Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-11

stronger eleNenS than In l9-b VIII DE
developed in all local colleges. And
that does not mean that Georgetown
will not have q strong team, but SIM
ply that the men are not showing up
so we'll considering the kind OF SEIZED.
ule Georgetown is to play. The other
colleges have back so many of their
last-year men. though, that they can
not very well avoid having elevens
capable of putting up good battles.
Georgetown feels that the absence
OF Thompson, who last Winter was
elected to captain the team. and who
was expected to do some brilliant
ground gaining, Is going to hurt con.
siderably. Also it is said that Ma
roney, Giimartin, Scott and Flynn
could well be used il they were back.
Frank McGrath and Carl Waite, ends.
finished their collegiate careers a year
ago, and two ends of their caliber are
not picked up every day.
While those that follow Georgetown
usually bank on a good team just be-
cause Georgetown nearly always has
a good team, a man who has been at
the Blue and Gray camp in New Jer-
sey since practice started is not Opt.
mistic by any means In fact. he feels
that the team ia not showing the way
ii has for the last several seasons
New Team Is Sought.
"The boys locked so bad in their
workouts last week" was this man
opinion. that we simply disregarded
Our last years varsity and divided the
squad into three equal parts and let
them go to ii all this week, with the
idea of making an entirely new team.
We thought this might inspire some
of the 1925 freshmen to work harder
10y giving them better chances to
make the varsity. We have only the
lineman who approaches zoo, and that
is Mosko. The others range down
from $50 to 100, which is sure evil
dence that on. team will not be
nearly so heavy this year."
But Notwithstanding this note of
pcssimism, Georgetown probably will
have a team good enough to make
West Virginia and all others it is to
play do some real thinking. The Blue
and Gray always has been a hard
team to beat. and this year in all
probability will find just about the
same condition.
George Washington, Catholic Uni
versity, Gallaudet and Maryland have
back so many of their 1925 players
that they ought to turn out strong
teams, even il their schedules are such
that the may not win many games.
And all these teams d1 face strong OPP
position almost from beginning to END
of their seasons.
Little talking is being heard freifl
any !. the coaches of local squads
They either do not care to commit
themselves or they know that foot
hell is such precarious proposition.
even when things look best. that the
Intelligent attitude for them to take
In to Keep uuiet and let results speak.
Georgetown loses more men than
any of the. other schools. GaIlaudet
has back it's best men and some prom
ising new players besides. George
Wa shington faces only one loss that
II is likely to have much dimculty
filling. while Catholic University ana
MARYLAND are pretty much in the same
BOAT.
Hard Games Plentiful.
All local schools have exceptionally
hard games to play, and I'm the ease
az Marvland. especially. the first game
excepted. all are hard. And this year,
Maryland's opening game may be far
more difficult than it expects. George
Town has contests with West Vir-
Ginia, Syracuse, Boston College, Ford
ham and Lafayette. And, incident.
ally, may find some hard shedding
with Davis and Elkins. Maryland
takes on the best of Southern eleyens
and Yale without a let-up on any
week end, while George Washington
meets Fordham and Penn State. and
some other teams that will not be
easy. Catholic University plays hard
schedule, and schedule. the worst
part of which, is that if the Brook
landers win they will not get much
credit ST. Xavier of Cincinnati. for
instance, is going TO be a difficult
eleven TO face i'm all proba bility. yet
if the Brookla nders win they will get
little credit for their victory.
Tom Ready, head foot ball coach Of
the Marine Corps, Is well pleased with
the squad he has working under. him
at College Park. This is the finest
bunch / have had since I've been
connected with the Marine Corps"
SAYS Ready. land one could hardly
desire a more high-class aggregation
from which to mold a foot ball team.
They tell me the Marine Corps always
has been noted for the excellence of
it's personnel. but even at that we
have what seems TO me the pick of
the organizat ion. And we ought to
If i do say it myself"
One difficulty with coaching the
Marine Corps squad is that two COM
plete and separate teams must be
developed. That means that the men
must be so used that a complete team
of non-commissioned players may be
put on the field. That is made neces-
sary by the fact that the Marines
play an annual game with the Army
for the service championship, and the
game is between teams of enlisted
men. Only one commissioned officer
is allowed to play for each eleven in
that contest. In all other games the
Marines take part in the team is
made up of both enlisted men and
commissioned officers, the strongest
combination possible being put on the
field, irrespective Of rank.
Foot ball squads during their early
stages of development are far differ
snt from what they are around Novem-
Der J. When a team first Is picked
and lined up, il anything could he
found 10 look slower and more cum
bersome. then no coach has ever found
It,. Plays do not seem to fit the play.
ers. the timing of plays is not exact.
and the individuals making up the
team, with some few exceptions. seem
too slow to get out of their own way.
A man came back to Washington once
after watching Harvard practice be-
fore its first game. He stated en-.
phatically that Harvard had a bunch
of clumsy cows" who would not win
a game. Yet Harvard had remark
ably strong team that year. ANY foot
ball squad looks bad in its first two