The Washington times., 1937-09-21
BY LEWIS BURTON

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BY LEWIS BURTON
ANNAPOLIS, Nd, Sept. 81.
They are looking at the future
realistically over at Annapolis.
The dreadful truth is that their
team may be as good as in 1885,
but Navy may not do as well in
proportion. For one thing, the
MidShipmen beat Notre Dame last
November. It's quite an assign
merit to lambaSt Notre Dame
twice handwriting, let alone do
it to a medley Of other tough
teams.
The situation is complicated by
changes here and there. It is the
start of q new coaching regime,
Lieut.. Harry J. Hardwick having
replaced Lieut.. Tom Hamilton.
Sneed Schmidt's graduation robs
the Naval Academy Of one Of the
East's greatest backs. Four fine
men have been lost from the line
Miller, center; Morrell, captain
and guard: Ferrara, tackle, and
Soucek, end.
LIGHT OPENING SCHEDULE
In the confusion it may take
Navy a month or more to click.
Fortunately, the schedule opens
lightly, but it closes with a march
through blazing guns. Harvard,
Notre Dame, Penn, Columbia,
Princeton and Army are to be
played on successive Saturdays.
A roseate tinge is given the out
look by a backfield composed OF
three veterans and someone else
who for the present can be known
as Midshipman K. Bill Ingram,
tall, wiry running and passing
sub-star Of last year. figures to re-
place Schmidt as the backfield'S
featured performer. AS his run
ming mates there are Bob Antrim,
1856 pound triple threat an d
blocker, and Frank Case, jr., a
smart hard-hitting quarterback.
PLENTY OF MATERIAL
For the vacancy several good
men are available. One is Charley
Reimann, a laSt-period sensation
in the Army game who may yet
prove to have been an important
discovery. He closed out the Army
fracas by running IS yards on the
final play, leaving a very fine i'm
preston among 100000 paying
guests. There are also Alan Nc.
Farland, a 173-pound blocker and
kicker, and Art Franks, jr., a 190-
pound mass of determination. One
of those two may break in.
A primary reason for expecting
that the line may be welded to-
gether post haste is Ray Dubois,
captain and guard. Dubois, feet
10 and IT'S pounds, is a bearcat
performer carrying all the spark
needed to make team go.
STRONG LINE
Nor is the line problem other
wise a discouraging one. The
losses may be nicely offset with
speed and beef. Frank Lynch,
tai! 200-pounder and a natural
athlete, will probably be twinned
with Ken Hysong, a 2O3-pounder,
who last year was the most-used
of the Sophomore" class players,
in the tackle posts.
Irwin Fike, a fast-passcatching
end and field goal kicker, is one
of the prize holdoverS. He has the
height and bulk for a great player
and there are some among the
Navy coaching staff who believe
he will be an all" something or
other by winter.
The guard positions may be the
high spot of the team. In addi-
ton to Dubois, Navy presents
Richard Gunderson, an upper
classman, built from left to right
rather than from top to bottom.
A scant 5 feet 8 inches tall, he
weights 1913 pounds in the pink.
Selection of a backer-uD Is al
ways a major problem after the
loss of a star from that position.
Conservatism dictates the selec-
tion of Dick Fincher, an upper.
classman and letter man.
KEY TO SUCCESS
It is the center position, carry
ing with it the important duty OF
backing up the line, that may be
the key to Nays successor fail
IRE. There may be considerable
testing and experimenting before
Antrim's side-kick behind the line
is determined finally. Fincher has
the build for it, but new coaches
like to think in terms Of three
year.men when they are filling
vacant spot. If Fincher proves his
qualifications at the start, 1t may
be a reasonably good season for
the MiddieS. /
They lost to Yale, Princeton and
Penn in succession in 1886, then
turned around and successfully de-
feated Notre Dame, Harvard and
Army. The disheartening feature
about the latter three triumphS is
that they have to meet those
Jeans again. The schedule:
september rs. William and Mary
October 2, The Citadel; 9. Virginia: 49,
Il South Bend; 80. Penn, at Philadel- |
Ihia.
November 8. Columbia; 20, Princeton.
It Princeton; 81, Army, at Philadelphia
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