The Washington times., 1917-02-05
DEPARTMENT ORDER
STOPS NAVY STREAK
MiddieS Halted With Eleven
Wins Credited to Basket
ball Team.

1t required something more than .
mere basketball team to break the
Navy's winning string this season.
Jim Colliflower's charges, scheduled
to meet the West Virginia University
team, were halted only by the issu-
ance of an order from the Navy De-
partment closing the Academy gates
to visitors.
Since Collifiower has been in charge
OF the Navy basketers they have lost
but two games. New York Univer-
sity and Swarthmore were victorious
over the Academy tossers last season.
This year none of the visiting teams
were able to lower the Navy colors.
Two Called on.
Two games were called off this sea-
son. Saturdays game with the West
virginians and that OF January 20
with New York University, when the
midshipmen were ordered here for
Admiral Dewey's funeral.
Navy's victorious record for the
year in eleven games lisa s follows:
Navy, 5s; Hopkins, 16.
Navy, 20; st. Johns (Ann.), IA.
Navy, "a; C. C. n. Y, %.
Navy, "a, G. w. u, 16.
Navy, %; Yale, 81.
Navy, 35; c. u, 13.
Navy, 46; Crescent A. c., 81.
Navy, 80: Swarthmore, %.
Navy, 81: Geo. Univ, %.
Navy, %: st. Johns IN. ", 10.
Navy, 50; Virginia, II.
In the eleven games the Navy has
scored 357 points to 210 for oppo-
nents. In other words, the midship-
men have averaged a trife over 81
points, while their opponents were
held to an average of 10 in all games.
Many Players Return.
CoIlifower built his success upon
sure foundation. On the present
team, composed OF Calhoun, Allen,
Martin, Warner, and Welch. all but
Calhoun have two years more of bas-
ketball, barring accidents and fall
ures in scholastic standing. OF these
players Allen is a star man in his
class.
OF the second string and plebe play
ers, Clarke, Won Heimberg, Loves,
whelchel, Thomas, Derringer, Olson,
Baber, and Roberts will all be back
for next years work. There is but
one second c1assman on the squad,
Byers, who will be manager for next
season.
Records Are Good.
The Individual records of the play
ers are exceptionally good. Against
some of the strongest teams in the
country the Navy team maintained a
high scoring standard. Yale, Swarth-
more. and the City College, of New
York, rank with the best in the East.
All OF these teams met defeat, two Of
them by a single point only. but the
Navy players held their stride.
W. c. Calhoun, captain of the Navy
team, and the only first classman on
the squad. was the leading point
scorer. In the eleven straight wins
Calhoun scored 81 baskets and shot
As free tosses from 105 trials.
Welch, right forward, shot twenty
seven baskets during the season in
the nine games in which he played,
while Allen, regular center in eleven
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times. In eight games Warner totaled
fourteen baskets, while in four games
in which he participated before being
threatened with appendicitis, Won
Heimberg got eleven. Martin, right
guard, got ten much needed baskets
in his eight games.
Subs Score At Times.
The substitutes got in several
games for scores during the season.
Clarke, in two games, got two bas-
kets, while Whelchel got one in two
games. Olson in one contest got three
baskets and Loves, another plebe, got
five in five games. Derringer, Lock
hart, and Thomas accounted for one
each in single games.
Satisfied With Team.
The middies are more than satisfied
with their team this season, and have
backed Coach Collihower in every
sense of the word. Prospects for an
other successful year are already un-
der way in that the majority of play
crs have one and two, and some three,
years more on the Navy team.
The clean string of eleven wins
speaks volumes for the Navy coach.
and the offense and defense worked up
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