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Show I Middies Betting OnCcr.royto Ring I Deli, Elsis Says M r : 7 'H - j .' ' I . . VlffCKtT COSROY. : Former Ogden Boy Doesn't Like Big Army-Navy Game at Philly By' ELSIE GREEN. Will Captain Conroy ring tha "baH" thia vear? Ask any midshipman you may meet st tolling about tha United fltataa naval academy grounds. A"k Captain Vincent Paul Conroy htmaelf. That'a what we decided to do, presuming on tha fact that ha ta a I'tahn and "Hura thing!" waa hla answer Th 'bell" la a big green -bronse Japaneae bell presented to Admiral Perry by the mikado, it, now hanga suspended near "lovera lane," In front of Bancroft hall, and tha only lima tta hollow metal voice la heird la when th navy wlr.a from the army. If tha navy la victor In the fnmoua nrmy-nav football gam thla year it will be the privilege of the captain of the team to make the aid green hell rewound. Heated In the reception room, whera all visitors ar aaked to wait while th midshipman mid-shipman they came to aea Is summoned1 from somewhere tn the vaat Inner regions of Bancroft hall (?:i0 midshipmen are housed here), w admired th brief bit of Chesapeake bav we could ae framed In-the In-the rectangle of the window. Wa were wsMiOr"fr how ' sny water could nowwl Dly be so blu without being chemically treated, when w heard footatepa, fol-loked fol-loked Introductions, and wa found our-self our-self ahaklng hands with V. P. Conroy m gden. a big. broad shouldered mtdhlp-man. mtdhlp-man. whoa, (rip waa decidedly 'Weat-rn." 'Weat-rn." t DRESSES A LA COS. He was dressed In his "white works." which la the regular gob's outfit of whit anklo flapping trouaera, middy bloua and small while cap. The blue edge around hla cap, however, distinguishes him as a midshipman. A crows the front of hla bloiise In easily readable black letters la stamped "V. P. Conroy," and on hiw pocket "713" fhla laundry number) navy regulation necessary to quick Identification. Identifica-tion. Introductions over, we began to shower htm witrt questions. Therv's nothing a midshipman so hate aa to be cornered bv anvbody and made to talk about hlm-aelf. hlm-aelf. Bui The Telegram had asked ua for a story about th I'tah man who holds on of the blggeat honor th naval academy acad-emy representing the United Htates, can beittow and w wci ther to do our duty. Iha midshipmen apeak a languag peculiarly pe-culiarly their own. ao perhan a definition or two hi In order before w go any further. fur-ther. For instance, th midshipmen cll th lown of Ananpolla "Crab-town" the citizens thereof "erabe." They hate to be called "middies" and claim it la i term used only 'by girls and newspaper. To "bilge" la to "run on the win," or. In plain English, tb fall. A "bilger" la on who haa failed and come back. ' Jo Olsh," aynonymoue with "John Poe," I means any midshipman. A "gndgec' la the nam for anything. A "plebe" la a fourth classman who la Just commencin at the academy. The aecond year men or third clansman are popularly known aa "youngsters." They ar cslted the happy-o-lutkte:it clnaa in the academy-no academy-no car'S. no bralnrt. no use. The second next two. Coming bark, on the train after the army-navy game Jat Thanksgiving Thanks-giving he waa elected captain for thla year. "How did It make you fee? 7" we asked, which was rather a foolish question, tot we knew what ha was golr.- to aay. "Well, pretty good, of couree," then adding. Impulsively, "but 1 gut-aa not a, proud as my father. PMILLV TOO DULL. Asked concerning i he chancea of the team thla yar, he replied that while ihey hstd loat three good lineman through graduation, grad-uation, ther were o many gooil n.eii oul for football this year they -pected an ven stronger team than before. Neither th team nor the midshipmen ar enthusiastic about holding the forth.-I forth.-I corning army-navy gam in i'hlladt-lphia claamen ar thlid year men. whtl the flrat claaamn are In their fourth year. They are the kings of the academy. They "rate" every prltileg beatowabia. HAZINQ ABOLISHED. Through th "rate" system th old rough hazing methods hav ben practically practi-cally abolished. A "rnt" la a privilege earned aa the midshipman advances clasn by class. Th "plebra" for Instance, do not rale taking ftlrl friends to either dances or football game, or to anything. In fact. They cannot take a girl walking down "Ijovera lane," which la a privilege rated by th "youngatara." "Jovera tana" Is a tree shaded walk leading from Bancroft hall to l he academic buildings. Th handstand la In the middle, the midshipmen mid-shipmen tennis courts along one aide, while benchea line th raay borders of th coveted walk. A girl la known aa a "fmme" A "femme" who rates 4. with th midshipmen midship-men la a awell looker aa they put it; haa a good I in, wear good looking clothes and is a good dancer. A I t girl, on tha other hand, may dance good, hav th looks and clothes, but haa "nothing above the ears' While a "brick" ia a "Jana" who. to ua their own definition, when It comes to good looua ia discharged for lack of vl-denca. vl-denca. To drag" fa to earort to a hop. To "drag blind, taking th Bister of a friend or any girl whom they haven't aeu. is this year. "Not much of a town to eelehrar In afterwarda," remarked i'onroy. 'at least not Ilk New York," wiia a reminiscent look fit hta ey. But th Polo grounds In New York, he-(i:g he-(i:g unohtainabi on trt date desired. Philadelphia, with Ita new tedium at f ranklin fled holding over 0.(H people, was le Ided on as tti next tx-st pliixe. W aaked 4 n plain t'otiroy if h took part In any other wpoitn. and he aitil h had been a member of tit la riMae It-am, but having broken hla noa playing thla gam last year, thought he d leave It alone In order not to risk beiiig laid up during th footl-all aeaaon. He also Indulges. In-dulges. ooaatonaJly. In wreat ling. It waa thta sport, h confided to us, that put him In rather aa embarrassing position during hla plebe year. A girl friend whom he had known and admired st high schoo. waa vising at the naval academy, ton; roy, being a pU he, didn't rue escorting her around, ao she asked the upper cl- i man with her to take her to t "on roy. The upper c Is aama n did straight to tn wrestling wres-tling mat, where Conroy. unaware of het approach, waa Just entering tli ring as a substitute for th man scheduled to appear. "And, oh, how I wag beaten. f?he ma hav cheered when I came on. but not when 1 left; no, not when I left. We'd Ilk to wag really eloquent over the naval ademy, ao attractive ta the ground with Ita tre aluuJed walks and dignified 4d gray atoti buildings, and ao attractive rr the fine, clean cut young Americana training there to servo th-ir country, but the inhibitory spirit of the mldfthtpm), who lake three, things for granted and rexatd siapl-lo-jsly all f1rw-eiy f1rw-eiy language, ia trong urn ua. fevinii ua meek and ailent. We can only aound a little private chT of our own for the state that furnished tn captain of the navy team thla ear C'tpUiin whom we fl aur w!4 lead hta me to Vlclorv. I considered th real thing in taxing a chance going Htev Brodi on belter. "Reff illk' la one for w horn women have no charms. A "snake." on the contrary, la a fusaer. a tea hound, m navigator of th sliding ruga of !'ortr How, the name given th row of offlcere houses on th ground a. A "Blag" la one who neither haa th courage to drap to hoy nor tha will power to atay away. HOW HI OOT IT. Hut let 'a get back to Captain Conroy. whom we left silting In a trtght Uick chair twisting hla blue edged cap Into intricate foid. Wn a akd how he happened hap-pened to ln career, and anticipating story of a kmg line of admirals and commandant attache to bja family tree, we wer omwhat dta-appolnted dta-appolnted to bear that h had origlnallj intended going to Weet Point. A "luckj bar.'r however, luckily, at h put It, saved him In time and sent him A ana po lisward tnstaad. Th "l.uckjr Bag" la Iha yearbook of th graduating claas of the naval academy. It ta name from th name given th.it room on ah I p hoar a where are atowed all lost and at raxed ar-ffrlrs ar-ffrlrs found on or about M aiiip from dav to day. imcw at Annapolis Vincent Conroy started nrht tn to show ttwm he waa a football player of aMHtv. He mad the varsity aquad aa a aub the flrat year and relayed oa in refuuur teavai during ttt |
