The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-19
NAVY CONFIDENT
OF WINNING FIVE
Billy Lush Developing Strong
SQuad-Swimming Veter-
ans on Hand.

Special Despatch to THE New York HESALD.
ANNAPOLIS. Dec. 1S.--Naval Academy
basketball prospects are distinctly favor
able, and there is little doubt that
Billy Lush will develop one Of his best
teams this year. The old players are
showing good form, while there are
enough new ones to make the competi-
ton keen. The five should be equally
strong on the attack and defence, with
plenty of reserve ability. Lush's abil-
ity to develop team play and strategy
is unquestioned.
Mckee, the plebe halfback of the
football team. who played at Butler High
School, Pittsburg. Is making a fine
impression and should start the season
at forward. with Byerely of last years
team. They will not have an easy
thing, however. Davis, who played a
regular forward For half of last season
and retired when he injured his Shout
, der. again is contending for a place
Greber, who played most Of the year at
centre. Is trying for the same position.
and Soyes, the fast football back,
finally has decided to give up the wrest-
ling mat for the basketball court and Is
showing himself fast player and ac-
curate shooter
Ault. who finally won the centre posi-
ton last season, lacks only height to
be a high grade man. His chief op-
ponents are Jordan and johnson. two
tall crew men. Captain Waters Is play
ing his usual fast game at guard, and
there are several good men trying for
the other defence position.
Swimming is n sport at which the
Naval Academy's prospects are particu-
larly fine this year. They are being
coached by Henry Ortland, Jr., for
merly of New York city, to whom the
academy largely owes it's fine DO sition
in this sport. Most of last years fine
material Is back, and there are several
notable additions to the squad The
| schedule includes most of the colleges
which turn out good tank teams, with
| the exception of Yale. Every effort was
made to secure a match with Yale,
which was accorded highest honors In
this sport last season, second honors
probably going to the Navy.
Every effort will be made to send a
team to the finals of the intercollegiate
Swimming Association, which take place
in the pool Of Columbia, New York city.
on March 10. 1t is believed that the
naval authorities will permit the mid
shipmen to go, as they have been show
ing a very liberal spirit along these
lines. The scheduled matches, to take
place at Annapolis. are! January IS.
Johns Hopkins; January %. University
of Pennsylvania; January 20. Princeton
February 5. University of Pittsburg;
February ~, Columbia; February 10.
Massachusetts Tech. Princeton and
Columbia will bring along their water
| polo teams.
The Naval Academy has five of the
swimmers who at different times made
up the 160-yard relay team which clipped
| two seconds from the intercollegiate
record for the distance. They are:
Emory. now captain of the team: Gala
CHER. Winkjer Fish and Boiling. other
good men from last year are: Emory.
100 yards; Hyde, go yards; Quimby.
breast stroke, and Borden. back stroke.
with McCandless and McCooey In the
plunge
Three unusually fine men are from
| the new fourth class. They are: Kama
kanui, full blooded Hawaiian, who will
work in all the sprint distances; SIM
clair, former South Atlantic champion
at 60 and 100 yards. and Mcintosh. an
especially good man with the back
stroke. who is from the Pacific coast.