Evening star., 1920-02-23
NEW RECORD IS SET
BY NAVY ATHLETES
Feat of Winning Seven Con.
tests in One Day Held to
Be Unprecedented.

ANNAPOLIS. February 23.-Naval
Academy people want to know if any
college at any time outdid the Mid
shimen's accomplishment on Saturday
of winning seven athletic contests in
one afternoon and losing none. 1t
IL believed here that it establishes
an intercollegiate record. and it will
be claimed as one. unless some one
can point out a better achievement
of the kind.
1t is further pointed out that these
victories were won against antag
onists of the highest class. In the
one game played away from home
the Midshipmen defeated their great
rivals. the Army cadets. at basket
ball. The opponents at home in
cluded three of the recognized Big
Eour-the University CT Pennsyl-
vania in boxing. Princeton in wres-
Ting and Harvard in fencing. The
others were City College of New
York, which swan and played water
Massachusetts, Tech. which met it in
gymnastics.
Another Big Day Car1ed.
Nearly as Hue program Is idlu
out for next Saturday, though it
lacks the event away from home.
Pennsylvania State will box the Mid
shipmen. The visitors are expected
to give better account of them
selves than did those from Penn
Varsity. as they have defeated the
latter. 1t will close the boxing sea-
son for the Navy. Columbia will
bring its wrestling team. and Massa-
chusetts Tech it's swimmers. Yale
is booked to bring it's fencers and
gymnasts to Annapolis, but the lat
ter event may be omitted. However.
the program will be a fine one. and
others are prepared for the Satur-
days through March. spring sports
starting in April.
victory of the Academy basketers at
West Point on Saturday. 1t is the
only sport in which the service schools
engage in which the margin favors
the Midshipmen. West Point is one
game to the good in foot ball. has a
ahead in fencing. in which. however.
they have not met for some years.
Efforts are now being made to bring
the fencers together this season, and
also the field and track teams in the
spring.
OF those who started in the game
against West Point Waters (captain)
and Butler, guards; Ault. center. and
Byerly. one of the forwards. will be
available next season. Burkholder,
the star scorer this year. has anoth
er year IL he wishes. but has yielded
to the wishes of his family and will
go back to Colorado to take charge
Of the ranch. He Withheld his resig
nation until after the game, however
Indefeated ~ Yet This Year.
Saturdays great triumph was only
the climax of most successful sea
son in winter athletics; in fact. though
very active and playing big sched
uies. the Midshipmen hav not had
the losers end of any contest this
wear. The basket ball team lost a
few games at the start. but they were
- all in 1919. During the present year
il has been winning regularly. two
a week The swimmers have defeat
ed Johns Hopkins. Princeton. Colum
bia, University of Pittsburgh and Cit!
College of New York. the latter being
also defeated at water polo. The
wrestlers have won from Lehigh. Uni
versity of Pennsylvania and Prince
ton, and the gymnasts from Pennsyl-
yanfa and Massachusetts, Tech. The
boxers and fencers both started theil
season on Saturday. the former win.
ming from Pennsylvania Varsity ano
the latter from Massachusetts, Tech