With 18 previous meetings, the 5-13 Midshipmen played host to the West Point Cadets in hopes of inching their way back into balance for the nearly two-decades-old series. The Midshipmen coaching staff included former Boston Beaneater and Cleveland Naps outfielder, Billy Lush while the Cadets’ staff was led Hans Lobert, former Reds, Phillies and Giants infielder. The Navy seemed to be back on track with victories in 1919 and 1920 and despite an 8-7 loss in 1921 at West Point, the Navy seemed to be on a roll since the game resumed after WWI. The Navy won the 1922 contest, 8-6.
Other than the front cover, the balance of the program was monochrome-black printed on a lighter paper stock in four-page webs and staple-bound. The twenty-two pages are in good condition though one of the staples has broken from from a handful of the pages. The cover and the page edges have seen their share of wear and the entire program appears to have been folded over (likely inserted into a pocket after the game).
One of the U.S. Naval Academy’s star players, second year midshipman Frank W. Fenno, turned down a contract to play for Connie Mack’s Philadelphia Athletics opting instead to accept his Naval Academy appointment. Fenno would become one of the U.S. Navy’s most decorated submarine commanders of World War II (see: Academic Baseball Award: Rear Admiral Frank W. Fenno’s Baseball Career and Legends of the Fleet and Game: Admiral Frank W. Fenno and Chief Ovie Mulkey).
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