Evening star., 1922-09-18

Upon the whole, there Is much conf
dence at the Naval Academy. and a
looking forward to a great season for
Navy foot ball. While the losses by
graduation were serious, a great
many players Rave been coming to
the front and will have their real
opportunity during the coming sea-
son.
Tentative Backfeld Picked.
The backfield has given the coaches
no particular worry. material being
abundant along this line, and 1t now
looks as if the holes in the line will
be filled in a satisfactory manner. In
fact. a tentative eleven now formed
has considerable more weight among
the forwards than any Navy line in
recent years.
1t is generally thought that the first
choice backfeld at the start of the
season will be made up of Hamilton
Conroy. Mckee and Barchet. This
is a very fast combination, but not
particularly heavy, and it lacks a
kicker. However, every member of
it is a real veteran and has shown
his ability in many hard contests, in
cluding those against the Army.
Conroy, captain of the team. and
Barchet, the Nays most brilliant
runner, were first choices during the
whole season. Hamilton has for two
seasons alternated with Cruise as an
other regular back. and Mckee made
the varsity two years ago. his first
in the academy, but dropped down
a peg last season only because Bar
chet developed such notable bril-
liancy as runner.
Good Second-StrinE Men.
A second-string backfield would be
composed Of Cullen. O'Regan. Devens
and Norris Cullen is thick-Set t
youth, who has had much experience
both before and since entering the
academy. He is a fair punter, and
many think he has an excellent
chance Of displacing Mckee before
the season has progressed very far.
Devens and ORegan weigh around
ITS pounds each and are quite fast.
Deyens came to the front toward the
latter part of last season because
of his fine work against the varsity
in practice. Norris is young but is
believed to have possibilities of de-
yeloping into brilliant running
back.
Right now two other complete sets
of backs could be picked, and there
are others who will bear watching.
Among the candidates from the new
class, Shapley. Ward and Sommers
weighing 175 pounds and very fast, is
from Peddie. Sommers. smaller. but
even faster, played with Frankford
High last year. and Ward made quite
a reputation at Marietta. He is bull,
much along the lines of Barchet, the
Navy's star runner.
Other Regulars Available.
Parr and Taylor. the regular ends
of last year. will start again. while
Bolles will be at left tackle and
Carney at left guard. By common
consent, Matthews. the heavyweight
boxer, will start at center. though
there are several other good men
winkjer. a substitute guard for sew
eral years, probably will have the
first call at right guard, but he will
be closely pressed by Herlihy and
Hudgins, both heavier men.
Some difficulty is being met In fH-
ing tho place Of Clyde King at right
tackle. Sheweu and Lovensky, each
Weighing around 100. will be given
opportunities. and the coaches also
have their eyes on Stolz. substitute
end last year. Stolz now weighs
nearly 200 pounds, and. as he is very
active and apt in foot ball. may fur
nish the answer to the difficult prob
lem Of right tackle.