The Washington times., 1928-10-04
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By George A. Simpson

District football fans VIII
have a peek at the NOtre Dame
system Saturday afternoon
when North Carolina University
combats Maryland at 2:3O
o'clock in the Byrd Stadium
at College Park, Md. This is
the leading game billed here
Saturday and thousands are
expected to wend their way
to the battle grounds.
Three former Notre Dame grid.
ders are coaching the Tarheels; anu
they have impaired hnute Rockne
principles TO the North '.a dIt,Iil
nlayers. Head Coach Chuck Collins
.las,ed end on the famous 1924
Notre Dame eleven tnat Won the
national collegiate championship.
Assistant Coach Bill Cerney was a
member of the 1924 reserve back
field ~ Notre Dame. and Assistant
Coach Rex Enright Was fullback
In 1925.
The. Ta.hseis are wei versed in
fhe Knl1la hockne tactics aCd their
suppor4a,s are looking forward 10
a hanney season on the gridiron
The 9th, rners last basked III
football s1ahght in 1879 When they
were a -knowledged as &C Soutn
AtIanti champs and tied Van 1erbilt
and Tulane for the Southern Con-
ference honors.
The TarheeIs have stormy
road IN travel this year. There
are m rose bushes in their
maths. They opened last Satur-
ilay with a sIashing 60 victory
over Wake Forest. team tnat
had for the three preceding
years defeated the Chapel Hill
delegation.
After the tunnult with the Terra
,nins at College Park. they travel TO
Cambridge. Mass. for a session with
I5aryard. Harvard and North Caro-
Iinas clashed last in 1915, the Grim.
son winning by 21-0 margin.
The Tarheels will then return home
for ENGAGEMENTS with V. z. l.. and
Georgia Tech. the 1927 Southern
Conference titleholders.
Conflicts then follow with North
Carolina. 1897 State football champs;
Davidson, South Carolina, con-
uuerors of Chicago Y. last Satur.
day: Virginia, traditional rival, and
Duke University.
:. North Carolina has veteran
aggregation, com posed of IL let
ter men and a wealth or sophmore
and reserve material from 1877.
The first-string backfield lnciudes
Jimmie Ward. the running and pass
=
haIfback; Albert Whisnant, quarter
hack and Eddie Foard, fuIlback.
Promising among the new back
field candidates are Erickson and
wyrick. sophomore field generals
Jimmie Maus, StrudwicR Nash,
Phil Jackson and Leon SpauldinGs.
halfbacks: and Pep Harden and
Henry House, fullbacks. They
were prominent in the overwhelm-
ing conquest of Wake Forest.
The line is centered on Capt.
Harry Schwartz, mentioned as
AII-SOuthern Conference center;
Bud Shuler, guard; Ray Farris
and Shine Howard, tackles and
OdeII Sapp. end. Other out
standing linemen are Holt and
Fenner, ends: Warren, Adkins
Eskew, Hudson, guards, and
Lipscomb, center. Earl DOna-
hoe, letter guard last year, re-
turned to the school only
short time ago and has not
rounded into shape.
Schwartz, who will lead the Tar
heels against the Old Liners, is
considered one of the best centers
in the South. He was a top per
former last year and his play was
always bright. He stands feet 10
inches and weighs 100 pounds and
will oppose George MadiGan, who
was schooled at Eastern High
Madfgan will he ten pounds lighter
than Schwartz.
Eight of the eleven pigskinners
who will wear the Black and Old
Gold of Maryland were taught the
kindergarten football in the District
high schools. They are Charlie
Dodson, left end Bill Heintz. left
guard George Madigan, cente...
John Mcdonald. right tackle: Al
Heagy. right end: Gordon Kessler.
quarterback; AUgie Roberts, lett
halfback, and Bill Evans, right
halfback.
Roberts comes from Central
High; Heintz and Madigan from
Eastern High: Heagy from
Western; Mcdonald, KessIer and
DOdson from Tech, and Evans
from Business.
Jack Keenan,, left tackle. and
Gus Crothers. right guard, are
Pennsylvanians. Snitz Snyder,
fullback, halls from Elkton, Md
Head Coach Curly Byrd drove hrs
INSISTING outfit through a terrific
scrimmage with the substitutes yes
terday. The scrubs used mostly
North Carolina plays and Coacr
Byrd depicted the manner in which
EVery Tarheel formation operated.
TROUSERS