Evening star., 1926-09-13

v " thought as good as any
that of Alabama, and witt
liant player coming up from the fres
no reason why the men who do the
10 an exceptionally high standard.
lars out of the line, Washington ant
below the standard of a year ago.
"Ty' Raubter, fullback year a
Mike Palmer, great running back in
which the quartet this Fall will be
other player from the regular four OF
The man who comes up to the
30 much is banked is Billy Lott. I
iShed player when he was with the.
and puntlng were exceptional. On,
held goals against the Virginia yearl
Pat Heron, former Pittsburgh
player, has been sending the team
through two workouts daily. The
morning sessions consist mainly of
fundamentals, but the afternoons are
given over to scrimmages. And if
Heron follows in the footsteps of
Jimmie DeHart. who preceded him at
Lexington, there will be plenty of
scrimmage right along, because if
there was anything that DeHart be-
lieved in foot ball it was scrimmage
and then more scrimmage
Fifty-eight Men OH Field.
Washington and Lee has So men
on the field. The Generals have no
lack of material and four full elevens,
with substitutes for each, are running
through their PAGES. Dick Smith.
graduate manager of athletics, Is as
slSting Heron in coaching. j. *.
Thomas, star end of 1925, also is
helping.
Washington and Lee plays it's first
game September % with Lynchburg
College at Lexington. That is an
easy contest, but after that about
the only real chance to rest that the
team is likely to get is ON the train
going back to Lexington after big
games. West Virginia and Princeton
are second and third on the list and
after that come six consecutive con-
tests with Southern Conference elev-
ems, not one of which will be anything
but the toughest kind of battle.
Here is the schedule:
September 25-Lynchburg Col
lege at Lexington.
October 2-West Virginia at
Charleston, W. Va.
October 9-PrincetOn at Prince
October 16-Kentucky at Lexing-
ton.
October a3-GeOrgia Tech at At
lanta.
November 6-Virginia at Char
lOtteSville.
November I3 = Virginia Poly
technic Institute at Lynchburg.
November 20-Maryland at Lex
ington.
November 25-Florida at Jack
sOnyiIle.
1t will be noticed that October 30
has been left as an open date. 1t was
felt that with trips on consecutive
Saturdays to West Virginia, to Prince
ton, to Atlanta and to Kentucky that
an open date before the Virginia game
would be very valuable. Washington
and Lee will use the Maryland game
as it's homecoming celebration. AS
a matter of fact, in making up the
schedules last Fan the Generals were
without a game for that purpose and
It was by n late switch that they got
what they desired.
Some Veteran Players.
Letter men, who are fairly certain
to make their positions again are
Rauber, Tips and Palmer in the back
field: Holt, tackle, and Spots. end
Holt was the best lineman Washing
ton and Lee had and generally was
considered among the most capable
players in his position in the South.
Players, who come to the varsity
from the scrub eleven, who are eX-
pected to do something are Sanders,
Dorsey, Jackson and Towill, ends:
Fisher. Rector. E,igeback. tackles
nnd guards: Stearns, Barclay and
Howe, backs.
Material from the freshman squad
j. better than usual. Three ends who
ought to show something are in train
ing. They are Bell. Bailey and Ebert
Two tackles, Hostetter and FitZpat-
rick, from the freshman eleven seem
to be much better than the average
material drawn from yearling squads
Seligman, Imhoff and Moffett are
guards of whom much is expected, and
Spencer at center is a good player.
Backs from the freshman team. of
whom Lott was the star, are Whit
lock White, Smith, Taylor and Lott.
Last Spring Heron held six weeks
of practice, and he is entirely familiar
with the men, despite the fact he has
never had them in a regular game.
With what he learned from his con-
facts in April and May and from what
he picked up from those even more
familiar with the capabilities of the
men who are TO be under him, Her
ron starts with about as much knoWl-
edge of his men as any coach has.
Has Tough Assignment.
Notwithstanding the excellent ma
terial at his disposal, Heron has a
real task in front of him to measure
up to the team of last year. The Gen
erals a year ago We're strong in every
depart ment and made a brilliant rec
ord About the only contest in which
they were somewhat disappointed was
that with West Virginia. but in all
others they did exceptionally well. AT
Florida they had the game won until
the last two minutes of play, when
long run after a pass produced the
touchdown which gave the F'loridians
the contest by a margin of . points.
w. and i. trimmed V. II. L., Virginia,
Maryland, Kentucky and gave Prince
ton a real battle.
Despite the optimism at Lexington
over the prospects for a good team,
some mighty good foot hall players
were lost. Thomas. captain and end;
Dawes, end: Tilson, tackle; Budnick.
guard; StemmonS. guard; Hawkins.
center, and Van Horne, guard. were
the men who helped carry the Blue
and White so successfully on many
fields in 1925 who now are consplcu-
Gus by the fact that they are not
present.
If Heron and Smith succeed in
turning out a squad TO accomplish as
much as did the one of a year ago,
after the loss of so many good play
ers, both will deserve all the good