The Washington times., 1936-11-11
Mqgy7eam
In Finest
Fettle
BY FRANK BUCK" O'NEILL

Dy II MANN DONN ~ 4NAAAN
The speed and power of Navy'S
football team on the field in
Thompson Stadium, at Annapolis,
yesterday as it prepared for the
battle with Harvard, matched the
power and action of Navy'S am
phibians that roared against the
blue vault overhead. . The steady
advance of the varsity backs
against the sharpest tackling that
B Squad opposition could furnish
matched the homecoming of the
flotilla of submarine chaSers on
which the future admirals mas
ter navigation and battle forma-
tion practice.
For more than two hours the
MiddieS ripped and tore through
practice. Whether it was the tang
of winter in the wind that
whipped the crimson and yellow
leaves into a Swirling rigadoon
over the picturesque campus, or
whether the tonic of victory over
Notre Dame asserted itself, your
agent doesn't know. All I can
tell you is twhat I saw, and many
a Harvard scout would like to
know some of the things that a
football guest cannot divulge.
It probably was the finest prac-
tice Of the year, and long after
the buglers sounded "Colors" the
boys worked under the flood lights.
Bill Ingram, whose field goal
won the game for Navy never
looked as good. He made perhaps
twenty runs in practice that were
for twenty-five yards or more
Three times he had outrun the B
squad safety man when Lieut..
Tom Hamilton blew the whistle
and called him back.
Ingram Not a Giant
Perhaps the public, reading Of
the sparkling and startling featS
of this youngster, may build him
in their flights of fancy into a
super man with beetling broWS
and bulging muscles. He is any
thing but that.
He's a fine looking American
boy. His complexion is bit to-
ward the florid.
His hair is black and his eyes
are dark brown. He weights ITO
pounds and looks younger than
the % years he has lived. 1t is
only on closer inspection that you
find the secret of Ingram's ball
carrying ability. He has fine legs,
trim and sturdy. He is strong,
but he is the rawhide and wire
type of kid.
! One thing becomes apparent to
those visitors who are privileged
to walk inside the ropes at Thomp-
son Stadium. There is the finest
spirit among these boys, even IN
the practice games.
On one play Ingram took the
ball and Bob Antrim went ahead
to run interference for him. In
gram made about is yards, but
came back shaking his head.
Both Assume Blame
"I should have cut sooner and
I'd have made a few more
yards" he said to Antrim.
"No, Bill" replied Antrim. eff
1 had blocked that fellow inside
as / should have, you'd have
had the side lines to yourself.
That was bad judgment on my
part. You weren't to blame In
the slightest"
You took time to congratulate An
trim on the great game he played
against Notre Dame. The boy
smiled and thanked you for the
praise which he so richly merlted
and went ahead with the task OF
getting ready for Harvard.
Ned Thomas had problem to
settle. He is a fine back, as you
know if you've followed Navy foot
ball for any time. But there's a
formation in use that has him
puzzled. He can't figure how to
get closer to fast interference
than he's been able to do so far.
But he'll get there all right. Just
too good a football player not to
get going.
Edwards Back on Squad
There was good news at the
field yesterday. Tommy Edwards
came back to practice and played
fine football.
'"They get the finest treatment
down here and they have nothing
to do but recuperate," explained
Rip Miller as he smiled at the
speed shown by Edwards.
You had to thrill at the speed
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