The Washington times., 1931-10-29
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By HARRY COSTELLO
Georgetown BackfieId Star, 19IO-191S)
Now. who could possibly envy

Georgetown backfieId star, 1SlU-1SID
Now, who could possibly envy
the Navy football team?
No more than the MiddieS fin.
ish battling their way. through
a giant Princeton squad than
they face West Virginia WeS-
leyan, Ohio State, Notre Dame
and Southern Methodist right in
a row.
Four Of the very toughest Of
games must be played by RIP"
Miller's charges on four success
sive Saturdays. Navy will need
all of it's intestinal fortitude to
weather the four-game storm it
sails into starting Saturday.
West Virginia Wesleyan will
not be an easy team to beat
Saturday. OF course the boys
from West Virginia will not be
half so difficult as will Ohio
State, Notre Dame and Southern
Methodist. But Wesleyan has
been printing for two weeks for
Navy, and will trot onto Farragut
Field ready TO spike the guns Of
Navy.
Attack More Polished
Saturdays Navy-Wesleyan tilt
should be a hummer from start
to finish. II should be one Of
the spectacular battles Of the
season in this vicinity. Navy
will be forced to take to the for.
ward pass. Wesleyan employs
the play as a ground gaining and
scoring weapon as well as a
threat. Many persons feel that a
free scoring game will develop
when Navy and Wesleyan clash.
The Annapolis attack is show
ing much more polish, much
more efficacy, than marked it
when the MiddieS battled Mary.
land. The Navy line is de-
veloping into quite an often"
sive unit. The Middle backs,
too, show improvement.
Coach Miller and his aides
have been smart enough to give
the Navy squad all sorts of down
the field work, kicking scrim-
mage. This practice develops
blockers, open field runners and
tacklers. With units as green
as Navy's are, kicking sciimmage
is very valuable.
Yesterdays session witnessed
the first team in offensive scrin1"
mage against the B team. The
forward pass was stressed. The
Navy coaches realize that in every
one of the next four garles An
napoliS must rush to the air
game. It is shooting the works"
for Navy in the Wesleyan, Ohio
State, Notre Dame and Southern
Methodist battles.
Unusual Method Aids
Surprising how gritty and ten"
acious these Navy youngsters are.
Green as grass, most ut them.
yet their intense concentration,
their bulldog attitude of mind
and body, their reckless abandon
make them dangerous in any
mans football game.
Remarkable organization of
football practice sessions at the
Academy aids materially in pre-
pairing the Middies for games.
Each succeeding afternoon the
consistent improvement in the
individual units, as well as in
the team play Of the Navy,
became more pronounced.
An onlooker, carefully studying
things out, finds himself pulling
on all eight for Navy. However.
every Navy player must pull on
all sixteen if Annapolis is to
make any sort of showing against
| it's next four opponents.
OF course, it is asking alto
gether too much of Navy to beat
Ohio State, Notre Dame or South
ern Methodist. One feels quite
certain, however, that the Mid
dies will give an excellent account
Of themselves in each of the
next four games. It is possible,
almost probable. that the Mid
shipmen can win over Wesleyan.
Where there is a will there is
a way, and those Navy youngsters
certainly have the will to win.
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