The Washington times., 1931-08-29
L|NEPRObLEM
FOR BERGMAN
|. c, j, COACH
BY GEORGE A. SIMPSON

will be the chief problem for
Head Coach Dutch" Bergman
and his football assistants at
Catholic University this fall.
Those missing from the front
row will be George Menke, guard
and captain of last years eleven;
Ed O'Brien, tackle; Moon"
Mullen, guard; Rocco Blasi, end;
Nick Monaco, guard. and Ted
Bonet, halfback. The last three
do not plan to return to school.
Line Regul. rs Available
Regulars from last years line
available are Johnny Ambrose,
center; Hugh Flynn, tackle, and
John Stapleton. Johnny Lyons
and Vincent Fraatz. ends. Re
serve linemen returning are Felix
Ferris. end; Paul Billinger, center,
and Thomas Callahan. tackle, and
Charles Achstetter, tackle, and a
local boy.
Bergman's greatest difficulty
will be trustworthy replace
ments for the tackle and guard
positions, but he won't neglect
the fIanks which will also need
some reinfOrcementS.
Candidates from the freshmen
will be Laurence Baraldi, Joseph
Baumgardner, James Lyons, John
Maley and Danny Pyne, guards;
Harry Duscha, Phil Gross, Thomas
Longo, Tom Nally and Lloyd Stat
ford, tackles; Edgar White and
William Confer, centers: Clement
Halleron, Ray Howe. Robert Nc
Vean and Frank Lauer, ends:
Thomas Campbell. Howard Col
lender. Charles McVean and John
Jsnkowski, halfbacks. Pyne, the
McVean brothers and Nally are
local boys, the first three from
GonZaga High and the last
named from Eastern High.
Besides Oliver, varsity back
field men to choose from will in
clude Fred Guarnieri, Carl De-
Mello, Bus Sheary, Tom Whelan,
Francis Donaher and Theodore
Bertoni. Sheary and Guarnieri
were used at fullback with Ber-
toni q sub halfback and quarter.
back.
First Practice Tuesday
First practice will be held Tues
day morning in the C. U. Sta
0ium with between 80 and 35 can
didates expected on hand. The
opening game is with Boston Col
lege at Boston, Mass, on Septem-
ber 26. Bergman will be assisted
by George Vlk, Notre Dame end
last year who will handle the wing
men and Forrest Cotton who will
have charge of the line. Cotton,
a former Notre Dame player,
coached at St. Ambrose College,
Davenport, Iowa. The Cardinal
freshmen will be under the wing
of Eddie LaFond.
"Well hold morning and
afternoon practices until Sep.
tember 23 when school reOpens;
keeping the boys ON the field at
least six hours every day." states
Coach Bergman, who returned
to town yesterday. "We'n cut
out the morning practice when
classes are resumed. But we
have to work them hard between
now and Sept. % as we start
right off with a hard game with
Boston College"
The football bell for the George
town University regiment also
tolls for the first time Tuesday
when the Hilltoppers gather at
Rehoboth Beach, DEL. the new
training camp for the Blue and
Gray. Who wouldn't be a candi-
GATE for the Georgetown eleven, in
view Of the different beach resorts,
where the team has trained since
Lou Little first took his charges
up to Monmouth Beach, N. j.,
back in 1925?
Maryland Out September Z
Following the Cardinals and
Hilltoppers, will be the black and
old gold standard bearers of
Maryland University-and Curley
Byrd won't even permit his lads
to loaf on Labor Day. No, sir,
they must toll on this day, so
sacred to the laboring forces of
this country. The Maryland
gridderS believe there's no justice
in football.
Then on September 8, Head
Coach Jim PixIee loads his
George Washington University
gridders into buses and travel
over to Camp Let's on the
Rhodes River near Annapolis,
Md.
A week later or thereabouts
Coaches Young of American Uni.
versity, and Hughes of Gallaudet,
will assemble their pupils for the
first Instructions