The Washington times., 1925-10-31

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service teams may decided the !
30 the situation IS that at each
school the student body and OH
clal family win be interested II
the success Of the team or tho
other service next to their own. i
Is doubtful IL this situation IL paral
ieIed anywhere else; certainly mol
to thu same degree as at AnnapohI
and West Point.
The condition is Of special inter
est this year because OF the
strength Of the teams that the ser
vice elevens will meet on the same
day and the probability that II
they win they win meet each other
as unbeaten teams. True, the
Army plays Columbia and the
Navy meets .BuckneIl at later
date and both are strong teams,
but II they are victors today they
should maintain their record until
they meet each other.
Service people are ambitious
Ter the success Of their teams
and would Ike 70 see 2 situation
where the meeting Of the TWO
service academies would settle
the intercollegiate supremacy.
There have b." teams n an
alauoIis and West Point which
RANKED with the hest INIT never
has &c been the case that the ad'
nfttedIy best teams Of the year
Ret In the service clash.
shouId. however, the Navy win
Rronn Michigan and the Army from
vale. II would be hard to couat
the winner in the service nesting
ont OF consideration when the
leader was picked. OF course,
much win depend on the work OF
The other leaders, notably Pennsyl.
yania and Dartmouth, during The
rest of the season, but no team
could be definitely ranked above
the service team which goes
through either OF their schedules
az this year without defeat.
Last year In lacrosse, the game
between the service teams undoubf,
edIv assumed the position desired in
football. that Of deciding the inter-
collegiate title. When the Naval
ana Military Academy teams met,
thew had opposed the strongest col
lere teams and both had clean
Sisfa If victories. Therefore, the
2.fo-1 victory Of the Navy In the
0ame many considered the best Ia
crosse contest ever played In thts
country, settled the supremacy TOR
the year.
strong this year. At the NaVaI
Academy. the line Is powerful and
exDerienced and the backfield work
has improved immensely under the
coaching of Jack Owsley. At the
Military Academy, the Army has an
unusual number Of stars with sucn
brilliant backs as Harry Wilson,
Formerly of Penn State, and Tiny
Hewitt, from Pittsburgh, one OF
the greatest bucking backs OF re-
cent years.
Today viii have much TO do
With fixing the standing OF the
service teams for the season. A
victory over Yale will put the
Army team on q par with Penn.
eyIyania and Dartmouth, while >
defeat of Michigan, undoubtedly
the strongest Midwest team this
year, will show definitely that
NAVY football haas taken q great
etride forward under the direction
q Jack Owsley.
Though Michigan is the general
favorite to win, there is much OPP
timisn In the Navy camp. The
Wolverines have been well secuted
and are not regarded as unbeatable.
The general impression that Mtchl-
gan has a great passing game !s
not shared by the Navy representa-
tives. who have seen them in action.
On the contrary, it is thought that
its direct line attack is its strong
est asset.
It happens that the Navy's defense
against such an attack as this is
traditiona.ly strong. Even when
the team was weak in other par
ticulare, It has been seldom that
Navy lines failed to hold upon di.
rect assault. The Navy line il
heavier and stronger than ever
this year and certainly as well
trained. This gives the local con.
tingent confidence in its ability to
hold Michigan's attack.
As for the offense, the Navy has
one of the greatest running backs
In Shapley, a powerful direct at
tack and an excellent passing game.
From a Navy standpoint, the out
look is fine, and 1t is looking for
victory.