Evening star., 1923-09-02

iiAiISo Adi lOlIlpIClSI5 upset pldlS dHu
,e rather mediocre showing that
} risky 10 vouchsafe an opinion that
In fact. i is this knowledge Of the
coach, which takes into account many
factors about which the foot ball pub
lie knows little or nothing. that real
~ causes him to hesitate about pre-
dieting success rather than a grouchy
disposition to see things in d pessi-
mistic light or a modest heSitancy to
make statement which might seem
like boasting And. usually. il is the
coach who knows most about foot
ball who hesitates longest about
speaking Of probable victory.
Conditions in local colleges indicate
that better foot ball will be played
and stronger teams than usual devel
oped. This last phase may sound
somewhat superfiuouS. but il is easy
TO play better foot ball than usual
and stiil the team which plays better
may not he as strong as ii was the
year before. As an illustration: The
seen a Georgetown team play was in
1913 in a game with the Carlisle In
dians, and later in The same season
III the last game with Virginia. yet
WAS not within 40 per cent OF az
strong as some Hilltop teams have
been.
Georgetown's squad goes down 10
- SIdi : lHls Week IOT preliminary
practice before taking up the daily
routine on the Hilltop. George Wash
ington i to have out Monday. Sep
tember 10. it's whole squad, while
Catholic University and Gallaudet
viii follow shortly after Several
University of Maryland players have
been working al College Park all
summer and already they have been
! kicking the ball around a little.
auigiey Remains at q. w.
Bill Quigley is to coach George
| Washington again. The appointment
until few days ago. as il was
thought Quigley had determined not
| continue in charge of the squad
, However, as soon as ii was learned
that the popular Pennsylvania man
was willing to resume holding the
| reins the board lost no time lining
him UP. II is said that an assistant
! coach Will be employed, and ''UntZ'
! Brewer. former Maryland star, has
/ been mentioned for the place. An
announcement concerning this may
i be expected shortly. The squad will
practice at the Tidal Basin, the
grounds used the last three years.
! Prospects for the Hatchetites are
| bright. only four men OF the team
| OF last season have been lost OF
these, Ptak and Altrup will be
| missed. the former having been one
| of the most capable players in the
Buchheister were good linemen and
Murphy better than a fair quarter
back Mulligan, Clements. Hotel.
F.! Wallace. O'keefe and Wells are most
/ capable of the old men TO return. Char
| ley Mulligan is captain, and it IS
! thought he will be brilliant in a
! guard position. He was one of the
most dependable players in the
/ Hatchetites' squad year ago
! The difficulty Georgetown is faced
/ with in trying to replace three men
! If the caliber OF Werts, center; Fla
! win, halfback, and Kenyon. fullback.
IS known well enough TO all that
! have seen them play. Werts was a
far more valuable man to the Blue
and Gray than he ever got credit for
] being, and, of course, il never took
a foot ball expert TO explain why
! Flavin and Kenyon were stars And
/ what Is true OF these men also Is
| true of Comstock, who played his
| last season as one of the best linemen
| of all the really good forwards who
have worn the Georgetown colors.
| But Georgetown, despite losses Of
stars, will have good team. 1t has
back strong nucleus of 1922 players
I and several men who were ineligfbl
then. BESIDES these. 1t brings up from
its freshman eleven players Of un-
doubted worth. And Maloney, coach
! of the varsity, knows fully the capa-
bilities OF these freshman because, as
their coach last year. he learned their
WI III oS prospective varsity makeT-
! ial.
c. L. and Gallnudet Quiet.
/ Catholic University and Gallaudet
have given out little information
about their teams. but expressions of
| opinion by those in close touch with
root ball at both schools indicates
! that neither is worrying greatly about
its prospects. Catholic L. keeps prac-
tically all its 1922 varsity material
good material IL was, too-and brings
up TO add to that several freshmen
who were far better than many Of
the varsity men. The Brooklanders.
hrst-year outfit was rated lust about
| as strong as the varsity.
doln eiormley. who is to coach the
for the job since Fred Nielsen turned
out winning teams at BrookIand
Gormley knows foot ball and knows
nbon,1 n6~ 70 get get the best out of men. He
than ouia .,r gife =. I. a team for better
'hah any 1t has had in years
Maryland Loses stars.
University of Maryland loses se,.
eral good men, players who have been
standbys for four years Nisbet
tackle: Bailey. center: Moore, guard,
paved their last games on Thanks
that players as steady and as imper
vtous TO injury are found. Besides
them. Maryland loses Semler and Bos-
ley: both fine running backs, and
| for McQuade.
Despite the loss of these men the
squad as whole should be in much
| better shape than a year ago, as at
that time there was practically no
reserve material. Seven men who
played regularly a year ago will be
back-Hough. Burger. Branner and
Young in the line and Groves. Pugh
and McQuade in the backfeld
The first game in this section IS to
be played two weeks from next Sat-
urday between Virginia Military In
stitute and Quantico Marines, but no
| appearance in Il regular contest is to
be staged here until the following
week. September 30. when Georgetown
! meets George Washington. while Uni
| VersitE of MARYLAND entertains Ram