The Washington times., 1929-09-12
PROGRESS
PLEASES
COACH
By Juno Kinerk


sifGenial Jack McAuliffe is
leaving no stone unturned to
give Catholic University a
winning football team this
year.
So infectious is the spirit OF the
G. U. mentor that his enthusiasm
has spread to the candidates, who
are fighting nip and tuck in the
daily scrimmages to impress Jack
that they mean business. These
two factors augur well for the
success of the Cardinals, but there
is another reason for the optimism
prevailing in the C. u. camp, too,
and 1t is none other than Chick"
Gaznon, new backfield coach.
Gagnon, former star at Holy
Cross, has taken over the work
OF polishing up the offensive de-
.partment of the c. U. machine,
leaving McAuluiffe to concentrate
more or less with his favorite
branch OF the game-the defensive
angle. And, IL present indications
amount to anything, 1t will be a
smooth working G. u. team that
takes the field in Boston two weeks
from Saturday against Boston Col
iege, for the team is coming along
fast.
a- It Is certain that the Car
dinaIs will take the field a well.
coached and weII.conditiOned az.
gregatiOn, There is only one
thing that the team lacks
weight-but this may be made
up to some extent by speed.
There are at least half a dozen
dependable backs trying for the
four regular berths, and every
one of them is a streak Champa,
track captain. perhaps is the speed
lest of the lot, but Malevich, the
crashing fullback, and Gene Muir.
ply, star quarter, are little behind
Champa for picking them up and
laying them down. Then there is
the trio of impressive sophomore
backs, Johnny Oliver, Eddie Kane
and DeMello. OF these Oliver is
perhaps the flashiest, but both
Kane and .DeMello sure can go in
q broken field.
In yesterdays scrimmage DeMello
looked particularly good. He picked
his holes like a veteran and was a
mighty elusive man to bring down.
While he Is fairly stocky, DeMello
can only register 140 pounds on
the Fairbanks, which is pretty light
to withstand the rigors and hard
knocks of a long season. He has
impressed both McAuliffe and Gag
non with his ability, though, and
bids fair to get into lots of ac-
tion, barring accidents.
Malevich and Murphy are just
about certainties for varsity backs.
The former is plunging like q
human dynamo and is turning in
scrimmage sessions. Malevich Is
picking his holes carefully and
running with his head up to often
pull away from the defensive backs
by side.stepping or straight,arming
them out of the way. Murphy
runs the team well and is hurting
forward. passes with all of his old
time accuracy.
Kane and Oliver have Inn.
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speed. too. Like DeMeIlO, both
are light, but both seem to be
able to Withstand the hard
bumps and are certain to work
into the lineup on many Oc-
casiOns. Oliver tOsses forward
pass like Mickey Coehrane
tosSes a baseball. ,s1 80
The linemen are, shaping up into
playing condition fast. There are
some merry fights for positions
going on for places on the forward
wall with Rocco Blast, the boxer,
showing plenty Of stuff for one of
the wing jobs. This II Blasts first
year at football, but he looks like a
find. Oscar Gerth, Zeno, Lyons,
Hennessey, and Clemens are others
fighting it out for the flank nosi.
tfons with Zeno, Gerth and LYONS
standing out.
Mcnamara, Campbell. McGrath
and O'Brien are waging the battle
for the two tackles, while there
are half a dozen guards bavinp
their own little scrap. MenIe
Laign, Monaco, Mullen and Collins
all are about on even terms. as
are McCabe and Ambrose who are
battling for the pivot berth.