Evening star., 1928-06-13
-FOUR WILL START
ON OLD LINE TEAM
Faber, Youthful Coach, Also
Capital Product-Frays
viii Be CoiorfuI.

Beyond the fact that they will be
seeing the four best lacrosse teams in
the country in action Saturday when
MARYLAND plays Navy and Army tackles
HOPKINS at the Central High Stadium,
local fans, will have personal interest
in the Old Line twelve. which is coached
by a Capital City youth and numbers
five players from washington on the
squad of Is, four of whom are regulars,
Jack Faber. who played foot ball and
basket ball for Eastern High, and who
developed into one of the best lacrosse
players in the country after going to
College Park. is the Old Line mentor.
He is coaching his first year. having
graduated from the playing ranks only
last season, and has had phenomenal
success despite the fact that he started
the season with comparatively green
squad.
Maryland won 10 of IL games during
the regular season and last Saturday in
the first double-header play-of decisive
ly scored over Rutgers.
Four Due TO Start.
Charles Dodson, point; Albert Heagy,
first defense: Bill Evans, second at
tack. and Slater Davidson, center are
the four washington boys who are
regulars on the team. Augue Roberts,
valuable attack man, also is Capital
lite Dodson attended Tech. Evans went
to Business. Heagy and Davidson are
Western products, while Roberts is
former Centralite. None of them had
played lacrosse before entering the Old
Line institution.
While Maryland will claim its legion
Of followers here. Navy and Army also
are home" teams to q great extent
and are certain to have plenty Of en-
couTagement from the stands. Then,
too. Hopkins being in Baltimore. Wash
ington's sister city the Blue Jays will
bring over an array of lusty supporters.
That there will be plenty Of color
TO the games is assured. Service teams
always are colorful, the Naval Academy
and West Point particularly so, while
Maryland also Is characterized by that
same pep and dash Hopkins Is more
staid. with its black and blue colors,
but is a power on the lacrosse field.
Army Presents Gridders.
Arnay's lineup win read a great deal
like the foot ball array who took the
field in the big games last Fall. Among
here are such luminarieS as Light
Horse Harry Wilson, Born, HarboId,
Seeman. Saunders, Anderson and Allen.
ii viii be the first time, too. that an
Army team ever has played In WASH
tngton-
Maryland also has Harry Wilson
and, naturally, he has been dubbed
Light Horse" too. Army's Wilson
plays an attack position while Mary
lands player Of that name Is a defense
n1an. They would be arrayed against
each other in the final in case Mary
land and Army come through Satur-
DAYS games.
However. despite the fact that Army
defeated Hopkins, TO 3 In an earlier
n3teting this season, the great come
back that the latter team. the most
experienced combination In the country, /
has shown in its last two games, has
caused the BaitimoTeauS TO be made
faEcrites over the Cadets.
Maryland and Navy Even.
MARYLAND and Navy are rated even.
this, too, IN spite Of the fact that the
Old Liners defeated the Middies. 10
2. earlier In the campaign at College
Park
That the 1900 seats available for the
games will be gone before the first
whistle blows Saturday Is indicated.
Tickets were gobbied up rapidly at
EpaldIng's yesterday where considerably
more than 1000 we're sold and they
attn were going like hot cakes" today.
Tickets also are on sale in Baltimore
ard large blocks have been sent TO the
lsaYai Academy. the University Of
Maryland, and the War and Navy De-
partments.
II Is the first chance that Washing
ton ever has had 70 see q lacrosse
double e-header Of such calibeT and the
chances are that IL viii be the last.
Lacrosse. Of course, viii be played here
again but a situation that viii bring
fdaar such great tweives together In one
afternoon hardly viii ever again arise.