The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-16

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for tie games. They play to win;
two last year, for they could have
that is well known to football m
But as the team that has gained
the greatest reputation in the South.
the one machine which year in and
year out Is a national figure in the
football struggle, as the greatest
exponent Of a Jump SHIFT" football
men all over the country are won.
dering what win be the fate Of the
team this fall.
It f. problematical.
Tech should lose several games,
Every one admits that, They will
face the hardest schedule ever ar
thorpe, v. M. l., Florida, Alabama,
Notre Dame, Penn State, L. 8. u,
Vanderbilt and Auburn is the list.
Notre Dame, everyone knows, Is al.
ways strong. They expect their
greatest team this fall. Penn State
Tor years has been the terror OF
Eastern grids. Vanderbilt won the
Southern conference championship
4 last year. v. M. l., Florida, Ala
barna and Auburn are always tough.
IL. s. U. will have good team.
Oglethorpe is constantly becoming
powerful.
That's the schedule. What has
Tech in the way Of men to combat
this program?
Tech has lost from the last ma
chino the 1923 captain and guard,
John Mcintyre; the 1924 captain,
| FELTON, McCOnnvn, brilliant
guard: the 1923 alternate, Claire
| Frye. an AII.SOuthern center; the
hard plugging RED" Fleetwood,
another center; Sam Werner, a
facIxIe: John station, an All-SOuth-
I'm end: Pinlxie Hunt, the veteran
| Quarterback, and several lesser
nIayers who had been obtained to
fill vacancies this fall.
No team in the South has been
harder hit. Both centers. both
guards and one tackle lost! The
entire midsection Of the line!
In other words, Tech must face
the enemy with new centers, new
guards, one new end, and possibly
one new tackle, and q new man
must run the attack.
That is what Tech has lost.
The backfield seems to be the one
source of Joy to hackers OF the
team. It will be the bulwark OF
strength this fall.
Wycoff. great fullback, weighing
around l95 pounds, will return.
ivan Williams, brilliant halfback'
1 weighing 1913 pounds-fifteen or
| more hounds heavier than last
lvaar-will be at one of the back
positions.
craig Wilton, q new man, Is deS'
tined for the quarterback job. de
weiRhs 1S5 pounds. is fast, a capa'
HE kicker, an experienced player
and seems a find. Those three posi-
lions are settled. They could not
he improved upon in the ranks OF
Southern football. The other half
mack viii come from Jerry Albright
Frank Harris, Bip Farnsworth, Bot
Raeves. Fred Moore, Red Davis-aL
Iettermen: Tom Angley, Sam Muir
raw. from the 1923 Frosh team; Car
ter Barron, Touchstone, Wilder and
| host of others. The backfield Il
well plugged with material. Reeves
Farngworth, Harris and Albright
were all excellent ground gamers
last fall.
Wycoff, williams, Wilton, Reeves
and Angley are all topI4etch kick
ers. They can hold their own any
where. Apgley is the famous drop
kicker who booted over a dozen II
The line is where the trouble
exists. With q good line this
grand collection Of backfield mer
would ruin most any team. GeorgC
Gardner, the new captain. will play
one end. He will weigh over 1SS
pounds, is fast. and has had plenty
Of experience.
Gus MerIkIe, tackle Of the last
campaign, is slated for the other
end, according to talk around the
campus. He Is . big. fast man
with experience. A better, faster,
more capable pair could hardly be
found. Then there Is NabeIle,
Marshall, King and one or two
moro as relief.
For the tackles, Joe Usury. Roy
Huftines and Six Carpenter return
Count Merlxle is here, too, II he
does not shift to an end. An four
are experienced letter men. Com
ling up from the Frosh are William
son, q 260-pound youngster who ia
extraordinarily fast for a lineman.
Forget his weight and watch him
run You will be surprised. He
may be in there at the start Of the
big games.
Nixon is a 21£er off the
Frosh team who has unlimited
strength. Once he gets started, Il