The Washington times., 1922-07-02

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ymnastics ............'.. y
encing NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 20 z
bosepall .......'..' 10
Lacrosse y
Field and track ............ . y
Tennis ................. .
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To sum UP, Naval Academy teams
won undisputed Championships IN
five sports, rowing, wrestling gym
nastics. fencing and water-polo.
Though the titles were not definitely
determined, the Academy teams In
lacrosse and rifle shooting had better
records than any other college ag.
eregations, while the Naval and
Military Academies had the only un-
defeated boxing teams. In twlm-
ming, the Academy stood second.
Gets Good Rating.
In every other branch OF sport
generally in vogue among the col
iepes. with the exception Of tennis.
the record of the Academy teams in
dicates that It must be given a
creditable rating, though first place
cannot be claimed in any.
Unuuestionably, the football team,
with victories over Princeton, the
Army and Bucknell to its credit,
must be numbered among tho
strongest college aggregations. IL
lost one game, to PennsylVana
State, which was generally accorded
the intercollegiate title, the score
being 13 to Z. The standing OF the
eleven was placed from two to i've
by the different experts.
The basketball and baseball teams
xere both of considerable strength,
but there is no doubt that there
were several college teams along
both lines which were the superiors
Of the navy's.
However. the baseball nine schiev-
ed the great objective of its season,
the defeat Of the nine of the Military
Academy. Tennis is the navy's weak
snort, while in soccer, q compare
lively new game here, there. was
considerable advance.
The lacrosse title has been claim
cd by Syracuse, but IL disputed by
the navy. The teams did not meet.
but Syracuse has proved rather easy
on previous meetings. Neither team
was defeated during the year. How
ever. the naval team, with SO points
IN its opponents' 7. has much the
better record, while n defeated such
teams as Johns Hopkins and the
University Of Pennsylvania by much
more decisive scores than did Syra-
cuse.
Crew Leads All.
Among the special achievements
IN sports during the year. the work
of the crew, OF course, stands at the
top. For the third successive year
the champions of the country, the
Naval Academy crew topped its sea
son, and the careers of seven OF the
eight members, by a memorable vic
tory on the Hudson against the
strongest aggregation Of college oars
men ever assembled, and to do this
had to break the record for the
course, which the navy crew had
established the year before.
In football and baseball the Naval
Academy won from the Military
Academy, but lost in basketball. No
contests may be, the army game is
the real objective Of the season in
the sports in which the service
schools meet.
Incidentally, the schools are ex.
pected to meet in a number of ad1i-
tional lines next season.
The exceptional records of the
lacrosse. wrestling, gymnastic, box.
ing and fencing teams may. be
noted. For the fifth consecutive
season, the lacrosse twelve was un.
defeated. The wrestlers won all
seven Of their matches, losing but
three bouts and winning fifty-three.
Had Clean Record.
The gymnastic team also had O
clean record for five consecutive
seasons. II won the championship
of the intercollegiate Gymnastic
Association. scoring AZ points. to IL
by its next opponent, and first and
second places for the individual
championship were won by midship.
men. The fencers had almost as
rood a record, easily taking the
title in the finals of the Inter.
collegiate Fencing Association.
The boxing team finished with q
clean slate, as II has done In the
two previous seasons In which II
has boxed against outside teams
The championship cannot be claim
ed, however, as the Military Acad.
emy ALSO had an unbeaten team.
This is one Of the sports In which
representatives OF the schools will
>robably meet next season.
Taking II as whole, no other
~-vf1ege can compare in the number
OF branches In which the champ
ionship was won or as to the gen
eral strength of teams in all lines
Nor II this an exceptional case
for the record Of Naval Academy
teams for the two previous years Il
ON the same plane. Undoubtedly
the place which the Naval Academy
has won IL due to its fine material
splendid spirit and unequalled or
ganization and leadership.