Evening star., 1924-08-31

to report Tuesday and the others
Monday, September Is.
Maryland will not lose anybody ex-
cept those it expected to wind up
their careers by graduation. And it
is well that it will not. Graduation
of Branner, Groves and McQuade
takes away three out of four regular
members of the backfield and three
men of that caliber out of a college
backfeld means that real job is in
store for somebody to replace them,
even if there were no other losses.
Rosy Pollock, regular center a year
ago, will be missed, too, not only be-
cause he was an excellent passer, but
because he was the nerve center of
the defense.
Western Maryland, although it has
only a small male student body. pos
sesses two of the best foot ball play
ers in the section. They are Sillin, a
half blackjack. and Byham, tackle
Sillin was brilliant before he enter ed
cstsrn Maryland and still is. = Last
year he gained practically aIr< the
ground covered by his team. Byham
was mentioned by Glen Warner. for
mer Pittsburgh coach. now at Stan
ford, as the best tackle in the East
two years ago. Byham played one
year at Bucknell and one at AL
legheny College before entering
Western Maryland
Buckneil University finishes a sta
dunn this fall to seat $4,000 persons.
The field is to be dedicated with for
NAL ceremonies on October IS, with
Lafayette as the opposing team. In
cidentally BucknelI Will start its sea-
son with Charley Moran, who leaves
nell is expecting good things of the
man who took a team to Cambridge
and triumphed over Harvard
University OF Virginia expects
enough foot ball players out for prac-
tlce this Fall to form a student body
for small college. Ellis Brown.
graduate manager, is authority for
the statement that more than 200
men are expected to don uniforms this
week. Full equipment for more than
that number has been obtained and
the squad is to be the largest the
university has ever had on the grid
iron. So many men are expected out
Tor the opening practices that con-
siderable trouble may be experienced
IN wedding them out SO that MEM
bers of the squad will not be so
numerous as to be in one another's
way.
Virginia will have to bring out a
good many foot ball players because
IL VIII nave about the toughest as
signment in the way of schedule Of
all the Southern elevens. Pennsyl-
vania and Harvard. to say nothing Of
washington and Lee, Virginia Poly
technic Institute, Virginia Military In
stttute. University of North Carolina
and University of Georgia are Just
about as much as any team need want
in the way of opposition.
A man in close touch with athletics
at Catholic University yesterday ex-
pressed this opinion about the foot
ball team and its prospects:
Catholic University has more foot
ball material coming in this Fall
than has ever been in it's uniform in
all previous seasons put together
understand that those in charge
figure that, notwithstanding the
number of last years regulars who
will return, not more than one or
two old men stand much chance of
making the varsity. Catholic Univer-
sity is going to prove one of the big
surprises of the coming season."
Work Is progressing on the Brook
land stadium. which when completed
will be the finest by far in the South
and ultimately one of the best in the
country. 1t would be fitting indeed
if the Brooklanders could start their
first year on their new field with
their strongest team since they be-
gan foot ball.
Farley, who is banked on to play
quarterback at West Virginia, is none
other than the brilliant back who
held forth at Virginia Military Insti-
tute year before last. Last Fail when
Virginia Military Institute began
practice no loss was lamented so
much as was that Of Farley, who had
entered West Virginia.