The Washington herald., 1921-09-18
Hilltop Coaches Here I Today;
Men Take Field Wednesday
Maryland Rounding Into Form for Game With
Rutgers Oct. 1-Hatchetites Hold First
Scrimmage- u. OFF to Good Start

VITA the Blue and Gray warriors
81 Georgetown trooping upon the
hilltop neld this week TO begin
sneir belated football work and with
sAryland, George Washington.
SAtnolc University and Gallaudet
reAdy rounding into form, the
ooom of broad brogan against an
innated pigskin will soon be assum-
ing large proportions In and around
the District.
Head Coach Albert Exendine
and Line Coach Dan O'Connor, of
georgetown. are due to arrive to-
uay and are preparing. to start in
tensive training as soon as school
sndfdates are expected to be on
nand foe the opening drill and be-
ore the week Is out there should
more than 100 huskies working
ard for jobs
winning q permanent place on
ne Hilltop eleven this year will be
nan's sized Job. as the influx OF
new m4terial Is the largest in years
ana - most promising. With less
man rEo weeks to prepare for the
nrst same with Lebanon Valley on
Octobsr 1, the Hilltoppers have no
tlme 10 spare Fur Is going to fly
rom the start.
Record squad at VI. L.
With the advance guard of the
university of Maryland football
squad having concluded prelimin-
ary practice Of ten days, it is e.
pected that the present squad of
tWenty-eight men will be augmented
oy at least forty more when the
oissest freshman class in the his
tory OF the institution enrolls Mon
Gay and Tuesday, registration days
Tor the opening of the university.
And when the Baltimore schools
open in October IL is expected that
At least eight or ten more men will
oe available. The squad this year
IN point Of numbers will be the
Iargest Of all those that have worn
the black and old gold
Eight Regulars on the Job.
With the advent of Moore, left
guard, last Wednesday, the eight
regulars who were to return from
the 1920 eleven got down to some
tning that savored Of real prepara-
ton for the opening of the season
with Rutgers two weeks hence
Maryland has its work cut out for
II in that game. also IN the one with
syracuse a week later. Both Foster
sanford, Of Rutgers. and Chick Mee-
nan. OF Syracuse, are expecting real
opposition when they race the
Maryland eleven, and are preparing
for IL Maryland came dangerously
near getting away with the game
at Rutgers, and did win at Syracuse.
and teams like, Rutgers and Syra-
cuSe do not relish getting whipped
ny Southern elevens.
1t seems that the eight regulars
who are back from the 1920 eleven
viii hold their old Jobs again un-
less some phenomenal material ds-
velops from this years freshman
class. Nisbet and Clark are back
at the tackle positions, Moore Is
at left guard. Bailey at senter and
Branner at right end. Groves IL
back to play quarter and Semler and
Brewer, the other two regulars, are
in better shape than they were last
season. The real problem facing
Maryland seems to be the develop
ment Of competent men to take Ep-
pley's position at right end and Sui
livan's at right guard. despite the
fact that it was expected that the
graduation OF Mackert and Macdon-
aid. both fullbacks. would leave
100 big a hole behind the line to fill
Right new there seems to be no
particular worry about the backield
problem, with Semler, Brewer.