San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-23
MAKING A LINE
BIC TASK FOR
ARMY COACH
McEwan's West Point
Stone Wall Missing
This Year.

| WEST POINT, n. Y, Aug. d.
The outlook for the Army football
team this fall is far from good. and
is causing no small amount of un'
easincss among the coaches, particu.
larry in the breast of Captain Nc
Evan, who, for the third year. will
direct the Army teams destiny on
the gridiron. .....
At this time last year prospects
| were excellent and the seasons rec
| ord bore out such preliminary views.
Then Army had Garbisch, Farwick
and Ellinger in the center of the line,
| an All-Amcrican trio that more than
held its own with all opposing teams.
With them, and with Bill Wood and
| Gilmore in the. backfield, the Army
tied Yale, TT, held Notre Dame to
1871, and beat the Navy, 12-0. But
with these five men gone, and with
the loss of Mack, regular tackle,
and with Fraser, Westphalinger ana
Griffith, more or less regulars last
| season, also ont by graduation, there
is left for the coaches this year the
big problem of building up an entire
new line from tackle TO tackle, which
most football men well realize to be
no small matter.
WOOD GREAT STAR.
The loss of Wood and Gilmore in
the backfield will be particularly felt
Of Wood, Captain McEwan has stat.
cd: He was one of the greatest
punters in the country last year. A
kick of 60 or 20 yards was the usual
thing with him. Farther, he could
pass and run with the best. 1t is
very doubtful if the Army can find
any one this year to take Woods
place Cs a triplc-threat-man." High
praise, indeed, coming from Captain
McEwan, himself an All-American for
three years, and the Army's success
full coach for the past two seasons.
But such praise itself indicated the
Army's weakness this fall. No one
knows better than McEwan himself
the vast amount of hard work that
will be required of him. Lieutenant
Jones, line coach, and Lieutenant Vi
dal, backfield coach, to build up and
fit the Army team TO meet four such
teams as Notre Dame. Yale, Column
bia and the Navy within period of
six weeks, beginning with Notre
Dame on October II, and all four
games at New York City, except the
Yale game, which. as usual, will be
in the Yale Bowl.
GOOD BACKS LEFT.
The material left from last year is
good only as regards the backfield.
There the Army has Wilson, Ycomans,
Hewitt, Scheiffler, Harding and Trap
nell, all of whom played more or less
last year, especially Wilson and Yeo-
mans. From these seven men, the
coaches should develop a nicely-baI-
anccd set of backs.
But for the line-from tackle to
tackle-the coaches are as mystified
as any one could very we'll be. There
is an absolute lack of guard material.
And to take Garbisch's place at cen
ter is a job that probably will have
TO await solution until another All
American comes along. In the mean
time, DAILY, from last years squad,
looks the best. Schmidt and Saun-
ders are tackle prospects, especially
the latter. Both played in practical
ly all of the games last year. As to
the ends, Baxter, the Army captain,
will be a fixture ut one wing posi-
ton, with Born and Davidson fight
ing for the other. Both of these men
also played in various games last
year.
Captain McEwan said, after his ar
rival on the post last week:
The outlook, as q whole, cannot
be said to be very promising, especial
ly in the line. 1t is all the more so
when one considers the small amount
Of time available for football practice
here at the Military Academy. Dur
ing September and October, except for
Wednesday and Saturday afternoons.
the time allowed for football practice
(due TO the regular military sched-
ules of training) scarcely averages
two hours per day."
ALWAYS GOOD TEAM.
However, that is the situation that
the Army has faced and will CON
tinue to face every year. 1t is well
to remember, too, that despite that
fact, the Army has invariably turned
out good team. Eventually. it will
probably do so this coming fall.
The complete schedule is as fol-
lows:
Oct. 3-University of Detroit, at
West Point.
Oct. 1O-Knox College, at West
Point.
Oct. 17-Notre Dame, at New York
City.
Oct. 24-St. Louis, at West Point.
Oct. %1-Yale, at New Haven.
Nov. Davis & Elkins, at West
Point.
Nov. 14-Columbia, at New York
City.
Nov. 21-Ursinus, at West Point.
Nov. 2S-Navy, at New York City.