The Washington times., 1921-10-30

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A hard fight against Bucknell is
syivania State and the usual spirited
contest from the Army Cadets.
Though Durkneil viii furnish the
only remaining home game. the con.
tests asains. Penn State and the
Army will keep interest at fever
heat until the season ends. OF
course. the midshiprnen have already
achieved a great triumph In the De.
feat of Princeton, but everyone con
nected with the service Is desper'
ately anxious to make the season a
complete success by winning the re-
tnainihs games.
penn State Dangerous.
while the mistake Of underesti.
mating the Army will not be made.
Pennsylvania state is generally re.
garded as the most dangerous oppo.
nent of the Navy, this being the pre-
yailing feeling even before the Prince.
ton game. The Navy will be under
the disadva ntage OF playing away
from home, a thing TO which Its
players are decidedly unused. How.
ever, Il is a circumstance which Is
squirting the midshipmen TO greater
efforts. II ID felt that IL they lose
this game, II viii be ciaimed that
the Midshlpmen should not be given
full credit tor their victories in An.
napoiis contests. This would be sc.
rious, as the large majority OF their
contests are at home.
30 far, II has Neen the Naval
Academy's most fortunate season as
to Injuries. The team has not lost
a player for any length Of time for
Al
player, and substitute end last year.
was expected to play regularly on
one of the flanks, but lost his
chance through q sprained ankle.
However, Taylor did so well that
Titus, though now in shape TO play.
cannot regain the place. Rawlings,
a nrotninent back field candidate. was
also put out by a bad leg. hut is
about I'm condition to get back into
the game. These are the only cas-.
ualttes Of any moment UP to this
time.
Dobie Changes System.
The handling Of the team this sea-
son has brought out a marked change
over the system Of some years ago, In
that the selection OF first team takes
place early in the season. UP to the
time Of Gilmour Dobie's arrival, five
years ago, the usual course had been
to keep several men fighting for each
position until a few days before the
Army game. and II often happened
that the head coach stated that he
would not make his selection until
the very morning of the final contest.
Dobie has followed a different sys-
tenn, and Folwell continued II. While
the opportunity for q better man to
displace any member OF the team
never stops, the varsity eleven 10 prac.
ticaily selected after the first two or
three weeks of play, and after that, 1t
has turned out. that few changes
have been made unless an injury oc.
Cured. In other .rords, the head
coach has shown sufficient judgment
and knowledge of the ability of his
players to pick his team early In the
season and to devote much of his
time to breaking these men into their
work with the others. Better CO.
ordination and team play has resulted.
II may be said that nine of the
eleven men now playing on the Navy
team were picked at the beginning Of
the season, and there Is hardly doubt
that It will start the Penn state and
Army games with little change unless
oae Of them is injured. These players
are Larson. center; Carney and Fraw-
ley, guards: King and Bolles, tackles;
Parr, end, and Conroy, Koehier, and
Hamilton in the backfield. 1t was
expected that Titus would start at
end. but he has been displaced by
Taylor, while Barcnet's brilliant run
ming has made it proper for him to
take McKee's place. The latter WAS a