Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-11
MANY STARS LOST,
HAS NEW COACHES
May Go Well if 1t Can Get
by TarheeI, Vandy Tits
in CreditabIe Way.
BY H. C. BYRD.
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC IN

u ~ i llclS a ACeAL jOO NO'
out for it in the first three
weeks of it's foot ball sea-
son, meeting, as it does, in its sec
ond and third games, teams that
are picked to run one, two, in the
South. October the Blacksburg
eleven entertains North Carolina,
and it does not take any stretch
of imagination to understand
what that means. On October IL
the team journeys to Nashville to
play Vanderbilt, and that means
about the same thing.
Ii v. P. I. gets by these two tests
with any degree of success it may
feel confident about its prospects
for the remainder of the season.
The first game v. p. I. is to play is with
Roanoke College at Blacksburg october
81. That should be something of set
I'D, and can be used as a preparation
for the two that follow, but the next
two Saturdays are likely to present
plenty of problems for the new coach
ing staff, made up Of Orville Neal and
Lyle Clark, who formerly played half
back and end for Western Maryland
College. North Carolina last year beat
Up. l., 80 to Is. and, whatever v. P: I.
may think, the Tarheels expect to du-
plicate the performance, although pos
sibly by not such a big margin. The
Blacksburg eleven has not played Van
derbilt in recent years, but will run into
about as hard and high-grade foot ball
as 1t is likely to hit anywhere.
These are the hardest spots in the
schedule, the remainder Of which fol-
lows:
october 18-williaIn and Mary at
Richmond
October 25-Davidson College at
Davidson, N. G.
November Washington and Lee
at Lexington.
November l5-Maryland at Nor
November 27-virginia Military In
stitute at Roanoke.
Always Looks to ". M. i.
Following its games with North Caro-
lima and Vanderbilt, which seems TO De
planning to get by the best way ~ can,
Y. P. l. has two or three spots IN It's
program where it wants especially to do
Effective work. First of all Is the game
with Virginia Military Institute on
THANKSGIVING day. That means every
thing to people in BlackSburg, and II 1t
Is lost. then the season Is a failure, no
matter what else has happened prior to
that, Next is the homecoming game
with Virginia. That is to be the big
occasion of the year in BlackSburg, ana
Next. in all probability, Is the Maryland
game at Norfolk. v. P. I. lost that
game by one-sided score, which, with
the v. M. I. defeat Thanksgiving day,
ruined for v. p. I. an otherwise nne
season. The Gobblers won their Viz
pinia and washington and Lee games
last year by big margins.
This FAN the squad is practiclng
under a new system Of play. In general
aspects the offense the team is working
under plays very similar to those which
Gustafson used last season, but, at that,
there is enough difference to indicate
some difficulty fora the players IN the
cflange-over. The type of defense Will
be considerably different. Orvtlle Neal,
head coach, is an experienced loot pail
man. He played year at York College
out in the Missouri Valley, then went
into the Marine Corps, where ne played
three or four years. From the Marine
Corps he went to Penn State, where he
was a member of the freshman team,
but left there In the middle Of his
freshman year to enter Western Mary
land, where he was star. Last year
he was assistant coach and did good
Qedl Oh scouting. I1C A1AOWo AVN 1890
and should make out well.
Has Strong Nucleus.
Neal has under him q squad some
what depleted from last Fall, but still
possesses a nucleus for good eleven.
He has back neither of last years ends,
but it is unlikely that either viii be
missed a good deal. And in all prob
ability the backs who were lost Will be
replaced by men just as capable, and In
at least one instance by a back even
more capable Tomko, Rule, Rice and
McEver are the backs who wound up
their careers, while Gray and Hubbard,
guards, and Pattie and Nutter, ends,
are the linesmen who are not back.
Phil Spear, a really fine back, and
picked by many last year as one OF the
outstanding backs in the South, isin
uniform again, as are Owens and
Hooper. Spear is not very heavy, but
Owens and Hooper carry plenty OF
weight, around 100 pounds each. Ott-
ley, Hardwick and Hagerty are three
backs from the reserve squad who
from last year, Ritter, Green, Stark and
Swart, are back, as are Brown and
WINNER, centers. Jones' who took
Hubbards place when the latter broke
his ankle. Is doing good work. In adj
dition to these letter men several other
members of the squad, either from the
second-string OUTFIT or from the fresh
man of last Fall, are playing good foot
ball
The freshman team of last Fall was
exceptionally strong and boasted sew
eral men above the average. There
are three 200-pound tackles from the
freshman team who are making the
varsity players from last season step
lively. They are Grinus, Murphy and
Seamon. Clifton, Hite and Kasun are
good guards from the first year ranks.
Howard, fullback Morgan and Barnes,
halfbacks, and Hall, quarterback, from
the yearlings, have good prospects.
v. p. I. apparently has material for
q good team, but the genial sally"
Miles, athletic director, does not let
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