Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1915-10-07
NAVY AND ST. JOHNS
HAVE PRACTICE GAME
BOth Teams Gain Substantially in
Good Demonstration of Two
Styles Of Play.
NAVY TEAM SLOW, BUT CERTAIN.
Coaching Staff Young and Active
Two Coaches Of the "ShOw EN-"

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| Practice which was valuable TO both
teams. sss~=f-FssE same time of much
interest to considerable audience OF
Navy people, aud others. took place at
the Naval Academy yesterday between
the elevens of the Naval Academy and
ST. Johns College.
It was in no sense a contest. the
coaches were permitted on the field and
zach side alternated in the offensive
without regard TO downs St Johns.
as the lighter team, was permitted to
keep possession of the ball for q con-
| siderable longer period than the mid
shipmen. Both teams gained sub
5tantially the practice being a good
demonstration of two stvles Of play.
On four occasions. in fifteen or more
attempts, st. Johns made large gains
on forward pass plays. Twice the bali
was intercepted by midshipman. and
in-one case a touchdown for the Navy
would have resulted On the otheltrials
the ball grounded. For a light team.
st. Johns did some remarkable body
blocking, often putting the entire line
| II forwards out of the play, and en-
abling the backs to make big gains.
Stronger made gains up to twenty
FIVE yards around the end. while Biel-
ash and Darley also did we'll Turner
succeeded in hitting the line success
| fully several times Captain Heise play
| ed late in the game, and also got
| around for several large gains.
The midshipmen could almost al
ways gain substantially on their line
plays. At the start. Orr plebe. was
at quarter, with Vail, Westphal and
Stoudt making up the backfield Vail
hit tackle very successfully, while Orr
| made one run of twenty-five yards the
| longest made 10y a midshipman during
the practice. The midshipmen tried
forward passes four times. On one,
gain of about ten wards WIS made, the
ether grounded
Generally, they had no trouble pen
etrating the collegian line, though the
st. Johns lads PLAYED with great pluck
| II was noticeable, however that when
the vicinity of Selby and Claude was
attacked, there was generally little or
no gain. Ate" thsp ractice agains'
| the colegians, the Navy team. with a
changed hackGeld, worked against the
Navy scrub team.
Luth was at quarter in the new ar
rangement, with Failing, Davis and
| Won Heimberg Numerous changes
We're made i'm the line during the re-
mainder of the practice The progress
of the Navy team is undoubtedly slow
| nut il is believed to be certain. Grad
| ual Improvement was made in the de-
fence to the forward pass plays yes
terday, but the midshipmen's attempt
TO get off the same play were not very
| Impressive.
| All Of the coaches Of the Naval Acad
| emy football team this year are capa-
bic of getting right into the game at
any time. and do not hesitate to do so
Lieut. Jonas II. Ingram, the head coach,
has been in the heat of the game him
| self at a date sufficiently recent 10 en-
able him to maka a clear demonstra-
ton Of any phase of football work he
wishes TO impart TO his charges, while
| all of his assistants are young and
| hearty fellows who not only are able
ia, but who actually do get into the game
and ask no favors from the members
of the squad of this year. young and
powerful as thoy are.
There are two coaches, however, who
are prominently of the show en-
kind, "Tacks" Ha -dwick. Harvard send
and all-round player last season. and
field coach of the Navy team this year
and Babe" Brown. the best linemen
who ever played for an Academy team
and who has few SUI erioTr in his line
Of work anywhere. Either of these are
ready in an instant TO get right into the
play and rough il up with a midship-
man who does not appear To be putting
all he has into his work and needs a
little driving. or they can give a prac-
tical demonstration of what they mean
when they tell a candidate how he
should handle an opposing player in
any situation.
1t is something of an experience TO
have Brown come to player and show
him how he is to break through the
line. Struggle as the pupil will, Brown
keeps coming whether somebody is in
his way or rot. There is nothing rough
or harsh about the way he does it. but
e uses every ounce of his great weight
something along 220 pounds, every bill
OF it solid bone and muscle. and there
are mighty few that he ever threw Il
it against that did not give way before
it. The candidates that have to tus-
tie with Brown have the satisfaction ot
knowing that in ali their football ca.
reer they will probably never meet z
tougher proposition.
Hardwick is always ready TO subjec
himself 10 even more severe t-youts
He does not hesitate to take the part o
the tackling dummy and allow midship
man after midshirman, some weighing
upwards Of 200 pounds. and all strong
and well trained, to dash into MIN 81
that he may be able to know just how
hard they are really tackling He sub
jects himself 20 the same sort Of treat
ment when be is instructing the play
ers in body blocking, and putting theiI
men out of the plays. The particular