Evening star., 1925-09-20

AdlIlOllG IIllNSl StlSs WHICH lSil
play until October g. when Boston
City. Gallaudet's aspirants will turf
at Kendall Green.
Georgetown's players who spent
some time at Monmouth Beach, N. j.,
before taking up the grind at the
Hilltop, doubtless are farther ad-
vanced than the others. However,
neither Georgetown nor George Wash
ington should be in the least extend
ed to dispose of their rivals on Satur-
day. Maryland, though, faces a tough
foe in Washington College, which has
added a couple of stars to n veteran
combination left from last season.
G. L. Is Well Fixed.
Coach Lou Little, the Hilltop men
tor, has pretty we'll settled as to what
PLAYERS will start the first game. Nc
Grath, who has been going strong,
will hold down left end, with Foley, a
veteran, and Maroney and Tip O'Neill
of last years freshmen likely to be
on the other wing. Connaughton ana
lavish, a sterling pair, appear to
have the edge for the tackle berths,
while Murtaugh, a star in 1924, and
Miller, who came up from last Fall S
yearlings, Just now are leading the
pack for the guard assignments.
Grigsby, freshmen back last season,
Is developing into center who may
land the job with Brennan and Gene
Golsen, substitutes last year. and
Marstrasky giving him a chase for
the honors.
Feathers, Cooney, Flynn, Jerome
Carroll and Paul Carroll, who are
brothers: Saur and Mosko, either 1924
reserves or from the yearling IL, are
other contenders for the tackle ana
guard positions. Waite, on the SCRUBS
last year, is expected to shine at END
or fullback, whichever he may play.
Norton, all-around' tracknan, also Is
making progress in the line. ana may
be a star.
Gormley, McCabe, Nukmanic, Culsi-
nier and eastman have been used at
Quarterback Gormeley and Eastman
were on the varsity squad last Fan,
but the others came up FROM the nrst
year team.
Capt Hagerty, Plansky, Flavin and
Thompson, from last seasons agSre-
CATION, and Buck O'Nein, Donovan
and Dwyer, from the 1925 freshmen,
are the other leading backs, and
there is plenty OF speed anu "eiSht
in the bunch.
Planskv, who weighs 200 pounds,
can run 100 yards in 10 1-5 seconds
and kick with either foot, bids falr 10
be a sensation this year. LaSt
season, his first in varsity foot pan,
he did not take great interest in the
game, but it has been manifested In
practice that it is different this year.
Plansky, Gormley, Flavin and Buck
O'Neill have been punting well wttns
the first and last named also pelns
accurate drop.kickers. Plansky also
oh
with eastman in this respect.
All in all there is not great deal
of worrying on the Hilltop.
G. w. Has Good Men.
George Washington has great
deal of experienced material in It's
squad which returned to town yester-
day evening after 10 days practice
at the University of Maryland,
coach .Maude" Crum of the Hatche-
tites is particularly blessed with a
pair of sterling tackles in .ftayman
and Slaughter and guard who Is
hard to match in Capt. Hotel.
While Crum has by no means picked
his first eleven, he has neen using the
following combination rather regu-
Iarly in the workouts:
Kegley, left end; Hayman, left
tackle; Goldman. left guard; Athey,
\
Slaughter, right tackle; Allshouse,
right end; Lopeman, quarterback;
CIapper, left halfback; Sapp, right
haIfback. and Mock. fullback,
Others who are coming in for al
most as much consideration are: Pat.
terson, Rocherdorfer, Saunders ana
Hughes, ends; Cranky, Miller, Welis
and Barnes, tackles and guards, and
Coleman, Igo, Bishop and Crum,
brother of the coach, backs.
Bishop and Mock have been doing
the punting and both have been
showing up in fine style. Hotel and
Lopeman are the drop-kickers and
both are adept. Sapp, Lopeman and
Coleman have been doing the for
ward passing.
With Blue Ridge College and
Juanita offering the opposition in the
first two games, Crum can afford to
take his time in making definite
selections for the first big contest,
that with Bucknell, at Lewisburg, on
October 10.
MARYLAND Has Problems.
Out at Maryland Coach Curly Byrd
faces quite a different problem. He
must fill six places in the team. three
in the line and d trio on the back
field, before they clash with the
eleven from the Eastern Shore. He
will have to fill them well, too, or
the Old Liners will be in danger of
getting a jolt at the outset of the
campaign.
Like Crum, Byrd has made no
definite selections, although he has
used one line combination rather
regularly. This has been made up
with Supplee and Beatty on ends,
Bromley, Adams and Waters, tackles;
Bonnet and Lanigan, guards, and
Bafford. center. However. at times
Bromley has been at guard, with
Adams playing his old tackle posi-
ton. Then, too. Beatty has been get
ting try-out in the backfeld with
Adams being shifted to end.
Other linemen who figure promi-
nently in the practice sessions are
Granger, Seth, HerZog, Zulick, Wood
ward, Olds, Brown and Coblentz,
guards and tackles; and Rothgeb and
Schaeffer, who have been working at
end and center, and Stephens. who
has been used generally in the pivot
position. A center to back up Baf
ford is one of Byrd's problems.
That Byrd is worried about his
backf1eld is shown In the fact that he
is trying Beatty, regular end last
wear. behind the line. What is lack
lnE- IN the Ddll carriers pTlflcll)dlly as
weight, and Beatty supplies IT'S
pounds of that. He. however. does
not appear to be at home In his new
assignment.
Besley, the only regular back of
last season, on hand; Tenney, the
quarterback, who broke his ankle
early in the 1924 campaign; Whelchel.
Thomas, Charlie Pugh, Linkous, all
from last years freshmen, mad