The Washington times., 1915-11-18
Arn1y's Backfield Has
20 Pound AdpQntaqe
Howard Believes in Weight and Strength For Men
Behind Line, While Ingram Leans Toward
Speed and HeadWork.

ANNAPOLIS. Nov. 1s-There Il n dif-
ference In weight Of twenty pounds per
man between the Naval Academy
backfield. which will start the game
against the Military Academy eleven
this season. and that which started
against the Army team last year. To be
exact. the average OF Craig. Westphal.
Davis. and Martin. this years backs.
Is 1914 pounds. while that Of II. II. Har-
rison. Blodgett. Failing. and Miles. the
selections Of Head Coach Howard. was
1871 pounds. Nothing could show more
clearly the divergence In ideas OF Head
Coaches Ingram and Howard. Howard
believed in weight and strength above
everything. and picked backfield
which he hoped would smash an oppos-
ing line to pieces. Ingram believes In
speed and headwork as the first essen
tisl. and has picked his men behind the
line accordingly, although three OF the
four members OF last years backfield
arc available this year. besides other
heavy men with hackfield training.
Lieutenant Ingram is willing to say
that there IL little doubt that the back
field that will start against West Point
will be composed as follows: Quarter
back Craig: halfbacks. Westphul and
Davis: fullback. Martin. Craig weighs
iEA pounds. Westphal is the heavy
weight Of the backs, weighing lA
pounds. Davis weighs 1914 pounds, and
Martin weighs 1917 pounds. These
weights contrast strongly with the
backs OF last wear.
The heavvweights were Blodgett. 2Ol
pounds and Failing. 49, pounds. II. II.
Harrison. the fullback. weighed $50
pounds. while Miles. who played quar-
| terback In the final game. pulled the
| average yKnlnhf VI % q
| only 15l pounds. and Is now about the
| same. When Mitchell was at quarter
| where he was found most OF the season,
the average OF the backfield went up
| five pounds. as he was twenty pounds
heavier than Miles.
The two heavy men OF last years
combination. Rlodgett and Failing. ar"
available this year but Ingram has not
given them much consideration In max
| ing up his backheld. Blodgett has pla "
| ed on end when he was in the game.
and Failing has not played for n half
an hour altogether during tho season.
However, more weight can be put be-
| hind the line Mt intervals. as in one
offensive formation used by the Navy
team, the end, who will be either Blod'
rett or Won 1eimbers. Is placed rs the
| point OF the kick formation.
One Of the other of th"se-whichaver
| one earns the plaCe-wiiI do the punting
against West Point. though playing left
| end OF the defense. and IN the normal
offensive formation. From the kick for
nation, however. the ball may he pass
ed or rushed. as we'll as kicked. and
| there will be another hig man behind
the line to heip the running plays alone.
| Blodgett Is the heaviest man on tho
squad. weighing. as stated, 20l pounds.
while Won Heimberg weighs $50 pounds.
! Lieutenant Ingram IL only willing "a
| name three men on the line who arc
| lot inn HnnipnQ nlnRHg
| final game. These are Ward and GIL
man, left and right tackles, respectively
and Eerchcr at left guard 9. NJ. Jones
and Goodstein are councillors for COW
ter T.. r. Smith and Holtman for rirht
guard. and Johnson and Jackson f"r
| right end. Chances favor the first
| nF med In each case.
The average weight Of tho lin" COM
posed Of those certain to make the t"atc
a~d those favored by the chances, Is
80 = Wounds wi'N Rlndcatt on loft c"d
Th" average weight Of tho team nIllc
UP OF this line and the settled backheld