Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-12
COMMODORES ALSO
TO HAVE B" TEAM
McGugin, Veteran Mentor, to
Test Out PIan-RetiCent
About Varsity.
BY HI. C. BYRD.
I VANDERBILT has initiated a
" new plan in the develop

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v ment of its foot ball inter
ests by scheduling games
for "B" team, or what might be
more commonly called a second
eleven. This has been tried by
some of the big Middle Western
schools, but not much enthusiasm
has been shown for 1t. However,
Vanderbilt seems to feel that it
ought to be a satisfactory solution
to the question of carrying such
large squads on the varsity that
many men get no chance to play
in games.
Dan McGugin, who has been coach
ing at Vanderbilt for more years than
some mentors have lived. seems very
favorable to the idea. In fact, he is
the one who had 1t adopted, at least
as a temporary part of Vanderbilt's
foot ball system. McGugin proposes to
give the idea a good trial, Here is
what he has to say about it:
we are experimenting with b
team at Vanderbilt this Fall. Our male
enrolment Is limited to about 400
students and when medical, freshman
and certain other ineligible students are
eliminated we do not have large squads
However. it seemed to us that the mat
ter of having b team is worth try.
ing because Of the opportunities 1t
gives to extend the game to greater
numbers of students. We have b
team games with Ohio State, Notre
Dame and Indiana. We probably shall
carry a somewhat smaller varsity squad
as a result of this, but 1t will afford OPP
portunities for games to be played by
number of faithful men who are always
ready, but sometimes go through sea-
until n n
in single game"
Avoids Foot Ball Topic.
About his varsity team of this year,
McGugin has little to say. Dan has
never been what might be termed over
and usually prefers to talk about the
weather or something of that nature
Maybe this "B" team was instituted by
him this year to give him some other
team than his varsity about which to
express an opinion. About all that
Dan says about his varsity is that, If
these men develop by the latter part
of the season we should have q better
balanced team than last year"
But whatever our good friend Dan
may think about his prospects there
are plenty of other coaches who are
looking toward Nashville and wishing
they had games scheduled elsewhere.
That, of course, is only figuratiyely true,
rs Dan is such a pleasant chap and
G-eats his friends SO well that they had
almost as lief lose to him as win from
somebody else. Virtually everybody
who knows anything about foot ball
expects Vanderbilt to have a great team.
Coaches in several different sections of
the South have united in one opinion
that Vanderbilt ought to vie with North
Carolina to lead the part of the Nation
that lies below the Mason-Dixon line.
About the best man Vanderbilt lost
guard. Brown was said to be one of
the best men playing the game any,
where. Several other good players fin-5
ished their careers, among them Wilson,
guard Alternately, tackle; Gibson, end;
Warner, center, and McGaughey, half
back. Despite the graduation of these
players, some exceptionally capable per-
formers are left from the varsity squad.
The best now on the field are Scheffer,
Swartz and Kerwin, ends; Moorehead,
tackle; Parker, quarterback; Thomas
and Leonard, halfbacks.
Had Great Frosh Team.
Vanderbilt undoubtedly had the great
est freshman eleven in its history. 1t
lost two or three of the best players on
that squad through scholastic deficien-
elas, but retained flne nucleus. Gracey,
center; Talley, guard; Hobbs, tackle,
and Foster, end; for the line. with
Lockett, Fortune, Roberts and Hender-
son in the backfleld.
Vanderbilt plays stih schedule. 1t
must get in shape to 60 through one of
its toughest games on october 4, when
it journeys to Minneapolis to face Min
nesota.
The list follows:
September 27-Chattanooga at Nashville.
October minnesota at Minneapolis
October l1-Vrginia Polytechnic Institute
ct Nashville.
October is-SprinR Hill at Nashville.
October 25-Alabama at Birmingham.
November mississippi ~ Nashville.
November 8-Georgia Tech at Atlanta.
November 15-Tennessee At Nashville.
November 22-Auburn at Nashville,
November 29-Maryland at Nashville.
Vanderbilt never has an easy team 70
beat, but this year, If 1t lives UP TO
what is predicted, it may attain almost
any heights before the seasons end
But, whatever Vanderbilt may accom-
plish, there will be none TO have toward
Dan McGugin anything other than the
warmest congratulations, because he
seems to be the one coach liked by
everybody.