Evening star., 1922-09-24


these two things especially. Virginia
has made great improvements under
its new system, and If corresponding
improvements are made in other ma
ters Virginia athletics should expand
tremendously within the next year or
two.
Huge Squad mt Georgetown.
GEORGETOWN has the largest foot
ball SQUAD in its whole long grIdirow
career working daily on the Hilltop.
Forty-six men are out for the varsity
eleven and sixty-four are trying for
the freshman team. making q totai Oh
l10 men. Such squads may have been
known on the Hilltop in times past.
but certainly not i'm recent years. and
prior thereto 1oot pall squduS
small.
Yesterday Coach Exendine lined UP
four teams and sent them through
signal practice. He plans TO get his
men down to hard work within the
next few days. as the Blue and Gray
will not be able to lose any time in
preparation for the opening game
with Lebanon Valley a week from
next Saturday.
After looking over the squad yes
terday Physical Director John q Reilly
said that he felt there was no reason
why the team should not have Ar
even more successful year than. last.
when only one game was lost. 'NH
have the same men practically ana
the same coaching systematic meI.
and the coach know one another and
we ought to be able TO start right
where we left off last Thanksgiving"
6. W. squad Is Increased.
Things are beginning TO look UP at
George Washington. Yesterday thirty
four candidates were out. many APP
parently real foot ball men. The
HatchetiteS scrimmaged yesterday
g. H..
ing that il was their first real effort.
the men showed up exceptionally
, well. The first string lineup used
by Coach Quig!ey yesterday consisted
of the regular ends of last year
Ptak and Altrup: tackles. Corbin and
Buchheister: center. Connolly; quag-
terbacks. Thomas and Fisher: half
backs. Manson and Wells, and full
back, Pryor.
OF these. besides Ptak and Altrap.
Connolly. Manson and Wells were
announced by Athletic Director
Bryan Morse that Springston. 1927
quarterback. and Hart, last years
tackle. might come out again. As
both still are students in the law
school. Thomas. one of the quarter
backs used yesterday. is the same
Thomas who starred at Eastern tw"
or three years ago. Pryor. a new
man. comes from Tennessee. and
Buchheister is former University
of Maryland tackle and end The
latter. however, has not played fooI
ball since 1919. when he was put out IL
the first few minutes of game with
West Virginia with two broken ribs.
Coach Quigley plans TO rush his
have the players in fair condition BY
Saturday, when they go to Charlottes-
Vile. He does not expect to have
them in as good shape as the Virginia
players are likely to be. but is hank
ing on presenting better condi-
toned team than last year.
Maryland Regulars Hurt.
The first two weeks OF practice IA
the University of Maryland wound
ly good shape physically. but witt
three men expected to be regulars
walking around with injuries which
are likely to keep them off the field
keep them out of the first two games
Pugh and Burger have severeiy
wrenched shoulders. and Nisbet has
a twisted wrist in which an N-ray
picture taken yesterday may show
q broken bone. Other members of
cept for a few bruises. Practically
all members of last years squad are
out, with the exception of Bosley.
and he is expected tY report for
practice tomorrow.
The opening game of the season
with the team representing the Sd
Army Corps area next Saturday is
to be played at Baltimore. on Homo
wood field. The Johns Hopkins
eleven will be at Princeton and has
gridiron to the College Parkers.
Work on the seating structure of thu.
| new field at College Park probably
will begin the last of this week.