The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-25
BUSY WEEK AHEAD
u FOR NAVY STARS
Nine to Play Army at West
Point and Crews to Race in
American Henley.
MIDDIEs ARE OPTIMISTIC
Hope to Win on Water and
Break Army's Victory Chain
on Diamond.

ANNAPOLIS, Md, May 24.-The base
ball and rowing squads Of the Naval
Academy will leave Annapolis next
Thursday en- route for West Point and
Philadelphia. The nine will go to West
Point and on Saturday will endeavor to
break the enemy's chain Of eight straight
victories over the navy. Four navy
crews will battle for the honor of Uncle
Sam in the American Henley to be rowed
on the schuylkill at Philadelphia.
The first crew, with victories over
four of the leading college crews, has
a chance Of winning the unquestioned
collegiate supremacy for the year, some
thing no Naval Academy crew has done.
The rowing squad, with more than
FORTY oarsmen and attendants, will be
IN charge Of Lieut.-Commander Joe r.
Morrison, rowing representative of the
Navy Athletic Association. and Coach
Richard Glendon. 1t will stop at the
Morelton Inn, Torresdale, and will use
the clubhouse of the Bachelors Barge
Club while in Philadelphia,
Shells and equipment will be taken
to Philadelphia in four submarine
chasers, which will make the trip by
the canal connecting the Chesapeake and
Delaware bays. An effort is being made
for permission to have considerable
party Of midshipmen go in the same way.
Tho Naval Academy will enter its
first and second varsity. its plebe crew
and a $50 pound crew. the largest num-
Der OF entries OF any institute except
the University Of Pennsylvania. The
Quakers will be Nays only opponents
in the $50 pound class, and there Is q
n
only competitor in the varsity class.
Whether this is true of not, the Navy
contingent feels that Penn will furnish
the real opposition.
Navy Respects Penn.
Navy has wholesome respect for Joe
Wright and his crew. and there Is every
reason to believe that the Pennsylva-
mans have been working with the one
idea In view Of turning the tables on
the midshipmen for their early season
defeat at Annapolis.
Glendon has had the hest kind Of for
tune with his crews and has made no
changes in the varsity or plebes since
their early races. He has lost three of
his second crew men on account of
scholastic deficiencies. but has been able
70 Ill them from the big plebe squad.
Tho baseball squad will take its regu-
Ia, practice Thursday afternoon. and
then will board a special sleeper in
Baltimore the same evening for West
Point They will practise there Friday
morning and in the afternoon see the
Army players in game against the
Seventh Regiment Of the New York Ma.
toral Guard.
Tho Army-Navy game will take place
The next afternoon. but permission has
been given to stay over until Monday
IN case rain prevents the game fr IN
being played Saturday. This is an IN
usual concession on the part of the
Naval authorities
IL Is interesting TO note that Leices-
ter Baker. who probably will start the
game for Navy. pitched for Army and
Navy Preparatory School. Washington
last year. with McGrath, West Points
bes: twirler, as his change pitcher Ho-
gan, now one OF the Navy catchers was
on the receiving end for the same team.