Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-03
SOME REAL TALENT
ISADDED TO SQUAD
Lloyd of Navy and Several
Other Former College
Stars on Roster.
BY H. C. BYRD.

TINE Marine Corps foot ball
team. in training at the
League Island Navy Yard
at Philadelphia, is expected
TO be one of the strongest OF all
the strong teams that have repre-
sented the Corps. Not only are
the best players from last years
SQUAD available, but many new
faces are present. In fact, some
of the new men have been among
the outstanding players OF college
gridiron.
Mai. Dave Brewster, who at Marine
Corps headquarters has the general job
of looking after Marine athletics, Is
optimistic. His opinion of what may
be accomplished probably is best ex-
pressed in his own words:
TT looks like bright year for the
Marines. and it Is expected confidently
that a team will be turned out winch
in many respects, will rival the ola
Marine combination of Goettge. Sander
son, Liversedge, Beckett and the otner
stars who carried the fight INTO enemy
territory for several years with great
success"
Have Made Great Record.
And right here it might be well to
Saigress lust a moment to say that the
Marines have every right to be proud
Of their foot ball records, as we'll as
of their records in more serious things.
In 1928 the highlights of their season
were q victory over Georgetown and
tie with Haskell Institute. In 1924 they
won all their games except one with
Vanderbilt, which was a tie. The 1925
team was defeated by Georgetown and
Canisius, but won all other games. The
1926 team played through long. hard
schedule with great credit, while the
1927 eleven went through with
straight string of victories. The only
team that gave the Marines a real scare
that season was st. Xavier at Cincin-
matt. The 1928 schedule also was sue
cessful, but in 1929 the Corps probably
was represented by its weakest eleven
Possibly Tom Ready, coach OF the
Marines, would not agree so whole
heartedly with Mai. Brewster about the
prospects for a great year, as no coach
is expected to be that optimistic. But
Brewster was great foot ball player
himself and knows what a good foot
ball SQUAD is. Last year Breswter was
not optimistic when he said: I'VE shall
not do much" And the team did not
agreeably do other than what was ex-
DecueQ. he00y, however, has UcCkl 1OOh-
ing over his material, and Lieut. John
Hough, who is one of the assistant
coaches, says that 1--WE have no kick on
the material in the squad this year"
One of the former college stars now
in the corps is Whitley Lloyd, Naval
Academy mainstay a year ago. Lloyd
probably will play in the backfeld, the
same position he held in his final year
at Annapolis. Bean and Bowers, two
other Naval Academy men. also are
in Marine uniforms. Some of the other
players who made marks in college
ranks are PRESLEY, who at Clemson
was ranked as the best center in the
South and one of the best in the coun-
try Many thought he was better than
Pumd, the Georgia Tech center, who
was given all-America honors. j. p.
McCaffrey, former quarterback at Penn
sylvania Military College; O'Donnell Of
Norwich University, and Allen Of Uni
versity of Florida are others who have
gone into the corps with fine records
as college players.
Some Clever Halfbacks.
Several good men were members of
the squad last year and 1t is thought
that the additional strength shown in
the new men will just about give the
impetus necessary to make winning
season. Peggy ONeil, former Navy