Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-13
-FOUR S.A. ELEVENS
TOGET INTO ACTION
Virqinia, v. M. l., William and
Mary and Davidson to
Play Saturday.

~ look with real seriousness
/ toward the throne which In
late October it ascendS with
all the majesty and pomp Incl
dent to its great Importance In
large part of the public mind
Within the next few days, on Fri
day and Saturday before another
Sunday comes, teams in widely
separated sections of the country
will trot out to hear the whistles
noting the formal opening OF an
other season.
All the games this week are hardly
more than good warm-ups for one OF
the teams, but they will be games just
the same, and, marking the beginning
of schedules, are likely to draw GOOD
deal more attention than they actually
are worth.
Loyola University of New Orleans is
the strongest team to play Friday. 1t
meets louisiana College in what should
be a walkaway. North Dakota State
has a game listed with an easy team for
the same day.
Saturday will find four of the larger
South Atlantic schools in their opening
encounters. Virginia gets its baptism
under its new coach, Fred Dawson,
against Roanoke College. Virginia
Military Institute has a game with
Hampden-Sioney, William and Mary
plays Langley Field, while Davidson
entertains Elon College. Out on the
West Coast Stanford plays its annual
game with the West Coast Army eleven,
oregon and oregon Aggies open with
Pacific University and Willamette. Rice
Institute, South Dakota, Texas Chris
tan University and Buckneu are the
other schools of more than average size
that play their first games.
Not one Of the contests listed this
week Is expected to prove anything
much in a foot ball way, but followers
of all teams that open up will watch
with a good deal of interest the results.
It will be their one way of getting an
early line on the possible strength OF
the squad which is to wear their cclors
during the balance of the season and
which will carry their banner against
old rivals in games which mean every
thing from a standpoint of inter-
collegiate competition.
OF the Southern schools that open
this week, there is a strong probability
that Loyola University will have one Of
the best teams, If not the best. Coach
Shaughnessy turned out a strong COM
bination there last Fall and has back
Q veteran combination.
VIRGINIA IS hopeful Of having its
v team in smooth running form when
it hits Roanoke. The Orange and
Blue has had plenty Of difficulties in
foot ball in the last two or three years
and Is looking forward to Its schedule
this Fall as the means Of climbing to
q brighter side of the sphere.
Virginia Military Institute will have
better material than a year ago and
should go through more satisfactory
season.
William and Mary is expecting one
Of its best elevens under Coach Bill
Fetzer, for several years coach at North
Carolina.
Davidson is likely to show what it
nearly always has, fighting combina-
ton that should give any of its OPP
ponent5 real run for their money.
T OCAL schools have all been digging
- in with a will in an effort to make
the best Of the practice sessions
they have been holding. George
town and Catholic University. with two
weeks Of workouts behind them, are
down to hard scrimmaging, while
George Washington and Maryland are
planning to put their squads through
some Of the same kind of practice al
most every day this week. American
University and Galludet have yet to get
under way.
a LABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTI-
"A TUTE is one school that may 1ur-
prise the whole South this Fail
Auburn, as 1t is more Familiarity called.
has been for several years Just about at
the bottom of the list, but looks with
good deal of hope to the coming sea-
son.
Last year Auburn turned in some good
performances, but lack of reserve
strength was big factor in some Of Its
defeats. Also there was not a good deal
Of line material available in 1880, while
this year the situation in that respect
Is much better.
For several years Auburn has been
under handicap in the matter OF
playing some of its big games at home,
as it has no stadium. Plans now are
under way whereby it is expected that
a stadium will be constructed in time
for the 1882 season.
TULANE expects to have line this
i Fall that will average around 200
pounds from end to end. The New
Orleans school lost four good men out
Of its star set of forwards % 1890 but
IL seems that Coach Bierman has plenty
CT leftovers from his reserves and
friedman squads to fill the gaps.
The man Bierman is likely to miss
more than any other is Roberts, all
Southern center
incidentally, Tulane probably has the
best array of punting material in the
whole South. IN Glover, Zimmerman
and Felts, from last years SQUAD, he
has three men back who will more
than held their own in any contest
against almost any kind Of kicking.
In addition, he gets from the fresh
man team, an exceptional punter in
Kyle.
TOACH ED WALKER has a real Job
~ ct the University of Mississippi to
put across foot ball as he feels
that Mississippi people would like him
to. Conditions in the Mississippi
schools in the last year or two have
not been Of the best and material, COM
pared to good material in some OF the
other schools in that section, is not
plentiful.
Coupled with that, Walker has to
throw his team against some of the
best in the South. In Mississippi's first
three games it meets Tulane, Alabama
and Tennessee. which is enough bad
medicine for any coach to have to take.
Mississippi's big game is with MissiSsip-
pi A. and IA on Thanksgiving day.