The Washington times., 1928-11-09
BY Louis A. Dougher

Zube" Sullivan S doughty
little st. John s football eleven
has yet to win game this sea-
son. But are the boys down
hearteda No!
Today the st. johns lads. aver
aging but 131 pounds, are to tackle
Business high but as they have al
ready run up against the much big
ger. older and faster Catholic Uni
versity freshmen, the Vermont Ave-
nue. kids are not worrying much.
In fact, they have become rather
accustomed to being the under dog.
Yesterday the st. Johns squad
took it's final workout before rum
ing up against Lynn WoOdworth's
Stenographers and, IL you happened
to be down there on the Tidal Basin
aridiron, you may have taken peek
at that peewee center Vincent
Berger.
Berger undoubtedly is the
smallest player on any school
team i'm the District. He is only
ii wears old and just makes the
scales move at % pounds.
"He,s all right. though" smiles
Coach szube'' Sullivan. a star tackle
at Georgetown six years ago. he
makes for lack of weight by his
speed pep and fighting ability. And
ne rievers gets hurt. He seems
made OF whalebone, that boy.
Coach Sullivan is enthusiastic
about the condition of athletics at
st. Johns, and he gives all credit
to Brother Martin.
.sBrother Martin is the man 10
praise" says Zube. He is heart
and soul behind athletics for the
boys and, as a natural result. the
boys are taking to it in fine shape.
We're going to have fast basket
bali team and hope to equal our
fine work of last season when we
won the championship. Then in
the spring we have a fine baseball
team. l told Lou Little only the
other day that inside of two years
his GeorgetowR infield would be all
st. Johns boys Mark my predic-
ton, for it's going to come true.
'No, we haven't won game
yet. but. we've made everybody
hustle to beat Iis. Best of all
our only touchdown was made W
team, George Washington. My
boys don't go to pieces Just be-
cause they happen to be de-
feated."
Tech, much bigger and heavier,
won from st. Johns, 80 to 0, and
then George Washington frosh just
old win, 13 to s. Ken Simmondinger's
speedy Gonzaga played tag with
st. Johns to win, AZ to o. Eddie
LaFond's Catholic University fresh.
men mopped up the Vermont
Avenue lads, Ss to 0, but the
Brooklanders were men in con-
Coach Sullivan has just IS
players In uniform. the oldest II
and the youngest 10 years old.
Oddly enough that youngest lis also
one Of the biggest boys in the
squad.
Turk" Daley weighs 16e pounds,
yet he is only 13 years DID," re-
marked Coach Sullivan. "Of course
his frame hasn't settled growing yet
but when it does. he ought 10 make
q fine athlete
hAS AhS SuuC Ut btues on the
left wing are brothers, John
Yeatman and Kenneth Yeatman.
sons OF a prominent Capital at
torney. John, at left end, is Is
years old and weighs but 118
pounds, while his brother has
two years on him and weighs
I36 pounds to fill the left tackle
berth.
o'Hanlon. left guard is Is and
weights 1875; Berger, the peewee
center. is IA and weighs SO, with
Rodier. right guard, IL and weigh
ing 140 pounds. Roache. whose
father was a star athlete at George
town University. plays right tackle
and is II years old and weighs 155
pounds. He is the heaviest regular
on the squad.
Quarterback Augusterfer is Is and
weighs but 120 pounds Hudson. prob
ably the best OF the backs is II and
weighs 1873 pounds Morris, back, is
1ss and weighs 1870 pounds Bruce
Rogerson fullhaclS is 16 years old
and weighs 14O pounds.
st. Johns has but five extra play
ers, Mccarthy and Reds" Croger
for the backfield and Turk" Daley,
Fats" King and Wildt for line posi-
tions
eve finish our season on Novem-
ber % with Eastern High and will al
once begin preparing for the basket
ball season" explained Coach Sulli-
van. I'VE keep,the boys in shape all
the time so that they'll grow up to
be strong, healthy men.
"But, say, don't forget to hand
the boost to Brother Martin,
He's the man standing right be-
hind the movement to keep st.
Johns TO the forefront as body
builder in addition to brain
builder"
Sullivan, whose home is in Holyoke,
Mass, has been at ST. Johns three
years, following a term at Gonzaga.
Graduating from Georgetown in
1923, he closed a fine football career.
His work at tackle against lafayette
in 1922 will never be forgotten by
those seeing 1t. for he played against
two men that day and conquered
them. l