The Washington times., 1929-07-26
TECH MUST
REBUILD
ELEVEN

While baseball weather and
midsummer heat now reigns
in the realm Of sport, Coach
Elmer Hardell, Of Tech High
School, already is pre-oecupied
with plans for the 1929 foot
ball season!
Hardell, who last year turned out
an interhigh champion, Is faced
with the necessity of rebuilding his
machine this season and conse.
uuesftIy Is looking ahead to his task
with no little enthusiasm.
Unlike many gridiron tutors Har-
dell is Iappiest while building up an
aggregation. And with his 1928
championship squadron graduated
practically in a body he will be
forced to adopt this procedure when
the gridiron season rolls around.
Preparatory to rebuilding his IL
Hardell has planned a 12-day train
Ing trip to College Park, Md, this
year rather than the usual Today
jaunt, Also he will carry some
thing like A candidates, whereas
he kpreviously has been satisfied
with S5.
'I've got to get quality out
or quantity this season." he
smiled while announcing this
change today. "I've had l8O
candidates apply for tIy-outs,
bllt. since / can carry only a
certain number. it's been neces-
saEy to cut down my squad.
'sIt's a fine thing, spirit like
this. And so long as the students
of Tech School come through in
this fashion we certainly should not
suffer in athletics!
The Mckinley moleskinners are
TO report at College Park the day
after Labor Day and, according to
Hardell, will spend the first two
days getting acquainted with one
another.
With practically a new squadron
he believes it logical that his men
should first mingle before attempt
ing team play and consequently has
planned light limbering up exercises
and a get-together program for
preliminary work.
Only two letter men from last
year will be counted among those
who are to return. Benner, an end,
ami fullback Goss are these players.
Otherwise Hardell must muster his
eleven from untried materfal-no
new task for him.
One veteran who was ex-
pected to return but whose
plans will not permit it is Tom
Oyster, last year an all high
guard. Sharing the scholastic
spotlight with Ward Oehmann,
teammate, on the line in
1898, Oyster was counted among
Hariell's real dependables for
the building up process.
There is no question but what Har-
dell this year must recruit himself a
new eleven and, 1t can be frankly
said, that he is looking forward to
his job with anticipation.
II get a much bigger kick out Of
rebuilding team than ] do while
winning with ready-made PROPOSE
tior," he confessed while dealing
with the subject. "And it's a cinch
that I've got to rebuild this year.
In the backfield I'll have to dig
up men to replace Florance and
Fountain at halves and Drissel at
quarterback. Show me three men
who can compare with them?
Then there's Oyster. Oehmann,
Edwards Edelblut, Leo Winston and
several other forwards who will not
he hack. Where will / find men to
replace them?
"I'm net squawking, under.
stand" Harden insisted before
closing his conversation. "As
told you before, / like to build
up teams and you can bank on
one tliing-the eleven that rep.
resents Tech this year will be
fighter from first to last"
The 1929 interhigh schedule in no
way favors Mckinley. Hardell's
tribe must face the powerful Eastern
machine in its initial venture and
follows up with Ty Rauber's Cen
tralites, who are expected to cut
quite figure in this years inter.
high titular pursuit.
But, in view Of his past record, it
would not surprise were Hardell to
bobsup with his annual gridiron win
ners Despite his obstacles he gen.
erakly does!