Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-02
IN n. G. BYRD.

&A5st, AtUlNltNN tlasA Is blhilAtth ~
more squads with several thousand
In end NJ the Southland 10 begin the
siege Of training that before thanks
giving dav Is 10 measure their success
before admirlne and antagoniStlc
throngS And in other sections TOO
though not SO. ccnerallv as below The
Mason Dixon Line. the nuclei that sre
70 be shaped into human machines be-
gin - stride across chalk barred fields
Two weeks from Saturday The first
games eye 70 be- PLAYED, little enough
time 10 set men IN shape II vii! he
= week later before teams in oil sec
tionS engage in their FIRST tests but
from then until after Thanksgiving
time coaches, PLAYERS and all who have
even remote interest in any college,
END the pubic as well live from week
~ week from one colortul struggle 10
tHe next H0plng an6 wishing for the
opportunity 10 veil IN forectiul praise
q heir victor
King al College Sports.
Sccmihing distinctive about foot bail
sets It apart and gives Il an lmp0rtan7s
thar aHachcS nOJ 10 other coiiese
sports Perhaps there arc no. SO many
Ssnles, mayos At X the inherent quail
lies 81 the game i5Selt but anyway
something aFCuScS directly Interested
ones 70 greater interest than in other
sports and causes the public generally
- give vent 70 an enthusiasm that is
not seen IN the SIDE lines Of other
fields To win in foot ball is wonder
f}ll 10 lose is 2 calamity. To wnj In
osher sports is Just something casually
II be desired while to lose in base ball
basket bah or track occasions lust 4
politely and properly interested, Well.
it's 100 bad we lost
Alumni and students are asking them
selves the question Of their respective
schools What kind Of team are VT
gong 70 have" Thai is what coaches
and PLAYERS alike hear and are expected
r. answer. and the truth Of II Is that
neither coaches nor players know any
more how 70 answer such q question
than the one who asks II So many
things enter into thu success or failure
% foot ball team. success or failure
being designated in the winning or
losing Of games, that no coach and 10
set Of PLAYERS have il within their power
n control them all Little unexpected
happenings. apparently impossible 10
prevent. cause entirely unexpected re-
suits sometimes favorable and some
times unfaVorable
Must Get the Breaks"
Many teams have started their Sched-
uies with wonderful outlooks APP
parently blessed with plenty Of ma
teriai. they have set out on high road
only To find later that they were en-
meshed IN a swamp. Sometimes in such
q squad one man is the key 10 the
whole situation. and. If he gets hurt
sufficiently TO keep him out of genes, or
render him more or less inefficient. the
team as = whole takes an unaccount-
able fiop. Charley Comiskey once said
that IT takes luck 10 win a pennant
for anv ball club. no matter how strong
you are YOU can't finish at the top II
things break against YOU" and that is
t'iet as applicable in lust the same way
" success in foot ball.
Naval Academy is the first 20 begin
practice. II has had some OF its pieces
cut for quite while. and last week got
the prospective members Of its varsity
on the field. Georgetown got under way
Yesterday and Maryland gets under
wav tomorrow. as will practically all
schools in the South. 1t is the Of
fetal day for the beginning OF prac-
tice bv the Southern Conference and
not one Of its members is going to waste
a day by putting of their flrst workout
until Tuesday And. as the Southern
Conference squads open tomorrow. the
smaller schools also will have their
men out. because many of them meet
the stronger conference eIevens in open
ing games three weeks from Saturday
and in one instance two weeks.
South Carolina and Clemson will be
the first Southern Conference schools
IN engage in games the former having
Erskins College scheduled Saturday.
September %. and the latter NewbeTry.
which gives lust q little less than three
weeks 70 get ready. Southern Meth
odigt. West Virginia. Stanford. Wash
ington State. Wyoming and Davidson
ere the biggest OF the other colleges
having games listed so early.
Task Ahead Of 6. L., Maryland.
Georgetown is at New Jersey camp
and MARYLAND will train al College
psrk And the Marine Corps also
starts It's squad In training. again at
College Park In conjunction with the
MARYLAND men. Ali three squads, in
ri6entaily. begin theu workouts Vith
none TOO brilliant prospects, rs each
has lost several players whose places
should be exceedingly difffcult 70 fill
pui NJ that more ~ another time.
No changes are 10 take place IN the
coaching systems at local schools. but
rsp, men u,ili be 81 t1e helm IN severa!
~ the biggest in the South Auburn,
rIorids Louisiana State South Caro-
iins snc Georgia are To have their
squads directed bY new men. men VINO
in some cases have earned tnem iaufes
elsewhere and in other cases VINO nave
yet 70 see what they can DO at the
head Of an organization.
KID woodruff. who has turned out
brilliant teams At Georgia the last Tea
sears- has resigned 70 look after MS Dig
business interests. Woodruff is very
wealthy and holds 80 many director
srly,s in corporations and banks in
Cyeoreia requiring his attention that he
feIt he could M longer afford n b.
concerned directly with the develop
rnerf NJ foot ball He iT 20 be sue
reeced rs Harry Menre former Notre
Dame man Whc ms oern assistant
roach 70 Woodruff tor four rearS
Raehmsn Goes 10 Florida.
Cnarlev Bschn1an for years successful
eosen ~ Kansss Agricultural COLLEGE
taxes IN the rejnS - Florida 70 sur
reed Torn SeabrIn2 who also has re-
tired from the coaching profession
George EonleI leaves Mississippi Col
iege n handle the team at Auburn aua
Russell Cohen for several wears A.
succeeds Mike Donahur a. Louisiana
state Down al SDstn Carolina M
seuad is 80 be taken care u by BIZ
Iaval HbG pUt FurmaH University on
fne map IN athletics Laval IS ~ on
paV distinctive ~ 1hn foot ball pr0f@s-
sion IS he never PLAYED ri 4 game n
foot hail IN MS life ne is perhaps tn