Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-14
SOUTH ATLANTIC FOOT BALL TEAMS ARE GETTING
READY TO BATTLE FOR CHAMPIONSHIP HOMO

VETERANS of 1912 back, with the new ma
!. teral secured from the preparatory
schools, who will also be eligible. there Is
little reason to think anything ouner than
that Virginia will be out with the strong
est eleven 1t has developed since the time
when Stanton, Yancey and Christian com
posed Its backfield.
4 The Virginia Polytechnic Institute is
more less of an enigma. Whether or
not 1t will have the kind OF team which
formerly represented it-those which stood
In the forefront Of the south Atlantic col
leges-is hard to tell To Judge by the
quality Of the material II brought against
Georgetown last fall. it should be repre-
sented by a fairly capable team. There
were some very clever performers on that
eleven, particularly in the line The for
! wards were a set Of rangy, strong TEL
lows who, with more experience would
have been able to smother the attack OF
a mighty strong opponent. Also, there
was Legge In the backfeld. He showed
himself to be clever on the def'snse and
offense, and If the majority Of these men
are back, with a new backfeld man or
worth, Y. r. I. will be q contender for the
south Atlantic championship.
1t was announced last winter that
! Branch Bocock would not coach the team
! again. 1t has been since stated. though
7 not authoritatively, that he would return.
!. 1t is not known definitely whether or not
4 he Will be in charge. Whether or not he
is In charge will mean the development OF
a capable or poor eleven. OF course, a
new man might step in and turn out q
/, great team, but it is not often that the
advent of a new coaching policy, especial
ly when it succeeds successful one, IS
! very suspicious.
! The play Of the Virginia Military Insti-
tute was above It's usual standard last
year, but il is not probable that 1t will be
t1h RI q
best man it had, the one who was respon-
slble for the greater part of its success
Moore. 1t is reported that Moore has en-
tered the University Of Virginia, In which
case the university will greatly benefit by
the others loss. Davidson, Wake Forrest
and the other smaller schools throughout
Virginia and North Carolina will be out
with teams of about their usual caliber.
GEORGETOWN Has Good Material.
Georgetown. which has been an easy
victor in south Atlantic circles, is eX-
pected to be out with a lot of good ma
terial and with prospects OF again making
itself one OF the strongest factors in foot
ball in the south. A slight change has
been made in the coaching policy for this
year in that there will be a direct head to
the coaching who will settle all disputes
This will mean much TO the team in A-
self. although there was not great deal
of friction in 1872. Frank Gargan, who
was one of the field coaches last fall. will
be in charge on the field this year. and
WAYNE Hart. q former Georgetown and
George Washington player, will be his as
sistant. These two men, advised by DR..
Larkin, former head coach at Cornell,
should keep things well in hand.
The two tackle positions are the ones
Georgetown will have to look out for
more carefully than any Of the others.
There is no other place for which there
are not one or more capable men. White,
Hegarty and Rheinchild, who played the
tackles last fall. will not be back White
has been playing professional ball, He
garty was graduated last spring and
Rbeinchild was barred in the middle OF
last season Unless some new r0en come
in il is difficult to see who will take the
places OF these. That the tackles position
is going 70 be one Of even greater I'M
portance this year than last, IL such a
thing is possible. seems evident, and 1t
will take more than a mediocre performer
70 hold up the duties OF those VINO were
lost. Nearly every other regular VIII re-
turn. although Mullaney verJ valuable
substitute. and Fury will not likely be
back.
There will be plenty Of backfield mate
rial Costello is nearly a whole team
In himself on the offense. and there are
several others who are way above the
average There is no man In the South
Atlantic colleges who can carry the pai!
as well as the Georgetown captain, and
he should be better than ever because
of the extensive experience gained. Dunn
will return, and, if he Is In condition
will again be dreaded by opposing eievens
Kelly. although he was not regular,
was one of the best backs at Georgeto"n
last fall He was clever defensively ano
Extensively. and deserved q lot more
recognition than he received. Murray
and Foley are much above the average
Foley is good in the open field and can
carry the ball well under any circum-
stances. He can play as vel on me De
Tense as any man on the hill MURRAY
is a steady player. There is nothing
brilliant in his performances, yet he il
in the game working for all that is in
him all the time, trait which is as
valuable in it's way as any other.
| If Ritch, as has been reported, has en-
tered North Carolina, it may be diff
cult matter to develop u capable center.
Kelly. the man mentioned for the back
field, has played il the position and
might be utilized for the place, but such
q move would detract from the offensive
ability. Whether or not that would be
done would depend on circumstances
Mullaney played center under Ritch last
fall.
Three Good Ends at q. U.
1t is certain that three good ends viii
be out for the team again-Bergin, Don
nelly ard Martin. The first mentioned OF
these were the regulars, but Martin
would have done creditable work in the
. place Of ethel 1t was thought for {,
while that Derby would be back, but M
: such hopes arc now entertained. II
: Derby returns. Which is not likely, he
would surely win back his old position,
, as there was no better end in the section.
, Heiskeil and Petritz Subbcd In the two
tackles Positions last fall, but both are
light TO hold down the places against
the team Georgetown will play. Both
are fierce. hard players, and are i'll the
| game all. the time That they will be
given chances in the places is certain,
but excellent substitutes will have to be
developed. especially for Petritz. because
he has a tendency to get hurt rather
. easily, which is not surprising in view
i of the way he tears into the play.
: Barron and Moriarty the regular
I guards. Will return. Barron was a steady
!, player and Moriarty was one Of the best
r guards in the south. He was fast get
e ting down under punts, and gave every
/ players who slide by calling them out
anyway, but, so far as known, 1t Is done
in no other league. II the first baseman
failed to catch the ball even an Amerl-