Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-25

local college foot ball
teams are being tapered
Of somewhat in their training,
q somewhat different procedure
from the usual. The great ma
iority Of coaches pay little atten-
ton to their first contests, as far
as carrying out hard practice SeS-
sionS is concerned, but a some
what different condition exists
right now for the four local
schools that begin their schedules
Saturday. Today's workouts are
not likely to be hard, while to-
morrow may be almost a day of
rest.
Catholic University, Of course, is in
Just about the same situation as a
team ordinarily in the middle Of the
year. It meets one of its strongest
opponents when it faces Boston College
at Boston and consequently its work.
outs today and tomorrow are likely to
be brief and light, In order that the
players may be In the best possible
physical condition. The Brooklanders
hold q short practice today and leave
early this evening for Boston.
While the other three schools have
no such task in front Of them as has
Catholic u. the conditions fronting
them for their opening are enough
different from former seasons and from
the usual to cause them to vary some
what the usual practice sessions for q
couple Of days before. Georgetown, for
instance, is not showing as well as was
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1t fears that Mount st. Mary'S, always
O formidable, alert scrappy team, may
prove more dangerous than 1t ordinarily
would. It may be remembered that in
the opening game last year at George
town, Mount st. Mary's put up q good
enough battle to make Lou Little, then
coaching, say I'VE couldn't have looked
worse"
Not Taking Any Chances.
Coach Tom Mills figures he cannot
AFFORD to take any chance Of having
Mount st. Mary's hand him an unex-
pected jolt, and will let I'D on scrim-
mage work to give his men chance
70 come around physically and also get
rid Of the tired mental condition that
results from four weeks Of grinding
practice without the stimulus Of actual
competition.
And 1t may as well be told right here
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the progress his squad has made In
fact. just the opposite Is true, as he is
very much dissatisfied. Mills, however
does not fail to tell his feelings In his
own words. Yesterday after practice
he gave q piece Of his mind as follows:
This = the most discpuraging day of
foot ball practice I've ever had In all
the years I've been coaching. Our backs
seem TO be going fairly well, but our
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played q concerned. It was awful. II
We win q game III think we're awful
lucky. never saw anything like Il.
Down ut the training camp when We
were Just going through the stun, with
out any real effort, we looked pretty
good, but today when We started to put
On steam and 60 through the real acts
instead Of the motions, what happened
Is the kind Of thing that makes coaches
at candidates for the bug house. Our
backs look good, but our line simply Is
not there, or might say 1t Is not here,
It u not anywhere. We're awful
Situation Il DinlcuIt.
Mills, Of course. had Just finished one
Of those trying days, when for . coach
everything seems TO go wrong, or moth
ing seems to be right, whichever way
felt q good deal more blue than he
ought to, but there Is not much doubt
that Georgetown Is up against q difh-
cult situation in the development Of its
line
The Blue and Gray lost every one Of
Its forwards Of last year, except the
center, Morris. Its second-string ma
terisl year ago, according to Lou Lit
tie. was poor. yet that Is the only ma
terial Mills has out of which to build
Q line. He has q dificult job, espe-
ctally as he must build that line to
Withstand the onslaughts of some Of
the toughest teams in the country.
Georgetown may come along and do
very well this Fall. but the chances are
It will not do Is well as 1t has during
the last few years. nor as well as its
well. then 1t will be a great tribute to
Mills coaching ability.
Mills has Just about decided on his
lineup for the opening game. He ex-
poets to start with Scald at quarter
back, Leary and Mooney at halfbacks
and Bordeau at full. The line is likely
to be made up Of Leavy and Brennan
at ends, Anderson and Dyer at tackles.
DubowSki and Brickman at guards and
Morris at center. The backfleld lines
up with two Of the four regulars of last
year, with Mooney and Bordeau as the
other two members. Bordeau was sub
stitute fullback last Fall and Mills
thinks he should be great foot ball
player.
American University believes it will
have another comparatively good team.
The Methodists have been working
along with q good deal of new material
many Of the men who made UP the
1929 eleven having graduated, and they
expect to make creditable record and
TO win their first encounter Saturday
with Shenandoah College.
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND doe,
~ not anticipate anything other thar
that II will win from Washington
College. although IL probably will NEE
much more dificult opposition than 4
has had In the opening game for foul
or i've years.
Just how the Old Line outfit vii
line up at the start Is not known, as
depends on how well three or four con
siderably bruised men come around ii
shape.
Maryland probably has spent tn
toughest September 1t has ever had II
foot ball, and the players in many case
are showing the effects of It,
George Washington and Gallaudet
which do not open their seasons 70
another week, with more time II
which TO get ready for their opening
are quietly saving wood. And not s
quietly either, as coaches Of boil
schools are beginning to drive thei
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