The Washington times., 1929-09-10

The Hoya backs the most minute
directions as to how best to get
away the one pass in football which
permits the use of both hands, such
as permitted in basketball.
Ripley showed the boys exactly
how to get the ball away, 30 "a
defending end could not snatch
1t, and approximately how much
speed to put behind Il so as not
to hurry the receiver too much.
and at the same time save the
play from being scrambled.
Additional time to this phase of
the passing game will be devoted
by the Georgetown backs under the
tutelage Of Ripley throughout the
remainder of the encampment and
followers of the Washington col
legians may therefore expect. to see
some rare lateral passing when the
schedule starts at the Hilltop Sep
TENDER 2S against Mt. st. Mary's.
Incidentally Elmer Ripley, a
former Washington professional
basketball player on George Mar.
shalPs Palace team, Is taking &C.
finesse in return for his instruc.
ton of the Georgetown by fine
backs, as Ripley has been appointed
coach of Yale inter-class football.
Ripley reports at New Haven next
week to make plans for his grid
iron professorship at Yale. and after
that will go right into the basket
ball season. Next spring, Ripley
will coach the freshman baseball at
Yale.
Meanwhile but five days of pre-.
season practice remain here for the
football aspirants of Georgetown,
they being scheduled to pull out,
bag and baggage. for Washington
after breakfast next Sunday.
The rough work Is already
underway, yesterdays inter.
team Scrimmage proving about
as tough as sixty minutes OF
actual football playing and see-
Ing one OF the most ambitious
ends that has reported In camp
for years, Donald Donaldson,
the Buffalo man mountain, sus-
tanning q knee injury to inter
rupt q winning fight to make
one of the end berths.
Lon Little himself is authority
for the statement that up to the
time of Donald's injury, he was
giving Ken Provincial serious
fight for the post Provincial held
down so effectively last season
Washingtonians we'll know that any
end who can be spoken OF In the
same breath with Provincial, must
be good. and Little Is touting Donald
to the sky.
And speaking of ends, another
Sophomore, Louis Parlette, OF
Philadelphia, is letting no grass
grow under his feet and right nov
is giving such ends as Bob Flood
Bob Eehringer and Gabriel Murphy
plenty to worry about.
AS Lou Little told all OF the play
ers on the opening day DOWN here,
each one of them was starting
from scratch. Previous servitude
was out of consideration. A. new
season was starting. No man would
win a job this year on the reputa'
ton he established last. Thus we
find as the second week Of training
gets under way an end, who, last
year practically won the New York
University game by picking up a
fumbled ball and running more
than 20 yards with it, fighting for
his job against lad just up from
the Freshman team.
III WashingtOnian have mar
veled in years gone by at the
deception, sleight-Of-hand, leger.
demain and other nOw.yOu-see-it,
nOw-yOu-dOn't, tactics employed
by Georgetown to confuse the
opposition, they may be pre-
pared for even greater nlystifica-
ton when watching the 1880
edition of that team.
Coaches Little, DaGrossa, Kopf
and Palm with the occasional aid
of Line Coach Lud Wray, of Penn.
sylvania, and Elmer Ripley, have
come to Ocean City with their own
particular bags of tricks and these
are daily being inculcated into the
heads of the wearers of the Blue and
Gray.
This word is being sent out not
with any intention of leaving the
impression that Georgetown will
have only Houdini and Kellar styles
of football to present, but to EN-.
phasize the fact that greater and
greater "shell game" principles are
being taught these light backfields
with which Georgetown eternally
shows up. While the line has plenty
of power and punch, the backs can