Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-10-05
NAVY-WEST VA. GAME
SHOULD BE A CORKER
Middies Are Uncertain Over Out
come OF Tomorrow's Struggle
SOUTHERNERS ARE STRONG
Reported To Have Team Even More
Powerful Than That Of Last Season.

footDaIl fans of Annapolis are
looking forward to the game between
the Navy and West Virginia Univers-
ity elevens here tomorrow as prob
ably the stiffest contest that will be
witnessed on local gridiron this
season.
This belief is based upon the fact
that the West Virginians sent a very
representative team to Annapolis last
Fail, when they all but took the
measure of the Middies, and the fur
ther reason that they also have a
strong aggregation this year, as cyl
denced by the game with the Univers-
ity of Pittsburgh last Saturday, which
was won by Pitt IA to 8, although the
lads from the Smoky City" were out
played in the second half of the
game.
The Morgantown institution will
bring to Annapolis a team composed
OF several of the veterans of last
years eleven, and in addition, other
players that will appear in the line
up. are men Of one or more years
experience. Some of the players who
Will invade the lair of the Middies
and who were here last year are Bal
ley at centre; King, left halfback,
and Rodgers, fullback The latter is
a bulwark of strength, both offensive
ly and defensively. Brooks is another
veteran, and so is Lentz who is play
ing this year at right halfback in
place of Hite Lentz was substitu-
ted in last years game here. Brooks
this year is holding down the left
wing position for the West Virgin
ians, and il is said he has shown
marked Improvement
Local fans have a very alert recol-
lection of the strong game which the
Morgantown boys played against the
AIiddies last year. although the sailor
lads were the victors by a count of II
to T. The visitors, however, opened
the eyes of the local contigent by
their fine series of forward pass IS,
and other tactics of the open game,
and ii was the calling of a foul by
the officials after a brilliant forward
pass of 80 yards had apparently been
successfully executed. That play is
fresh in the minds of the football
public hereabouts and it cost the Vets
Virginians the loss of the game, the
Middies having been enabled to score
another touchdown following a funl
BILE that occurred shortly afterwards.
The West Virginia eleven will pre-
sent the following lineup when it
faces the Middies, it is understood:
Brooks, left end: Ice, left tackle;
Meredith, left guard; Bailey, centre:
McCue, right guard; Harrick, right
tackle; Heavier. right end; Garvis,
quarterback: King left halfback;
Lentz, right halfback; Rodgers, full
back.
This combination is said to be
heavy as well as fast. In spite of
the fact that the Middies made a good
start by swamping the Davidson Col
lege eleven on Saturday, in their
opening contest of the season, the
Navy contingent. it is said, are con-
siderably uneasy as to the probable
outcome of Saturdays affray. With
the material that is in hand, the Mid
dies undoubtedly have a good team in
the making, but it will take couple
of more weeks TO determine just what
the efforts of Gilmour Dobie, the
L Western coach, who is handling the
sailor lads this season, will bring
forth There is large squad of can
J didates. and while a number of the
last year men have been graduated
during the last few months, the crop,
as a whole. looks good. 1t seems that
fast and capable bunch of men for
the backfield is available, but the big
problem is the development of men
for the line positions. There is a
multitude of candidates for the sew
eral positions. but most of them are
nlanan in fha class of green material