The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-02

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the greatest Interest. Closely con
nected with the wonderful football
team of this year, and with some Of
its members as competitors great
interest will follow the fighting
Irish" as they compete in a spoF;t
which should fit them to. an emil
nent degree
On February ri the Naval team
goes to State to meet Pennsylvania
State. The Naval Academy Perm
State and Penn Varsity were &c
prime movers in intercolleg
boxing, and State has generally
been the closest opponent of the
Midshipmen. Last year, the Navy
again won in dual meet, out
was outpointed by State in the
intercollegiate. This circumstance
lends particular zest to the meeting
this year.
On February 20 the MidslIsp-.
men will, for the fifth successive
wear. meet the combined team 81
| fI1e Canadian universities. This
match is always one Of the big
events OF the sporting calendar.
| Regularly defeated, the Cana
dians have never failed to bring
2 clever and spirited team ~
| Annapolis, and their sportsman
ship always makes them great
fav0rites.
The Naval Academy boxers are
specially complimented in that the
Canadians pick it to meet their
combined team. the UIllVars Sly
of Toronto usually meets NUNS
Der Of teams Of the United STATES
Including the Military Academy,
and makes q good showing against
them hut when opposing the
Naval Academy, it calls upon the
other Canadian universities for its
hest in order to improve its show
ing. q.
! team to Annapolis. Not only will
the interest be taken in the match
which attaches to Tale's competi-
tiou in nearly every sport. but the
peculiar situation as to the two
teams insures a rivalry of the
| lxeenest kind. Yale, also, claims q
straight record Of victory in its
dual matches, though 1t has never
| been put to as severe a test az
| have the Navy boxers each year.
/ However, the Naval Academy and
Yale met last year at New Haven
the I1onors were, nomfnally at least
even. The Naval team came back
from this encounter in a very
disgruntied mood. They claimed
that they had not received the
| treatment that they would have
expected from Yale, and felt that
several of the decisions were ex-
| tremely bad. Spike Webb, in par
ticular, insisted that the match
should easily have gone to the
! Navy.
/ Be this as it may, the Navy
is more set on a victory against
] Yale than in any other match, and
will take particular care that the
/ conditions surrounding the match
are such as to show the visitors
| from New Haven how a. collegiate
boxing match should be conducted.
or special interest will be the
meeting of the captains, Hay Ly-
Ons, OF the Navy, and Benny
| Funk, Yale, i'm the middleweight
class. Neither has ever lost
bout in a collegiate encounter,
| and this bout alone viii insure
intense interest in the match.
| The final home match is on the
l21st of March, against the sUniver-
sity of Pennsylvania, an event
which always looms big on the
Navy boxing sch dule. Other
matches on the Navy schedule, to
Ibe contested at Annapolis. are
against Syracuse, on February 7,
the initial contest, and against
Catholic University, ON March z.
The season ends with the finals
of the intercollegiate Boxing Asso-
citation. to take place under the
auspices of the University of Penn
sylvania on March q to %. Stung
by it's defeat by Penn State last
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