Word: naval
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Secretary Moody said in part: The geographical and national position of the United States dictates that she maintain power on the sea. The fact that her sea coast, with the single exception of Great Britain's is the longest, is also one of several important reasons for a strong naval power. The events of the national history of the United States have furnished many examples of the excellent results of power...
Competitive examinations for admission to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis will be held at the Winthrop School, Boston, from 7 p. m. to 10 p. m. tonight, tomorrow, and Wednesday. Eligibility is confined to those who are from fifteen to twenty years in age and who are residents of the ninth Congressional District, which comprises the first nine wards of Boston, the sixth and seventh precincts of the twelfth ward, and the town of Winthrop. Candidates will be required to take physical and mental examinations, and the contestant receiving the highest percentage mark will be called principal...
...Wednesday, April 22, the University team played the Naval Cadets at Annapolis, winning 15 to 3. This game was perhaps the most encouraging of the trip, since the Harvard team proved its ability to hit the ball. In this department, Coolidge and R. P. Kernan were especially strong, each meeting three hits, and the latter two home runs and a three-base hit. The fielding of the team, however, was not so clean as in the game with Georgetown, and the base-running was crude and lifeless. Coburn pitched a fairly steady game, striking out nine men, and allowing...
...squad will go on Sunday to Annapolis, where two games with the Naval Academy will be played on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons. Yale defeated the Navy team on April 10, by a score of 1 to 0, narrowly escaping a tie game by putting Ryden out at the plate, when he was attempting to score a home run on a long hit. In this game, the Navy played brilliantly in the field, but save for Ryden's hit, batted poorly. Last year, Harvard defeated Annapolis in two games, by scores...
...Washington, where they will stay at the Arlington Hotel. On Saturday afternoon, the team will play its first game with Georgetown, on the Georgetown College diamond. The squad will leave on Sunday evening for Annapolis, where they will stay until Friday noon. There two games with the Naval Academy will be played, on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons. Arriving in New York on Friday evening, the squad will spend the night at the Murray hill Hotel, and will go on to West Point by a special car the next morning. After the game with the Military cadets on Saturday afternoon...