The Washington times., 1929-09-06
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BY Juno Kinerk

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And a preseason football
prospectus necessarily carries
with it certain qualifications
and certain reservations.
These Invariably begin with
the little two-letter word "if,
, and this conditional word
means plenty this year regard
ing Maryland's outlook.
The Terraptns have been train.
ing since the first Of the week
under Coach Byrd. The condition
ing work Is nearing an end and
the actual rigors Of football work
are ready to start for the As
candidates for places on the Old
Line varsity. .as~
And the players themselves are
than Coach Byrd is to give tt to-
them. The majority of the players
are < sophomores and anxious to
show their mentor what they can
do, but Byrd, after noting the
weight charts and finding that
the majority of them have re.
ported lighter from a few to 20
pounds than they were last year,
Is reluctant to get them down to
strenuous work too soon.
The first 'H" comes in here,
for IL concerns the SOphS and
their ability 10 come through.
What they showed on the FrOsh
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they have promise. but varsity
competition is a different matter.
II the majority of them do come
through, then Byrd will have the
reserve strength which he lacked
last year.
Among his returning veterans, the
Maryland coach has the nucleus for
strong eleven. Dodson and Heagy
are almost certain to retain their
berths at end; Lombard. J. McDon-
aid, Ribnitzki and Fisher. the latter
> two reserves who did not earn let.
ters, are the returning tackles;
Heintz, guard. and Madigan, center,
are varsity holdovers. while Radice.
Evans and Roberts are backs who
earned monograms. All will be hard
to dfsplace and appear in fit shape to
regular starting berths.
Fl. Mcdonald, who earned a let
ter on the '27 freshman team but
who did not try for football last
year. has Joined the squad and will
make a determined bid for guard
or tackle position He's big enough
and strong enough to make fine
lineman and Line Coach Charles
FenWick is devoting much time to
the big fellow.
Jack Norris, Rooney and Berger
form a trio Of Soph wingnen vino
( will force Heagy and Dodson TO
step along. Any, and all of this
trio may get into plenty Of action
year candidates for line jobs at
tackle and guard are Hayden, Will.
son, Cariis, koelle and Krajcovic,
and Faber probably will make the
grade as Madigans understudy at
center.
The backs coming up from
the Freshmen are the ones
upon whom Byrd is counting
the most. George Chalmers,
fine drOpkicker and punter as
well as passer and ball carrier,
r. one lad who may make
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SnitE Snyder's loss. Miller,
> May, SettinO, Pease and CrOnin
are other SOph backs of rare
promise.
In sizing UP his candidates Coach
Byrd finds he has "a Washington
lads on his squad, IS from Maryland,
seven from Pennsylvania and one
from New Jersey. He probably will
carry the entire bunch on his squad
all year.
Last year Maryland went through
its schedule with Ia players. OF
course. the squad was larger, but any
time that those IA were not on the
field and some other player neces-
aarily used the efficiency of the team
was 1essened for the other substitu-
tions were plainly inferior and weak.
This year It may be different story.
1t all hinges on the Sophs and
whether thew come through or not