Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-05-28
HANS LOBERT SAYS
Q CHARGES WILL WIN

Twenty-four young men, clad
IN uniforms of cray, erect of car
riage and looking the picture of
health. stepped from the ll8O
car over the Maryland Electric
Railways (Short Line), this
morning. They comprised the
baseball squad of the United
States Military Academy at
West Point, N. Y, who are here
to do battle with the midshipmen
n their annual contest on the dia-
nond tomorrow afternoon.
They're Here To Win
There was confidence written on
he very countenance OF the young
nights of the diamond Hans" Lor-
ert, coach of the team, did not hesi-
ate to speak his confidence. Said he.
when asked what he thought of the
hances of his team in the big bat
le tomorrow: MY boys are in fine
'hape physically. and we expect to
Yin; it should be a good game at
my rate" Lieutenant-Colonel r. NJ,
)anford. cOmmandant OF Cadets at
Vest Point, and the other Army Of
icers accompanying the ball tossers
poke similarly as to the probable
outcome of the battle. All were agreed
hat if the weather tomorrow is OF
he sample OF today, the contest
hould be a good one at all odds.
Cheered BY Mlddies
IN addition to COmmandant Dam
ord. ether officers accompanying the
Vest Point party are Major H. r.
dakle, and Captain Jacob Devers,
representative of the Army ATHLETIC
Council. who is in charge of the Ca
lets while on The Annapolis trip,
}aptain Philip Hayes, Secretary
treasurer OF the Council, expects to
each Annapolis tonight When the
,a5eball squad arrived within the
government reservation, they were
reeted by a lusty cheer by the regi-
lent of midshipmen.
Looks Like TOss.Up
The teams that will contend to-
aOrrow appear TO be about evenly
uatched, both from the standpoint OF
experience. and general work shown
the preliminary games Of the sea-
on. The middies have attained
.reater success by way OF victories
han their rivals. Out of IA games
layed, they lost only one. Two
ames were prevented by rain. Army,
N the other hand. won games, lost
and resulted in tie. The teams
,layed only three other mines. in com
aon These were Penn State, Har-
ard and Catholic University. The
liddies defeated all three of these,
'enn. State by to 5; Harvard, 3
l. and Catholic T. to a. The
| Army Harvard fracas resulted in
ie at 4 ALL lost to Penn. State by
to 3; and defeated Catholic U. 2 to l.
Army Has More Slab Men
In more recent games the Army
| Gems to have shown improvement
| nd so have the Middes for that mat
| err Both have experienced slumps
| t times. The Navy has one of the
| trongest hitting teams in years. To
ffset this, in a way, the Cadets prob
lily are stronger in the pitching de-
| ,artment. as McGrath, Davis, and
;mith. all three are dependable
| lurlers. The former probably will
tart the game tomorrow. The Mid
lies were handicapped by the loss
If l.. n. Baker, left-hander, who
has been under quarantine restrlc-
ions in the naval hospital for the
asst two weeks The bulk of the
wiring has, therefore, fell upon
Gaines, also a southpaw, with Kelly,
4 close understudy
Rival Captains At "Short"
| Somewhat of a coincidence in the
makeup of the two teams is the fact
hat the rival Captains, Miner, for
Navy. and Honnen, for West Point,
hold down the shortstop position.
And they are short in stature, too.
Information pertaining to the sea-
sons records of the teams, together
with the results of the series, and
how they will go to bat in tomor-
rows struggle. is published elsewhere
D in THE EVENING CAPITAL today.
The teams are having their final
{ practice this afternoon. The dia-
mond is in Al shape. Army took
] the field first, going on shortly be-
e fore o'clock.
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