Evening star., 1925-03-18

At the beginning of the practice
Little appointed four quarterbacks as
CAPTAINS of the four teams he stated
it was his intention to develop. These
quarterbacks were allowed to toss for
first choice and then to choose their
players from the squad as a whole. IN
much the same way that the small
boy chooses un sides" in base ball.
In addition to the regular games
Little intends to have his teams play,
it is proposed TO hold a general foot
ball competition. in which punting.
RAISING, catching the ball. running,
tackling and other fundamentals will
be gone through by all members of
the squad, and the best man picked
on a basis of noints. The player who
comes out on top is to receive a gold
medal.
When asked what he thought of
Spring practice and just what good
the squad receives from 1t, Coach
Little replied:
1T is not so much what | think of
Spring practice as it is getting in the
swim in order to keep up with the
procession. What are you going to
do when everybody else is having it?
Spring practice gives a team full
month or more in experience that 1t
otherwise would not get, and no foot
ball team can afford to take the field
any more and face opponents with an
aggregate of several months in eX-
perlence in favor OF that opponent.
Spring practice. properly conducted,
carries a player through year with
almost two seasons of experience in
stead of one
Il hear some people say that Spring
practice does very little good, yet
note that Yale never developed such
great teams as those of 1928 and
1924 until it began to have Winter
and Spring practice. | hear that both
Yale and Penn intend to carry their
foot ball through the year until the
very close of school If they do,
watch them next Fall. It's giving a
lot of time to one sport, but 1 sup
pose it's worth it"
For the first time in its history
the University of Maryland will get
out it's foot ball squad for Spring
workouts Many members of the
squad will get in suits today. and by
tomorrow il is expected that the
great majority of those who will be
depended on to form the team next
Fall will be kicking a foot ball
around.
Two or three members of the squad
who are urgently needed on the base
ball team and three others whose
presence on the lacrosse squad are
essential probably will continue with
those sports, but all others are due
to go out for gridiron practice.
Lists of those to take part in work.
outs have been prepared and pared
down so that the squad will be held
TO about so. About 20 men will be
taken from the 1924 freshman squad
and 80 carried over from the 1924
varsity. While Maryland loses three
or four very valuable regulars from
last Fall. it will as whole, carry
over more than the average number
of members OF the varsity squad.
MaryInnd'S lacrosse squad is work
ing harder than it has ever worked
before in an effort to build UP a fairly
good com oination in time for its open
ing game with Yale, April IL -Four
men lost from the 1924 team are go
ing to be very difficult to replace, if
they are replaced at all.
McQuade and Branner and Marty
formed a great part of the defense,
and all are gone, while Heidlebach,
who was the star of the offense and
who was brilliant in every game in
which he took part, also was gradu-
atcd. These vacancies are wide and
garing, and it viii exercise all the
powers of Prof. Truitt, who is respon-
sible for the development of lacrosse,
to find men to replace them.
Faber, captain of the basket ball
team, who aIternated with Hedle-
bach year ago, seems the best bet
for one, but the others are decidedly
uncertain propositions.