Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-07
BY H. C. BYRD.

wv WHILE the University OF Viz
a ginia may not have the
| wv greatest foot ball teams this
v Fall that has ever repre-
sented it, the prevailing
| opinion around Charlottesville Is that
the personnel Of the squad inoicates
very strongly that the team should be
| the strongest in many years. This opin-
ion is based mainly on the fact that
| the line will be experienced and Dig
and fast and the backfeld clever ana
| versatile in all phases OF play.
A Virginia man yesterday made the,
statement that from tackle to tackle
Virginia should have great line, per-
haps its greatest. Taylor at center
will get great support from Day, Wnne
Luke, with either Whalen or Motley,
ought to be great In the tackle posi-
tions. The two guard positions are go
inc to be exceptionally we'll looked after
by Symington, Daniel and Harris. This
part of the line undoubtedly will be the
heaviest Virginia has had in many years
and probably the best. And, inc1den-
tally, all four of the men who were used
on ends last year are back, ready 1or
service. This looks to me ike VT-
ginia year"
Bill Luke, left tackle the last two
wears, is captain, and much is expected
of him, both as player and leader.
He was a good tackle year before last,
a better one last Fall and should be
one of the best in the South before the
end of the present season.
Lefty" Close and John Sloan are
looked upon as the probable stars of the
backfield. Both played brilliantly at
times last Fall, Sloan especially doing
great work in several games. Faulconer,
| Hammer and Pinkerton also are good
backs who saw service regularly in 1927.
Moncure. Cannon, Marchant and
Clarke were the best of the second
string back Of a year ago. 1vey, smith,
| WILLY, Weaver, Lewis and Stouder come
to the varsity from the freshman back
field.
Byrd, Hofheimer, Flippin and Turner
were the ends last season, and 1t is
unlikely that anybody from the fresh
man squad will take from them the
holds they have on the flank positions.
Flippin and Byrd are the best, although
Turner and Hofheimer are little behind
them. Flippin probably is the greatest
all-round athlete Virginia has had in
years.
Best of the linemen coming from the
| 1927 freshman squad are Motley, a
tackle, and Day, center. It Is not likely
that Day will take a regular berth
| away from Taylor, who held the varsity
position. but many seem to think that
| Motley is certain to win regular place.
Virginia undoubtedly has excellent
prospects for one of its strongest teams,
but it lost one man. and possibly another,
who is not likely to be replaced and
who undoubtedly will be missed more
than anybody expects. That man Is
Johnny HuShion, and while he was not
spectacular as a quarterback, he knew
how to run a foot ball team, and be it
known right here not many quarter
backs measure up in that way. Hutter,
| plunging> fullback. also may be not re-
placed so easily as one might think.
Virginia, like most of the other South
ern elevens, has one easy game on its
| schedule, that with Randolph Macon
| on September 20. After that a sue.
| ceSsion of strong opponents is to be
| faced october South Carolina ap-
pears at Charlottesville, and II reports
from Columbia mean anything Virginia
may have hard time taking care Of Its
laurels. October Is Princeton is to be
played and that Is sufficient to let any
body know that the Orange and Blue
will not have easy shedding that day.
Then on consecutive Saturdays are to
follow games with Virginia Military In
stitute at Lexington, Vanderbilt at
Nashville, Washington and Lee at Char
lottesville, Virginia Polytechnic InSti-
tute at Blacksburg, Maryland at Col
lege Park and on Thanksgiving day
North Carolina at Charlottesville.
Tom Ready. Marine foot ball coach,
made his appearance at College Park