The Washington herald., 1922-12-11

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LONG SEASON ID
FGYM SPO ORTI'
Each Team win Take One Trip1.
Away FromAnnapoIis to Par.
ticipate In Particular Branch
By HUGH r. RILEY. H
A NNAPoLIS, Dec. s.-The win
- ter sthletic season st ther7
- Naval Academy VIII presenf '
. number Of events Of more than Y
usual interest along different lines. I,
While each team will be allowed 70 II
take one trip from Annapolis 10 j
meet an opponent, the majority of 1
contests will be. as usual. at theoo
Naval Academy. Il
The schedules Of the boxing.
wrestling, swimming, gymnastic =,
and fencing teams all present large 4
and comprehensive series Of con, 4
tests, it being the settled policy at
the Naval Academy TO play the /
strongest collage teams II possible Il
and win the recognized first placens
in the different branches II it can ,
be done.
In water polo, however. the .
Naval Academy is paying the
penalty OF two great successes-
Last year. IL defeated Princeton. a.
which had won the championship q
of the intercollegiate water-poaos
League for q number Of years.
as well as all OF its other oppo-
nents. and this year IL cannot se-. :,
cure a game with Princeton. eveaa 9
though 1T is willing to play the I
game in the pool Of that coli
lege. fN
LED IN OTHERS. .
That was only one OF the lines,
in which the midshipmen took Il
first place last year. an in
wrestling. gymnastics and fenc-
ing. they had the unquestionedo
lead. In swimming. they lost
only to Yale, which has been first
among the colleges in that branch
for several years. In basketball
and soccer, the Naval Academy.-
had good teams. though hardly al
among the best.
The Naval and Military Acade
mics both had unbeaten boxing
teams, not meeting each other.
and the championship might be re-
gsrded as unsettled. However. q
the Navy won decisively from . =,
team made up OF the pick Of -
Canadian universities. while the.
Army's schedule did not include
any team Of this strength. II
The basketball schedule is the, !
best for several seasons. games 1
with the University Of Pennsyi- 4
vania and Military Academy be-
ing the features. Pennsylvania
plays the Navy twice, the first
game at Philadelphia. on Jsnu- 1
ary Is, and the second at An-a1
napolis on the 24th OF the same 4
month. x
HILLTOPPERS on LIST.
The appearance OF Georgetown
noted with interest and pleasure.
Athletic relations between the in
stitutions have not been Of the
best for some years. and basket
ball meetings have been omitted
during that period. IL In believed
that there Will be no exhibition
of bad feeling and that the res
toration Of good relations may ex- ,
tend to other sports.
The annual basketball game with
the Military Academy will be played :.
at the Naval Academy this year.
on February %. The series now
stands two Navy victories to one
for the Army. and the ARMY Cadets
will work particularly hard to even |
the series. as they did in football.
On the other hand. Mckee, Parr
and F1ippin. OF the Navy football y
team. will almost certainly be on
the five, and a partial revenge i
would be especially sweet. ~
WILL CLOSE SEASON. 81
Two events OF particular inter.
est. coming towards the close Of
.he winter season. are the tourna.
ment OF thu intercollegiate Gym
nsstic Association. taking place ct
the Academy on March Is. and
the swimming match with Yale. on
March L.. These events will close
the season m the respective sports.
The Naval Academy has been
able TO win first place in the last
three tournaments OF the Inter
collegiate Gymnastic League. while
John b. Pearson, jr,
captain OF the Naval team. has been
the best individual Eymnast during
two successive years.
After defeating all other oppo- /
nents. the Naval Academy swim /
mers sought a match with Tale
last year and were dec1sively beat
en-. This year Yale comes 70 An
napolis on March IL. and the Naval I
Academy. with all OF its stars Of
last year. will make a desperate
effort 10 retrieve its position. II
Is likely TO be the best dual match i
Of the intercollegiate season.
HAVE SIX GOOD ONES. 81
The boxing and wrestling teams -
have each six good matches. To !
those interested in boxing. which
includes practically every member
of the Naval contingent. the match =
of March 3. against a picked team
Of the Canadian colleges. is Of the
greatest interest. The Canadians y
will make up their team from thl
best boxers of the University Of