Evening star., 1925-09-14

The Haskell Indians omen their sea j.
son with Drury College. while the only
other two contests listed are at Allen
Town and Selinssgrove, Pa. with
Muhlenberg and Stroudsberg Normal
meeting at the former place and SUE
Guehanna and Beckley at the latter.
These games mean nothing in
way yet they viii be Interesting In
mat they are the frst games Also.
they will be Of considerable value to
the coaches who have teams engaged
In them. because from all first games
come valuable suggestions
Hot weather has been botherinx the
Virginia squad. Ii il report ed that the
thermometer has been only a little he.
low the 100 mark during the daiIv
workouts. That Is not very satisfac-
Tory. either, as 10 is said that Hamp-
Hen-S1dney. which opens Eirginia's
schedule September IS. is remember.
Ing its fin~ game of la year at Char.
iottesviife. especially a. II believes
that II has better team than then.
Penn State is bemoaninE tho loss
of Provost its star tackle and place
kicker. of A year ago. Incidentally. Pre-
rost IL ineligible because he PLAYED
10 minutes against Pittsburgh in
1922. That game with Pitt was the
only contest in which Provost took
part as varsity PLAYER that year.
hut II is sufficient TO bar him under
present eligibility rules.
Ge0rgefOwn's foot ball SQUAD. after
two weeks of strenuous workouts on
the Jersey coast, is due back TODAY
10 continue its preparation on the
Hilltop. The Blue and GRAY SQUAD
is said TO have greater possibilities
seven than were looked for. even by
mead coach. who admittedly was
very optimistic Punrins, depart
ment In which itFwas thought there
might ne some weakness. is, instead
of showing up as weak section,
doing just the opposite. One man
Speciallv-O'Neil-a member OF the
freshman team year ago, is re-
ported to have been doing excellent
work AS far as the rema inder of
the team is concerned. those who
know most about the Hilltop's foot
ball outlook never even doubted at
any time what the showing would
be when practice started. and right
now they have no doubt about the
kind of record the team will make
Catholic University. George Wash
ington and University Of Maryland
have just about wound mp their CON
ditioning practice and this week will
start in on the development of some
thing that seems as if II were foot
,ball-that is, provided the weather
does not continue as hot az 1t has
heen. IT is literally Impossible to
tease. plead or drive men into any
senblance OF energy while the
weather conditions are what they
are. especially when men are tog-
ged out in heavy foot ball clothes.
which they must he If they are to
he put through real foot ball PAGES
With the exception of one or two
men who may or may not come out
this Fall. the University of Maryland
has out for it's team all the men it
will have out as a varsity squad.
Those that have not yet showed up
are Dent. a second string end who is
counted on considerably: Cardwell. .
second string back last season: Leath-
erman, big substitute lineman on
the freshman eleven in 1924. and
Rouis, a last years scrub lineman.
Incidentally. the three athletic fields
AT the University of Maryland seem
almost alive with foot ball players.
George Washington has between %
and 80 men out there. Tech High has
30 and Maryland itself has 81. Which
makes close to 100 men going through
foot hall practice every day.
Gailaudet plans IN begin It's prac-
tice September %. nearly two full
weeks after the other local schools.
Not much has been said about Gal
Iaudet's prospects. but Coach Hughes
feels that despite several losses he will
he able to turn out creditable eleven
II Is reported that Bailey and Nut.
ter. who played in the end positions
for Virginia Polytechnic Institute
last year. may not return. Even if
they do not Coach Cubba &c is well
supplied with end material.
LIehigh University is to open its
schedule October 3. and it's first game
viii be g dedication affair for new
stadium at Dickinson College. 1t Is
unusual to dedicate field on the first
Saturday a team plays.