Evening star., 1932-03-29
ONLY c. v. TO END
SESSIONS SHORTLY
Georgetown, C. u, Maryland
and American May Keep
on Until May.
BY III. c. BYRD.

AN USIlGS GOIIlOIIOW, 1OllOW-
' ' ing the Easter holiday
period, college foot ball
squads will get out for three or
four weeks Of more or less inten-
sive practice. Before they lay
away gridiron suits until Septem-
Der the local schools hope to get
In enough workouts to make up
somewhat for the lack of oppor-
tunity they have had so far this
Spring, enough to drill their men
in the fundamentals of the plays
they expect to use next Fall.
George Washington has been work.
ing out more than the other schools,
especially as it has not ceased work
because of the Easter vacation. 1t
plans to wind up this week George
town, Catholic University, American
University and Maryland are likely to
go through until the first week in
May, unless something happens to
break up their plans.
Spring practice always has been a
great feature of the teams coached
in the Notre Dame system. The timing
of plays in that system, the cadence
of the shift, the swayng of bodies by
ends, and especially the various types
of blocking, demand more time for per-
fecting than any other school of foot
ball; consequently more time is given
to practice. Rockne used to say that
he made his foot bali teams in the
Spring and not in the Fail
Farther South Spring, or rather,
Winter. foot ball Is just about as ex-
acting as the practice during the Fall
season. The squads are divided and
every week games are played under
regular conditions. Workouts usually
run from the first of February till the
latter part of March Alabama, for
instance, has played several games and
is one school that has given thorough
tryouts to the new rules.
FRANK THOMAS, Alabama foot ball
l. coach, says that the new rule on
the kickoff will absolutely change
conditions as far as the option at the
start of the game Is concerned. In
previous years, it has been customary
for many teams to favor receiving the
kick-off, and this has been especially
true of Notre Dame coached teams
However, Thomas says that his ex-
perience in the Spring games is that
the change in rules which places five
men on the 40-yard line allows so few
players back for interference that it
is impossible to run the ball back up
the field far enough to justify receiving
the kickoff.
1t is Thomas opinion that every
team next year when 1t gets the choice
will kickoff instead Of receive. Thomas
says that in five games in which there
were about 20 kick-offs the team re-
ceiving Gid not get on the average as
far up the field as the 20-yard line,
whereas in previous years the team
receiving could get back up on the av-
erage about to the sS.ysrd line:
kicking of viii have good deal to do
with how far back the receiving team
brings the BAH, and this may have
Influenced Thomas situation to some
extent. Alabama has about the great !
est kicker in foot bali in Cain. And
another team that does not have such
great kicker might find the average
for bringing back the ball somewhat
greater.
MARYLAND'S base ball team left last
I'1 night for North Carolina and Vir-
gtnia, where it is to play three
games with North Carolina University,
DhAC anu vi bl44d JO0dy, lOulOlIOW anu
Thursday, respectively. The Old Liners
took 16 players on the trip. The line
up, as Coach Shipley planned it just
before leaving, will be Sterling and
O'Hara to divide the catching: David
son, McIllWee, Rupple and Physioc,
pitchers; Chase. first base; Wilson or
Wolfe, second base; Berger, shortstop;
Chalmers third base: German and
Buscher for two outfield positions and
the third to be filled by Benner, Max
well or Cronin.
COACH sHIPLEY pays a great trib-
~ ute TO Buckley Buscher, who is a
sophomore member of Maryland's
garden trio. He says that Buscher IS
the best outfielder who has ever worn
a Maryland uniform, that there is
nothing in the play Of his position that
Dewitt prep player Is enc OF the few
college ball players he has seen who
can hit fairly well against curve ball
pitching.
tom CAROLAN apparently bids fair
l. to be one of the greatest athletes
Georgetown has ever had He is
sophomore, but already has made good
In three sports as a star in each. Last
Fall he was brilliant in foot ball. last
Winter his work in basket ball was by
far the best of the team and as good
as my that Georgetown faced, and this
Spring he is starring at first base.
The Blue and Gray hardly could ask
much more of an athlete incidentally,
Carolan is big and strong, and has a
fine disposition. He is the type of
athlete who is a credit to a university,
either on or of the field.