythical COM
b%inations n West Point teams in
napolis and West Point teams include
players thought by their admirers 10
be of all-American calibre.
Last year the army and navy each
succeeded in placing a player on the
team considered by football followers
in general, to be the nearest approach
to an official eleven. Brown of the
and Merillat Of the middies at right
End. This brought the total up to ten
for the period extending from 1901
to 1913. Bunker, the arlny's right
tackle, and DAILY, quarterback in 1901.
were the first service players to make
the all-American team. DAILY had.
however, made the teams of 1893 and
1899 while playing quarter for Har-
ward.
In 1902 the Cadets were again rep
resented by Bunker, who was placed
at right halfback In that year. Two
years later the army's famous center,
Upton. was the unanimous choice of
the experts for the position of passer
back of the ball. Three years elapsed
before an academy player was again
mentioned and then the navy placed
Dague, left end Of the 1907 combina-
ton, on the eleven while Erwin. the
1t was o until 1911 that the service
football men made the all-American
team again. In that cal the two
academies divided honors. Devore Of
the Cadets being at right tackle and
Dalton of the navy at fullback. AS a
result the count stands at present:
Army. Z: navy, 8.
With the passing of football there
a lull in the active major sports
of the nation but the fans composing
the winter baseball league will keep
interest alive even though the mag
mates break all precedence by imitat-
ing the sphinx. With organized base
ball the players fraternity and the
Federal league all offering fuel there
should be no need Of tanning the
flames. In fact all signs point to n
Of the liveliest seasons Of indoor base
ball In n decade.
Although the echoes of the worlds
series are just dying away the mag
mates, managers and players are al
ready planning for the 1915 cam
paign. Regardless of the possibility
of sensational changes in ownership
spring training trip of a number of
the clubs have already been made.
The Chicago Nationals will work out
the winter stiffness at Tampa, Fla,
beginning on March 1: the st. Louis
Nationals have selected Hot Wells,
Texas. as their spring camp and the
New York Nationals will return to
4n~ts ~Ur Co. L. L. $1,000
The Boston Nationals champions of
the baseball universe. have decided to
prepare for the 1915 pennant race at
Hot Springs, Ark. and will lave COM
pany in the Boston Americans and
some Of the Pittsburgh Nationals for
a time at least. The Pirates will spend
a portion of the time al Dawson
Springs. Ky. while the Detroit Amer
leans are scheduled to return to Gull
port. Miss. reporting late In Febru-
airy. The Philadelphia Nationals are
expected to timber up at st. Peters
burg, Fla. and the other clubs have
either signed renewals for their for
mer camps or are selecting new train
Ing quarters.
At the recent meeting of the swim
ming authorities of the conference
colleges of the middle west, the
coaches recommended the adoption of
water basketball as a regular confer
ence sport, the games to be played in
connection with the dual meets. At
the conference meet the two teams
having the highest record in the num-
Der of games won will compete for
the conference championship. Cap
tains will be elected for the water
basketball teams in each school, as
we'll as for swimming teams.
The schedule for the various uni
versity swimming teams as adopted at
the meeting provides for dual aquatic
meets as follows:
January 23-Illinois vs. Wisconsin.
at Madison, and Northwestern VS.. Chi
cago at Chicago.
February 12-Wisconsin vs. Chi
cago at Chicago.
February 1s-Wlsconsin vs.. North
western at Champaign.
March 3-Chicago VS.. Northwestern
at Evanston.
March 13-Northwestern We. I'LL
nois at Champaign.
March 19-Conference meet. Place
TO be decided at a later conference.
The first ten lawn tennis players
OF h world as arranged by A. W.
Mavrogordato, a member Of the Eng
fish Davis cup team Of 1914, includes
but W American racquet wielders.
Australasia has two British Isles
three; Germany two, and France one.
This country has the honor Of leading