Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-23
BY Fl. c. BYRD.


~ CACHES of local college foo
ball are bending every energ.
they possess toward the devel
~ opment of teams to throw int
their six opening games mex
Saturday. five of which are to be played
on local fields. And not every coach i
having an easy task getting together
workable combination. Certain it is thai
GEORGETOWN will not be able to throw Its
full strength into the first contest. ano
the other schools have their work cu'
out for them If they expect to line up
as strong eleVenS as they would IKE
Lou Little does not know yet who ne
will pick as his first string outflt. Bara-
bas and Drewry. both fine backs are on
the sidelineS with injuries, and neither
may be able TO take part in the open
ing encounter.
Out at Catholic University Jack Nc
Auliffe is having his troubles. Coach
Crum. at George Washington, seems TO
have a good first string, but no reserve
material and. all in all. every school
except Gallaudet is feeling somewhat
blue over its outlook.
McAuliffe Has Big Job.
Perhaps no coach has a greater task
in front of him than Jack McAuliffe, at
Catholic University. Right now the
squad he has is anything but brilliant,
and if he comes through with fine
team, a team capable of playing good
foot ball and making a good showing,
1t will be almost solely because OF his
good coaching
.dcAuliffe not only has small squad,
but he does not have good deal OF ma
terlal in that squad. He possesses a good
backtield. undoubtedly. but his line does
not measure up to the men behind it.
Catholic U. plays Boston College this
week at Boston, and if Boston College
has a real team the BroOklanders will
be against the toughest kind of propo-
sition. A good backfield without a strong
line is like a wagon without horses TO
pull it or an automobile without wheels,
and that seems to be McAullfte'S pre-
dicament. Anybody who has been hand
ing out press agent material about Cath
Ole Unyersity'S great prospects simply
does not know what he is talking about.
McAuliffe may get out good team, but
If so it will be because Of good coaching
and excellent handling and not because
of the quality of material.
Yesterday the Brooklanders Scrim-
mayed against st. John'5s College OF
Annapolis, and about the only way they
could gain ground was in forward pass
ing And while they could stop st. John
from running the ball they had lot
OF difficulty breaking up passes and
stopping an elusive young man OF the
name of Mccarthy.
It was the lack of development of the
running game of both teams probably
that caused them to be stopped so easily
in that department of play, just as
much as it was any exceptional play on
the aprt of the forwards.
NIcAuliffe intends to use Zeno and
Gerth on the ends in the opening game,
although one of these positions may be
switched. Roche and Smith are about
his best men for tackles. and Menke and
Mullen seem to have the call for the
guard positions. Durso is leading can
didate for center, while the backf1eld
will be made up of Murphy, Champa,
Schmidt and Malevich.
G. U. Holds Scrimmage.
Georgetown scrimmaged for an hour
yesterday against the freshman team.
The Blue and Gray had little difficulty
gaining ground against the yearlings,
but has a good deal of shaping up of
the offense before it will be working
with the clocklike regularity of former
seasons. Georgetown has prospect of
about the hardest opening game on
local fields in that it meets Mount St.
Marys, which is likely to give some spe-
cial preparation for the contest.
Two years ago Georgetown had a
rough battle trimming the Marylanders
and in the last few minutes was pushed
back into its own territory in imminent
danger of having touchdown made