The Washington herald., 1917-09-23
PROSPECTS ARE DARK
At MARYLAND STATE
Georgetown Should Have Good
Back Field with Gilroy Back.

From an early season angle it
looks very much as though Coach
Byrd. of the Maryland State eleven,
will have many trials and tribula-
tions to contend with before the
curtain goes down on the gridiron
sport this fall. Indications of the
past weeks work at the Maryland
Institution. with but a handful of
material available, are anything,
but promising. Byrd believes. how
ever, that he will have enough can
didates on the field this week to
start some real football
Knode, the SPEEDY quarterback,
with pair of seasons experience
to his credit, Aitheson, an end, and
Costor. a lineman, are due to re-
port his week, all of which will
cause the football stock at College
Park to take a considerable boost.
Jamie" Smith, one or the main
stays in the backfield last season,
reported to Coach Byrd yesterday in
a Navy uniform, but it Is not known
just at present whether or not he
will be on hand this season. In the
event Smith is granted a furlough,
States backfield will take on an al
together different aspect.
Notwithstanding the dearth of ma
terial the supporters of Maryland
State have the utmost confidence in
the coaching system. Since he has
been at Maryland State, Coach
Curly Byrd has taught the South
ern collegiate world to respect and
fear the Marylanders. Byrd went TO
Maryland State when every other
| coach had been obliged to give up.
During his five years of duty he has
beaten Hopkins four times and has
not allowed the latter to score dur
ing the entire time. Last year the
College Park collegians held the
Navy to a 13-to-7 score. but as a
matter of fact Byrd's eleven outpIay-
ed the opposition and deserved the
verdict.
Byrd has succeeded for the simple
reason that he knows the game
thoroughly and is boss" Prior to
the time of Byrd, other coaches hao
failed through fraternity interference
and other sorts of friction that Byrd
will not tolerate for a minute Added
10 these qualities a dignified and
likeable nature and you have the
cause for Byrd's success.
Curly is the party who gathered
together an alleged bunch of football
"dubs" and welded the same into
I one compact body and then hurled it
, through several different kinds of OPP
position, including the Harvard
system. brought to Hopkins by
Charlie Brickley, to the crest of the
South Atlantic football world.
For. this reason States enthusiasts
look for Byrd to maintain his high
standard despite the fact that the
loss of many men through graduation
and the war has shot to pieces his
great 1916 team. wrecking every de-
partment.
Maryland State is not open for in
struction until October and it is ex-
pected that this years attendance will
bring out some promising material
with which to~reconstruct a line that
is without single veteran at present.
With the squad at Georgetown now
numbering twenty-five Coach Exendine
and Physical Director John O'Reilly
look for this week to bring forth a
sufficient number of candidates with
which to start the seasons grind in
earnest. By the middle of the week
the majority of the candidates from
the downtown schools should be in
uniform and at this time progress can
be started for the early season con-
tests.
1t was sight for sore eyes, at least
the Hilltop enthusiasts will agree to
it, to see Johnny Gilroy, one of the
games most brilliant, halfbacks.
prancing around the field loosening up
his 5tiffened muscles.
With the return of Capt Wall, Gill
roy, Malone and probably Leighty. the
situation at Georgetown has taken on
a different aspect. Right here is a
classy nucleus for any college eleven.
Malone is expected to be in uniform
Monday. The little quarterback has
been detained in Boston where he has
been playing amateur baseball with
| one of .he local teams.