Evening star., 1927-09-04

II DIXON line 10 IouASaottA N'fi
resound the thud of shoe
against pigskin, will ring the Ioices
of coaches as they begin efforts 70
build of human integers highly eff
cient pieces of gridiron machinery
Some few. very few, too. schools may
wait unfit Tuesday to get their men
on the field. hut for practically every
SQUAD of prominence uniforms are
ready for use tomorrow morning.
1t has been month oy more since
notices were sent to probably 300
Southern players to report tomorrow
for their first workouts. Majority
of the letters of notification contained
a reference to the fact that Labor
day is very appropriate day on
which to begin practice, as we'll as
varied instructions for players to get
in condition and be ready to do some
real training Immediately after their
arrival.
Notes of pessimism are few and far
between. While some teams are not
expecting to be quite so strong as a
year ago, not one expects to be weak.
&r1ll are filled with the idea that
whether or not victories are con-
sistently won. they should be strong
enough to give an excellent account
of themselves.
Every school in the South Atlantic
section that ranks well up in the foot
bali world is to begin practice tomor-
row, George Washington and Catholic
University excepted. Both these plan
to have their men on the field We'd
nesday, just two days later than the
others. Georgetown. of course, was
first to open its activities. and it has
a week of practice behind it already.
of
morrow. beating by a small margin
the other local schools. The Old
Liners are to come together tomor-
row morning at 10 o'clock, get their
equipment and hold first practice at
II O'Clock. Practically all the men
left last year from the varsity and
freshman outfits are expected. and
around 40 should be on hand.
Maryland has more men left from
its varsity squad than in MANY sea
sons. Only two regulars are failing
to return, both having graduated.
Mike Stevens, brilliant back, undoubt.
edly Will be missed, as there is no
payer left who can take his place
either IN ability to gain ground or in
general Intelligence and quick, ac-
curate Judgment. Gilbert Dent. who
developed into a fine end, also is not
likely to be replaced by man as
good as he was.
Ofher men who held down regular
jobs In 1926 are slated to begin prac-
I1ce tomorrow. They are: Adams and
Aullck, tackles; Leatherman. end:
Nondrack and Crothers, guards:
Banord. center: Linkous, fullback;
Thomas, halfback, and Kessler, quar-
terback. Pugh. Snyder and Parsons,
all of whom did some good work be-
hind the line in various games, are
to return, as are several of the best
second-string linemen. among them
being keenan,. Winterberg, Fletcher,
Epple and Porter.
One addition to the squad this year
will be Ed Tenney, regular quarter.
back in 1925, who was kept out last
Fall by an operation for appendicitis.
Tenney did exceptionally well in
Spring practice.
From the Freshman squad the
most promising players are Dodson,
Roberts, Evans and Radice in the
backfield, and Young, Mcdonald.
Heintz, Madigan, Heagy and Ribnitzski
in the line. Dodson, while he played
in the backfield last year on the
freshman team, was used at end in
Spring practice and may be held in
that position.
From New Jersey comes reports
that Coach Lou Little is satisfied with
his practice so far. Little in the
nature of rough work has been done,
but Little knows about where he is
because he got a pretty good idea
last Spring in seven weeks OF the
hardest kind of practice. In TACT,
probably the greatest value that
comes from Spring practice is the
knowledge a coach obtains of the men
who are to make up his squad In the
Fall.
With Georgetown already at work,
MARYLAND due to get out tomorrow,
with other big schools in the section
taking the field at the same time,
and George Washington and Catnohc
University to start Wednesday. there
should be no dearth Of foot ball gossip
from now until after the turkeys are
eaten.
West Virginia was the second school
in the East to follow Georgetown into
training camp for foot ball. the
Mountaineers began Thursday and
have been hard at it since that time.
Incidentally, Georgetown ana west
Virginia this Fall furnish one or the
big local games. Georgetown has that
contest carded as most important OK
its season.
John Mcdonald, Maryland freshman
guard of last season, who broke ms
arm early in the Summer, probably
will be out for foot ball, but is not
likely to be able to do much for three
or four weeks. Mcdonald has one
speciality, though, that a sore arm
would not prevent him employing, an
exceptional ability to kick OIL. he
boots the ball across the goal nhe
Just about three times out OF 1our'
which is unusual, considering the nat
way in which the ball Is lald on the
ground for the kickoff.
Western Maryland College, under
Dick Harlow, is expecting another
great team. Last Fall Western Mary
land did so well in some or ITS CON
tests that strong opponents u mao
then were not deslrous of scheduling
games with II this year-and dldn I.
If Western Maryland goes against
strong enough eleyeps this Fali TO
give il real chance to show its met
tie. then more than one foot ball critic
is certain to take notice. 1t has the
material in the personnel or pfh-
liant backtield and a powerful fast
line, Harlow is an excellent coach'
and that combination usually makes
great teams.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute loses
one man from its squad who Is GER
tain not to be replaced, Moran at cen,
ter. Moran was a 200-pounder ana
fast as man around 100 pounds. He
PLAYED foot ball longer than the al
lotted time and had college expefi'
ence that no player of today can ac'
qu!re. and long experience is very
valuable factor, especially in center
who plays a rowing position. Moran
was about half of V. P. is defense
last year and year before.