The Washington times., 1924-12-16

Naval Academy people are happy
over the foct that it looks as IL
they will have a team thoroughly
competent to meet the hard task
which the season imposes. The
schedule is as fine as that of any
Eastern college team and decidedly
the best ever undertaken by the
Academy. Fortunately, the out
look for strong team was never
so fine.
Though the Navy hoped for a
victory over Columbia, the big mar
gin was unexpected. The Navy won
by 40 to ~, the most Overwhelming;
defeat Columbia has received for
some years. During the coming
week, it meets Loyola and Davis
Elkins, two good college teams, but
not supposed to be as strong as
either Maryland or Columbia.
5. The first game of the Western
trip will be against the Univer.
slty OF Minnesota, at Minneapolis,
on December ~. The squad then
takes q Jump to IndianapOlis,
where Indiana will be met on the
18th. Chicago will he encountered
at Chicago on the 30th, and Mich.
1gan at Ann ArbOr on January 2.
The first game at Annapolis, AZ
| ter the return, will be against
Yale, the date being January 5.
There will be two other games
on foreign courts--against Yale.
at New Haven on January II, and
against Pennsylvania, at Philadel
phia on January "a The list of
home games includes many fine
/ coptests, and is as follows: January
! Z. Gettysburg; 10, Pennsylvania, IA,
! Lafayette; 81, Washington Chester.
town, Md; %, Duquesne; 81, Penn
State: February 4, University Of
North Carolina; Z, New York UNI
1 ver5ity: IL, Fordham; IA, University
! Of South Carolina; IS, Bucknell: FL,
Georgetown; 25, University of Della.
ware; %, U. S. Military Academy.
The wide geographical distribution
of the opponents of the Navy .s
! notable, and number of the games
will have special elements of inter-
| est.
Lieutenant Commander j. Ross
! Allen is coaching the team for the
third year. 1t is felt here that he
is coach of unusual ability, with
plenty Of new ideas about the
game and unusual ability to in
struct and handle the members Of
his squad. The victory of his team
last year over a West Point five
which ranked among the best COL
lege teams in the country, was a
distinct triumph for him.
Coach Allen is starting this sea-
son with much finer prospects
than last year. Though the loss
Of Ira Mckee is a serious one, he
has a number Of other players of
high rank, and younger ones are
developing fast. As an offset to
McKee'S loss. the SQUAD has re-
gained Shapley, brilliant guard,
who could not play last year
owing to a football injury, and
Jones, kept out of the game by
Illness. Both of these are doing
good work.
There are at least a dozen play.
ers who are decidedly in the run.
/ ring for the varsity. Ken Craig,
enc of the most remarkable long
distance shooters in college rank, is
OF course, sure Of his place II he
maintains his present pace. but
there is not another position for
which it is not difficult to choose
sure occupant, SO keen is the
rivalry.
For the other forward position,
Day, Parrish, Signer. Hull, and
Hamilton are all in the fight, with
Day probably a nose ahead at pres
ent. For center, there are Badger,
Rhodes and Rule, with Shapley a.
a possibility. Captain Leggett will
probably hold his job, in view OF