Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-27

r 7 ARD workouts will be taken by
local elevenS this afternoon for
the last time before their open
Il i ing games Saturday. With the
exception of Catholic Univer-
Sity, which is to have an easy practice
before leaving for Boston, every team Is
likely to get some scrimmage and gen.
orally rough practice, with a 1alrly
complete letdown tomorrow.
Catholic University, of course, is like
" to get more opposition than any of
the other schools, though Georgetown is
not expecting as easy a game as some
people seem to think it ought to nave.
OF course, in any opening contest al
most anything may happen, and it may
be that some eleven that opposes one of
the local squads will carry off victory.
Coaches Are Pessimistic.
Coaches are not particularly optimis-
tic about their squads. Lou Little, who
probably has up at Georgetown the
strongest squad in this immediate Vi
cinity. has this to say about his team.
IF we had our entire strength on the
field would not worry much about our
team. We would be good enough to
give anybody a real battle, but with
Dwyer, Hudack and Barabas out of the
regular backfield and with tWo of our
best centers injured we shall have to
play Mount st. Mary'S with more or
less of a patched-up team. have no
idea. of course, what kind OF a team
Mount st. Mary's will bring down, but
! hope it is not too good"
Jack McAuliffe out at Catholic Uni
Versity speaks of his team thus:
1--WE have a good backfield, but our
line simply has not been showing much.
If we had material out OF which to
draw together forward wall as capa-
BILE as our backs, then we would have
a strong team, but as it is, We have
Just got to take a chance. Maybe we
will get away with it, and maybe we
will not
Those in charge of foot ball at the
other schools do not speak in much
more optimistic vein than Little and
McAuliffe. Coach Crum at George
Washington thinks he has one good
firSt-String outfit, but that he is so short
on .Second-string material that If he
gets anybody injured, he will just be
unfortunate.
Gallaudet thinks it should have
much better team than last year, while
American University is not saying
much of anything. Out at Maryland
they are just saving wood and doing
the best possible with the material
available, without much thought one
way or the other of what the season
may produce.
Three games are listed Saturday on
local fields. Georgetown plays Mount
st. Mary's, at Clark Griffith Stadium,
Maryland faces Washington College, at
College Park, and George Washington
has a contest with Dalghren Proving
Grounds in the Eastern Stadium.
Catholic UniverSity'S struggle with
Boston College is at Boston, and Amer
Is at Gettysburg.
Between 40 and SO coaches and Of
ficials met last night in the clubroOm
in The Star Building for general dis
cussion of the foot ball rules. Changes
in the code were threShed out for nearly
three hours, and after the wind-up no
doubt all had a clearer and much more
uniform understanding of the regula-
played this Fall. The meeting was
presided over by Macy Magofhn,
generally looked upon as the best Of
fetal in the South.
Prominent coaches present included
Lou Little of Georgetown, Tom Ready
of Marines, Ted Hughes of Gallaudet
and G. Baltic Springston of American
University. Others who attended the
gathering were Elmer Hardell of Tech:
Dan Ahern of Western, Nat Weinstock
of George Washington. c. A. Metzler,
Harry O'Meara, Mike Kelley OF Eastern.
Ty Rauber of Central. L. p. Banfield CT
Emerson Institute T. r. Cordell o. r.
Mcclure, Joe Ganey, r. B. Daniels, Joe
Mitchell. w. E. Johnston, George E.
Boyer, S. j. GaSs, John E. Bailey, G.
Duffy, C. L. Davis, Charles E. Fenwick
of Maryland, E. j. Cummings, Edward
Towers, P. A. Cohill, Tom Mcnamara,
E. A. Sutton, J. j. Thomas. c. M. Guyon,
H. w. Marston, w. E. Bell, G. M. Fox,
L. w. Brunnelli, M. F. Peake, Guy B.
Farley and Paul p Magoffin.
The shift play came in especially for
lengthy discussion, as did also the
principles involved in interference with
a man running down the field to catch
a forward pass. Another point brought
out were the rulings made in connection
with recovering the ball by team after
a punt.
Report has it that the University of
Virginia will have the heaviest line in
the South this year. The Cavaliers
have the five men in the center of their
line averaging 1875 pounds, ends that
go around 100, and backf1eld which
is big and fast.
If reports are true then Virginia is
due to be represented this Fall by the
most powerful eleven physically that
has worn its colors in many years. And
what is more, Virginia people are ex-
pecting their team to be just about as
good as any in the South and perhaps
better.
The list of injuries i'm foot ball this
Fail seems to be much greater than
usual. Georgetown, Maryland and
Catholic u. all have some of their men
on the side lines, and many of the other
schools also. Virginia Polytechnic In
stitute, for instance, reports that all
eight of its first and second string
backfields are ailing with more or less
minor hurts.
One thing that may be somewhat
responsible for the apparently larger
injured list than usual is the fact that
coaches play bigger games early in the
season instead of the customary easy
contests and rush their practice more
rapidly before the men get hardened to
real foot ball work The natural result
would be more than the average num-
Der of bruises. Then, it seems that some
seasons injuries happen frequently and
then in other seasons no injuries are
encountered. What causes lot of in
JurleS on squad one year and leaves
it comparatively free the next probably
is due to number of things; inclUii.Ig
less experienced players who know less