Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-09-26


machine will be 4t into, motion to
carry the middle warriors through
season that. all things considered
viii be the most interesting OF any
campaign in which they have hereto
fore engaged And from the multi
tude OF candidates from which Bob"
Folwell, formerly OF the University OF
Pennsylvania. who is entering upon
his second year as mentor of Uncle
Sans wards. has to draw, husky
and fast aggregation should be de-
yeloped
The middies have been engaged in
practice only a little more than a
week Already they have had several
hard scrimmages and are fl 10 IN
gage in combat against foreign oppo-
sition right now. All OF this mean
that Folwell and his stan OF rs dsfa11
coaches, mostly former stars OF Navy
elevens. have put the future sea com
handlers through every element OF the
game in quick order until now most
OF them are pretty we'll hardened and
ready 10 get down 10 real business.
II is safe TO say that the eleven will
be in good shape for the season.
opener Saturday which will be with
the eleven of North Carolina State
The lads from the Tar Heel" State
slipped a victory over on the middies
I'm their game here last season and,
naturally, the locals will be more
than anxious to redeem themselves
for that fall down.
Every effort OF the coaches will. of
course, be devoted 10 pointing their
pupils for the all-important game of
the year. that with the rival West
Point Cadets. which. as formerly. will
be staged on the Polo Grounds. New
York. Agreement as 10 the scene OF
the big battle was reached by the
representatives of the service insti-
tutions AT a conference in New York
a few weeks ago
But the game with the Pointers"
will not be all. The seasons schedule
is doubly attractive by reason of the
games with Princeton and Pennsyl-
vania State College The setto with
the Tigers will take place at Annapo-
lis and win be the big game If the
year on local grounds II will be
return contest. and that it will he
battle for blood goes without saying
for the middies. virtually a ruling
fayorite, invaded the lair of the Tiger
last season only to taste of defeat by
~ Ia, 30 0 score. So there's another
sore spot that has. caused no little
smarting in the Navy camp until an
other chance could roll around,
Next in importance from a Navy
standpoint will be the trip TO Phila-
delpha on November II for. the battle
with Penn State, this having been
brought. about. through q two-year
Agreement with the Bellefonte lads
Ayrequired official sanction from th,
Navy Department. The Navy Prince
ton and Navy State games are looked
upon here as two of the principal
games in the East this season
tfH First Battle Saturday
With North Carolina State as the
opener next Saturday. the schedule of
home games also will be attractive
The following Saturday the eleven oi
Western Reserve, of Cleveland, vii
be entertained. Then comes the in
vasion by the Tigers. On October p
and % West Virginia Wesleyan and
Bethany College, respectively. will be
met. November will be filled by
Bucknell. team that has made grid
iron sport interesting for the middies
in recent years. The contest will
mark the close of the local season. for
on the following Saturday comes the
Penn State encounter. No game was
arranged for November 10, which is
just week ahead of the supreme test
with the West Point Cadets.
While Folwell has many veterans at
work. there are. of course. many prob
lens confronting him in the building
of his machine. The varsity. or "A
squad. and the "B" squad each num-
Der about 50 at present. but will be
materially reduced within the next
two weeks. probably 10 about % in !
each instance. Helping Folwell in
whipping his charges into shape are
Even. former captain and end. and |
Country Moore. guard of last years |
team: Scafie. lineman. and WHEEL |