The Washington herald., 1921-08-28
GRID PROSPECTS
AT GEORGETOWN
BEST Since 1916
Johnny McQuade, Cap
tain of 1919 Machine,
Will Return.
PREP STARS BOOKED
Raft of Promising Men Will
Fill Gaps Left by Depart
ing Veterans.
PREP STARS BOOKED
BY JACK NYE.

marches onto the Hilltop field on
September 81 to extend a greeting
to his flock of football candidates,
there is every reason TO believe
that the willy redskins usually i'm
mobile face will register something
akin to joy and satisfaction IL
nothing Of this sort happens IL will
simply bebecause tie Georgetown
coach is unable to register
In the absence OF the head coach.
Physical Director John o'Reilly.
long associated with Georgetown
athletics. is trying his best TO
keep from appearing too scheerful
over the outlook.
The fact is that c'Reilly is look
ing forward to tanother of those
whirlwind teams like the one Of
1916. Judging from the prospects
this is not a futile ambition.
Returning a goodIy portion Of the
1920 team. the Hilltoppers will ex-
tend an official welcome to one of
the likeliest bunch of freshmen on
record. Unless al signs fail. there
will be so many promising football
men that the chief task Of the
coaches will be that of deciding on
the best ones.
Johnny McQunde Returning.
First and foremost. IL is an
nounced that Johrny Mcouade.
brilliant captain OF the .lsls ma
chine, will return TO the Hilltop
this season to wind up his football
career. This means much toward
the success of the machine. Nc
Quade graduated in 1919, but has
since felt the inward urge and has
announced his determination Of don
ming the moleskin again.
OF last years backfield men. Cap
tain Jack FIacin. Leary and Hap
Ward will again be ip the harness.
but the chances are that Ward will
be shifted to the line where his 1870
pounds of meat and bone should do
more good.
Linemen who will return are
Zube' Sullivan. Tom Comstock, Joe
O'Connell, Carl Wertz and Goggin.
Smeach and the midget Anderson
have served their time and will not
return. On the ends Bill Kenyon
and Buck Wise are the only sur
vivors, as Zazalli and Formcsa. a
very promising kid, will not be in
school.
This leaves a fair nucleus fer a
team. but one that would not mean
much without enough good material
to fill in the gaps. When II comes
to material, however. the Hilltop
pers are fortunate Not in many
seasons have SO many prep school
stars been fired with the ambition
to wear the colors of the Blue and
Gray. Many football men who have
expressed desire to enter the
University have spoken too late.
AYERS O'Reilly. as school attendance
this year will be far too big for
the limited facilities on the Hilltop.
Fast BackheId Candidates.
To I'LL out the gaps in the back
field, Exenline will have 4 bunch
of youthful stars to pick from. For
the quarterback role alone. there
will be three aspiring candidates,
all of whom come with brilliant
records. Frank Murray of Com
merce High, Mass, reputed to be
fine field general and second
Brickley in the art of drop kicking.
will be out there fighting for a job.
He is said to be lacking in weight.
but not in speed. Eanally. from
dorchester High, Mass. a son of
Frank Kannally. famous track
coach at Massachusetts Institute of
Technology. is another bright pros
pect. He is a crack sprinter. just
as his father was before him, and
has made a name for himself in
high school circles not only on the
gridiron but on the conder path
Another quarterback is Mcdonald,
who halls from st. Johns. Mass.
Other likely backs who expect TO
enter Georgetown are: Hagerty,
f.rl, hoa H.,
Cahill. halfback, Lowell High. Mas
sachusetts; HammilL from Hebron
Academy, Maine, and Fred. Buch-
holz, a Washington boy, who starred
several years ago in prep school
circles, and last year played with
the Potomac Boat Club eleven
Buchholz weighs 100 pounds, and is
real husky Another athlete whL
may make the other candidates for
fullback hustle, as Garland, from
Hebron Academy. He strips at lS5,
and is said to be a bear.
St 0nge n star End.
As a running mate for the bril-
ltant Bill Kenyon, a youth, yciept
st. onge, from Haverhill High, Mas
sachusetts, looms as the most likely
candidate. He was declared to be
the best prep school end in Massa-
chusetts last season.
There will also be a raft of sturdy
iinemen fighting for jobs. The main
thing about the prospective candi-
dates Is that they carry plenty OF
poundage. Des Lauries, a center.
from Haverhill, Mass, is a sizable
sort Of Fellow, weighing around lsS
pounds. Sheehan, a young forward
from st. Johns, however. can make
the old beam shimmy at the. 200
mark. Payne is an lSS-pound
tackle from Portland High, Maine.
will be a welcome addition, as will
Thompson, a 200 pounder from
Texas. McNamara,s a tackle from
New Haven. only weighs ls0 pounds.
For a featherweight fellow he is
said to have the goods.
These men form just a portion
OF the expected candidates.
There are some fifteen or twenty
others who will be on hand. but 1
can't recall their names" said
'o'Reilly when discussing 'the pros
poets.
In addition to Chief strategist
Exendine. Jackie Maloney. famous
quarterback of some years past,
Will be on hand to pay particular
attention to the backfieid men.
while Dan O'ConnorA captain OF the
1916 machine. will assist in develop
ing the linemen. O'Connor was
coach Of the Centre College line
last season.