Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-01

u
Y GEORGETOWN and Catholic
University foot ball squads
begin practice today, is any too
optimistic over prospects for an
exceptional season. Mills, just
before he left this morning for
Rehoboth Beach, Del, where his
squad has been reporting since
Sunday afternoon to be ready
for the first training camp
workout today at 3 o'clock, ex-
pressed himself as hopeful, but
not expectant, while Bergman,
whose SQUAD holds it's preliminary
training on its home field, says
that he feels his teams should be
better than last year, which, at
best, is not placing his expecta-
tons very high.
We lose some mighty good men from
last years team" says Mills, and one
or two of them hardly think we snail
be able to replace. Right now 90 not
know of any back on our squad VINO can
run in broken field as well as Johnny
Bozek nor is there any prospect IN the
squad that gathers today OF any player
to throw a forward pass as accurately
and as far as Scalzi last year. Besides
these two men, we have several positions
vacant that should be hard to I'LL. rake
center, fer instance: Morris was an eA-
ceptional man in that position, pelng
strong and steady, one of those players
that are so consistently good you never
really appreciate how good they are IN
til they are out of the game.
halfback, Leary at halfback and
Mooney at half have played their
last foot ball for Georgetown and TO
.eplacs that much veteran material Is
not easy, as any coach will tell you. IN
addition to these men, we lost ootn
ends, Brennan and Levey.
However, because we have lost I'll
Shis veteran material we are not S!ttlng
} up at night worrying ourselves to death
: We realize we have tough schedule
ehead of us, but We are going rlgnt
Haead to do the best job we can. And
GEfter al, expect that Is about the best
road to the greatest success that can
be attained with a given amount OF
material. No man can build a Digger OF
better house than he has lumber ano
brickS and nails and mortar to build.
CEORGETOWNS players have been
" gathering at Rehoboth Beach, Del,
since Sunday, and Mills is to join them az
noon today. The Blue and Gray coacn
left here early this morning and WILL
make the trip to Annapolis, thence
across the bay by ferry, and from Clal-
horne over to Rehoboth. Mills expects
to be at Rehoboth in time to Work OUT
the SQUAD for its first scheduled prac-
tice.
sixty men are to spend three weeks a.
the training camp. Among them are
the remnants of last years squad ana :
fairly good group OF men from tne rS SI
freshman outfit About the best mar
Is come up from the freshman eleven i
T. Stanko. a guard. Even Mills says that
: chap really is a fine foot ball player
and will make his mark on college grid
irons" So that means that Georgetown
should have at least one guard position
taken care of in great shape. The pest
of the other men from the yearllngs are
! Stanley, halfback; Donohue, quarter
/ back; Bradley, fullback; Richaros,
tackle, and O'Rourke, end.
Mills intends to pursue the same
training camp policy he carried out last
: wear, which is to drill his men con-
stantly, and without hurry, in the
fundamentals of offenSe and defense
That is, in the fundamentals OF plays
of ways to breakup plays, as he is going
on the theory that his squad ought 70
know very well by this time how 10
tackle, fall on ball, and so on through
the numerous processes of what formerly
comprised the first two weeks OF FAN
training. Foot ball squads nearly every
where get good deal of that in Spring
training.
Last year Mills went through a tough
season. Though he started with poor
outlook, and with an exceptionally hard
schedule, he turned out team that at
times played brilliantly and never
! poorly. Some of his biggest games ne
lost by an eyelash and In one at least:
Michigan State, his men rose to real
. heights to score a we'll deserved victory.
. This year. Mills says he will expect
nothing but do the best he can with
what he has.