The Washington herald., 1921-01-30
ALL BRANCHES OF
SPORTS AT NAVAL
ACADEMY BOOMING
Improvement Of Pool and
Gym to Give '.,eeded
Faciliti
ANNAPOLIS NJ

ANNAPOLIS. Nd.
though deep interest is beiDr
liested In the program Of wtS,sr ~
ooor athletic events at IN, 81
academy. especially becauss ~, "a
brilliant record the baskct-baII -.
mas esta blished with an Uph-r.'-"'
string Of twelve victories and -
success that the swimming fean, ~
already made by smashing mt
Ieglate as well as Naval Ars1.z...
records; and with wrestling ~
eymnastic and other contest .,s'
leading college teams vet Z. ~,
claee. a great deal Of afterr.,.r,
cen,ers in building activiti.s .r ~,
government reservation. as "a -.
"' which better aCcommodsf.n,.
'A'lIitles, not alone for the Md.
men. but for visiting 5rhrer,
wCll. will be provided.
The sesmanship building O. ......
.s oflcially called MacDor .r ID.
wherein is located the swim.
lahk. which also aCCommodatr.. .y,.z,,-
p"loists, the gymnasium. wnlr,.. due,
contests In gymnastics. V-rasfI-r.f,
ana boxing. are held. il now u7d---
going almost complete trars,orrs.
i!on. and the work. when rrurrs,,-
VIII make II one Of the u0sf COW
nooious structures OF the KIND f- "a.
country. In addition 20 large ser
arate room being set apart for h.
ing with a regulation r.rr b-,.,
therein, more dressing rooms. lock-
ers. showers and all other corvsr.-
lences will bc provided for Pu,
most important Of all viii be- tho
new swimming tank 20 b. used tor
sporting purposes only With rr,
greatly increased number or Nc
Shipmen in recent years. The -a
has been entirely INADEQUATE 20 -
care Of the larger rumbe- AZ o..
dents who come out f.r the Sc,
branches Of sport
Tank 20 BE Enlarged.
Plans for The taUs have .lrea.
been approved by rrs arNrati. An.
thorities The Jsrk v... b, xsy,rr,-
hVe feet long. s.EIy feet Nfda. win
q depth Of ten feet. Il viii have
seating accommodations for sbo.r
1000 persons. and Will have e,.-y
modern equipment u vii b. SIM
lar to that al Culver NrrLsr. a.z1-
emy in Indiana. regarded a. ono -
the best in the country Wr,r s,..L
a tank. naval folks .s,I rl., -he
academy will have. .osr placed 3, ...,-.
II belongs I'm the ua-ato-,.. ,,.---r
Not only viii the tarN r-o-..rs t.
the swimming and water r1r. .o-
tests but IL will also De-r~., s.res,~,-
diving and water basker-h.,..
IIans also have been drawn s--
building dressing rooms grd.- o..
erandStand about Fa-raCy. pt..r
tor the accommodation Of ,., 49,.
nall teams One of the --.rr-. In
nave accommoda' ns for s,,s--..
players and will SO. for III.
squad of u!dshlpmen.. Al
will take care Of forty
for visiting teams. The
equipped iu modern stvIc
And along with this bv.rE---
gram. comes IN, a-nouncs-rr. 30,
tho American Bankers arEsFIsr,,-
has made gift Of 500. 900 10 II.
academy for the erection Of a COZ
modloUs hoathoUse for the usr
the midshipmcn's rowing rr.y.
some 1000 or more OF IN, bankers
visited the academy last fsr =. .
sid' trip 10 their annual r5-y. -r.--
IN W aShlnEJ0D They rN---~s,.r ...-
tonfShmenl. % is said. a RI, s.-r,.
building IN which the vn-.a ham
Plon crew had TO store its srr.. I'd
the Eift was the reS.rf
Rusy Time Ahead at Nav-.
With tho trio O. eve7-> ....r-.. .-,,.f
a. The academy this afternoon. -Ao
MlddlCs took step ,ro~s- P. .t..
heart Of The winter calendar ..
I "a rr- Eau
teams will get into acton. a. 70
addition tho schedule f.r ri.
calls for basket ball gar
swimming meet. The follow
uroay the boxers viii begin g..
busy, and following that d ~s-.e> ..
/ four Eymnsstic meets Mil %, r.-I ID
| OF prior to the tntcrroIle- .a;ss
Here Is the schedule e ,teu.s
that will carry the m..sr.-0r, r
athletes into the Drellm..a-N vo-r
Of the sDring season 90. u-'doo-
| contests:
/ February 2-Rask,t-tal'. Eoe-ok
/ College Of Virginia.
February 5-Baske;-ha.r C-.r.--
! sity Of Virginia. fruC.uC 5
army officers. Of Wash l...
wrestling. Tufts college. sN ..-lr rl
| / nlNeLsllN Cl lallSo4TEE Do
February 9-BsskctbsIi JE-Rer-
sity Of North Carolina
February I2-WrrstlinE. T-.v. p
sity OF Pennsylvania. boN.nE. dr.
! urgje Technical Institute. s.. w.
ming and water polo. C..~. r
| University Of New York I'm.
nssjtcs. Princeton.
February l6-Bsskct-bs ~ Il
Virginia Wesleyan.
February l9-BoNInE and ~v.-
! ming. Massachusetts Ins'r,a,.
Technology gymnastics. .a's-
/ ford College: basketball HAN
ford College. fencing. Ya.e
February 22-Basket-bslI 'Tco-r
] Washington.
February 26-WrestIwE. Tntve-
/ sity or West Virginia uoN'~-
| Pennsylvania State college. havhr.-
/ ball West Point
March 5-BoNinE. TntNe-sf-, o'
| Pennsylvania. gymnastics. va
March l2-Gymnastics. T-.~ ~
March ls-Gymnastics. Inurpol.
! leEiate meet.