The Washington herald., 1922-02-13
NAVAL ACADEMY
QUINT PREPARES
FOR ARMY GAME
Past Performances Indi.
cate Tilt at Point"
{ Will Be Close.

ANNAPOLIS. Feb. 1a.-In spite Of
the large and varied program of
events In all lines of sport at the
Naval Academy. attention is begin
ming to center on the basketball
game which will be played by the
fves OF the service schools at West
Point on the 25th of the present
month. Not only will the rivalry
be as keen as matches in any sport
between service teams always are.
but there is no doubt that the fiyes
are among the, best In the country
this year. so that II will be an event
Of real sporting interest
The extremely close games played
by both teams against the Univers-
ity Of PensyIvania. intercollegiate
champion, indicates the high cali
Der of the service fves. The Naval
Academy was defeated by but two
points and the Military Academy by
three. These games also indicate
that the service teams are close to
each other in playing ability. The
Navy played away from home, and
this. its friends think. argurs well
for its showing at West Point
The Military Academy has not yet
won q game of basketball from the
Naval Academy. and its wish to do
so is keen. Only two have been
played, the first at West Point, and
last years game at Annapolis, and
the Navy has won both. Last years
game was close. but the Navy lost
two valuable men by graduation
| On the other hand. the Army has
all Of its veterans, but two of them
hSve been displaced by better play
ers.
! Ault. captain and center; Parr.
guard, and Mckee forward, the old
players, are all playing fully up to
their standard. The captaincy has
not pulled down AuIt's work, and
he is playing more brilliantly than
ever. After trying a number q
players in both positions Lush ap-
pears to have picked Harris for the
other forward and Lyon for t.
guard. Harris has improved great
ly in his shooting.
AS now made up. every member
of the basketball five has won hi,
spurs in some other branch OF ath-
lettcs. Ault is a track man and
lacrosse player. while Parr is reg
ular end on the eleven and a mem.
ber of the lacrosse squad Mckee
has won his star for playing in a
winning game OF football against
the Army, as well as last years
basketball victory. Harris is the
center fielder on the nine. and Lyons
regular on the lacrosse twelve.
Several Crew Men III.
Illness of several of the crew men,
notably Sanborn. No. 5, has unset
the Naval Academy crew during tn.
present week. but they arc all in
shape again. and the smoothnes.
and power OF the varsity oarsmen
In practice in the tank are v.-y
notable
win seven veterans. all likely to
mold their places. Glendon will hay.
70 PICK but one new man. For the
present he has moved BolIes. a very
powerful oarsman. from No. . to
NO. 4, and has been using Higgins,
OF last years second crew. and
DahISren. OF the plebe aggregation,
a. no. Both are OF build and
weight to fit in nicely with tnc
others. Glendon states. however
that there are other candidates To
try out before the place is filled
Glendon is being assisted bv hts
son. Richard Glendon. Jr., and Eddi.
SraVes. captain and bow oar OF the
olympic champions of 1920. 1t ia
noped. that with this assistance
oienuoh can put a 150-pound ei.,nt
on the water this year, as well as
his usual crews
Inc entry at the Poushkeepsi4
regatta has not been taken nm Of
hclally as yet, but the situation as
to the participa ton of the midsbin-
men is favorable. Six of the eight
VIII graduate in June. and this
number will be increased to seven
II Higgins wins the vacant seat.
This means that the major portion
OF the crew will graduate in June
and. with the leave always granted
Will be able to take the trip to
the Hudson. Thus the interference
with the summer cruise will be
minimized.
Seek Football Game.
\ football game with a Western
team of medium strength will prob
ably be played at Annapolis on Sep
tember 30. Negotiations are nov
going on. and the announcement,
Will be made shortly. The Naval
Academy is also willing to book a
game for October I. playing a dou.
ble-header that day. as Western
Reserve has been dated for the oc
Casion.
To Start Baseball Practice.
Baseball practice under Ensigr
Victor Blakeslee. captain of the
Naval Academy nine of 1919. and
Midshipman Humphreys. captain OF
the nine for the coming season
will begin on Monday. Billy Lush
will take charge at the end of the
month, when he will be relieved
of his work with the basketball
team.