Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-11
PLANNING
BIG GR|D|R0N YEAR
Scholastic Foot Ball Should
Be Exceptionally Strong This
Year Around Washington.
BY H. C. BYRD.

Scholastic foot ball this fall should
grow to unprecedented strength in
and around Washington. All the high
schools and practically all the prep
schools are to have teams. and a great
many more high schools than usual in
Maryland and Virginia intend to de-
velop teams.
J Western, Central, Tech, Business and
! Eastern will turn out elevens. three
1 from the gridiron. Western and Gen.
trail got together elevens and played
one game last fall. which Central won
i by one touchdown, but the other
schools called off the sport entirely.
Army and Navy Prep School, st. AL
bans and Georgetown Prep School are
to be back in the field with good
teams. Episcopal High also is plan
ming a great revival for foot bail, as
| Is the Alexandria High School.
More of the county high schools in
Maryland are going in for foot ball.
Expenses of the sport and fear on the
part OF parents unfamiliar with the
game have kept many of the Mary
land schools OF the gridiron, but the
latter having been done away with
for the most part the schools think
that the matter of expense can be set
tied. Baltimore City College and Bal
| tfmore Polytechnic Institute and five
or six prep schools in Baltimore will
have teams, as will prep schools in
other sections of Maryland. Several
local schools have games with Balti-
more elevens.
Ray and Stuart. halfback and tackle,
who were picked by many papers
1 Ia 0vntf to all
are to be back at Virginia for foot
ball this fall. They should add con-
siderable strength to the Orange and
Blue. Pop Lanfgan, trainer of the Vir-
GINA teams. was on the field with the
squad yesterday for the first time this
, to be a base ball or foot ball coach.
probably knows much more about the
game than many Of the fellows in the
, east who are handling that end of the
sport.
Navy Yard and Mohawks. best
known OF local independent elevens,
| have begun practicing and contem-
plate starting their scrimmage work
! shortly. Truxton Athletic Club also
plans to be out with a strong comb
nation.
| Word was received at Maryland
State yesterday that Norman Into
biggest man on the 1916 squad, proba-
bly, would be back this fall. Into
weighs around 200 pounds and Is a
tackle. Besides being a good foot ball
player. Into is a better javelin and
discus thrower than any other man in
the south Atlantic section.
| Vanderbilt and University Of Georgia
began practice yesterday. It was thei1
first workout in intercollegiate foot
ball training since before the war.
Eyes Of great many foot ball
/ coaches will be on Penn State this
/ great record out at Oregon Agricul-
! tura1 College, is said to be an ex-
| ceptionally good foot ball tutor, the
| opinion being based on his record in
the northwest. Bezdek had charge
! of Penn States s. A. T. c. eleven for
] a while last fall. but really did not
| get an opportunity to show what he
! prove what his real worth as a coach
| is. as lined up against eastern men.
i Penn State is back on Pennsylvania
| schedule again, and the game at
Philadelphia should, be a pretty good
criterion OF what may be looked for
| in foot ball from the Pittsburgh Ma
tional League clubs base ball mana
ger.
/ Johns Hopkins opens it's gridiron
/ season October against Eastern
! College. or, rather, is scheduled to.
It is possible, though. that the latter
may not appear for the game. Octo-
! Der II the Baltimoreans go to An
napolis to play Navy. and very few
! colleges are going to envy them their
i, experiences on that afternoon.