The Washington times., 1921-10-19

game with Princeton, as 1t rememb
the eleven was undoubtedly brough
The showing OF several OF the Navy
backs In the Princeton game makes
more difficult than ever the task OF
Bob Folwell In picking his first back
field.
Koehler Went Through.
Starting with Conroy, Koehler. Bar
chet and Hamilton. only Koehler fin
ished the game, Noyes, Mckee and
Cruise being the substitutes In the
order named. Morris. back OF great
liability but meager experience was still
on the sidelines, and there was a gen
eral desire that he should get his
chance This will come, however, in
a future game.
All three of the substitute backs ap.
pear to have an even chance of dis
placing their principals. 1t is hard
to see how Noyes can be kept out of
a regular place on the varsity. Con
| roy Is a good back. both in carrying
! the ball and defensively, but he is
! not nearly the ground-gainer that
|, Noyes is.
Upon the whole, Noyes is the most
| brilliant runner on the squad, not
! even excepting Barchet, and will soon
make up for his loss Of practice early
in the season when scholastic Difficult.
ties kept him out Of the game.
Barchet. Of course. by his fine work
on Saturday, justified his choice over
Mckee. a regular last year. 1t was
the general opinion on Saturday that
Barchet gave promise of developing
into q back of the highest ability.
ranking with any In the country. He
weighs but 155 pounds, but is very
strong and rugged, his arm and chest
development being supurb. 1t is of
interest to note that he was raised
on a farm within five miles of the
Naval Academy. Barchet, who was
a student at Johns Hopkins for a
short time, played short stop on the
nine last year, his first at the Acade-
my.
Played Splendid Game.
On the other hand, Ira Mckee, who
made a place on the varsity last year,
his first as a midshipman, played a
splendid game after he took Barchet's S
place. He made several substantial
gains, and by his keenness in taking
the ball on Princeton's long passes,
put King in position to kick his two
goals from placement. He is thor
oughly dependable player. 1t is still
by no means a foregone conclusion
that Barchet will be chosen over Nc
Kee in the future games.
There is also a close competition
between Hamilton and Cruise for a
place in the backfield. Cruise played
as a regular back all through the sea-
son of 1919. He Is a stocky, powerful
youth, and a particularly fine de-
fensive player. Early last season he
was injured, and Hamilton turned out
so well that Cruise was never able to
win back his place. There is still little
to chose between them, they being
players of much the same type.
Finally, the work done by Norris, a
member of the new class, demands
further consideration on the part of
the coaches. He is even faster than
Noyes, and repeatedly runs clear
around the varsity players in practice.
He is also q better passer and punter
than any of the regulars. Norris is a
trifle heavier than Barchet, but has
played only on school teams. He
comes from Marion Institute, Ala,
an institution which has furnished the
Academy with such athletes as King,
willkie and Eimers. 1t Is believed
that with a little more practice, Nor
ris will develop into one of the Navy's
best backs.
BaCkfieId Is Strong.
These eight players make up an ag-
gregate of backfield strength hardly
TO be equaled as a whole in the East.
while such players as Noyes, Barchet
and Norris have possibilities of indi-
vidual brilliancy which may put them
on a par with the best Of the present
college backs. The Navy squad is
still far from the end of her strength
in this line, such excellent backs as
Cullen, O'Regan. E. Taylor, Matthews
and Rooney being still in reserve.
while w. Taylor, Dole and Waters, all
seasoned backs, were assigned to the
squad of end candidates.
Has Variety Of Attack.
It is also true that the Navy team
could have used a much greater va
riety of attack than 1t did on Satur-
day, and will, doubtless, increase it's
repertoire before the season has gone
much further. Folwell has reclaimed
much of Dobie's system of play. but
he has also introduced much of his
own, including longer and more dar-
ing passes than Dobie ever taught.
Princetown did not make it necessary
for the Navy to show any of these,
and IL is not intended to show any
more than is necessary, remembering