Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-28

up a brave but sometimes brittle
4 student or two to fill out foot
ball team.
The Cardinal coach of IS years ago,
Fred Nelson, could spin yarn OF forth
tude and despair about that. He was
thought well of if nine foot ball play
ers showed up along with half a dozen
lads whose only gridiron assets were a
willingness to try and blind passion
Cor alma mater
In a few days So candidates will re-
rort to Coach McAuliffe for Spring
r.actice. To Cardinal coach Of few
~ears back such turnout might have
.-spired belief in foot ball Santa
Claus.
Eddie Lafond, McAuliffe's assistant,
Mo spends three-fourths of a busy life
coaching freshman gridironers and var
ty boxers and track athletes and
doing odd jobs. presented list of Car
1inals today that included So foot ball
men, 81 track men, 80 ball players and
} boxers.
We're going somewhere in sports. I
clean," spake the man of illimitable
Energy whom Brooklanders credit
largely with the growing Catholic Uni
rcrsity pep.
Emissions Big Track Meet.
Eddie has visions of big track meet
% be staged in the Brookland stadium.
Right around Washington we have
ne material for a whale of meet"
id he, land it's beyond me why it
never has been pulled. Why won't
georgetown: MARYLAND, George. Wash
2gton, Gallaudet and Catholic Uni
f-,rsity get together in track? Add
.-cl1ns Hopkins to that list and such
meet would be really hot stuff"
Base ball interest among the student
sody is at low ebb. The Cardinals won
c1ly three games all last season, and
the present team is not considered
formidable. Lafond observed that Cath
e-ic University before last year never
had failed to win majority of games.
Gene Murphy, expert forward passer,
who was counted upon to do some base
ball pitching is visiting the famous
Eonesetter Reese. Unless the wizard
r,asseur repairs his wing, it is feared
tut his value as quarterback les
soned.
One of the toughest Cardinal athletes
IS Oscar Gerth, who weighs only 1876
r7unds. He played full time through
I'll of the varsity foot ball games last
Eall without taking tirne-out. Oscar
is training to be a hurdler.
Two promising candidates for the
RAY team are Steve Devoe and Dave
I-smilton, who were members of the
champion La Sale IN. Y.) Prep School
quartet.
Fred Guarnieri hopes to be a star
role vaultey. The Warren, Ohio, youth
ever handled pole until last Sum-
'-cer, and this at boys vacation camp
CIT of mere curiosity. It is said he
e.eared 10 feet inches on his maiden
lap.
Sob o'Connor, tackle on the unde-
rated freshman eleven, is out for shot
ylt.
Another La Sale product who may
RI helpful to Catholic University Is
fugene Orlowski, who is working toward
Il feet in the pole vault.
John Hickey has extraordinarily long
f-at, but moves EN- with extreme facil-
css 81 feet s inches In the running
load Jump, and Is being groomed as q
clarter-miler.
Big Jack Malevich, star fullback and
t7xer, is doing 167 feet as q javelin
E0vice.
Ed McGuigan, Steve Devoe, Phil Har-
Tgan and Dave Hamilton relayed q
cnarter mile on q soggy track In So
seconds the other day.
Pete Mast, pitcher. is the only south
raw on the Cardinals team.
Edmund and Norman CoSker, ball
layers. are perfect twins. Coach Jack
Clark has been known to bawl out one
fer the others mistake.
Lou Little, director of athletics at
G georgetown, made material use of Blue
md Gray Drawn In the erection of
teachers for today's game between
Georgetown and Penn State. In less
han an hour the athletes put UP a
E10-capacity stand and the boards were
tcted clear across Ryan Field.