Evening star., 1927-09-18

land play at home, the former havin.
Lenoir Rhyme as its opponent anC
Maryland engaging Washington Col
1ege. Catholic L. goes TO Williamsburg
for a contest with William and Mary
which game is To enjoy the unusua
distinction Of being played s O'CLOCK
at night. under electric lights.
Practically nothing is known of ths
team which is TO face Georgetown. L
may bring here an eleven of consider
able strength, but the chances are j.
will be only the average OF its type
Washington College has for severa
years had the opening place on the
Maryland schedule hut so far has
not been able to register a victory
though 1t has put up some good
games
William and Mary has been strons
for the last two seasons and will fur
nish catholic University with all the
opposition it desires and perhaps
more.
None of the local elevens is in very
good shape right now, though they
probably are about as far advanced
as they could expect TO be. The
weather has been so hot that it has
been next to impossible to put in
much time in real practice. nor have
sessions been long enough to any
tIlHS like PERFECT SpIllS VI INV
chanical details necessary TO good foot
ball.
Catholic University is to have about
the same team that represented it 4
year ago. and ought to he stronger
Georgetown has back a good part of
its 1926 squad, but seems to lack
some of the weight that it had then.
Maryland has in its lineup eight of
the eleven players who carried on
last season. and if it does not miss
too much the clever Mike Stevens
should he able to give a good account
OF itself.
The Washington College Maryland
game and the Lenoir- Rhyme contest
are to he played at College Park and
on the Hilltop, respectively. Both are
to begin at o'clock. All Georgetown
games, after the second one, will take
place at Griffith Stadium.
Some Of the big Northern schools do.
not open their schedules until the
first Saturday in October, and most
Of the Western Conference elevens do
not play until then, but Southern and
Eastern teams generally start their
play this week. Practically every
school in the South is scheduled to
play its first game Saturday. Virginia
has a game with Randolph-Maconf for
it's initial test. while Virginia Military
Institute plays Richmond and Fir-
ginia Polytechnic Institute is to enter
tain Roanoke. Lynchburg College is
to be at Washington and Lee. North
Carolina State meets Elon College and
University of North Carolina faces
Wake Forest.
North Carolina is the one big South
Atlantic eleven that has real task
on it's hands. judging by what has
transpired in the last three seasons.
Wake Forest has given the Tarheels
q trimming in the opening game IN |
recent years, which fact is not rest |
ing any too asily on the Chapel I'M |
minds. or hearts, either. No doubt
North Carolina would hsil with keen |
delight a good victory over the Bap- |
tiSt school.
Penn State, Syracuse, Pennsylvania. |
West Virginia. Lafayette. Dartmouth, |
Brown, New York University, Army
and Washington and Jefferson are the
strongest Of the Northern elevens due
to open their schedules. Not one has
a game figured to give it any kind of
a test. though West Virginia Wesleyan
may prove a stubborn opponent for
West Virginia.
Marines and Maryland engaged in
an hour of scrimmage yesterday morn
at College Park. The teams showed a
10. of potential foot ball but both were
so ragged in their movements it was
almost impossible to give very good
idea of how well they are coming
along or how much may be expected
of them later in the year.
Alan Shapley. star in Eavys back.
field a wear ago. got into action for
the first time as a Marine back ana
he evidently has lost nothing of his
ability as lodging runner because he
went for good gains around ends sew
eral times. He proved not only dif-
ficult to tackle but also very fast in
a straightaway run. He will gain
good deal of ground for Tom keadys
team before the end of the season.
1t was thought that the absence OF
several of the stars Of the Marine /
Corps eleven of 1925 would materially !
weaken the team, but 1t seems that |
plenty of material is available for an. |
other strong combination. Especially |
ia this true of the first string outfit |
1t does not appear, from the little |
work done so far. that the second
string eleven will be anywhere near |
up to the standard OF the hrst. |
although it may develop more rapidly !
1T some special attention.
In the first two weeks Of foot ball |
practice the so-called varsity. usually |
shows up much the better because the |
coaches give it the bulk of their at |
tention in order to insure a fairly good |
representation in the early games. =,
Then as the season goes on more at |
tention is paid the second string ma |
ferial and the difference between the !
lu 1aCS "a nd 1o.C
pecially If their is not too great dis |
parity in material.
Tom Ready has two fine fellows as !
sieting him in coaching the Marine !
s1uad. Capt. Emmett W. skinner and |
Lieut.. Elmer T.. Hall are handling the
line and hackfield and acting as gen !
eral all-round aids. Both are the type
of men who are not only exceedingly
we'll versed in foot ball, but also have
personalities that make them liked by
all with whom they come in contact. !
And while he does no coaching. !
probably one OF the men most directly
responsible for the success of the
Marine Corps in foot bali in recent
wears and one of tie most popular
chaps in the corps. is Maj Fe2an, ,
general athletic officer. There may he !
something else in his life in which !
Mai. Fegan takes greater pride than
in the Marine Corps foot ball team, /
hut nobody has ever learned what il
eaay be-
And il one gets down 10 real facts.
what has been said of the above men
might almost be said OF all the Marine
corps. officers and men. because. so
far as the writer has been able Ia
learn. the corps has no other kind.
The former Maryland foot ballers
Il opnh work in the Marine
.-orns games of the last three sea sons
are scattered to the four corners of
the earth almost. Joe Burger is in
China lack McQuade is in Mica. |