The Washington times., 1930-09-13
ness of Mills Team TO Be Greater Than LittIes Belief
SPINNER PLAY.
FEATURE Of
DRILLS
BY KIRK MILLER
(Times Sports Editor

BY KIRK MILLER
(Times Sports Editor)
POINT LOOKOUT, Md, Sept.
13.-With the better part of two
weeks of intensive training be-
hind it, the Georgetown football
squad can be said to be well on
its way to the form it will re-
ouire two weeks from today
when it encounters Mt. ST.
Mary's in the opening game Of
the season.
Physically and mentally the
squad is, for the most part, in
a state of well-being and alert.
Coach Tommy Mills admits this
and adds that with any kind
of breaks, the eleven will win its
important games with few excep-
tions.
If the Blue and Gray teams Of
the Little making were clever
and deceptive, Washington foot
ball followers may expect even
more trickery in the offensive
play now being developed by
Mills and his staff of Notre
Dame developed coaches.
Watching some of the tao
tics in which Mills already
has the team well grounded,
an observer might almost
think a ThurstOn were die
tating the mareuvers. The
spinner play which is receiv-
ing no end of rehearsing is
one of the most battling
tricks of modern football and
GEORGETOWN will have this one
down to a science before its
competitive camraigH opens
Members of the squad who sol
diered last year and the season
before under Lou Little are au.
thority for the statement that
this spinner play beats anything
in the way of sleight-of-hand stuff
GEORGETOWN has had in recent
years. The defensive team might
think any one of three backs were
carrying the ball and it's like
beating the shell game to really
know who has the ball.
Meanwhile the backs are prov
ing even more than Mills might
have expected of them. and the
line too is looming up splendldly.
Better passing is being seen every
day and the kicking has not gore
back any, although there Is still
room for improvement there as
we'll as in the heaving. Alto
gether, however. the present COM
binations of backs is we'll balanced
and best of all the individuals
thereof can be used interchange
ably without losing any of tear1
effectiveness.
King. Maczees and Leary, and
Johnny Bozek. until his ankle
took a quirk, have been alternat-
ing at left half to the satisfaction
of Mills who has given the backs
more personal attention than he
has the line. Danieu. Scalzi and
Costello are receiving and passing
the ball in the quarterback spot
like veterans and they'll get the
main call there.
Over at the other half,
Tommy Wallace with Phil
Mooney, have been particu-
larly brilliant while Emil
BOZek and Joe AIIenti are
also clicking nicely. Bordeau.
GilliS and Patterson may be
expected to carry the full
back load, and carry it well
the while. Washingtonians,
therefore, may well expect to
see a ball-carrying combina-
tiOn second to none. loaded
with capable second string
men, and, as the saying is,
rarin' to go.
The line is something else
again, but still has two weeks in
which to iron out apparent
wrinkles. At that Tommy Mills
says it meets his expectations in
view Of the handicap he faced
in the way of greennesS. Slack
and Katalinas in the tackle spots
are Strongholds, and Bill Morris
and McManus leave little to be
desired at center.
Until his knee injury early in
the week, Joe Ranzul was doing
a tall piece of snapper-backing,
but it will be another four or
five days before he can again
report. He is already off his
crutches and using only a cane,
and he deserves tribute enough to
say that he wants to throw that
away, even now.
Parlette at an end, as well as
Brennan, Hudson and Leavey
viii do until better ones can be
found, with Leavey and Brennan
probably being the best of the lot,
so far. Meanwhile there is much
to be thankful for in the efforts
Of Danner, Dubofsky. Tremblay
and Brickman who are all good
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