The Washington times., 1922-10-08
.MIDDIEE FACE
. FOUR SEVERE
TESTS in ROW
Msst BuoknslI, Georgia Tech,
Penn. and Penn State at In
tervals of Week.
By HUGH 4. Riley.

sylvania and Psnnsylvsnia Stats
Naval Academy football : team M
has % hard Q task % any col
lsgiate aggregation this year.
There b general confidence that
the team win cone through with
honor, and evsry effort d being
made toward : straight string Of
~ backfield eandidatss have
fully justified the confidencs
placed in them up g this time,
and the hne, though tnexpcri-
encsd in places, h the hsayiest
set Of forwards the Naval Acad-
emy has evsr had. Only one
aim Of the coaches, that of de-
yeiopinR satisfactory kickers, has
not been realized, and this ID still
TIE weak spots In the Navy team.
Up to the present. no chapge has
been made IN ne original backfisid.
chst. Hamilton and Mckee. There
n attis probahiiity that anythins
hut an injury VIII interiors with
sitSer Ccnroy or Harchet. Bsrchet
msintains his brilliant running, and
4. srpected 10 DO even better this
wear. Conroy IL next 70 Baxchst In
ability 10 carry the ball and o bet.
Ter helper Of other runners. y
Hamilton, who alternated with
Cruise a 3 regular back last year,
h holding on to his position. mainly
on account Of his excellent defen.
s,vs work. Mckee, q regular In
1890. displaced by Barchst last year.
has Also maintained his place. hts
most dsneerous opponent being Cui.
len, a stocky lad. who II not only
. rood srouud-gainsr. but the best
Of the punters among the psckns'o
Devsns HHs Hard.
However, this backfield combtna-
ton 70 likely TO start against Buck.
nell next week, though q number Of
other backs undoubtedly viii be
used. Cullen, Dsvens and Norris
are the second.string men whose
work viii be watched with most
Interest. Devens 10 O very powerful
iins.hitter, while Norris u believed
TO have the makings OF brilliant
end and open.fisld runner. In fart.
the Navy win have four different
combinations for use In its paca'
field. with q few TO spare. and every
one 10 hack Of considerable parts.
In Carney, 2ls, and Lentx, III. the
latter Q Rutgers line man last year,
the Navy has the biggest center
flankers In its history. Carney, .
very fast man for his sise. - doing
batter than ever this year, while
Lenty has. In . week OF practice. won
q place on the other side OF center.
Both are active, hard.working play.
ers, as well as big. strong fellows.
The Academy has 1s0-pound pair
Of tackles in ghswell and Levensky,
Who Just now have the call. BcIles.
the regular tackle Of last year, re-
ported o little late and found that
his rivals had 1omething OF q start
on him. He weighs 1856 pounds. AT
tackle, the Navy 10 heavier by eight
pounds to the man than last year:
Mathews. at center, weighs 100
pounds, which IL several pounds more
than Larson. scentsr and captain q
last year. ssr
The Navy also has the same ends
a. lest year, PafT and Taylor, but
they are q little heavier. Parr
weighs isB pounds, at least five
pounds more than last year, while
Taylor, at ITS. ID three pounds heav-
Ter. The average weight of this line
fs 1S2 81 pounds, and exclusive Of
the ends 1t is lt7 IS. The Academy
has never had % heavy q sSt OF
forwards a. this In its history. ~
There In no assurance, however,
that this line will remain intact. On
the contrary, there In every reason TO
believe that changes Will be made.
Mathews. ct center. for instance, has
very strong opposition in 1uber,
Welcker and Hutchins. Fifppen, an.
other center candidate, has been as
signed to the backfield. Lentz must
hold his place over winkjer, a sub.
stitute for three seasons; Hudeins,
Weighing 21s. and Heriihy, eol
pounds. Bolles, Walker ana Walsh
are all dangerous opponents Of the
present tackles. The places Of Car
ney, Parr and Taylor seem assured,
barring accident, though in Stolz
and Woodside the Navy has two
very efficient substitute ends.
Ned Punters.
The kicking problem Il manifest.
iy worrying the coaches There are
some fairly good kickers on the
squsd, but they have not shown
the ability In other lines to Justify
playing them regularly. OF the back.
field candidateG Cullen has done the
best punting % far, but Mckee 10
proving q somewhat more useful
man In the other, departmsnts Of the
game. OF the regular backs, Bar.
chet and Mckee are doing the best
booting, but they are by no means
high class In this particular.
OF the line men, Carney and Shew-
ell can punt reasonabiy well, but the
coaches do not wish. unless com.
PEELED to do %, to pull men out 6f
the line regularly for the punting,
though at present II looks as II they
viii have 10 do a good deal Of II.
Thousf, there IA no present indica-
ton that q really hishSrade punter
viii be found. the coaches and play
ers are not discouraged. and are con.
tinuing to work hard on this prob
lem.
The imposing appearance of the
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