Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-26

ist of the month, Tom Ready fast is
whipping together just about as llkeIy
looking aggregation as any that have
worn the colors of Gen. John A. Le-
jeune's outfit in former years OF sue
cessful gridiron campaigning. ANY
college eleven that takes the measure
of the Marines will have to be about as
good as the best and possibly better.
Right now Keady's tackles are not
as good as the pair, Wigmore and
Brewer, who held down the jobs last
season, but as a whole the team Is
eoming along just about as strong
Brougher is not with the squad, but
Wigmore is present as one OF the line
coaches and, of course. is available
to play If Ready needs him.
The ends are playing fine foot ball;
there is an array Of backs that seem
well able to handle their part of the
Job of winning games, and the other
positions also are well taken care of.
For awhile the center position was
bothering Ready considerably, but
fullback, was shifted to see what he
could do as a pivot man. and made
good from the first second he was in
scrimmage.
Players Are Experienced.
Many of Keady's players have hae
experience in college foot ball. Take
Beattie and Whitfield at ends, for in.
stance, The former was a regular fol
three years at North Carolina State
College and the latter for one year al
Kansas Agricultural College. Beattie
weighs close to 1870 and Whitfield
around ITS. Phillips also is playing
end and he is just ABOUT as good as the
two already mentioned. Snlvely comes
from University of Iowa, where he
played tackle on the Freshman team
and he is making good man at tackle
Cobb at the other tackle berth played
only high school foot ball, and with
Spannuth at one of the guards, really
is a product of the Marine Corps sys-
TEN of athletics, which calls for teams
at every post.
Swearingen at the other guard was
guard on the University of Nebraska
eleven that surprised the foot ball
world two seasons ago by cleaning up
Notre Dame. Hart, the former full
back, now at center, had year at Uni
versity of Southern California.
Right now the Marines have no back
who is as valuable an all-round player
as was Duncan, fullback in 1927, who
now is helping Ready coach, but in all
probability do have a squad of backs
with q total value greater than that OF
q year ago. Woods seems to have the
call for the quarterback position
though Dashiell may push him hard
Dashiell was quarterback on the Loulsl-
ana State University freshman eleven
last Fall. Then, of course, there are
the star backs of last year, Shapley
and Levey. The former was brilliant
at Naval Academy before he entered
the Marine Corps. Levey learned his
foot ball with Marines and is a great
ground gamer. DAILY, another back,
played at the University Of Nebraska.
DAILY is exceptionally fast, having been
anchor man on the University OF Ne
hraska 1-r1ile team that broke the
intercollegiate record for the 440-yard
relay championship. Poppleman and
Gotko are the best of the other backs,
and both are likely to render yeoman
service before the season ends.
Plenty of Others.
These players do not comprise third
Of the Marine Corps squad, but they
form the nucleus around which must
be built the machine to represent the
corps this Fall in games that are to
be played In almost every section OF the
as far Southwest as Dallas, Tex. AND
what the Marines have in the way OF a
foot ball squad is truly representative
of the fine organization the Marine
Corps is. The squad, as individuals
and as a team. plays just as clean ana
centlemanly foot ball as any college
team. and no other kind OF foot ball
would be countenanced. :,
Primarily, the Marine Corps foot ball
team owes its existence to the interest
of Gen. John A. Lejeune in athletics
and the value of athletics IN training
men. Gen. Lejeune last year In a brief
talk to the Marines and Maryland
squads said: 81 believe in athletics be-
cause of the character that is built on
the the athletic field, because of the
morale that is developed thereby, be-
cause of the qualities of leadership and
Initiative that are built, but above all
for the fine lessons of sportsmanship
and self-control that they teach our
men. It seems to me that the lessons
of self-control, self-sacrif1ce of indi-
vidual for the benefit of the whole
workmanship and perseverance are the
most valuable products of the foot ball
field. want our Marine Corps teams
to keep this aim paramount at all
times"
Maj. Fegan in Charge.
The real work of getting the men to-
rether for the Marine Corps squad every
Fail devolves on Mai. Fegan, personnel
officer of the corps. Maj. Fegan, Incl
dentally, is a great believer in foot ball
and he puts his fine personality and
aggressive way. of doing things into the
building of a team each year that could
hardly be anything other than sue
cessful.
OF course. Coach Tom Ready is Mai
Fegan's right bower in the making of a
team, because after the component
parts are brought together it is Keady's
Job to mold those parts into a ma
chine. And Ready does just that and
does it as well as anybody could. In
fact, the country might be searched
fitted to handle the Marine teams could
not be found. Ready knows men
knows how to get the most out OF
men, knows foot ball and how to teach
1t, and with all that has the kind OF
personality that makes men like him
Nothing more is needed to make gooo
foot ball coach.
Marines may or may not win al
their games this Fall They have wor
all their games for the last two years
But be that as it may turn out to be
whether they win or whether they lose
not one opponent of the Marines will
have any cause to regret that 1t hao
the game scheduled.
A gentlemanly fine crowd of fellows
some Of them commissioned officers
ball team, which will play clean foot
ball and to which it is not a disgrace
to lose and from which it is triumph
to win,