The Washington times., 1921-03-16

lines of sport.
In fact, a new area has dawned in
Naval Academy athletics. and II Is
likely that the teams of that insti-
tuition will soon be playing as many
games away from home, so far as
the major branches are concerned, as
the teams of other institutions Of
the same athletic standing.
OPPORTUNITY IN BAsKETBALL.
1t would look as IL the opportunity
OF the Washington Institutions would
come in connection with basketball.
In both of these sports. the Midship-
men meet the West Point Cadets, the
games alternating at Annapolis and
West Point.
In seasons when the Midshipmen
journey to the Hudson for the game,
the experience of a previous game off
their own court or field is invaluable.
1t would seem that Georgetown. or
some other Washington institution,
is the logical opponent, and at the
same time, the game would be popu-
lar in Washington, where there is
such a large Naval contingent.
II is known that some Naval Of
fcers do not favor the Academy team
playing in Baltimore, basing their op-
| position on the apprehension that
officials would overrun them with re-
quests for tickets. This, however, lis
merely the view of certain officers.
md cannot be taken as representa-
i've. On the other hand, many Of
iicers in Washington and elsewhere
would be glad TO see the M!dshipmeh
contest in the National Capital, and
there is little doubt that all The Diff
culties could be overcome.
GIVES OFFICIALS OPPORTUNITY
The privilege of playing one base
ball and one basketball game away
from home each season gives the
! Naval Academy officials the oppor-
tunity, Of which they have availed
themselves in football. of securing
| home-a nd home games with two big
athletic institutions. In football thew
now have such an arrangement with
| Princeton and the University OF
! Pennsylvania There is no reason
why, something similar cannot be ar
ranged for baseball, basketball and
other sports, and it would seem that
some of these games would naturally
GO to Washington.
Two Naval Academy teams will
play in Baltimore this spring. The
lacrosse twelve will oppose Johns
Hopkins on May II. and the base
ball nine WIFI meet both Johns Hop
kins and the University of West
Virginia there on the afternoon of
May Z. 1t happens that Johns Hop
kins Is quite strong in lacrosse, and
was one of the Midshipmen's earliest
1 l.. n
opponent for one of the out-of-town
games, but there is no other branch
of sport in which either Hopkins or
any other Baltimore team Is Sc
rious opponent of the Naval Acad.
emy.
ACADEMY NATURAL PLACE.
Apart from the fact that the
Midshipmen could get far better op-
position from Washington teams. IT
would seem a natural thing for the
Naval Academy teams to choose it as
| the scene of some of its contests IN
view of the big colony of naval
people which is there, together with
thousands OF people who have a
friendly interest in that branch OF
the service and its members.
The Naval Academy basketball
management will be getting its
schedule for next year in shape in
a short time. A proposition for a
game in Washington would receive
careful consideration, and would
have n good chance to be adopted
| There is no good reason why an ar
rangement could not be made with
Georgetown, for instance, by which
annual games of baseball and bas-
ketball be played, each college send
ing team in one sport to the horne
of the other each year, the series ia
be arranged In such way that the
Naval teams played in Washington
during the season in which they, are
to play their service opponents on
the latter's grounds. Such contests
would be OF value to both institu-
| tons and would excite a very hiah