Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-05-17
70 STRING
Of ARMY VICTORIES
Naval Academy Nine IS Shaping
Up For Final Came On May
Slst AT West Point
POOR END OF SERIES.


The Naval contingent Is looking fsr-
ward with great interest 70 the game
III west Point Oh May sist between
the mines OF the service schools. With
better material than for years. and
highly competent coach III Billy Lush,
there are strong hopes that the Navy
may win from the Army after eight
successive defeats a fact, the Navy
has made rather sorry showing il
the series against the Army, having
won but three of the sixteen games
played.
Ii wili be the first game since 1916,
when the Naval Academy. after max
ing iii excellent showing in the other
games, was overwhelmed BY the Mill
itary Academy. the Store being Ii 70
B. The game was played IL Annapolis.
and Ii was the eighth consecutive de-
feat. Several Of the other games had
been close. Three Of them bad been
won by a single run. and the score Of
another was 20 70 Q. but the Army lads
had won ali of them, both Of Annapo-
lis and West Point.
The plans Of the Navy squad have
not worked out as we'll as had been
anticipated. With veterans In eight
positions and splendid lot from the
new class, a whirlwind season vas
expected. Ii has hardly developed
and the squad has had iot Of bad
luck cloughley, the regular catcher,
has been in the hospital the greater
part of the season, and is not yet
available. Doyle. first baseman last
year. has also been sick, and has just
reported, and Whelchel, third base
man. has been out OF condition. and
has not been able to do himself JUS
tice, Now Stubs, right fielder, one
-of the steadiest men and safest hitter
on the squad. has broken his ankle.
and viii not be able 10 play this sea
son.
Lusr,s choice for the slab has mar
rowed down to two men. both Bakers.
Ralph Baker Is veteran OF last year,
and Leicester Baker ii 4 stocky youth
from the new class who pitched on the
Army and Navy Prep last year Navy
people point out. the fact that their
Initials distinguish them, Ralph being
4 right handler, and Leicester a left
handler. Ii is hard to say who will
start the game against the Army.
IT il Of interest to note that the
younger Baker was b teammate last
year with McGrath, the best pitcher
OF the Military Academy this year y
Is understood here that while these
two altarnated ON the slab last year
the Navy was considered somewhat
the better. Hogan. who has been doing
most OF the catching since Coughley
has been sick, also played on the
same nine. Lush has not been able
to develop any pitcher OF apparent
value except these two.
Pine, who played second last year.
has been moved To third, after sew
eral experiments Iii filling Wheichel's
place, and Doyle. who has just return
ed from the hospital, has been placed
at second. Humphreys has been doing
excellent work at first during Doyle's
absence. Hogan and Hartman, both
fourth ciassn1en, have been doing the
catching. with Hogan lii the lead for
the place IL Coughley does not round
into shape The latter Is an extreme
" high grade man. his throwing to
bases being particularly strong
The squad will leave Annapolis on
the morning of Thursday, May 29th
At the same time, the rowing squad
will leave for Philadelphia to take
mart Id the Henley races II will be
the largest crowd Of Midshipmen
which has ever left Annapolis to take
part IN athletic events.