The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-09-16
VOLUME TWENTY-EIGHT. NO. 222
FOOTBALL AGAIN
To THE FRONT
Many High School Elevens viii Soon
Be In the Field and Much
Interest is Manifest

Jacksonville, Sept. 16.-Football as
revealed by Florida's high school
elevens will get away with added i'm
petus this season. The call of the
game has been felt in far South Flor
ida where heretofore it was considered
too warm for the gridiron tussles.
Twenty-Five teams struggled under
the auspices last season of the Flor
ida State High School Athletic Asso-
citation. Indications are that this sea-
son some thirt yteams will take the
field.
Many schools will enjoy the services
this year of faculty coaches. Increas-
ed financial support has made this
possible in a number of schools where
last year only volunteer tutelage was
had.
Miami and West Palm Beach are
the expected newcomers. At Miami
faculty coach has been engaged and
the word comes that a squad of for
midable proportions will come out of
that city. West Palm Beach expects
to produce team averaging 160
pounds.
While many of the schools that pro-
duced teams last year have been
shorn of their letter men by gradua-
tion, new material is shaping up and
the season is expected to develop new
consultations.
Duval high, of Jacksonville. must
be virtually moulded over. Six of last
years championship squad are at the
University of Florida, while one,
,, Bernstein, is showing up well at An
napolis, reports from the navy camp
say. Coach Robert Marshall who
comes for his first year with the
school from Howard College at Bir-
mingham, Ala. has some husky stuff
before him, however, and the only un-
certainty lies in the ability of the
raw recruits to absorb the technique
of the game.
Gainesville, whose plucky if COM
paratively light squad last year gave
wonderful "prep" exhibition of
straight football, successful to the ex-
tent of being runner-up in the cham
pionship race, will be minus the serv-
ices this season of Vickery and Lud-
wig. Vickery as broken field runner
and Ludwig at full will be sorely
missed too, but Coach Rex Farrior
never weakens in his optimism. Of
this years squad he is saying little,
but the first few games will tell.
Sara, star center for the Alachua
county youngsters, is understood to
be back at the old position.
Hillsborough is returning to the
field this season under the tutelage of
Coach Henry Freeman. Hebbel, a
formidable spoke in any machine, will
be back too. Hebbel, who rounded out
the teams back field last year, is
serving this season as captain. Hills
borough's tentative schedule calls for
games with Fort Meade, Arcadia,
Gainesville, st. Petersburg. Summer
lin, Plant City, Orlando and Duval.
At Orlando, the prospects for Coach
Boone are said to be much heavier
material than last year, and with at
least four Of last years men coming
back. John Grange, at right tackle,
is this years captain. Tinker, Cecil
and Barton are the other letter men
out again.
Sanford is said to be encountering
some difficulties in financing this
years squad but local business men
have interested themselves and it is
not expected the game will be held up
there.
Lakeland, Barlow and Fort Myers
: are understood to be planning for
strong elevens. Lakeland is enthus-
, iastic over the teams success last
year and with much of the old mate
rial on hand for this seasons play to,
gether with some new blood for en-
! ergization purposes, strong hopes are
] being held.
ei Ocala has an athletic instructor
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