New-York tribune., 1919-03-30
Navy Baseball
Team Anxious
To Beat Army
Cadets Have Won Eight
Years in Succession-
Eight Veterans on Hand

ANNAPOLIS, Md, March 29.-The
Naval Academy baseball squad, coached
by Billy Lush, will start its season
Wednesday, when it roeets the Balti-
more club of the International League.
Only fair local schedule has been
arranged, as few of the big college
teams will take Southern trip this
year. The season ends on May ST.,
with game against the Military Aca-
deny, and this by itself is enough to
stimulate interest in the sport.
In eight successive years the Cadets
have been victorious; there has been
something wrong with baseball at An
napolls, and somehow or other the mid
shlpmen could not break West Points
chain of victories, but this year there
IS feeling along the shores of the
Severn that the auspicous time has
come.
Certainly, the chances look good
with eight of the regulars of last wears
team, an excellent aggregation coached
also ny Lush, as experienced a handler
OF college athletes as is in the coun-
try, and host of promising new men
NO pitcher has yet developed into Z
wonder, but Lush has a string of eleven
huriers. The list comprises r. Baker.
bolton, Canes, Sproul, Reiter, jacob
Ireber, l.. N. Baker, Alexander, Kelly
and Reesde.
1t is likely that Lush will start r
Baker against the Orioles. He has
speed, good curves and control and
just now seems to be the best of the
lot. Bolton has speed a good delivery
and experience, while L. N. Baker. n
new man and left-hander, has rood
speed and curves and is developinp
last. These are the three of greatest
promise so far.
For catcher the team has Cloughley.
last years regular, and Hartman and
hogan, new men. These regulars of
last season have the call just now and
will probably start in the OPENING
game: Doyle, first base; Pine, second
base; Whelchel, third base; Miner.
short stop; Stubs, left field; Blakes
lee (captain), centre field Rawlings.
from the University of Cincinnati, a
member OF the new class. who PLAYED
several games as halfback on the foot
ball team, is filling the other outgar
den just now.
Coach Lush is particularly pleased
with the excellent batting which the
squad has been doing Above the aver
age IN this department last season, the
i!he strlng OF pitchers, over thirty be-
tore the first cut, has given the candi-
dates lots Of excellent practice in this
line, both in the cage and in the open.
tie has also been fortunate in the fine
weather Of the late winter and spring.
The athletic authorities of the Naval
Academy have given up hope of bring
ing one Of the big college football
teams to Annapolis next fall, though
steps which have been taken in the
general direction of establishing foot
ball relations with some of them are
expected to accomplish something by
the season Of 1920
Lieutenant Commander Morrison is
inclined to believe that football games
will be played between the Naval Acad-
emy and at least two of the biggest
colleges Of the East during the season
following the next. But it will be
necessary to secure a renewal of the
permission for the academy team to
leave its own grounds once during the
season, in addition to the trip peces-
sary for the playing of the West Point
game.