The Washington times., 1922-09-24
NAVY GRIDIRON
DATES PROVE
AIMS ARE HIGH
Seven Games With Best Cali
Der Elevens VIII Determine
Ranking Satisfactorily.
BY HUGH R. RILEY.

I A NNAPOLlS, Sept. 23.--The
~ schedule Of the Naval Acad.
emy football team for the
coming season indicates that 1t is
out for championship honors.
There Is no branch Of sport, in
which the Naval Academy fails
TO aim at the highest position and
20 plan intelligently to attain II.
This is particularly true in foot
ball.
Last year, for the first time, the
Naval Academy had the opportunity
OF demonstrating its strengh in com.
parison with the strongest teams In
: the East, and this year will be test
ed in the same way. The result of
one game, that against Pennsylva MIA
State, dashed the midshipmen's
hopes Of supreme honors. but that
reward was within their grasp, as
the game was a hardly fought con.
test and victory was almost seized
by the Navy at several stages Of
the game. /,
Penn State was generally accorded
highest honors last year. Some ex-
perts ranked the Navy next. but the
majority felt that, having lost to
odtCp cNcH ItlOuBu IL WOH itOtii
Princeton and the Army, II could
teams, Washington and Jefferson,
Cornell and Lafayette. AS II was,
no expert ranked the Navy below
the fifth position, Had II won from
Penn State II would surely have
been ranked as number one.
Plays Seven Games.
NIo,,,, ,1Iaxya oaxyan MAS this
year. Western Reserve Is met at
Annapolis, and then on October 21 {,
also at Annapolis, comes the fret
real test, the game against Georgia
Tech.
On October % the midshipmen play
the University of Pennsylvania in
PHILADELPHIA, and on November 3,
In Washington, fur will fly when
Penn State is again encountered.
After st. Zavier, a newcomer on
the Navy's schedule, Is met in An.
napolis on November IL, the season
closes with the great service game,
the Military and Naval Academy
elevens meeting on Franklin Field,
Philadelphia, on November rs.
Bucknell will not be underesti.
mated. a mistake which was made
last season, even though the mighty
Bowser, a most effective PLAYER
against the Navy. is not there this
season Meeting Bucknell last year
q week before the Penn State game,
the midshipmen were given the stiff.
est kind Of opposition, and had to
use their best men ana reserve
players in order to win by the mar
row margin Of g to 0. This year
the Bucknell game Is just a week
ahead of another game. that with
Georgia Tech.
Interest in Clash. g
Great interest will be taken in the
game with Georgia Tech. the first
between the two teams. For long
time Tech and its friends have want
ed to get the Navy team to Atlanta
for a game, representatives from
Georgia using their influence at the
Navy Department to that end.
II was explained, however, that
the rigid routine at the Academy
precluded 80 long a trip as would be
necessary, and Tech consented to
play at Annapolis without an un-
derstanding as to'a return game.
Though the Naval Academy has
had much stronger teams than Penn
sylyania in recent years, 1t antici-
mates no easy task in Philadelphia
on october 2s. The general opinion
among experts is that Pennsylvania
is Que for a good year. and IL Is he.
iieved that II will make a desperate
effort to defeat the midshipmen.
The teams have played twice ne
! fore in Philadelphia. Penn winning
the game OF 1914, 13 to 6. and the
game Of 1915 resulting in tie.
VIII Be Notable.
The game at Washington on No.
ven,ber 3 will be- notable event
from several viewpoints. In the first
place, It will be the first time a
Naval Academy team in any line Of
sport has contested at the National
Capital in spite of its nearness to
Annapolis.
Then, as a purely athletic con-
test. Il will be one OF the notable
games of the year and may be de-
cislye Of the collegiate championship,
tist as the game between the two
last year was. The teams had about
equal losses through graduation and
other causes.
The Naval Academy would appear
+ TO be a slight favorite In the Army.
Navy game OF this year. taking
place at Philadelphia on November
Is. It has a string Of three vic.
tories behind 1t, all Of them by mar
row margins, however. and has
rather the better OF veteran ma
terial. It Is also believed here that
the Navy has better coaches and a
better coaching system.
The Army will undoubtedly feel
the loss OF French. its -backfield star
FOR two seasons, considerably. While
never 10 much a menace to Navy
teams as to others, French was re-
cognized as a dangerous runner, and
a considerable part of the Nays
defense was organized to take csre of
him.