The Washington times., 1920-08-10

stand at the top.
The Naval Academy will not lose
one of the stars of the team OF last
season, which won all of its seven
matches against some Of the best cob
lege teams of the country. and II has
also had several notable accessions
among the members of the new
fourth class. Under these circum-
stances first collegiate honors next
season are quite possible.
schedule is now being arranged
which will bring the strongest teams
to Annapolis, and the Academy will
probably be allowed to have entries
in the tournament of the Intercol-
legiato Swimming Association.
QUARTET WILL RETURN.
Among those who will be available
again next season are Emory, Boil
ing. winkjer, Fish. Gallagher and
Lamdin. from which were drawn the
members of the quartet which low
cred the intercollegiate f,gure for the
though tho performance cannot
stand as a record as the Academy
tank Is four inches short
However the record stands at
minute and 20 seconds, and every
one of these six can reel off his 10
yards in from 10 to 10 3-5 seconds.
Emory is probably the best 40
yard man among the colleges, his
ngure being 10 seconds Winkjer Is
a breast stroke man OF the ffrst rank,
and WAS chosen for the Olympic team.
Hyde and Howe have excellent per-
formances in the 220yard. All Of
these will return.
The Naval Academy Is not quite UP
-. ~xa A. - Ak.t
plunge, though Thompson and Nc
Candless. both of whom will return.
should steadily improve as the season
progresses.
HAWAIIAN IS AVAILABLE.
The most notable addition to the
squad is Bill Kenanakui. full
blooded Hawaiian of great strength
and beautiful proportions, and with
full degree OF the aquatic pro-
ficiency expected from those OF his
race He has already had experience
in matches and has done good work,
though capable of much development
Another new midshipman is Sim
clair. from Tech High School, Wash
ington, winner of the South Atlantic
championship in 1917 and 1918. while
Mcintosh and Goodman are two
youths from the Pacific coast who
have made regulations. About a
dozen other members Of the new
class have had some experience in
competitive swimming.
Last year was the first in which the
Naval Academy has really ranked
among the best in swimming, and the
credit largely belongs to the coach,
Henry Ortland, tr.. formerly of New
York University and New York Ath-
letic Club. Mr.. Ortfand will continue
to have charge. The teams defeated
last season were Johns Hopkins.
Princeton, Columbia, University OF
Pittsburgh, City College OF New York,
Massachusetts, Tech, and Harvard.
The Midshipmen did not meet Yale,
which probably had the best balanced
team among the colleges. but will en-
deavor to do so next season. The
Navy won all OF its matches decisive
ly, scoring a total of 2s5 points to it's
opponents II.
The Naval Academy also made a
most auspicious start in water polo.
II won both of the games played. de-
featinr City College OF New York Is
to 6 and the University of Pennsylva-
mia 22 to 6. Next year a larger sched-
ule will he arranged, the plan being
to have such a game with the team of
the college which brings It's swim
ming team to the Academy. Graham
center OF the team and a player OF
very high grade, has been elected cap
tain.