The Washington times., 1921-01-01
BY HUGH r. RILEY.

ANNAPOLIS, Jan. Naval Acad-
envy people are surprised at the dis
tinctly partial classification of col
legiate athletic honors for 1920
which have been appearing In print.
Premier rowing honors are conceded
to the midshipmen by all sports
writer's. and one Of them 10 fair
enough to admit their first place In
lacrosse, boxing, gymnastics. and
fencing. The honors are claimed for
the midshipmen in all OF these sports
and in wrestling as well as an excel
lent position in baseball, football, and
swimming.
Undisputed honors in crew racing
fall to the midshipmen by virtue OF
their fine record in local races. their
victories for the Childs Cup and
Stewards Cup in the American-Hen-
ley, their triumph in the Olympic
tryouts on Lake Quinsigamond, and
finally their tremendous victory for
the worlds championship in the
Olympic contests at Antwerp. The lat
ter was the greatest achievement Of
a college crew of the United States in
the whole history of rowing.
In both gymnastics and fencing.
first honors were won through OBJ
tanning first place in the finals of
the collegiate associations which
cover these sports. The competi-
tons were held away from An
n&polis. There was no dispute that
first honors in boxing also belonged
to the midshipmen.
NAVY BOXERS WIN.
Boxing was in its infancy as an
intercollegiate sport last season, but
the Navy won from both Penn State
and Penn Varsity, whose records
were the best, outside of the mid
shipmen. of any college aggregation
in the country.
Lacrosse honors were conceded on
the spotless records Of the Academy
twelve during the season. 1t met
every worthy college lacrosse team
in the East except Johns Hopkins
which was beaten by LehiRh, and
defeated them all.
1t defeated Lehigh, champions OF
the southern division Of the Inter-
collegiate Lacrosse Association. .
to /, and Syracuse. champions .of
the northern division, Z to l.
According to local sentiment. the
Naval Academy wrestlers won
clean-cut title to collegiate wrestling
honors. They defeated Lehigh, Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, Princeton.
Columbia, Pennsylvania State, Cor
nell. and Yale All were badly beaten
except Pennsylvania State. which af-
terward won first place in the finals
of the association. the Navy winning
this match Is to IA.
In view Of the fact that the Naval
Academy was anxious to have its
team in the finals OF the association
but was not permitted by the other
members, there is nothing to dis
credit it's title on it's record as the
| best wrestling team of the year.
PENN GETS THREE.
No other institution is credited
with more than three championships.
The University of Pennsylvania is
named as holding first place In bas-
ketball field shd crack and soccer.
Its title to basketball honors Is dis
puted by University of New York.
Yale is put at the head in swimming
and golf.
Football and baseball honors are
| not decided.
The record of the Naval Academy
| in baseball fourteen victories and one
defeat, by Georgetown, is claimed to
be as good as that OF any other team.
| 1t won from Harvard, Princeton,
Penn state, Boston University, Mill
tary Academy, Maryland State and
other strong teams.
1t was certainly next to Yale in
swimming, and not below five In
football.
Taking the sports OF the year on
the whole. naval people are convinc-
/ ed that the midshipmen have earned
clear first place.