Evening star., 1916-09-29
|GALLAUDET BEGINS
| GR|D|RON PRACTICE
Kendall Greeners Start Their
Work With Green Material.
Ellis to Coach.
G. U. LINE NOT AS STRONG
AS THAT OF LAST YEAR
Halfbacks Show Brilliantly in
scrimmase With Maryland
State Squad.
BY II. G. BYRD.

| Gallaudet begins foot ball practice
this year with the most inexperienced
squad it has put on the field since
| 1911. Marshall il the only lineman OF
the powerful aggregation which rep
resented the school in 1912. 1913, 1914
and 1915, and not one Of the men who
made up the backfield is back. AS a
| matter of fact, Marshall and Pilliod
are about the only regulars Of the
squad of 1915 to return.
The Kendall Greeners have not ar
ranged as heavy a schedule as that of
last year. They realize that they must
son, and they have no desire to be bat
tered hard right at the start. Several
new men have shown up who seem
likely to develop into capable players.
but they are lacking in experience in
collegiate foot ball.
The opening game Of tho schedule,
booked for October Z with st: Johns 8
College, has been cancelled. The first
contest will take place against the Vir-
ginia Military Institute, at Lexington.
Va.
HaRxy Ellis. coach of the Technical
High eleven two years ago and half
back on the greatest team George
washington ever had. probably will
coach the Kendall Green squad. Louis
Whiting, former George Washington
end and recently coach Of high schools
in the west. was mentioned for the
place, but 1t is understood that his sal
ary demands were too high.
The reporting yesterday Of the men
in this years freshman class developed
the fact that there is more material
than usual among the new men. The
class is larger than in the past. and
many members of 1t have had expert
ence in prep and high schools The
kind Of material which came out yes
terday in bun and blue suits. for the
first time augurs well for future sea-
sons A year or two from now Gallau-
det again will be ready to face the
best colleges in its class on better than
even terms. but it will be sornething Of
a surprise IL II does not fall somewhat
below its usual standard In the games
to be played within the next two
months.
The forty-minute scrimmage last
Maryland State was about the only real
work either squad has had this
year. In that scrimmage Gilroy and
McQuade showed great stiffness, and
the three other members of the reg
ular Blue and Gray backfield of 1918
of the characteristics which distin-
guished them then. The agility Of Gil
roy and McQuade and the powerful
running of Wall accounted for many
yards against the Marylanders. A good
criss-cross play. with plenty of inter-
ference. was tie best ground gaining
medium Georgetown had
The now backs at Catholic Univer-
sity showing much promise are John
n Inn h0n <pr
from Massachusetts, and the latter
from Pittsburgh. Both are heavy and
fast. and showed indications of develop
ing into players Of much more than the
average worth. Yesterday in the first
scrimmage the Breoklanders have held
this season both the mentioned men
did some clever carrying Of the ball
and also played well defensively,
though they did not have a great deal
to do In that department
Neither Georgetown nor MARYLAND
state engaged in any hard practice yes-
terday. Both squads were given an all
most complete 1ay-on following the
scrfmmage OF Wednesday. Both teams
showed lack Of knowledge of signals
In Wednesdays practice, and steps
were begun yesterday to correct this.
A few exercises to timber up stiff
muscles and jog through the various
plays constituted the workout at both
places. G. U. and the Marylanders will
scrfmmage again tomorrow.
Many college teams are taking up
light work and polishing their earIy
season plays in order to be prepared
for the opening games tomorrow There
is a dearth Of contests in the south
Atlantic section. though many teams
farther south are to get their tests in
real contests. In the north, too, are TO
be Fought out a great many battles
though only two or three are likely fo
partake of the character of real grid
iron Struggles Most Of the games
scheduled are booked as practice al
fairs. calculated to give the team rep-
resenting the larger school a trv-ont
Tor the men in the various positions.