The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-29

the outlook for lacrosse and field
and track are not promising. How.
ever, the service series in every
branch of sport are notable for up
setting the indications frequently.
and no forecast can be made with
any degree of certainty.
Chief Bender appears to have
been highly successful with the
baseball squad. the showing up to
this point being excellent and the
nine improving constantly. Games
have been won from Harvard.
Georgetown, Pennsylvania State and
West Virginia, and lost to Vermont
and the University Of New York.
Dyer. the Nays left'hander. won
the Harvard, Georgetown and West
Virginia games, and Heisser, pitch.
ing finely, won from Pennsylvania
State.
Peterson, who was next to
Kelly in the pitching string last
year, Officiated against both Yer.
mont and New York, both very
strong this season, and lost, due
70 a bad inning each time. He
had, however, shown indications
of strength, and it is felt that
he will yet give good account
pitchers, the Navy is very strong
in this department.
1t has been decided to use Haer
lin, catcher of the plebe nine last
year, regularly behind the bat
Harris, captain, going to left field
Haerlin has done good work in all
but his first game, and is improv
ing very fast in all departments
Harris can be used at catch II
necessary.
Barchet, a veteran, is playing
third again, and Mckee, who has
been in the outfield for two years
is at second. Cooper, new man
is playing a splendid game at short
proving himself to be one OF the
most valuable men the navy has
ever had in this position. Ellis Is
thoroughly reliable at first, and the
outfield, made up Of Harris, FennC
and Wade, is far above the average
It is unfortunate, from the Nays
standpoint, that the lacrosse team
appears to be weaker than for some
time this season, the first time ii
Is to play against the Military
Academy. It has lost games this
year, the first in seven seasons
Maryland defeated 1t to 3. and
Johns Hopkins, to 4. AS Mary
land lost to- West Point, to 0, il
would seem. that the Army twelve
is much stronger than the Navy al
present.
However, Navy fight is a well
recognized factor, and there Is
plenty of time for the team tC
improve. Its attack is very fast
and brilliant, but the defense is com
paratively green and not at all uI
to the standard. Every. effort will
be made to strengthen this depart
ment of the game and improve the
general team play.
Last year the Navy was de-
feated by the Army i'm field and
track after being confident of VIC
tory. This year, it was thought
the Navy had almost no chance,
but the outlook has been imprOv-
ing, due to great Improvement on
the part of a number of the team
members. Huckins, i'm the hur.
dies, broad jump and pole vault,
is doing exceptional work, and
Leggett is high grade man with
javelin and discus. Summers and
Hammond, in the sprints; Tyree,
in the mile, and TamInany, half
mile, are the other Navy stars.
No rowing season has excelleG
the present in interest at the Acad
envy. For the second time, the
Naval Academy is attempting t.
gain Olympic honors for the United
States, but crew of former Acad
envy oarsmen, some of whom were
in the triumphant Olympic crew oi
1920, has assembled here and will
also contest for the honor.
The preparations of these crews
side by side, excites intense inter
est. The veterans are being coach
ed by Richard A. Glendon, fol-
twenty-one years rowing coach al
the Naval Academy, while the pres
ent Academy crew is being directed
by his son, Richard j. Glendon
who succeeded him last year.
There is an idea in rowing circles
that the Naval Academy crew IL
weaker than in former years. There
is nothing at all to support this
but, on the contrary, prospects are
excellent. The material is abundant
more experienced than usual anC
the best OF feeling prvails.
Last year, when the younge,
Glendon took hold, he had bur one
member of the varsity of the pre-
vious year. This year, he started
with six regulars of the presen,
season, and lots of fine material
from an unusually strong plebe
eight and other crews. When it il
remembered that the younger Glen
don developed a crew last yeal
which was second only to Wash
ington, there is reason to expect
good results this time.
The very best of feeling exist:
between the oarsmen of the Acad
envy and the members of the grad
uate squad. as we'll as between
those having charge of them. Il
is recognized that the presence O,
the older men will be an incentive
to the younger, but that they will
only win if they have a faster crew
than that of the midshipmen. II
that case, the navy and tho United
States has better chance to wiz
at Paris.
Williams Is Slow
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