Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-09-27
HOWARD BERRY TO
DEVELOP PUNTERS
Former Penn Star Will Train
Delaware kickers; Game
for Wilmington.

Special Correspondence Every Evening.
Newark, Sept. 2T.--Howard Berry,
several years ago star bacliield man
on the University of Pennsylvania
football team and one of If not the
best punter Penn ever had Will assist
Coach McAvoy of the University of
Delaware In developing puntcrs on
Delaware's football squad.
AT a meeting of the University Ath-
letic Council last night Coach McAvoy
! said he could secure the service of
Berry who is employed I'm Philadel-
phia for few afternoons during the
season To coach the punters and the
council authorized him to get Berry
for that purpose. Berry viii give the
Delaware squad four or Ave after
moons during the season. IL is likely
that he will come to Newark for the
| first time some afternoon early next
week.
TO date Coach McAvoy has been
drilling Elliott, Jackson. Captain VIII
liams and Lowell in punting and these
will probably he the men who Berry
| will work with most,
The council at its meeting last night
made the final plans for the open
ing game of the season here on Sat
urday with st. Joseph's College of
Philadelphia. This game viii be started
| at 2.30 o'clock and should be hard
fought contest as st. Josephs ac-
cordng to reports has u strong eleven.
| Coach McAvoy was authorized 70
go ahead with arrangements for play
ing the Dickinson game on November
25 i'm Wilmington and Harlan Field
is to be rented for that purpose.
Coach McAvoy was also authorized
to go ahead with plans for establish
ing n retaining table for the football
squad at the university Commons.
October 16 and II was set as the
dates for the annual fall track meet
i between the Sophomore's and Fresh.
men.
Manager Howard of next years
baseball team discussed with the cuun
Gil the baseball schedule for next year
) Games. with Williams on April Ia. st
Johns April 2S, Washington and Lee
on May 10, all at Newark and one will
the Army at West Point were ap
proved by the council. There will ais,
likely be a game with Hopkins mex
year.
If IL can he secured there will ais,
be n baseball game at home either oi
Alumni Day or Commencement Da,
= next spring.
The council also approved Nle sug
gestion for putting in at least two al
ditional tennis courts probably som
place on the new campus. There vii
also probably be some hand ball court
another season. The tents team ha
been greatly handicapped in the pas
by lack Of courts on which to practic,
; There are but two courts on Fraye
!. Field and there is not room for NOR
? there so the new courts will have {
he put in at some other place on th
university property.
a communication was received fror
h the Athletic Committee of the Alumr
i Association suggesting a Freshma
team with a schedule with high schot
teams of the state and also that tn
d athletic authorities foster inter -scho
astic athletics among the high schoo
u. of the state. Both of these sugges
tons will be given careful considers
/ ton. The one draw back TO a Fresl
:, man team is the few Freshmen le
1. who play football ard are not @
either the varsity or the scrubs an
the lack of coaching facilities for
" Freshman team. Coach McAyoy woul
not have time TO give any attentio
TO il.