The Washington times., 1923-11-28

The reports of the poor condition
Of the Naval Academy players pre-
vious to the game were not exag.
gerated. Both Brown and Taylor,
the regular ends. had injuries to
their legs which were. thought to be
torn ligaments, and up to two or
three days before the game it was
Captain Carney, left guard, and
Mathews, center, had both been
out OF the practice for long periods
and were by no means in shape.
It was said, in fact, that
Levensly, right guard, was the
only player who had not had some
incapacitating injury during the
season.
Most Of the regulars were on the
road to recovery prior to the Army
game, and the first effort Of those
connected with the team will be
to get them exactly right. A rest
OF a full week IL likely to work
wonders in this direction. but the
players will be handled as carefully
as the work of preparing them for
the final game permits, and it is
expected that a much stronger
eleven will be the result.
The squad may also be aug.
mented by 3 good end IL Stolz,
VINO started the season on the
right flank. RECEIVERS sufficiently
to play. He broke the smaller
bono Of his lower leg in practice
about q month ago and has pro-
crossed to the point where he is
able to walk with q cane. His
heart is set in getting In shape
to play.
With the entire recovery Of
Brown and Taylor and the good
showing OF Bernet and Caldwell.
who were groomed as possible sub
stitutes, this should put the Navy
in fine shape as to that position.
Herlihy, a substitute guard. and
Hearst, a fine backfield substitute.
now on the injured list, should also
be available.
| It is likely that a representative
OF the Naval Academy will take q
trip to Pasadena at an early date
and confer with the authorities Of
the Tournament Of Roses, under
whose auspices the game will take
place. A number of details are to
be arranged, the Academy authori-
ties having been engrossed up to
this time with the Army game and
being able to give the Western trip
no consideration.
1t is not even certain as to the
Nays opponent for that game.
California, having defeated both
| warrington and Stanford, is the
logical representative Of the Pacific
slope, but a report has reached here
that California will not play under
any consideration. Whether or not
there is any foundation for the re-
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being discussed, and the Navy. of
course. would like a selection of it's
opponent to be made promptly.
However. the Naval Academy
ID taking no hand In the matter
and will be glad to play any team
which is selected. The game will
in no sense be q trial Of strength
between the representative teams
OF the two sections, and the Navy
does not for a moment claim any
leading place i'm the East. The
game was not, in fact, scheduled
upon any such basis.
! the Navy team, however, feels
that 1t has demonstrated that it is
one OF the strong teams of the
East. It's one defeat was by Penn.
| savanna State. Harry Wilson run
ming wild on that occasion and scor-
ing three touchdowns against tile
midshipmen. 1t may be noted. how.
ever Lnat the Navy won from Col
| gates TO 0; that Colgate defeated
| Syracuse. and that the latter won
from Penn State. so the four NAV
class. '"'4'e
1t was made very clear when the
ha'al team was invited TO the