The New York herald., 1922-01-08
jim THORPE .
Most Teams Being Strength
ened by Members of Grid
iron Group.

Special Dispatch TO THE NEW YORK HERALD.
ANNAPOLIS, Jan. 7.-Great activity in
the winter sports at the Naval Academy
began with the return of the milship-
men from their Christmas leave the
early part of the present week. Nearly
every branch received valuable recruits
from the ranks of the football players.
| WHO had been directed to rest a while
after the arduous work OF the season
on the gridiron.
Tho presence of Mckee and Parr on
the basketball squad has had a prompt
| effect for the better, both being veteran
players, who promise much for the COM
ing season. The Naval team played only
! fives from clubs and the smaller colleges
during December, but made an auspi-
cious start, winning all OF the games
| readily and having the opportunity OF
trying number of players.
The new players who have made tho
| best impressions are Garrigues at
guard, and Harris. at forward. Gar
rigues Is a splendidly built youth, weigh
! ing about 175 pounds. and It appears
that he has an excellent chance OF fall
ing heir to the place vacated by the
/ graduation of Waters. With Parr, the
football end, who weighs $50 pounds,
| the Navy should have a powerful pair
of guards. Weight and strength are need
ed on the Navy team. as the Army has
big. strong set Of players this year.
There seems to be little doubt that
/ Ault, captain of the team this season,
Will stay at his place at center. In
spite of lack of height and weight his
activity and thorough knowledge of the
game make him a very valuable player
! in this position. though there was some
| talk of moving him TO forward. Mckee.
who was the biggest scorer last year. is
! almost certain to be n regular forward,
and the strongest asprants for the other
, place arc Harris, Blue, Johnston and
| Barnes
The big event in this sport for Janu-
ary will be the game In Philadelphia on
the 2Sth against the University Of Penn
sylvania. In 1920 the Naval five played
.he Military Academy at West Point,
and the game I'm Philadelphia will be
the second for n Naval Academy basket
ball team to be played away from An
napolis The game was scheduled in
pursuance OF the liberal policy toward
athletics now pursued by the authorities.
The boxing and wrestling squads.
with augmented numbers, are preparing
for their season under more satisfactory
conditions than ever before. Changes
in the gymnasium building have made II
possible to arrange splendid quarters
for beth squads In the east end or the
gymnasium. The building was formerly
occupied by the gymnasium and the de-
partment OF seamanship. A special
building has been constructed for the
latter. about doubling the space formerly
used by the department OF physical
training.
Among the football recruits TO these
sports are Larson, Conroy. Cruise and
Barchet TO boxing. and Wiedorn and
Noyos TO wrestling Carney. the big
guard, Is expected 20 take UP wrestling
shortly. He is badly needed. as there is
dearth OF big men in both sports. and
il Is possible that In the heavyweight
class Of both the Navy VIII be greatly
outweighed by many of its opponents.
So far, no candidate Weighing more
than 175 pounds actually has begun
work IN either sport. If this condition
continues the representative In the un-
limited class probably will meet rcgu-
larly opponents from twenty to forty
pounds heavier than himself a condition
not az all fair 20 the Nay contestant.
Carney may solve the difficulty as TO
the wrestlers. thought II is not all sure
that he could be taught enough about
the game in go short time to be up to
the necessary standard
In cant. Lewis the Navy has n won
dcrful 175 FOUNDER or 'light-heavy" IL
would he regarded as a pity 10 take him
out OF his class 10 contend against
much heavier men. Wiedorn, the foot
ball tackle. about the same weight as
Lewis. and also an exceptional man,
may have to take up the burden, how
ever, ana meet the giants generally