The Washington times., 1922-09-17
SCRIMMAGE is
In ORDER AT
COLLEGE PARK
Coach Byrd VIII Put His Squad
To Hard Work. Starting To-
morrow Afternoon.
HoLLEGE PARK. Md, Sep,

~ University Of Maryland grid
men will enter upon the more
serious, stage Of their preparation
Nor the hardest schedule ever un-
Nertaken by a Black and Gold
eleven and, in fact, the most diff
ficult ever attempted by any
Southern eleven. Scrimmaging
and other strenuous work is to
begin then and Coach Byrd there
after intends to send his charges
along at 4 merry clip until the
opening game with the third
army crops area eleven here Sep
tembers 80.
Since last Monday. when the Col.
iege Parkers took the gridiron for
the first time. Byrd has been hus-
Ting his charges, through 3 snappy
session OF several hours each after
sisted largely OF kicking and pass.
ing. experimenting with new plays
and the like; In short. q program
OF light work designed to loosen
up muscles, reduce poundage and
give the men an opportunity 70
get used to the feel Of the pig.
skin. r..
The squad has progressed satis-
factortly during the week, and by
Monday Is expected to be in GOOD
Henoueh shape for the sitter work.
Most of the men were in pretty
fair shape as to weight when they
reported, but some have been re-
quired to hustle more, than others
20 reduce their poundage. Piggy
Moore. guard, who played last year
at q little more than 175, reported
twenty'seven pounds overweight
and Is working hard to get Il off.
with the possible exception Of
Mcouade, fullbackg the varsity
squad Is expected to be complete
py Monday. McQuade has poison
Brewer Leaves Hole.
maryland adherents are admitted.
not unduly optimistic over the
prospects Tor successful campaign
view OF the unusually heavy
eievens to be encountered and the
holes left by the loss of Untz, Brew.
er, later, Clarke, Gundry, Pfassnig,
Faganucci. Gilbert and Anderson.
Undoubtedly the place OF Brewer
viii be the hardest to fill. This bril-.
liant little kicker and generally scin.
tiiating performer cas- always con-
spicuous and his work, his kicking
especially, earned him a wide reputa.
ton. Groves and Heine, 1t appears
now, will have to do the bootinr. for
the College Parkers. Both are earn.
est, hard-working lads, and can be
depended upon to strive nightly to
prove worthy successors to their
shining predecessor.
It is likely that the places Of
later, Clarke, and Gundry, right
tackle and right guard, lost last year,
can be taken care of fairly we'll,
though both were exceptional per.
formers. Right now about the like
Hest aspirant for Clarke's job ap-
pears to be Burger. Jake Smith or
MacBrewer looms as the most for
midable contenders for Gundry's
place.
In a word the old-line school war
riors will have to go in there against
such powerful elevens as Pennsyl-
vania, Yale, Princeton, and Others
with q team considerably lighter In
backfield and with kickers measure
ably below the standard of Brewer!
This is the situation in a nutshell as
eized up by Coach Byrd himself.
But there is no gloom in the camp
NJ the Black and Gold? The old
MARYLAND spirit will not be downad.
ef,d, no matter how hard the going
the wearers Of the IN" can be count
ed upon to fight hard.
Burger Is Hurt.
The only mishap suffered 80 tar
occurred when Burger injured MS
shoulder. The hurt is not thought
serio,Is. however. and he Is expected
~ 81 on the Job Monday.
Leroy Mackert, star 1870 Black
and Gold fullback and freshmen
coach. will trot out his candidates
Monday. A canvass OF the incom.
ing class shows dozen to nave hao
football experience. -.
Maryland this year Will pay spe-
c,aI attention to it's yearling squad,
since the one.year residence rule Is
now in effect here and the yearlng
squad constitutes the sole feeder for
the varsity. A separate gridiron has
been laid out for the youngsters.
md they will be given every op'
portunity to develop into varsity
material. A schedule embracing
sames with the most formidable
scholastic elevens in this section has
been arranged for the Black apd
The College Park varsity expects