Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-01-03
ACADEMY HAS SOME
WONDERFUL TALENT
IN ATHLETIC FIELD
All Branches of Athletics Show En-
yiable Records 10 Have Been
Made For Last Few Years


In certain branches of sport. the
Naval Academy has given a thorough
test to the plan of using coaches who
are members of the regular stan of
the institution. In gymnastics, wrest-
ling and fencing, three branches in
which the success of the midshipmen
has been notable. the coaches are
officials of the government. They give
such instruction in their branches as
is required for all the midshipmen.
and also give the special coaching to
the teams which represent the Acad-
emy.
Louis H. Mang, whose position is
that of head master in physical train
ing at the Academy, has coached the
gymnasium team for the last ten
years. During that time, the midship-
men have engaged in over forty meets
against the best teams in the east. and
have lost but two. Success in wrest-
ling, in which Instructor John Schultz
has been the mentor, has been almost
as notable. The midshipmen have
won over eighty per cent of their
matches in the last few years. Sword
master George Heintz, with several
assistants, handles fencing, and 1t is
seldom that team is the winner over
the Academy swordsmen.
The midshipmen will have about a
half dozen matches each in gymnas-
tics and wrestling this season. Mid
shipman Charles r. Woodson manages
both branches, and is seeking to Sc
cure dates with the institutions which
are most strongly represented. 1t is
definitely settled that Lehigh will send
wrestling team here on Feruary s,
and Pennsylvania State will compete
here on March s. These are two of
the strongest college wras Ing teams
in the country Indeed, Penn State has
proven the navy's hardest competitor
in past seasons.
The other wrestling matches which
Manager Woodson expects to arrange
are: February Is, University of
Pennsylvania; February %, Columbia
or Princeton; March l, Yale; March
Is, Cornell 1t is believed that Penn
sylvania. Columbia, Princeton and
Yale will also send gym teams when
their wrestlers visit Annapolis. There
will probably be gym meet with Hay-
erford, and an effort is being made to.
get the University of Chicago to send
teams in both branches
Frank M. Maichle captains the
wrestling team, and represents the
Academy in the heavyweight class.
His only competitor there is Willkie,
the big football guard The men who
represented the Academy last year,
and are still available, are: 115-pound
class, Avery; 158-pound class, Hill;
175-pound class, Anderson and Seaffe.
The latter is the tackle of the football
eleven.
These are the best of the new can
didates:
115-pound-C Bern, Palmer,
Bull
125-pound- -Mayberry, Jones, Sim
clair, Londahl, Higgins, Hopkins,
Adell, Latta
5-pound-Swigert, Kenyon, Street
man, Keith, Sackett
145-pound- -Swafford, Pixton, Kiehl,
Morgan.
S-pound-Lewis. Cruise, Tusler,
Baker, Selby.
175-pound- Gates, Kappal, Weldon,
Snively.
The material for the gym team, ac-
cording to Instructor Mang, is among
the best the Academy has ever had.
Lunsford Y Mason, Jr., is captain and
represents the team in tumbling and
on the parallel bars. The team men
at present are: horizontal bar, Mer-
Ger, Fletcher, Cory, Smith; flying rings,
Hales, Sprague, Mold; parallel bars,
Ten Eyeck, Benoist, Daniels, Jones,
Silverman; side horse, Crist, Barrett,
Herring, Strang, Pew; tumbling, Ed
wards, Harrison, Cranum, Comp; club
swinging, Strang. Pew.