The New York herald., 1922-05-30
MIDSHIPMEN OBTAIN
LEAD And Hold IT.
West Point Cadets Outhit
Rivals, but Do Not Bunch
Their Efforts as Well.
18TH ANNUAL CONTEST
President Harding Heads List
Of Visitors Among $4,000
Fans at Annapolis.

Special Dispatch to THE NEW YoKK HERALD.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, May 29.-President
Harding sat in the grand stand here
this afternoon and marked down eight
runs for the midshipmen of his navy
and six for the cadets of his army,
for that was the result of the nine
teenth annual diamond contest played
here to-day.
President Harding arrived on the
May1ower, receiving the Presidents
twenty-one gun salute from the tur-
rets of three battleships OF the Atlantic
fleet, which were in harbor, and put
ting the President ashore in the midst
OF surprised commencement crowd.
Mrs. Harding. Secretary and Mrs.
Weeks, Secretary and Mrs. Fall, A. d.
Lasker, chairman Of the Shipping Board.
and Brig.-Gen. Sawyer, the Presidents
personal physician. came ashore with
him, while Attorney General Daugherty
landed earlier and visited relatives at
Johns Hopkins Hospital outside of
Baltimore.
After luflcnlnB Will ftcdT
Wilson, commandant of the academy,
the whole party went to the ball game.
On the front seat over the dugout as
signed to the Army team the President
ensconced himself, and with score card
in hand kept we'll UP with the technical
tosk of marking out the playe 1t was
SAID that Chairman Lasker as the only
naval man actually In the Presidents
party had to root for the Navy team
hard all the distance. while most Of the
rest were Army adherents. The Presl-
dent, however. preserved benevolent
neutrality.
Secretary of War Weeks interrupted
things once when Pitcher Cragin Of the
Army team had to be hauled out OF
the box, in spite of his own excellent
work, because of a series of fielding
errors in his support. The tearful iad,
unstrung by the intensity OF the con-
test and the unceasing, organized root
ing of the MILDLY" contingent. got a
formal complimenting and handshaktng
all around.
AS the wildly joyous MILDLY" crowd
broke out into the field at the end OF
the game the President and his party
hurried out of the gates, and the fast
Mayfower barge swung them OIL shore
to the yacht with equal speed. Inc
Mayflower Is due to arrive at WASH
ington early tomorrow.
The game was won by the Navy III
much the way that they expected: its
defense, they knew, was not ironclaa, nor
did they have strictly tirst class
nitcher. They fully realized that the
soldiers were almost certain to score a
suhsta ntial number of runs, but they
were determined to score more ana
looked to the general hitting ability OF
the players to do 1t.
Navy Bunched Hits.
In number Of hits and totals OF bases
the midshipmen were outbatted to-day.
but tbev managed to bunch the safe ones
at opportune times particularly in the
second. when the Annapolians took their
big lead. The fight the Army MADE 10
regain the lead won the respect OF tneir
most bitter opponents.
The Cadets went to the bat with the
determination to score runs, and WIN
the score to against them they
staged their rallies in the seventh, when
two runs we're scored. and in the eigntn
when one was added. but Kelly frightened
I'D and held them scoreless In the nlnth
the game ending with q tremendous
demonstration in which slim" Kelly, the
Navy pitcher, was the hero.
Kelly did just what was expected OF
him to-day. Possessing no great ab'lfty
the only dependence of the Navy on the
slab, for they have been woefully weak
in that spot during the whole season.
However. Kelly could be counted upon
10 give his best and to keep his head
He fully justified expectations to-day.
Kelly was given severe test in the
first session. when pass to Smythe.
WiIhide's single and French's bunt- which
he beat out by fast sprinting. filled IT,
bases. Storck was thrown out by Bar
chet. but Smyth scored. Reeder hit to
first and was out, and Wilhide tried to
score when Durgin threw to second to
catch French.
A good throw caught him at the plate.
The Navy also scored in the opener, when
Harris singled, Rawlings beat buns
and Durgin hit past short. The Navv
made its big bunch of runs In the secon
after two were out. Baker flied our
and Mills was passed, but was forces
out at second by Barchet Kelly then hit
for three bases and scored on hit bv
Harris. Rawlings was safe on Dasher's
error and Harris and Rawlings advanced
on a passed ball. scoring on Durgin's
single.
The score:
ARMY. NAVY.