The Washington times., 1929-10-02

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gets to the line of scrimmage In .
hurry and picks his hole and 10
through it plenty fast.
Besides being q good ball-carrier.
Chalmers also is quite a triple
threat, for he can kick and pass II
called upon. His kicking is aver.
age, while his passing IL better than
that. A. sore leg received in early
sea son scrimmage sessions against
the Marines has handicapped Chal-
mers' kicking no little. The leg has
been coming around better lately,
though, and. with Roberts, who does
most of the kicking. out. Shorty
will Jump into the breach.
Coach Byrd also h alarmed
over RibnitzIi's sprained foot.
II Rib" is unable to take his
regular place at right tackle. 1t
VIII leave another hole to plug
in the Maryland eleven. Carlis.
a husky soph, is the most likely
man to take over this job. al
though Courtney Hayden may
be groomed for the position. too.
Coaches Connsugbton and Walsh
have just about determined the
starting lineup for George Wash.
ington Saturday when the CoIoniaIs
open the season with, Manhattan
College. Although it wiz be a green
team, the mentors are satisfied that
it will be able to give Manhattan q
busy afternoon of il. win or lose.
Besides being green, the varsity
material at G. W, this year. as in
the past. is scanty. Nearly half
dozen candidates for the team have
been forced to abandon the game be-
cause of inability to be at practice
sessions due to class work, while sew
eral others have found the pace TOO
stiff for them and withdrawn from
the squad.
With the paucity of material every
husky student encountered in the
school is regarded as potential
varsity materially and urged TO Join
the team. Several Of the players
who are due TO see action Saturday
were thus recruited.
A quartet of wingmen may get
into the game Saturday with Nc
Grew and Eberle favored to start.
while Francis and Copeland will act
az their relief. A half dozen husky
linemen are available for the guard
and tackle assignments. the four
starters to be picked from Wilson.
Cox, Miller. Porter. Frazier. Rodgers
and Rollins.
Wilson, new man, s'thohgh
green, may develop into 3 trst-
class tackle. Standing over ak feet
and weighing 1876. he is ideally built
for a tackle Coach Cennaughton
Ia hrt h
fellow, who is showing adeptness In
learning tha duties of his position.
COY. who was out with injuries in
1928. IL another likely looking
tackle. He tips the beam ut the 1870
mark and Is a good man on defense.
Porter and Frazier also look good.
At center Red Boyle. \ dimiI,-
utiye rookie from last years
freshman team, has the inside
track over Ford Young. Boyle
makes MP for his lack Of weight
and size In aggressiveness and
passes the baN fast and &C.
curateIy.
Babe Clapper and Berkowitz. two
Of last years best bets, seem sure
to start Saturday. the former at
halfback and the latter at quarter.
BillisoIy. another soph. has good
chance Of starting at the other
halfback berth. while Blackie Hoff-
man more than likely will be of
full. Hoffman Is another new man
recruited from the class room, but
looks like fine. smashing bali
carrier.
Adams and Gates are pushing the
above mentioned quartet hard for
PAGES in the backfield. The former
is = triple threat man of fair ahia-
ity. He passes with his left hand,
which may prove bothersome to his
opponents ere the season ends.
Gates is showing promise. Before
the season ends he undoubtedly will
see plenty of action.
Light scrimmage sessions will be
staged today and tomorrow with
offensive tactics being stressed
Both Connaughton and Walsh are
satisfied that the team is fairly
well versed defensively but are not
pleased with the execution OF plays
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