New Britain herald., 1919-11-25
NAVY PREPARING :,
 FOR BIG CONTEST
Confidence Grows at Annapolis
 That Army Will Be DOWned :.

Annapolis, Md, Nov. 25--Interest In the Army Navy football game on the Polo grounds next Saturday excludes attention of everything else on in the Naval academy. The interest is more intense than usual, owing to the lapse of two years.
 There has been an unmistakabte growth of confidence in the Navy team during the last few days, and 1t is believed that it's chances Of victory are at least even. Though practice has been as light as possible, 1t is un- derstood that tho team is getting into it's best form.
 The last scrimmage of the season was held yesterday afternoon, the rest of the practice being limited to sig nals, formation drills and work of thA(t character. kehler, Clark and Cruise certainly will start in the Navy back field against the Army, and it looks as if Walters has a, slight edge over Be- noft for the other place.
 Walters. Layter, Rawlings and Haase are high up on the list of sub- stitutes. Dobie will have four men specially trained for each back field position and not fewer than. threc for each other position. The team wNH have it's last practice here on Thanks giving morning and will leave for New York over the Pennsylvania railroad at 2:40 o'clock fin the afternoon. It is 1 booked to arrive in New York shortly after and the members will go at once to the Hotel Commodore, which will be New York headquarters.
 The Polo grounds will be used for practice the next day. Others with tsne football party will be Lieut. Com mander Richardson, Boynton and ! Wright Ensign Bill Ingram, Whef- chel, DulIer and Scaffe. Instructor Wilson, all assistant coaches and trainers and the main body of midshipmen will leave for New York in four sections at o'clock Saturday morning. They will be dis tributed between the Hotel Comnfo- dore and the Hotel McAlpin.
 Caticts Tuning Up.
 West Point, N. Y., Nov. 25.--With the full regiment of cadets in the stands singing Navy ''defles'' to the ac- compartment of the military academy band, the Army eleven resumed it's gridiron practice yesterday afternoon. L There was no letup to the rough work. The big team got 20 minutesssC heavy scrimmaging with the scrubs. There were two touchdowns, Scha- 1 DaCkef S6LLlng one ana DOdd the Qtn- CT. Dodd was in for McQuarrie at halfback when the last touchdown was made.
 The kicking of McQuarrie and Ly- stead showed improvement yesterdaS Blaik and White are still fighting 1t out for the right flank. Both were Tn the scrimmaging today and both did splendid work. BIaik's down the field work and tackling stood out. Whites ] aggressiveness, his hard drive into the runner and his ability to get into the Army's interference is making him a strong contender, Herrick, who was thought to have chance of dfsplacirg Vogel at guard, was used but litt%s there yesterday.
 Swartz, the substitute pivot man, was moved over into the position early in tho workout, Enderton a plebe, go- 1 ing to Swartz's center job on the | scrubs. Swartz's work as guard was nothing to enthuse over and this po- sition still stands out even at this late date as the most uncertain one in the | front wall.