Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-25

the hardest running and driving
The two tackle positions have in them
outstanding players in Larry Whalen
and Hunter Motley. Both were brilliant
last year until laid out by injuries.
Former Head Coach Earl Neale told
the writer last Fall that Whalen was
the best tackle that had ever been on
Lambert Field and that Motley was
not far behind him. Neale felt last year
that Whalen and Motley would make
the best pair Of tackles Virginia hes
had since modern foot ball began its
regime. and Abel apparently has about
the same opinion.
The other two line positions that are
taken care of for sure are center and
right end. George Taylor is in the
pivot position and last Fall he was
mentioned by great many persons for
an all-Southern berth, Notwithstanding
that he was in competition with such
men as Pressly of Clemson and Pund
Of Georgia Tech. Taylor also is a 190-
FOUNDER physically able to take care
of himself in competition with the best.
Turner on One End.
Dick Turner is the outstanding end
who has his place without question.
Dick formerly played foot ball at Tech
and for two years has been carrying
on in great shape at Virginia. FaS',
heavy set and intelligent, Turner is
about as good a Tanker as Coach Abel
or any other coach ought to want.
It is more than possible that Coach
Abel will not reach final decision as
to who will fill as regulars the one
and two guard positions until after he
has seen several men show what they
can do in at least the opening game
and possibly until after the game with
South Carolina, which is expected to
furnish a real test.
Virginia begins its season Saturday
with Randolph-Macon, but actually is
building its team with an eye on the
South Carolina game, October 5. For
the last two seasons South Carolina
has taken the measure of the Char
lottesville school and Abel is anxious to
make up for that, even if he was not in
charge then.
The Virginia team is not being
brought forward too rapidly. 1t is Abelrs
policy to work slowly and thoroughly.
His type OF offense especially is such
that fine mechanical precision is es-
sential to its success. and it takes time
to build up that kind of play. Con-
slant practice, over and over, time and
again, until the play gets to be routine
habit, is the way that Abel builds an
attack. and Virginias attack this year
is pretty sure to show greater mechanic
precision and greater consistency
than in years.
Catholic University's foot ball team
leaves here tomorrow night for Boston,
where it opens Saturday against the
Boston College eleven. Coach Jack
McAuliffe is not talking much about
what he expects of his team, but un-
doubtedly feels that his men are In
better shape physically and that they
are a far better eleven than at this
time last season.
In fact, McAuliffe does not hesitate
to say frankly that he knows his team
is much stronger than year ago, al
though he cannot make any prediction
about what it may accomplish against
the team that makes Beantown its
home.
Coach McAuliffe this morning an
nounced the names of the players who
will start the game. Gerth and Zeno
are to hold down the ends, O'Brien
and Rauche are to be at tackles, Mo-
at center. The backf1eld will be Muir
ply at quarter, Champa and Kane,
halfbacks, and Malevich. fullback.
O'Connor, Ambrose, Collins, oliver,
McGrath, Smith, Campbell, Mcnamara,
Mullen, Blast, Lyons, Ogden, Clemens,
D'Sopo, De Mello, Bennett and Guat-
nier are others who will make the trip.
George Washingtons freshman squad
Joined its varsity yesterday and prob
ably will be used for the varsity to
scrimmage against. The Colonial year.
lings seem to be especially promising,
and may develop lot of real ability
before the end of the year. The varsity
men are working along under difhcul-
ties arising mainly from lack OF ma
terial, both in quantity and quality.
However, the schedule the team faces is
not very difficult and better showing
may be made than generally Is ex-
pected.
Georgetown must play its first game
and possibly other games without Bara-
has, its star back. The knee injury sus-
tanned by that player during scrimmage
at Ocean City has not healed and seems
not to be coming around very salts
factorily.
University of Maryland and the
Marines are due to scrimmage again
this afternoon. It will be the fourth
time this Fall that the Devildogs and
Old Liners have hooked up in practice
workouts Spectators are not admitted:
Virginia Military Institute came out
Of its game with Hampden-Sidney last
week without an injury. The few
bruises the men had have been worked