Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-15

mentions putting on heavy pads al
lucky if anything less than death by
interested in foot bail, those charg
dent TO the beginning of practice
compelled not only to think about
active preparations for the first pra
And. furthermore. college men
arc beginning to think in terms OF I
represent their schools during Septc
If the question. What kind Of 4
team are we going to have this
Fall?" has been asked once in the la st
two weeks it has been asked thou
sands OF times. Whenever college
man runs across another man from
his college that is the first query
after "lloW are things coming
along" And if the one queried Is
from another college the only vari-
alton of the question is to substitute
YOU for we" And that makes
tho interest none the less great
especially if the teams of the two
particular schools are to meet on
some date in the next three months.
Georgetown Starts First.
Georgetown will be the first school
I'm the South to start practice. 1t
plans to leave here the last OF Ad-
gust and begin actual practice the
first DAY OF September. George
Washington and Catholic University
have for years got their squads out
for workouts around September 10
a custom which probably will be ad
hcred to next month At least, no an
nouncoment has been made of any IN
tended departure from it. Gallaudet
also begins it's practice around the
middle of September. usually getting
q later start than the other schools.
MARYLAND is scheduled to get Its
squad out on Monday, September 3,
the day on which all schools in the
Southern conference are TO begin
practice In all probability September
s will find more foot ball squads TAX
ing the field than any other day OF
the whole fall. as not only all the
squads of the. % r. schools In the
Southern Conference are slated to De
gin then. but practically all other
schools in the South are to open up
al the same time. Most of the other
schools play one or more conference
institutions, and under the contracts
signed for their games they must
operate under the same rules as the
conference party to the contract.
George Washington, Catholic Uni
Versity and Gallaudet are to have
back. according to report, the bulk
OF the material which made up their
teams last Fail. None of these schools
suffered to any great extent through
graduation, but Georgetown and Mary
land were hard hit. The Hilltoppers
and the Old Liners will miss familiar
faces when their squads line up for
first charges down the field, faces that
meant dependability and brill1ance IN
Eridirou performance. Ana such
characteristics in foot ball players are
neither general nor easily developed
stars are Graduated.
MurIaugh and lavish. two Of
Georcctowns most dependable line
men for three years: Plansky.
iIegarty and Meter, stars in the
backtield. will no more be seen in
Blue and Gray suits. Georgetown
may have some good players coming
from its freshman squad of last Fall,
but if it is to have as good or better
team than represented it, then it's
team will have to show Improvement
in other ways than In the prowesS
Of individuals who hold down posi-
tons vacated by these men.
Maryland loses both its regular
ends. Supplee and Beatty. and both its
substitute ends; and. to make the end
1925 freshman team failed in their
scholastic work. Also it has no
guards from the varsity of last year,
Bonnet. Bromley. Lanigan and one
or two others of less ability having
wound up their collegiate careers.
Waters. who has played tackle for
three years. and Beatty, end for the
last two seasons. will be back in
school. but will not be eligible eBatty
has had only two years of foot ball.
hut n quirk Of Southern Conference
rules bars him from further par
tiCipatiOn.
MarylandS line situation is far
from encouraging. In all probability
several members of the Old Line fo1 .
ward wall this Fall will never have
taken part in college foot ball game.
and at least two prospective members
# it have never played in any kind of
q contest.
Real sport Promised,
The situation throughout the en-
tire country seems Ia indicate much
for good foot h4ll New coaching
systems have been instituted at
several places, and for the most part
are expected to bear good fruit.
Where coaching systems have been
long established no word of com
plant about prospects has been
heard. In fact. 50 we'll developed
have become the foot hall orgHniZA-
ions in the larger schools that losses
IN material are contemplated from
year To wear and attempts made to
develop new material so. that men
will he ready to step into the shoes
Of those lost. The times when
IN
this machinery are when men fail in
scholastic work or for some other
reason leave school unexpectedly.
And coaches very often have to con
tend with such cases.
Take Their Medicine.
But the good coach If today is not
one TO howl about his handicap. He is
rather a man OF high typo. who takes
his ppointmentS and SothaCkS in
much the same spirit as would the
good business man. The coach has
his job t. handle. and he knows that
If he is To I've Successful in keen com
petition he has little time to waste in
hemoaninG what might have been.
And that is why colleges are begin
ring Ia back more consistently and
generally the coach when he does not
turn out a winner. even though
alumni and others may howl for
scalp.
That. however is depressing some
what from an all too brief discussion
Of the general outlook for the grid
iron sport Up North the indication
are that strong teams will again he
turned out. Dartmouth loses its
great forward passer, but indications
are anything other than that Dart
mouth expects poor team because Of
that
Harvard Yale ana Princeton arc say
ing nothing but the latter two look
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