Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-05-28
WEST POINT READY
FOR SERVICE GAME
Great Crowd Expected Saturday
TO See Resumption Of An
nual Service Contest
OUTCOME MUCH IN DOUBT

From West Point comes he news
fIaf preparations are complete for
the baseball game 81 saturday be-
tween the mines of The Naval and Mil
itary Academy The rnapai5 CON
tingent will arrive tsis point FRI
day morning. and VII practice carry
the members u tie PARTY Seems he
game between the SeYaafh Regiment
New York National Gnartll anu the
Military Cadets ii ne afternoon
The last gaIne played between Tic
mo mines was iii Annapolis ID 1916,
and the West Pointers. hob Neyland
pitching. won by I ID 8 West Point
+ Is way ahead iii fhe series. having
won thirteen victories iii sixteen
games played. and the MidshipInen
have been defeated HI the last cignt
gainas played
All arrangements have been conn
pleted and for The last twa weeks
Major A b. johnson, treasurer oI lilo
Army Athletic Council. who was In
charge 81 the distribution OF The
tickets for the game. his been deIageI
with requests from Army and Navy
folk for the coveted pasteboards.
which are not sold bit which are dis
tributed Ii subscribers and supporters
.of the athletic associations Of the two
academies. A big block Of Navy tick
cts has been sent IL Annapolis for
distribution by the representatives of
the Navy There viii not be nearly
enough seats 10 go around. as The
Army i temporary stands arc limited
and can seat but about seven thousand
Eat most
The cadets have shown much In and
.onf baseball tins season They have
beaten Boston College, Manhattan, La
fayette, Lehigh. Union. yilianova ana
SWarthmore, and lost ID Seton Hall.
Penn State. Tufts and Holy Cross.
Fitzpatrick, Of Boston College, and
Meyer Of Lafayette. were easy for
the Army Iobert the Army i coach.
has had to build almost q new nine,
having nothing left over from last
year except Tate B shortstop; Nc
Carthy, a catcher. and Domnainey, q
third sacker These men have all been
retained, but Tate has recently moved
from short I'd first base. Other re-
cent shakeups III the Army team make
it impossible to accurately gauge who
will take the field against the Navy.
The soldiers are without the services
of any brilliant boxmen Of the calibre
OF 1901" Neyiand or Hyatt. who have
~ kRtt nj "a
Army.s eight consecutive victories in
this many years.
Lobert has been using McGrath as
his chief reliance and ii IL expected
that he will take the slab against
the Afiddies. He IS a 'plebe. but has
nerve. good assortment OF curves
when they are breaking right and
has heen d rather consistent winner
inasrnuch as he has landed four out
of the five contests he has pitched, be-
ing beaten for the first time this week.
Milton. Polk, Whitesides and Sebree
are other boxmen the Army has flashed
this season but none Of which Il is
thought could carry the burden q
crucial contest such as the Army
Navy game Is expected TO be. The.
West Pointers are not hitting Ike.
some former Army mines but in this
too they have shown themselves incon-
sistcnt, hard and timely hitting being
feature Of several Of their victories
I'll III expected that high ranking rep
rescntatiyes Of both the Army and
Navy will be among the spectators
Who will watch the game Small
Navy craft are expected 70 be anchored
iii. the Hudson during the latter part
OF the week bringing officers and crews.
from ships wls6se personnel are arx-
ious 10 witness the game The Navy
team and substitutes are expected 70
arrive at The Point some time during
Thursday evening and viii be permit
ted to remain over until Monday IL
case the weather does not permit Of
the game being played as scheduled.