Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1915-10-09
NO FAVOR SHOWN
OLD FOOTBALL SQUAD
New Corners Given Every 0ppor-
tunity to Make Team.
COACHES ENCOURAGED.
This Year Record to be Broken for
Fourth Classmen Making the Team
---Good "PIebe" Material.

A notable act in connection with the
management of football at the Naval
Academy is that absolutely no favor is
shown to old members of the squad.
but newcomers are given every oppor-
tunity of making the team their first
year if they show the ability to do it.
What a midshipman has done or is
thought capable OF doing counts when
the coaches make up the team, the
selections are made solely on the
basis of what the candidate is doing
right at the present time. There is no
rule which requires a residence of a
most leading colleges and uniyersi-
tioes. so that il is perfectly possible
for a midshipman to make the team
IN his first year at the Academy
There have been many notable eX-
amples of players who won a place on
the first team the first year and con-
,mued on the team during their whole
course at the Academy, even though
they would have been displaced with
out ceremony had some other candi-
date shown superior ability Dalton.
one of the greatest halfbacks the Ma
val Academy ever had, made the team
as a plebe, and remained with it for
four seasons, captaining it in his final
year Big Babe" Brown. now one Of
the coaches, also made the team in his
first year. and was Immediately rank
ed by the experts as an all-America
guard, an honor which he deserved.
The class to which Brown belonged
The graduated in 1910 was a wonder
ful class in athletics, and gave four
men to the fotball team in its first
year. During the other years ii re
NAMED in the Academy, it had seven
or eight players on the team the whole
time. The team of which these mid
shipmen composed so large a part won
from the Military Academy every year
but the last year, and it was a most
grevious disappointment when the last
game in which the members of this
remarkable class could take part.
Gilchrist, rated by some as an All
America end, was captain in the final
year, and he bad like Iii own played
for four years. He deserved a victory
if any captain ever did. for a harder
worker never played on any eleven.
This year the record for fourthclass-
men making the team bids fair to be
broken. In the important game
against the University of Pittsburgh,
there were five fourthclassmen in the
lineup. They are Smith, right guard
Gilman. right tackle; Martin, right
end: Orr quarterback, and Won Helm
burg. fullback 1t will be noted that
the entire right side of the line is
made up of fourth classmen To Helm
burg is committed the important du-
ties of punting for the team and back
ing up the centre of he lire. Or wOr
his place for his fine work on the plebe
team, and has been dashing off some
fine runs in practice for the past week.
On Thursday Orr received the ball
on kickoff and ran 20 yards, through
strong scrub, for touchdown, not
withstanding the field was soft and
slippery. IF you big fellows had the
| football in you that little chap has. !"
Head Coach Ingram shouted to his
heavies. this Navy team would be all
right" This illustrates that the new
comers are given every encouragement
by the coaches, and that ability viii
win place in every instance.