Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-18

University player has made decided
hit with the players. who have gone into
their work with an earnestness that Il
bound to bring favorable results.
The squad, although not as large as
in previous years, is making up in good,
consistent training what il lacks III mum
bers. Unfortunately. several OF the vet
eran players. including Capt. ELECT Ham.
ilton. will not be available until the first
week in October. because of enforced alb
sence from the city. For this reason the
coach will probably be forced to defer
the selection of his regulars until that
time.
Manager Leonard has practically conf
pleted a schedule. which he claims viii
prove one of the most attractive in years.
AS announced last fall, after the cancel
alton of the annual game with the Phila-
delphia Central High School. the date
with the Quakers will be transferred To
another school Tome School was at first
suggested, as a worthy substitute,
but after much wrangllng. ne
gotiations with the MARYLAND manage
ment, were called off. Several schools
are still in the field, but at present the
City College of Baltimore appears likely
selection. Central and the Baltimore
school are rivals Of long standing on the
cinder path, and for this reason tire
followers of both institutions are boost
ing the proposed trial of conclusions on
the gridiron. The opening game Of the
season will probably be the annual CON-
bat with team OF veterans, or So
called ''has-beens." The game which
always ATTRACTS widespread attention and
played at Union League Park. the first
week in October The vet" game VIII
be followed by others, with POSSIBILITY
of at least one each week.
The 1910 squad is at present composed
of p. Pollard. Minnix. Reuter-. Hunt. King
a nd of Ia Of and M.
Pollard. Lamb. Huettner. Zappone. Stokes,
Acorn. Bennett, Goldsmith. Hurd and
Warner. During the next two weeks the
squad should be considerably strengthen.
ed by the addition OF Capt Hamilton
Dyson, Abbot and Chapman of last years
eleven, and whatever material Is furnish.
ed by the incoming class.
Although the authorities at Business
are strictly reticent as to the strength OF
their team, it is we'll known tact that
they are jubilant over The outlook. With
the completion of the first week of
practice, Coach Peet. who Will again have
with the presence of the majority of the
mainstayS of last seasons squad. These
together with some likely looking new
candidates. form the nucleus of what ap-
pears to be a winner.
Last season the coach had plenty of
green material to work with, but the
team was rather slow in rounding into
form, and its real strength was not dis
closed until the final encounters of the
season. The showing in these games war
rant the claim Of followers that the 1910
eleven should be a contender for cham
pionship honors from the start.
Eight experienced players are at present
working out with the team. including
Capt. Richards. who will again play a
iposition in the backfeld; Shaw. who
proved his strength as consistent ground
gamer last season, and Lully, Bridget,
Rathbone Scott, MolineauX and Wilson,
all linesmen.
Manager Lully is still at work on his
schedule. which will embrace the usual
number of games. But one date has
definitely been decided on thus far. with
Mount St Joseph Of Baltimore, which
will probably mark the opening Of the
season. and October has been prac-
tically decided on as the date for the
contest.
At Western the squad has been called
attempted. The candidates will don the
moleskins for the first time next Mon
day. at their new training quarters
in Olympic Park. on 35th street
The West End team is fortunate in
again securing the services Of Curly
Byrd, the former Georgetown and
George Washington University player,
who made so creditable showing last
season, Wfie0 from a. SQudu VI green
material he developed a team that was
a strong contender for scholastic hon
ors. OF last seasons team FIVE players
are still available. including Capt.
and Lascola. These. together with
Irving Howard. brother of Austin
Howard, one of the strongest players
developed in Washington high schools:
serve team and several new men Who
contemplate entering the freshman
class will furnish the material for this
years team.
has not been appointed. dates have been
reserved for Western by Tome School
of Port Deposit, Md: Georgetown
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Cathedral School A manager will be
elected after the opening of the
scholastic term.
Over on Capitol Hill the followers OF
Eastern Highs team have lent ear to
a rumbling that indicates the return or
od-time athletic spirit. Eastern's chances
appear brighter than i'm many seasons.
with the return OF the greater part OF
last seasons squad. The one question
that has been bothering the authorities.
one which has confronted them for sew
eraI seasons, and Ofttimes resulted In
good material going to waste. Is the
failure to land a competent coach.
Capt. Parker has lines out for sew
eral good men, but thus far has not been
successful i'm procuring any one of them.
At present Larry" Stevenson, former
Western High pigskin chaser, looks the
man for the job, and the players at
Eastern are hopeful of working out un-
der him during the coming week. Dur
ing the past few days the players have
been training under Capt Parken on tina
athletic field at 9Th and l. streets north
east, which has been chosen as perma>
nent quarters.