Evening star., 1927-09-21

~ R1DIEON squads OF four col
leges of the District group,
7 which will play their open
~ ing games saturday. today
were getting in brisk train
Ing work. Georgetown, Catholic Uni
v'rsity, University of Maryland and
American University are the local
s.EHns which will show their wares
A fire for the first time.
CuSh George Baillie Springston is
hustling his American University
charges along for their contest with
Gettysburg College at Gettysburg, Pa.
Although the Methodists held their
first practice last week the full squad
did not report until this week with
the opening of the Fall term. With
a formidable array of experienced
men on the Job along with a number
of new aspirants of tried worth the
Methodists likely will do wen. Capt.
Tom Sawyer, who last Winter also
was captain of the basket ball team,
did not join the squad until yesterday.
Iie is in fine condition, however, and
IL being counted upon to prove the
same tower OF strengt as last season.
A notable new candidate is Wood
son Birthrlcht. former scholastic
star. and brother of Jim BirthriSht,
captain of the American L. team in
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the Methodists' basket ball team.
Many veterans from last season are
again on the job, including Bittinger.
lie Favre. Sullivan, ends; BeGg,
Speer, Gerth, tackles; WolowitZ, Olm-
stead. guards; Caples. center. ana
Shloss and Christie, halfbacks. Roi'
and Parrish. manager, is on the Job.
Home games will be played on the
American University campus instead
of on the gridiron in the Cathedral
close, or in Potomac Park as last year.
The campus gridron will be turned
around so as to run east and west
instead of north and south. thus AZ
fording field large enough for the
games. Bleachers have been ordered
and will be used both for foot ball
and for basket ball in the gym this
Winter
Shena ndoah and Blue Ridge are the
only strictly home games to be played
by the Methodists, though Gallaudet
will be met at Kendall Green.
The seven-game schedule follows:
September e4--Gettysburg at Get.
fysburg.
October S-Shenand0ah.
October 2? - William and Mary
ut Norfolk or Williamsburg.
October 29-Blue Ridge.
November 5-St. Johns at An.
napOlis.
November IL Bridgewater at
November 1s-Gallaudet at Ken
dali Green.
Dissatisfied with their work recent
1y, Head Coach Lou Little yesterday
sent Bob Nork, fullback. and Bucky
O'Neil, halfback on the first-string
Georgetown team, to the second COM
bination and put in their places Bob
Dwyer and Ralph Duplin. Dwyer has
had varsity experience and Duplin
was a member of last seasons Fresh
man team. Dwyer received his letter
last year. but has been laid up with
a cold the best part of the training
period this Fall. He is fast open
field runner and a clever defensive
player. pnpfin has shown well con-
sistently this year. Dwyer and Dup |
lin will keep the places as long as
their work warrants it and until Nork |
and O'Neill ''snap out Of 1t.
Little pointed to the shifts as evil
dence that no player has clinched
regular job with the Blue and Gray,
despite the fact that the opening
game with Lenoir Rhyme is only three
days off, and intimated that there
may be other drastic shake ups
unless the regulars play heads-up
foot ball all the time.
A signal drill and light scrimmage
was the Hilltoppers' program yester-
day.
George McCabe, who is filling the
quarterback post vacated by Bob
Gormley, was in uniform yesterday
and piloted the team, after being kept
out of practice for a week with an
infected foot.
Headed by Coach Jack McAuliffe,
Catholic Cniversity's grid squad will
leave tomorrow morning for Williams.
burg, Va, where the Cardinals will
open their season Saturday night
against William and Mary in game
to be played under electric lights.
The Brooklanders will get in two
drills under the glare so as to be
not wholly at a loss when they take
part in the unique game. The Cardinal
coach has been pleased with the show
ing of Sullivan. McGrath, Malevich
and Smythe, backfield men, and Ray