Evening star., 1912-09-15
M. A. C. Loses Three Good Men.

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What will be the result of the season at
the Maryland Agricultural College is more
Of a question than at any Of the other
schools. There is a possibility that a
| team much above the average Of recent
years will be developed. and again only a
| mediocre eleven may be turned out.
Numerous changes In the coaching policy
of the school have kept matters in such
a state that it is impossible to tell just
what may happen.
| Three men were graduated last spring
who would have made the team this year
had they returned. They were Mudd and
Posey. tackles, and Kemp, halfback.
Hook. who played end, Will not be back,
but. barring those, all the members of
| the 1911 squad will return. The loss of
the three aforementioned men will be
keenly felt There were 20 better men
on any of the college teams in the state
than they. and had they been eligible to
return and play the success Of the team
would have been assured
Hoffecker. who is captain Of the team
and who plays right half, will be back.
as will shipley and Vogel. who played
Quarterback and fullback respectively. 1t
was thought for while earlier in the
year that the former might not return,
but he has decided to do so.
| OF last years lnemen who will again
be in togs with the beginning of practice
| this week there will be Williams and
Bowland, guards; johnson, left end, and
Koehler center Johnson played his first
| foot ball last year, but the other three
men are veterans Of the two seasons.
| It is certain that three former high
school boys will enter the school, and it
is probable that four may be out there.
Huptemann; e an form formerly of Business; ness;
| have signified their intention to enter.
while Weaver Of Eastern is seriously con-
sidering taking up course in the Col
| lege Park institution.
It has been reported that a former uni
versity player will matrtculate there this
| fall, but whether 1t Is true or not has
not yet been definitely learned.
If some new material enters the school
| this fall there is every reason to believe
that fairly capable eleven will be turned
out.
1t is being rumored at Catholic Univer-
sity that something will be accomplished
! in foot ball this season greater than has
| ever been done at the -Brookland institu-
| tion since it has been represented on the
| gridiron. Besides the capable men left
| from the squad OF last season some new
players will enter WHO should accomplish
| much.
Blewitt, who did some mighty capable
work on the 1911 team, will lead the squad
| as captain, and he should be able to get
| out a good aggregation of men. He is
| highly touted as an efficient man for the
| place.
Harvard Man May Coach c. q.
The Brooklanders are dilatory about
| securing q coach, as no arrangements
| have as yet been effected whereby a man
has been secured to take charge of the
eleven and whip it into shape to play
Dickinson and Villanova, the two largest
schools it meets Dimmick, who had
charge of the Boys Latin School Of
| Baltimore in 1911, has been dickered
| with, but he has finally decided not to
| accept the place. An old Harvard man Is
| now being sought and it Is probable he
will be secured. The head coach VIII De
assisted by Johnny Greer, who has played
| center on Catholic University during the
| last two seasons.
It is not known definitely as yet which
| of the old players will be back. but 1t Is
! certain that several new ones will enter
who should prove of much strength.
Among them are Malcolm. who played
| at Washington and Lee last year;
Murphy, who was member OF the
! Harvard Freshman eleven; Ciocian. tackle
| at st. Mary's. Kansas, and casey. Dack-
| field man from the University or Kansas.
These men should prove of much benefit
to the team and greatly increase Its
chance of going through successful
series Of games.
Gallaudet Has No Coach.
The lack Of a regular coach has always
hurt Gallaudet's chances for winning
eleven. For years the Kendall Green
eleven has not had a man to direct its
policy for the whole season, and that is
one Of the reasons why injuries and &C
cidents have caused havoc with the
chances for success. Whether anybody
will be secured to take charge of the
squad this season is not definitely known.
although it Is more than likely that sew
eral Of the veterans of former teams
will do the tutoring.
Battiste will be back. as will the ma
jority Of the other members of the squad.
1t has been reported that Battiste will
not play foot ball again, but such is not
probable. 1t being very likely that he will
be at the head Of affairs, as he is the
captain. Were such a thing to happen
as that the Indian should drop out 1t
would be loss that could not be made
good. He was the mainstay of the eleven
in it's games in 1911, and his work was OF
much higher class than would be ex-
pected.
Accidents marred what gave every evi-
dence OF being successful season in
1911, and with nearly all the capable
men back, there is no reason why the
team this season should not be OF even q
higher standard than that OF the past
two years.
Practice will begin at Georgetown to-
morrow. 1t will be the first OF the local
institutions to get out it's SQUAD The