New-York tribune., 1919-11-25
.2IO-Pound Wrestler Ready
for Emergency Duty at
Left Tackle or Right Guard
,Speciol Correspondence

Special Correspondence
ANNAPOLIS, Md, Nov. 24.-Little
s being thought of around the Naval
Academy this week except the coming
game on Saturday at the Polo Grounds
New York, between the elevens of the
army and navy service schools, made
more interesting than usual by the fact
chat they will meet for the first time
in three seasons.
Every night the midshipmen are
stealing a few minutes after supper
Tor informal morale meetings, during
which they are addressed by some one
connected with this years team or an
cid Nav p aver, and they are attending
all the practices of the week in a body,
spurring the team on with yells and
songs under the leadership of Mike
Curley.
What will probably be the last scrim-
mage of the season was held this after
noon as the most important part of the
practice Koehler, Clark and Cruise,
who will almost certainly start in the
backfeld against the Army, were given
the most attention while Waters
probably has the better chance by a
shade over Benoist to start in the
fourth position
Well Provided with Subs
All of these, with Waters and Taylor,
the PIECES, and rawlings and Haase,
who are leading substitutes, were
given special attention, though Doble
has four men specially coached for the
80 "A
nearly as many in the line. Big Will
kie the 2l0-pound wrestler, occupies
the unique position of being first sub
stitute in two positions, left tackle and
tight guard so that his chance of get
ting in the final game is good.
Final arrangements have been made
for the trip of the football party to
New York. After brief practice at
the Naval Academy Thanksgiving
morning the party, under Commander
D. l.. Howard, formerly both captain
of the team and coach and now athletic
officer, will leave over the Pennsylvania
line at 2:40 in the afternoon, and the
members will be given a great send
off the midshipmen and Annapoli-
tans generally.
Others with the party will be Lieu
tenant Commanders Richardson, 30 n
'on and Wright, Ensigns Scaffe, Butler
ingram ana w ueiCuci anu
John Wilson, all assistant coaches tt
Gimour Dobie, who will be in direc
charge of the players.
Reaching New York shortly after
o'clock the party will go TO the Hote
Commodore, which will be naval head
quarters for the trip. and will practic,
on the Pole Grounds on Friday
Whether the field will be used in tn,
morning or afternoon will be deter
mined by the toss of coin with tn,
Army management. The main body O
Ynidshipmen will move on New York il
four sections, leaving Annapolis at
o'clock Saturday morning. The will
be divided between the Hotel Commo
dore and the Hotel McAlpin.
Midshipmen Are Confident
With the growth of enthusiasm ha
also come considerable increase i,
confidence that the outcome of tn,
game will be favorable to the mid
shpmen. This has been very notice
able in the last few days, and is baset
upon information that the team is get
ting along fine and is showing more
football than it has during the season
Practice is kept very secret, with {
force of watchmen patrolling all side.
Of the field and keeping all but Nav,
people away; but what reports have
emerged have been entirely favorable