Show Navy Eleven n Seeking Easier Easer Grid Schedule I Hy nr Tack TarU nI I II I I ANNAPOLIS Mel Md I J. J Nov No 17 Pi I Its It's Its It's official now Navy Is 15 out I looking schedule for Cor an easier football I II This became public property Thursday night nig-ht when Ohio State announced it was canceling its home and series with the naval academy academy at at nav navys navy's 78 request for for 1952 and 1953 And dont don't be too surprised if a couple of other nationally ranking teams team are scratched off future Na Navy schedules I Off Hook It is reported reliably that Navy i is trying trying- to get off the hook with Rice powerhouse l c o of the southwest southwest south south- west booked for the next two years It seems a verbal agreement agreement agreement agree agree- ment is the only strand holding the J link together tog and that was made by Captain Tom Hamilton who now is athletic director at Pitt A break in the thc year old series I with Notre Dame isn't out of the the question Although earlier this week both bolh schools denied a published published published pub pub- I report that future games would be called off the scheduling scheduling- between the two remains on a year lo basis Notre Dame reportedly this thic year wanted to book Navy through 1954 1951 But Navy said no It preferred preferred preferred pre pre- no binding agreement beyond beyond be be- yond 12 months Won on Six Siv I You cant can't blame the Midshipmen men too much After ACler all since I I II I I I II I in HI j 15 th they have won six tied lied three I and have ha come out on the losing losing- end 11 H times limes The lads lad down Severn way found themselves on the schedules of the top contenders for national honors during the he war Through h I those years with wilh a wealth of or material material ma mR- at their beck and call they stood up quite well wen against anything anything anything any any- thing thing- that came their way It Il was quite a change e from the Ivy y league type of competition the Middies had met before beCore Pearl Harbor The effect was I eating cating and they liked the ac QC exhilaration t Then came V V-J V J day and Ui U to Navys Navy's claim to much 0 o country's football potentials of frequent victories victorI faded of off to a a. long draw I hangover over of five years of de dc |