Evening star., 1924-09-30

says McIuSln: "A novel and pleas
ing feature exists with US this year
IN that the letter men voluntarily
held a conference with the coacher
and discussed the matter Of regula-
ttons to be observed by men in train
ing. and then privately decided to
take upon themselves the enforce
ment Of the letter ard spirit of these
regulations They have even added
certain features not sire sSei by the
coaches. and are ma king clear that
any default will be handled by them.
In addition to. the training regula-
tions, the men decided to eliminate
carelessness in being prompt at prac-
tice and also to eliminate any kind of
grabbing or swearing among them
selves during practice or in games"
McGugln said several other things
in his letter. but as far as commit
ting himself as to an opinion of what
may be expected of Vanderbilt this
Fail he was entirely silent. While
his Southern games are just as inter-
esting to him as ever, McGugin. while
he did not say so. evidently is look
ing forward to the contest with Min
nesota at Minneapolis the Saturday
before Thanksgiving.
McGugin is former Western Con-
ference player, having graduated
from Michigan, and any game his
team plays with Big Ten institu-
ton, naturally, is important to him,
more SO perhaps than some of the
Southern Conference contests.
McGugin believes, as do many 9TH
ers. that Southern foot ball is getting
better and better, and that it is only
question of IA few years before
southern elevens will be meeting
Northern and Eastern schools on
even terms.
In Bomar and Wakefield, ends and
Reeves. halfback. Vanderbilt prob
ably has three of the best players in
the South. Bomar was picked as all
America player a year ago. and many
are of the opinion that Wakefield rs
just as capable a player. Reeves, ac-
cording to statement made to the
writer by d man close to Vanderbilt
athletics, is the best ground gaining
back in the South today. In addition
To these three men. McGugin has back
for his team six other regulars, only
two men from the great eleven of
1928 having been lost.
Dick Smith in charge OF athletics at
Washington and Lee University. was
here Saturday and Sunday scouting
the University of Maryland eleven. to
take back knowledge of the Maryland
erS to teacn the Generals. nile mere
he expressed himself much as does
McGugin in feeling that Southern foot
ball is on the upgrade.
Southern foot ball in my opinion,
will enjoy its greatest season. SAID
Smith "Especially is this true from
the standpoint of clean athletics ana
general Sportsmanship. Never before
have Southern schools been in such
close rela tionshipS
THAT little suspicion of the other
fellow seems to have gone and noth-
ing but optimism seems to prevail
everywhere. Teams generally are
stronger and the game itself from
technical viewpoint is far better than
il was even three years ago. This
is true Of the small colleges of 200
students as Of the universities with
more than a thousand.
Local foot ball squads got little op-
portunity yesterday to practice.
Weather conditions were such that
coaches did not care to take What
might prove long chances OF 1nJurlnS
players. All squads spent big part
of the afternoon listening to lectures
on the defects of Saturdays play
In addition to talking about South
ern foot ball, Smith had good word
to say about Ty Rauber, former Cen
tral High fullback now playing hal1-
back for the Generals. Rauber Is
one of our best backs, having deVel-
oped rapidly since he was a memDef
OF the freshman eleven year ago.
He is doing the puntinS, weighs over
175 pounds and is consistently good.