The sun., 1918-08-18
'DOBIE STARTS NAVY
FOOTBALL TRAINING
Coach Plans to Form Teams in
New Class for COMPETE
tive Playing.

ANNAPOLIS, Aug. l7.--Gilmou- Dobie.
head coach OF the Naval Academy foot
ball team. began work with the new
fourth class this week. making the Acad-
envy the first in the football field for
1918. The new class is the largest in
the history OF the institution. having a
membership of over 900.
While the average weight OF the new
men Is low. there are perhaps a dozen,
ranging from 175 pounds to nearly 200.
who have the weight and strength for
any line, though most of these are mex
perienced. They will be welcomed by
Dobie. who did not have many heavy
men last autumn. Among the big fell
lows is Denfeld, guard of the 1916 Naval
Academy team. who reentered the Acad-
envy this year. Centre is open. as Good
stein, who PLAYED there last year, has
been graduated
The majority OF big fellows have had
little or no experience as actual mem
bers OF teams. There are some excep-
tions Switzerland. weighing 1876 pounds ,.
played tackle on the team of the Mis-
souri, School Of Mines. Perkins. $50
pounds. was line player on the team
of Alabama Polytechnic Institute, and
Sanborn, 11S pounds. was centre at Re
lott. Wallace. 1876 FOUNDER. played
guard. and tackle on minor teams. and
Taylor. 11S pounds. was the tackle OF
the Paving School eleven The other
big men have weight and strength and
willing spirit. but lack experience
Among these are McCandless, 1913
pounds; Morgan. 1872 pounds; CRYSTAL. 1853
pounds; Gallagher, 40 pounds. and Ten
Brook. 1877 pounds. All will try for the
line.
Tie new class is much more prolific in
good material for the ends and backfleld
positions. For the former position
among those having considerable expert
ence may be mentioned Woodruff, who
played on the eleven OF the Universit,>of
Buffalo last season and weighs 1862
pounds. Eccies is light. but was an end
on the Columbia freshmen last year AL
ford and Clark are clever lads with high
school experience.
Dobie lets all OF his backs take the
ball on direct pass and all of them
must have the requisite physique for
plunging. Therefore the old type of ia II
but light quarters has passed Still
the new class has good many with
plenty Of weight and strength to flIl
the position. a few having experience
with college teams. For instance
there is Howe Crawford. a halfback on
the University of Pennsylvania squad
last year. Another is Rawlings who
played quarter on the University OF
Cincinnati eleven last season. and also
the all Cincinnati team. These men
weigh about $50 pounds eache Carter
was fullback at Denison College and
Butler was halfback and quarterback
on the eleven of the University of Cali
fornia freshmen.
The other promising backfield candi-
dates have had preparatory and high
school experience only. However, there
are some promising men among them
There is Richards. who weighs 1877
pounds and plays fullback. Hum
phreys, 10 pounds. was the fullback
OF the Haverford High School eleven
and Afford, little heavier, was a
back on the team of the Kingsley
School. Essex Fells Horton was the
ia pound ful,back of Trinity Military
Academy and Snively, 10 pounds. N
back at Mercersburg Academy,