Evening star., 1924-09-07

OF grass mas Dccn kept well Wdtere0
been for the most part playing on
certainly will be a boon to the SOU
George Washington also will have
something in the way OF facilities
which no other George Washington
squad of recent years has possessed
dressing rooms OF their own. A gym, :
nasium is being constructed and the
customary showers and dressing
rooms will be available by October I.
Until then the squad will dress at
the bathing beach. but after that use
Its own rooms and ride down to the
practice field every afternoon.
Tom Gormley. who Is TO coach
Catholic University for the second
all Summer and is keeping in close
touch with affairs at Brookland.
Maud" Crum. former Princeton man,
who Is to handle George Washing
tons squad. came here Friday and is
getting things ready to take out his
men. Crum held spring practice and
knows what he will have available
IN the way of veteran material, and
now Is taking stock of what he may
expect in the way Of good freshman n
candidates.
Both George Washington and Catholic
University expect considerable improve
ment in their teams, and figure that
when the season winds up an excellent
showing will be credited on their side
OF the won column.
Georxetovvn and University of Mary
land have been going through some
light preliminary practice, trying to
get their men in shape TO start
something that will seem like foot
ball this week. Both have been
ha h1yo 1a1 nf
practically none of the new material
having been delivered.
Georgetown is well supplied with
talent, according to report, and does
not expect to have much real diff
Guilty in finding material to fill sat
isfactorily every position. The prob
lem at the University of Maryland is
TO develop some backs to take the
places of Branner, Groves and Nc
Quade, which is not an easy job. And
the Marylanders are confronted with
another situation which, to say the
least. Is unusual for an institution
which had out last year combined
foot ball squads numbering more than
hundred men; the entire squad of
varsity material does not have man
In ii who can pass the ball from the
center position or who even knows
how TO pass well. To be compelled
PASS
in order to have center is some
thing unique for "A university squad.
When enc thinks of heavy foot ball
schedules for Maryland, Virginia,
Georgetown and others it might be
we'll to pause for moment to con-
slider Hampden-S Sidney, coached by
Charley Bernier, formerly at Vir-
ginia Polytechnic Institute and Ala
bama. With less than two hundred
students, Hampden Sidney meets not
only University of Richmond and
several schools in that class but also
takes on Virginia. Virginia Military
Institute and Virginia Polytechnic
Institute Bernier says, We are
going to play the best of them. no
matter what the results
Ed Lynch will, with Jack Hegarty,
former North Carolina State College
coach, be assistant coach of Catholic
University this Fall, according to an
nouncement made by the Brookland-
ers last night. Lynch was lineman
and back for four years at the Brook
land institution. and was star at
guard, end and fullback He should
be one of the most valuable men on
the staff Freshman coaches at c.
U. are to be Louis Crook, who has
been in charge of the erection of the
new athletic field. and John Dugau,
former C. L. player. Freshman
coaches and the freshman squad, as
we'll as the varsity assistants and
varsity squad, will be under the
University %f Pennsylvania seems
inclined to stand pat this year on
the backfield that did so we'll against
Cornell a year ago, with the excep-
having graduated. Thomas and Nc
Graw, halfbacks, and Douglas, full
back, are the men on whom the
Quakers will depend to advance the
ball All played brilliant foot ball
against the Ithacans at a time when
the latter were thought to be much
the stronger.
Charley Moran, former Centre Col
lege coach, who is to have charge at
Bucknetl, will not take up his work
with the Pennsylvania institution
until after the middle of the month.
Moran still is umpiring base ball
Eames in the National League.
Fort Benning, Ga, which is the
Infantry School of the United States
Army plans to develop foot ball in
much the same way that the sport
has been developed at Quantico for
-ne Marine Corps 1t is getting to-
Eether some of the best players in
= the Army, among whom is Smythe.
for the last two years star at West
Point.
Ed Buekley, former Central High
School halfback. again is a member
of the Penn State squad. Buckley was
second string haifback a year ago.
Wnshjakton nndy Lee will have its
SQUAD on the field tomorrow to begin
preparation for what it considers Will
Be one of its hardest campaigns. And
the Generals start with the advan-
tage of having back nearly all men,
bers-. of its eleven, Of 1923. 1t has
been reported in press dispatches that
Cameron, star fullback for three sea-
sons would not return but actually
IL is understood that he is going to
be In uniform and again be the big
gun in knocking holes in lines of op-
posing teams Ty Rauber, a. former.
Central High School fuilback. is ex
pected to make a strong bid for
backfeld position at Washington and
Lee. Rauber was captain of the
freshman team a year ago.
Washington and Lee already has 10
Rames on its schedule-the usual nine
and a final on December G at Jack
sonville with University of Florida
but is trying to arrange another 1t
Reems that the Generals have pend