Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-02-23
BRILLIANT WORK OF
BURKHOLDER AND AULT

The midshipmen's basketball play
ers conquerors OF the rival West
Point Cadets ON he basketball floor
ON Saturday. at Wcs; Point. "a to IS.
were given reception almost The
equal TO that which attended the
homecoming Of victorious football
team. when they returned to base yes
terday afternoon Il was the first
time the two institutions had met in
This branch Of sport and that made
the victory even more glorious TO the
naval contingent
The players and sui Stitutes arrived
in the city shortly before O'Clock.
and went at once to the government
reservation IN The meantime. per
mission had been obtained 10y the
regiment of midshipmen to have a
celebration The services OF the band
were secured with Mike Curlcy.
leading the cheers. the student body
mad merry time Of il for half an
hour The players were borne on
the shoulders of their comrades to the
main porlico OF Bancroft Hall whore
each of them was called on for a
short address They responded in
words that told how the team went
into the fray determined to beat the
enemy. and how all hands worked
together in accomplishing the big re-
salt. And when this was over the Old
Japanese Iell, a historic relic about
The Academy grounds. rang ont over
The misty air OF twilight il marked
the third time that the changing OF
The old bell had been heard within
the last nine months The relic Is
only pounded on occasions OF Navy $
victories over Army in athletics. The
other TWO more recent occasions when
it was rung were following the foot
ball game last fail. and the baseball
contest in the spring.
The game, although hard foughtas
al Army-Nayy contests are. was
cleanly played throughout The
Army team did not live up to eXpee-
tations. although this is in no way
meant to detract from the work Of the
Navy quintet; which displayed skill
speed. aggressiyeness and almost de-
iberate cooness particularly as me
came wore on Both teams displayed
evidences Of nervousness az the oui
set hut the cadets went from bad TO
worse and throughout the final per
| .od their work was disappointinR'
| wild and inaccurate tossing and rag
ged passing and hoorwork marrlng
he play. Navy led at half time IL -
10 Fine work from the foul line by
! Waters. and Ault's accuracy IN held
| Goals from scrmmage gave them
| safe lead in the second period, whlch
he Army men apparently never hao
! chance 10 overhaul Burkhulder
sensational toss from the middle oI
he court. near the end OF the mrs.
half tied the score al ten all ana
vas the turning point of the game
Cross played well for the Army inc
| lineup
Army johnson. RI. Cross, ls;
Whitson. c; Daniel captain rg
Pfeiner. lg.
Navy Burkholder re-; Byerly, la'
Ault. c; Waters. rg; Butler lg
Goals-from field johnson. Cro8s.
4. Daniel. Pfeiner, Burkholder. -
| Bverly. 2: Ault. 2. Goals-from toal
-Wbitsoa. / out of throws: Pie.i-
for 2 out Of throws: Waters, ~
out of 16 throws. Substitutions
| Blaik for Whitson, Timberman for
Johnson. Kessler for Cross. Time ot
balves-2O minutes. Referee - Jce
Deering. Manhattan. umpire-E. r.
Brunn, Pratt Institute.
A summary OF the record break
ing of the midshipmen In the biz
program OF athletics at home Oh
saturday. will be found on page
ef this Issue Of The Capital.
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