The Washington times., 1925-02-27

The highest collegiate alOnOrS 1Or
the academy are still possible In
boxing, wrestling. gymnastics, fenc-
ing, swimming and waterproof.
These titles will be settled by the
matches and tournaments held dur
ing March, with the one exception
that the award of honors in fenc-
ing must await the finals Of the
intercollegiate Fencing Association.
to be held In New York, April 30.
The finals OF the bodies concern
ed with boxing, gymnastics, fencing
and swimming all take place late
in March. The associations con-
nected with wrestling and water
polo are not inclusive OF all the
strong contenders in those lines,
40 that actual championship hon
ors in the sports must be decided
by the result Of dual matches.
While the matches i'm which
Naval Academy teams are con-
cerned will not be so numerous,
particularly those at Annapolis, as
during February, they Will have
a closer relation to the settling
Of the college titles, and should
be of much greater average IN
terest. Basketball ends with the
Army contest, next SATURDAY.
pIebe contests of al kinds end
with thes month, and there VIII
be gradual tapering OH OF the
other winter branches, resulting
In smaller programs each week.
The Navy has made a fine start
towards the boxing title by defeat
ing Notre Dame and Pennsylvania
State, each by six bouts to one. Dur
ing March, however, it must meet
Yale and the University of Pennsyl-
vanilla, on the 14th and 21st, respec-
lively, and then submit it's claims TO
the settlement of the Intercolleg1a tie
Boxing Association, to be held under
the auspices of the University OF
Pennsylvania on March 27-2S.
Wrestling honors will probably be
decided when the Naval Academy
and Pennsylvania State teams meet
at Annapolis on March z. The Navy
has defeated Lehigh, and Penn state
has won from Cornell and Pennsyl-
vania. No other college has a team
which has given any indication OF
asnirine to championship honors, so
that the meeting of the Navy an0
Penn State should settle the title.
The Naval Academy seems to have
the gymnastics title clinched for the
third successive year. 1t has been
winning it's dual matches by over
whelming scores, and no college
seems to have a team which can
compare with it. Its chances OF
again taking the fencing title are
also good. It was weakest with the
foils last year, but seems stronger
with this weapon than with any other
this season.
The Navy has a fair chance of
again winning the swimming title,
with Yale and Princeton as dan"
gerOus opponents, on the form dis
played up to this time. Yale. with
q wonderful relay team, appears to
be extremely strong, and from us
showing against the same OppO-
nents, very close to the Navy.
Undoubtedly, Yale has a finer lot
of spring swimmers on the average,
as indicated by it's wonderful work
in .he relay at other distances
However, the Navy has a strong
and well-balanced team, including
Rule, who holds records at two
srring distances, free style, and
one back stroke distance; Allan,
holder of the intercollegiate record
for the breast stroke, and Wyckoff
and Cressy, two unusually good
middle distance swimmers.
In water polo, the Navl Academy
teams record up to this time con-
sists of a defeat by the crack team
of the New York Athletic Club,
but not an overwhelming one. 1t
meets both Yale and Princeton,
which are always around the top
in this sport, next month, and will
be ap!e to have it's measure IN this
game.
Altogether, the winter season has