Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-15

just to give q few examples of the
kind of opposition these schools will be
up against. though, 1t might be well to
mention that Wake Forest plays Ca
tawba and the latter is one school of
Whlcn. speaking In connection with Io0J
ball. almost anybody would have O right
to plead ignorance. Clemson Is to play
Newberry, team it should beat by just
about as big score as Josh Cody,
Clemson coach, cares to run up. Fur
man meets ErSkine, q school of about
the size Of Newberry.
There was time when West Virginia
Wesleyan was a real opponent for West
Virginia University, but that time Is
gone. The latter now regards the con-
test as something of an easy opening
engagement. The same Is true of the
game Warmers eleven is to play, and
the games most of the other larger
schools have.
v. M. l., however, may have a tough
nut to crack, as the Cadets play Hamp-
den-Sidney. always we'll coached. Last
year v. M. !. had to extend itself to
win. IA to Z.
These games will be foot ball contests
space than they would be worth at any
other time during the season. Prob
ably. the most that any of them would
get at any other time would be q bare
line giving the score. Some OF them
this week will have full line-ups and
summaries. They mark the beginning
OF formal gridiron games, and as such
should be interesting.
Georgetowns squad finished its work.
out yesterday up In Jersey and comes
home today. The squad probably will
take its first workout on GEORGETOWN
Field Monday. Coach Little has not
talked a good deal about his training
sessions. but from what has been gath
cred 1t seems that he winds up the pre-
liminary camp with feeling that his
line should be strong. but that he may
not be SO we'll off in the backfield.
1t seems that the fullback position
and quarterback job are bothering
Little somewhat. He thinks that Bara-
bias would be everything desired in the
former were 1t not for the fact that his
leg is giving him trouble and back with
weak knee is not very dependable.
The quarterback's position, from
standpoint Of ability to get the most
out OF the team, is not satisfactory so
lar.
OF course, there are two more weeks
before the Blue and Gray plays its first
game. These two weeks may mean q
great development and possibly cause
Little to reorganize his ideas. Two
weeks at this stage of the game can
work wonders in foot ball team.
Marines and Maryland spent an hour
and a half yesterday in scrimmage, us
ing two different teams at various
times. Both squads did about as well
as was expected, although the workout
was not at all smooth. NO attempt was
made to keep downs, each team taking
the ball and holding it as long as it
thought advisable.
1t was the first chance this year to
get a real line on the team that will
represent the Marine Corps or that
Maryland will place on the neld against
other schools. There is no doubt the
Marines do not have the experienced
players they have had in uniforms in
past years, and consequently they are
not likely to be q powerful>or as versa
tile. However, it nevertheless Is true
that Tom Ready has a husky green
squad and probably will get out OF them
a lot better eleven that anybody ex-
poets. Ready has a knack OF welding
lot of men into a machine, If those
men have ordinary intelligence.
Hardly any Of the players who starred
on the eleven of last year now are
members Of the squad, and Ready is
confronted with just about what any
coach in college is when he loses by
graduation a lot of experienced ma
terial. Ready probably will develop
to put a good deal Of time and real
labor. Behind that line he Is likely to
have a light fast backfield, and il he
gets the combination to working right
may have q far better eleven than right
now appears probable.
That Marine team, though, Is hard
team to beat, no matter II 1t does not
measure up in individual material TO
elevens 1t faces. 1t has fine morale
behind which is a century OF excellent
performance in everything with which
it has been connected. And that really
counts for something on foot ball
field.
It's scrimmage with the Marines did
not develop any startling performance
on the part of Maryland's squad. 1t
was about the same kind OF team as
Marines, with a lot of hard work
needed to weld it in such shape that
1t may hope to meet its opponents sue
>cessfully, The backfield is not showing
% much promise, but the line seems to
he fairly satisfactory. II Maryland had
Just one back of the Snyder type IT
probably would be just as formidable
as it was q year ago, when 1t proved a
tough eleven for every team 1t faced:
Az practice goes on at Catholic UNI
versity. Coach Jack McAuliffe gets more
encouraged over his outlook. Not that
McAulifie is making predictions about
what he expects to accomplish, but
simply that the squad Is coming along
70 much better than it gave any prom
5se of before it started workouts that
McAuliffe feels that he may do much
better with this years team than any.
body thought possible. And . lot OF
people, almost everybody, Is pulling for
McAuiiffe to turn out good eleven.
He knows foot ball, is good coach,
and unquestionably the kind OF chap
who deserves success.
Word comes from the University OF
Virginia that members of the grtdiron
SQUAD are exceedingly pleased with
Abel, former Colgate tackle, who is
head coach. Dick Turner, former
Tech High man, who has been regular
right emo at Virginia for two years. was
here q day or so ago, and watched the
Maryland squad in practice. Turner
made the statement that everybody at
Virginia is satisfied with the work Of
the new coach and that furthermore
everybody likes him personally. 1t was
the Virginia mans opinion that no man