Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-10
LOCAL COLLEGES WILL HAVE
ELEVENS OUT BY NEXT WEEK
Prospects Good for Georgetown, NJ. A. c.,
Galaudet and c. u. to Have Better
Teams Than Last Year.

fight before they get the center place
away from him. Feenan, who played the
position In conjunction with Cunniff last
year, graduated. Feenan. while he did
not do any spectacular work last season,
was a steady man and would probably
have developed into a first-class player.
Coach Nielsen has thought seriously of
developing Bryant into center. there
being desire on his part to even up the
line in regard to weight Neither of the
three menter men are especially heavy,
both Daley and Fitzgerald coming below
the usual weight of the men holding
down jobs as guards, while Cunniff. al
though good defensive player and a
hard worker. is about twenty pounds
lighter than the men he has been used to
facing.
The two main candidates for quarter
back will be Costello and Sitterding, and
between the two there does not seem to
be a great deal Of choice. though on the
strength of the formers drop-kicking abil-
ity he will probably get the preference at
the start. Costello gave evidence of de-
veloping into good man last season,
having lot of natural ability, but SEEM
ingly lacking in experience. This fall
Costello should develop into a good man,
his experience last year giving him a
lot of confidence, which, with the added
knowledge of how to run a team that he
will gain this year. will make him much
more valuable than he was in the games
terial will be out for the quarterback 8
position. if any, is not known.
Back Field to Be Rebuilt.
The back field will hardly be made up
of the same men who held down the jobs
last season. it being likely that that por-
ton OF the team will be shook up entire
~. Kelly, who played fullback last fall
in the Virginia and Lehigh games, will
not be eligible to play, because Of de-
ficiencies in his classes. The other posi-
tons back of the line were a source of
worry all through the season. there not
being really capable man to send in
when one Of the regulars had to retire.
1t seems from present indications that
the back-field men are less sure of their
positions this year than are the lInemen,
certain 1t is that an effort will be made to
strengthen that part of the eleven. The
shifting OF one or two Of the linemen to
the back field has been contemplated, and
may be how the problem Of building the
back field so that it will be just as power
full in comparison as the line will be
solved.
Fitzgerald. who has had some little
experience at fullback, may be given a
chance to show what ability he really
does possess in that position and judg
Ing from his charging ability he should
come up to requirements as a plunging
back easily enough. The only question
Will be as to whether he will be able
to start quickly enough for his running
mates. I.ere are one or two new men
who will enter school who have had ex-
perience back of the line, and it may
be that one or more of them will make
good in one OF the positions Dunn will
be back in line for his old position, but
it is possible that he will be shifted to
one of the line positions in an effort to
get little more speed among the for
wards. AS the matter stands now it
seems that the only man who is at all
sure of his job is Fury, at halfback.
With Nielsen, the man who gave to
Georgetown the first team that won from
Virginia in nine years. directing the pol
Icy Of the team, it would seem that a
successful eleven is already assured.
Nielsen will turn out a better team than
he did last year-one that will be a better
offensive and defensive machine-but If
he succeeds in having only one defeat
charged up to him this season he will
certainly have to be given the distinction
of being good a coach as there Is in
the country. The hardest schedule in
the history of the team Is to be played
this year, and 1t will take all the strategy
and ability which it is known that Mel
sen possesses, no matter what kind of
material there Is on the hilltop, for him
to stave off at least two defeats, one 20
the Army and the other to the Carlisle
Indians.