Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-21

NH ANY stalwart players will be
M missing when sCaooiboy
vi .gridiron squads hereabout
1 4 begin preparation for the
season within the next few
weeks. Not few highclass per
formers, however, will again be at
hand. and the general quality OF play
should be just about as high.
In the public high group, Western
doubtless has been the heaviest
loser Valuable performers whose
places Coach Dan Ahearn will have
to nh include Fred Owens, 1926 cap
tain, center and halfbaCk, Bobby
stevens Ieckie Cox and Roger
Thornett, halfbacks Sam Coombs.
lineman: Warren Rabbit, end and
guard: Bill Park. guard, and Norman
HiIeary, quarterback. The big
mentor will have a man-siZed job 10
! turn out a team TO match that which
tied Tech last Fall. However, he will
have available a number Of sturdy
veterans. including Capt. Bob VIII
son. guard; Dooley Mitchell, Eddie
Brownfield and Don CARRIER. backiield
dependables. and others, and hopes
TO develop q combination that Will
make things interesting for rivals.
Each Of the other public institu-
lions also lost gridmen of real ability
Central Loses Dependables.
! Central will have 10 get along with
| out such dependables as Parke and
| Sargent. ends; Sweet, tackle; Michael
| son, center; keren, guard. and Black
| istone and Baum, backs. Seasoned
| performers upon whom Coach Mike
| Kelley will be counting heavily are
| Bill Simmons. quarterback. Rodgers,
| guard; Sproul. tackle, and Gene
| Stevens and Tubby Ault, backheld
/ huskics.
| Tech has lost such outstanding war
riOrs as Shaw Blackstone, quarter
! back; Henry Mcdonald and Frank
| Stutz, tackles, and Paul Casassa. end
and halfback, but Coach Hap Hardell
will have a group of fine pigskinners
around which to mold his eleven, in
| Guiding. among others, Arthur
/ kriemelmeyer, fullback; John Ritter,
| Howard Florence, backs; Ward Och
mann, guard, and Bradley Edelbut ana
| Wilson Hissey, ends.
| In fact, the outlook now is that the
| Manual Trainers will have the
| strongest eleven in the title series.
| They are in decidedly different posi-
! ton than last Fan. when Hardell start
| ed with a bunch that for the most
| part was light and inexperienced.
However. Hap contrived to build a
| team that all but captured the crown,
and with the veteran timber that is
available this year, Techs followers
are convinced that their team stands
an excellent chance of achieving the
| championship.
| GuyOn Faces Big Task
| Charley Guyon. Eastern mentor,
/ l. To-
ments for such capable boys as Buck
| O'Brien, fullback, a player whose de-
| fensive work was one of the high
spots Of the 1926 series; James (Sap)
| Altman and Joe Cosimano. backs; Bur
| ton Langhenry and Wilson Zambreny,
quarterbacks; Brashears, tackle, and
| Harry Butt. James Hughes, John
Quinn and Henry Ronning. Among
| hardy players who will be on the job
again are Lawson, Lamar and Wither-
| lite, ends; Dawson, center; Hayden,
| Pyles and Nalley, guards; Holland.
| Fisher and Shipstead, tackles, and
| Munro, center.
| Main Business losses include Ed
| Marosy, tackle; Randy Shreve, guard,
and Paul Dobrowolski and Tony Stew
art, fullbacks. Coach Lynn Wood
| worth, who is returning to the Stenog
SCtiOOI dIlSF II year iedFe OF absence,
| has bunch at hand that packs a
| deal Of ability and experience, and
| Business should, it appears. have a
| sturdy eleven. Players of tried worth
who will be on the job are Charley
| May, quarterback; Bernard and
| Revelle Jones. halfbacks; Henry Ga
| lotta and Davis, ends; Silverman and
| Mullican, guards, and Early, center.
GOnzaga Team RiddIed.
| Gonzaga's crack team has been rid.
| died by graduations and. if Coach Ken
| meth Simondinger is TO turn out a
| team comparable to Purple combina-
| tons of recent years, he will, indeed,
| have to "step on it,
| Just three members Of the sterling
! eleven that represented the / Streeters
! in 1925 remain: Capt. Brew. end: Gar
| vim, fttllback, and Tobin tackle Johnny
| Bozek sensational halfback and bang
| up allaround athlete; Barney Nolan
| and Augusterfer. guards: Eddie Du-
gan, fullback; Fitzgerald. Tracey. half