The Washington times., 1920-02-28
NAVY NINE PLAYS
CAPITAL OUTFITS
Georgetown, Catholic University
land Maryland State on Its
Schedule.
~ HUGH H RILEY.

ANNAPOLIS. Feb. 2s.--Georsetown,
Catholic University and Maryland
State will have their varsity mines
battling the Middies here this spring.
according to the schedule issued to-
day. The list OF games Is Considered
the best arranged in years. The Navy
nine plays the following games:
April :, Princeton: April Z, Penn
syivanial State; April 10. Boston Col
lege: April IA. Mt. st. Mary $; April
n, Lafayette: April II. Harvard:
April "a, Georgetown. April IS. Cath
Ollie University; May 1. I'm vers ty OF
south Carolina: May 8. Washington
and Lee; May s. University OF West
Virginia.; May IL, Maryland state.
May is. Swarthmore: May 10, Ur-
sinus: May -, Dickinson May 20,
Villanova; May 20, Army. -.
Billy Lush, who handles baseball as
well as basketball at the Academy, has
turned to his spring work, and has
available most of the members of the
nine OF last year which TRAINED West
Point. He has a string Of nearly
thirty pitching candidates which he
will begin to weed out at once. L. N.
Baker, the left handler who pitched
most of the Army game last year, and
Canes, also of last seasons STAFF, are
again available.
The Navy liz reaching a place where
the authorities see that it must ex-
pand its relations with otheD institu-
tions, and IL Is probable that greater
Iiberality will be shown in the future.
Greater privileges to the Academy
teams Is likely to come in two ways
the increase OF the lines in which
atra NJ fxlyn
meet and one trip a season on tho
part of each important athletic team
of the Academy In order to play an
opponent away from Annapolis.
The former has made sorpe progress
this season by the arrangement OF n
basketball game, and field aud track.
fencing and other branches are sug-
gested.
The authorities at both schools are
anxious that their teams should meet
In oil possible sports and !: ~ under
siooG that there 10 Lo oh cctlvn fr,'m
the heads of the s.rvicns
1t 10 probable. though not certain.
that the academy will have entries in
the tournament of the Intercollegiate
Wrestling Associa ton. However, it's
application to be permitted 10 send a
team to the finals has been rejected,
as the rules require a membership OF
one year before participation.
The next event In which the acad-
envy viii participate away from home.
and which has been definitely settled.
Is the Henley. at Philadelphia on Nav
20, In which the Naval Academy wall
have four crews.
The attitude OF the authorities to-
ward teams which exchange visits
with others and those which play a |
their games at home Is illustrated by
the recognition given the Naval Acad-
envy crews and the wrestling team
The crew, which participated in and
won the Henley last year. was ao-
corded first place In college rowing
but the wrestling team was n I
classed at all, though IL won every
match, and defeated Penn st tie,
which won the championship in the
finals, In every bout
However. all matches were contest
ed at the Academy. II Is felt here
that athletics would be benefited IL
the arrangements were such that the
Academy teams could be rated with
the others.
The privilege of playing one game
year, in addition to the Army game,
away from Annapolis, has been ac-
corded the football team and u has
schedule In years for the Mldship-
men, and making similar success
probable in the future, II In proposed
to use this privilege, " IL Is granted
In other sports, in the same way as
II has been used as to football, by
entering into arrangements with
strong teams for alternating games
on their own grounds and ut AM
nnpolis.