Evening star., 1932-09-14
COACHING SYSTEM
CHANGE GIVES HOPE.
Material, as in Past Seasons,
Appears Sufficient for
Winning Eleven.
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~ ball in which it has not
n measured up to eXpecta-
tions, based on the quality
of its material, Virginia Poly
technic Institute is looking for
ward this year to a revival of its
former triumphant gridiron days.
This hope for renewed gridiron
success rests mainly on confidence
placed in the new coaching staff,
OF which Henry Redd will be gen.
orally in charge, with Monk
Younger directly responsible for
the active coaching.
Redd has proved exceptionally sue
cessful as coach Of V. P. /. freshman
teams for the last 10 years, having lost
only nine games out of the 49 played
in that period. Younger has had re-
markable results for several years at
Davidson and takes to V. P. I. un-
questioned ability. Tilson, who was line
coach at Davidson under Younger, also
goes to V. P. I.
With this coaching staff, v. P. I.
probably has reason for its high hopes.
The Blacksburg school always has had
good material, and there are few sea-
sons indeed when its players do not
measure up to those of its opponents.
Whenever it has had capable direction
considerable success has been achieved.
IRON its last years squad v. P. I.
L loses five letter men but returns
II. and the chances are that the
men lost will have their places filled
by players just as capable and in one
or two cases the men likely to go into
varsity positions are more capable than
their predecessors. The loss of Groth,
200-pound quarterback who was a great
line breaker, is pretty likely to be felt,
but even without him the Gobblers have
plenty Of backfeld material.
The biggest squad V. P. I. has ever
had in preliminary practice now is
working out. Younger is putting his
men through the PAGES at a lively gait,
too. from all accounts. in order to have
them in shape for the meeting with
University of Georgia october !. And,
as far as his schedule is concerned,
Younger does not face an easy task
meeting Roanoke College in the open
ing game September "a. Georgia, Octo-
Der /; Maryland, October 8, and after
that William and Mary, Kentucky,
Washington and Lee. Alabama, Virginia
and Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
4 ND speaking of schedules, North
IA Carolina does not have the easiest
In the world. II opens up with
Wake Forest September "a, then plays
consecutively Vanderbilt, Tennessee,
Georgia, Georgia Tech, North Carolina
State, Florida, Davidson, Duke and
Virginia.
Of these schools, It generally is
thought that Vanderbilt will stand out
among the first three or four in the
South, that Georgia should prove a
hard nut for any Of its opponents to
crack, that Georgia Tech may show a
good deal of improvement over last
year, that Tennessee should have the
best team in its history, and that any
one of the others. except Wake Forest
NAV be strong enough to give the Tar
heels an upset.
CoUTH CAROLINA probably will
y have one Of the heaviest teams In
the South. A letter from Coach
Bill Laval contains information that
the line from end to end as the team
now is lining up averages 1876 pounds
and the backfeld $50. 1t would seem
that physically at least the Gamecocks
ought not to have to bow very often
before any opponent. OF course. weight
is far from everything on foot ball
field, but in all probability South Caro-
lima has its share Of speed and ex-
perience as well.
Tulane Clemson, Louisiana State
and Auburn are the main games on
South Carolina's schedule.
In connection with South Carolina,
it is worth mentioning that Billy Laval.
coach for the last years, never played
foot bali. Despite his lack of experience
as a player. Laval was brilliant sue
cess at Furman and has had good teams
every year since he took the job as head
coach at Columbia.
In speaking of his team this year,