The Washington times., 1930-09-03
.7oDEYS
3sPPeRlgRIAL
Kirk Miller

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3-No matter what other re-
verses the Georgetown football
team may meet before the sea-
son which started here this
morning with the first practice
Of the year, is over, one Of the
severest setbacks, to our way
Of thinking, occurred just be.
fore the club left washington
when word was received that
Gene Driscoll, the giant guard
Of last year and one Of the few
remaining members Of the 1929
line coming back for more in
1880. would not be available for
football.
Driscoll has been quite III
this summer and his physician
has advised him against trying
to 60 out for football this year.
Driscon was the regular guard
last autumn until laid low from
q severe injury, and truth to
tell, he has never actually re-
covered from that ordeal. His
left arm is deformed. from
that injury and he suffers
great pain constantly.
This situation adds tremen.
dously to the problem which
Coach Tommy Mills has known
all along he would have to face
in rebuilding his line, what with
the absence, through gradua.
ton, Of the likes Of Wynk0op,
center: Walsh and LiSton,
guards: Mooney and Cordo-
vano, tackles, and his two big
ends, Provincial and Gehringer.
In brief, all Tom Mills has re
naming Of that stellar forward
wall developed by Lou Little is
Capt. Bill Morris, as capable
q center aS has greCed any grid
iron around these parts in
many q moon. fun or other
wise. Meanwhile, without DriS-
coll, Tremblay and Dyer ought
to have little opposition from
any Of the other candidates for
those two guard positions.
Only the lightest Of timber
ing up exercise made UP the
morning and afternoon practice
for the Hoya hopefuls today,
much Of the morning being re-
quired IN fitting up the boys
with gauze shirts and light
running pants. Tom Murphy
and John Colrick put the lads
through their Setting-up exer-
cises and the color which they
lend to this daily formality is
remindful Of the sparkle and
dash with which "Ox" DagroSsa
used to hand It to the boys.
Tom Mills has his charming
family in camp with him, and
Tom Junior has already been
designated official mascot Of
the 1880 HilltopperS. There is
also q little girl about IL who
Is the spit image of her father
and If the little boy lets his
foot slip, the girl child viii
surely turn out as mascot.
And now that we are writing
Of the juveniles. it is only fair
to say that K. Miller, jr., is
attending his third Georgetown
training camp. and the last
thing he purchased before leav-
ing Washington was Q toy
typewriter. II anything, his
spelling is worse than mis-
fathers and his "syntax are
awful"
The practice ground Is stu
ated on the Potomac River
side Of Point Lookout and about
six city blocks from the hotel.
The candidates for the team
are supposed to trot these three
blocks, according to an edict
Of Coach Mills, but many Of
them dogged the last three Of
'em this morning.
The team was met last night
at the outskirts Of the city by
the mayor, one George Beck,
Judge Raleigh and the entire
common council. While no
brass hand was In attendance,
there win be one here Saturday
night when q dance is to be
staged for the coaches, rfam-
berS Of the Fourth Estate and
the weekend visitors.
The writer wishes to correct
an impression that might have
been gathered from his Paul
Revere" story appearing herein
last Friday. Several folks, read
ing that yarn. seemed to have
gathered the idea Georgetown
Is training in the midst of the
Southern Maryland bootleg belt,
which is not the case at all.
If there Is any such stuff down
here, no evidence has been
found Of it either on this, or q
previous trip.
Sea turtle soup and turtle
steaks, both very fattening, are
dainties which the football play.
ers win have the agony Of hear
ing and seeing the other hotel
guests enjoy. A fisherman put
in here with q .tarpin" weigh.
ing close to 275 pounds, Point
Lookout weight. and the hotel
proprietor lnagnanimously made
an offer Of So for it. which was
accepted SO quickly 1t took his
breath.
It was agreed that the pur-
chaser would haul IL from the
beach, which he did, backing
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