Evening star., 1932-07-31
YOUTHS FROM D. c.
AMONG PROSPECTS
Nearly a Dozen Capitalites
LiSted-Foot Ball Talent
Appears SCarceSt.

A NNAPOLIS, Md, July 30.-m
~ spare moments athletic coaches
- at the Naval Academy have
been looking over the 1872 new
plebes who are now enrolled. Each
plebe has filled out card showing his
previous athletic proveSS. If any, and
. IS undergoing strength and gym tests.
In the entire group only two of the
new mfdShipmen have attended more
than one year of college before entering
here. OF these two, neither has any foot
ball experience.
The only really heavy man in the
class is E. r. King. jr., of Bartlett.
Tenn, who tips the beam at 2O5
pounds King has participated in sew
eral sports. and is listed as real pros
pect. The next heaviest man Is Il K.
Kinmel, I96-pound 6-footer, who came
here from Western High, m Washing
ton. with fine record IN foot ball.
NEARLY a dozen other Washing
" tonian5 have entered the class.
However, only a few have given a de-
tailed account of their athletic ability.
Included In the group, however is A.
B. Galatian. who Shone in base ball and
! basket ball at Dewitt Prep; w. D. Sny-
| der. son of Capt. w. D. Snyder, fast
175-pounder; A. w. Brown, lr., son
of Capt. Brown, U. S. N. former West
ern High School player in several
| sports, and r. L. Neynan, son of Lieut.
| Comdr. C. A. Neyman. U. S. N. j.
NJ. Washington who was rated as an
outstanding tackle at Episcopal High
School. Alexandria, Va, will be among
those who start plebe foot ball prac-
| tice ON August Is.
| One of the outstanding men to enter
the academy is Bob Gray, l75-pound,
foot inch foot ball, basket ball and
| track man from Gwynedd. Pa. Young
| Gray. who attended prep school in Vir-
| ginia, is considered one OF the best
! track men in the East. However,
| strange as it may seem, he decided to
give up track and Will compete for the
Navy crew. He is brother OF Ensign
Al Graz, assistant crew coach, and
winner of the best athlete" sword at
the Naval Academy in 1880.
zach year, Severn School. located
IL at Boone, in this county. has con-
tributed many fine athletes TO the
Naval Academy. This year will be no
exception. W. M. kaufman. Youthful
6-foot son of Capt. J. B. kaufman Of
this city; O. r. Cole, jr., 175-pound
halfback of New Brunswick, NJ j.; T.
S. King. jr., son Of Capt. King of the
Naval Academy, an al-around PER
former; T. H. Lash, jr.. con of the
academy chaplain; W. w. Thing. son
of Mai. w. Thing, U. S. Marine Corps.
who shone in lacrosse. are among the
1882 Severn contributions. Lash has
played foot ball in Point Loma Calf;
the Shanghai-American School and at
Severn.
/ Nearly every sport gains some out
| standing performed. In rife the acad-
smy gains E V. Huxtable of Douglas,
Ariz.. rife champion OF his home State,
and W. Blenman. ace of the University
of Arizona freshman rife team.
w. C. Bennett, whose cage work won
Madison High School Of Richmond. XIV,
high place in State basket ball; w.
stands better than feet and who
starred for Marion Institute is expect
ed to delight John N. Wilson, coach Of
the loopers. BayleSS weighs ITO pounds.
A GOLF star enters in ]. r. Crutch-
! n field. son of Comdr. j. A Crutch-
field. U. S. N. He comes from
Long Beach, Calf, where tournaments
were easy for him
Charleston, s c., said to be quite a
performer. r. j. Williams Of Spokane
Wash. comes here with a record as o
swimmer, as does ]. S. Gray, ir., OF
| wanwotoSa Wis who was y member
Of the Milwaukee Athletic Club team.
/ P. L. TolSon Of Biddeford, Me-, has
had considerable experience in cross
| country and track while W. T. Groner.
| 175-pounder, of Springfield. Ohio. has
| done a little Schoolbov rowing. G. H.
Short, I72 pounds of Portsmouth, N H.,
has done some amateur boxing. Few
of the newcomers have played base ball
or wreStled.
Some of those who have played base
ball prefer to try their luck ut la
crosse Even to the Far West the fame
of Maryland lacrosse teams seems TO
have spread.