Evening star., 1919-09-22
REAL WORK TODAY
FOR GRID SQUADS
Light, Conditioning Practice
Ended, Task Of Shaping Up
Teams Will Begin.
BY HI. C. BYRD.

Plans for the development of foot
bali teams should begin to show
some definite form with the practices
to be held today. Most of the college
squads throughout the country have
had a week or more Of conditioning
preparatory to the real work of get
ting in shape for the game; and in
asmuch as the players are more or
less hardened to hitting the ground
and roughing it, some real foot ball
practice likely will be mapped out
tor each day remaining before the
formal opening of the season.
Squads in many foot ball camps al
ready have been divided into teams
and sclfmmage work instituted.
Pennsylvania, Navy. Pittsburgh, Penn
State, Clemson, Yale and many other
squads are considered far enough ad-
vanced in the preparatory part of the
season to engage in the rOugheSt
kind Of practice.
In the south Atlantic section most
of the elevens have had just about a
weeks work. That Is true of Wash
ington and Lee. Virginia, Virginia
Military Institute, Virginia Polytech-
mic Institute and Maryland State.
North Carolina State has been out
since the first of the month, and
North Carolina University for a little
more than a week. Georgetown has
had its men working easily since
Thursday, but is to get down to more
strenuous action this afternoon.
Washington high schools are due to
get their men on the field today.
Central. Tech and Western squads are
sure to take advantage Of the first
day of practice, but Eastern and Busl-
ness may be delayed day or so.
Foot ball stories are showing their
way into the newspapers more and
more each day, despite the world
series ball games between the White
Sox and Reds, and it will not be long
before the sport pages should be
made up mostly of articles that have
flavor Of the gridiron.
Wight and Reed, members of last
years Western High School eleven,
have entered Lehigh. Cullen, Cen
trails star. has gone to the Naval
Academy. Conradis, track star at
Central. will wear Cornell's colors
hereafter. Brewer. Western tackle
Towbes Business High halfback; Pol
lock, Central foot ball and base ball
player; Fridinger, Eastern's best all
round athlete of last year, and Finney
and Latta of Central have entered
ably the best halfback Central has
had since the days of Fritz Reuter-,
George Hamilton and George Van
Dine, is to become a student this fall
at the University Of Illinois. Many
other high school athletes Of less
prominence than those above men,
toned have entered various colleges
in east, south and middle west.
Mike Raedy, Maryland State half
back, went to a hospital yesterday for
treatment for water on the~knee. He
probably will be in shape for practice
again within ten days.
weimer, the lineman spoken of so
highly at West Virginia, is a former
University Of Michigan man. He was
at the Great Lakes naval training
station. where he was considered one
Of the best all-round athletes Maggy
Magoffin. former Michigan haIfback,
yesterday spoke in the most glowing
terms of Weimer's capabilities.
Romeyn. former Western High
School foot ball player. who. starred
is at Virginia Military Institute and
probably will make good at ha1fback.
He is being depended upon by "Red"
Fleming. who is coaching the team,
to handle the job successfully.
Ballard, star Baltimore Polytechnic
Institute back last season. was ex-
gone to Washington College. The
Baltimore university was banking
upon Ballard to make a regular po-
sition in its backfield.
Probably the tallest man playing
foot ball in the east is tackle at
Western Maryland College. His name
is Ward and the top of his head is
just six feet six inches from the
ground,