Evening star., 1932-09-08
ALL TO Be BETTER
THANLAST SEASON
Driver of Cavaliers includes
Own EIeven-PredictS Biu
Things for v. P. |.
BY III. C.. BYRD.
.HE four Southern Confer
nrnn schools in NIirnir,in n

BY III. C. BYRD.
THE four Southern Confer
ence schools in Virginia
/ should be represented this
Fall by the strongest foot
ball teams they have put out in
years, according to Jimmie Driver,
athletic director Of the University
Of Virginia. And in making this
optimistic prediction, Driver in
cludes his own school, as well as
Virginia Polytechnic Institute,
Virginia Military Institute and
Washington and Lee. All have
back good deal of veteran ma
terial, besides some excellent re-
Inducements coming up from the
1881 reserve and freshman elevens.
"Hefe at Virginia" says Driver, I'VE
expect about the strongest team we have
put out in several years, although we
are not saying how our record in a won
column may shape up at the end Of the
season. We lost some good men who are
going to be hard to replace but, con-
sidering all things, it seems to me that
we should have the strongest eleven
that has represented us in some time.
| over at V. P. I. expect to see one
OF the most brilliant backfields in the
South. Certainly v. P. I. ought to have
the finest backfield that has represented
a team in this section in years. v. M I,
should come fast and Shcw vast i'm
provement over 1881, and SO should
washington and Lee. However, it is
| V. P. I. that expect to prove the sur
prise of the year. 1t always has good
material and this year will couple that
with excellent coaching"
A BOUT his own eleven, Virginia,
"A Driver does not say good deal,
| except that he expects all four of
the big Virginia schols to have their
strongest elevens in years. However, it
Is known that Virginia has back a
wealth OF line material, well seasoned
and big, and more than the average
number OF good backs.
| Condor, Wager and st. Clair, all g.
footerS and two of them around 200
pounds, are veteran ends back from the
1891 team. Wager formerly was a star
at center, but was moved to an end DO
siton. PoSs ard Giles, who did most of
the work at tackles are again in uni
form, and beth are zoo pounds and fast.
Bryant and Debrtts, regular guards.
we're lost by graduation, but Tomkins
and Dial, last years second-stringers,
are doing well.
Reiss probably. was the best center in
the south last year, despite some
opinions to the contrary. On a losing
team. Reiss was bright light. Weigh
ing 100 pounds and fast, formerly a
fullback, the New Yorker has for two
years been in a class by himself as far
as this section is concerned, and should
be again this year,
Young, center; Dudley, guard. and
Charles, end, are other reserve linemen
back from last years team. Hallett
center; Spalding and Banks, tackles;
higgins, Schaf and Zimmer, guards
and Hooff and Purvis, ends, are the
linemen who come up from the yearlinp
eleven. 1t Is doubtful, though, If any
OF these will be good enough to beat cut
The 1881 varsity players, who apparently
are showing much better now than
they were year ago.
THOMAS and Myers were lost from
l. last years backfield and both were
good men. However, Sippley, prob
ably the best back on the team in 1880,
again is available. He was out then
with injuries sustained at the begin
ming OF the season, Sippley Is expected
to be a great player and probably will
hold down the quarterbacks job
Other backs who have earned their
letters now in uniform are Edgar, Pin
der, Sackett, Stevens, Brewer and Har-
ris. Abramson, Moulton and Dodd are
three backs who were on the squad but
did not get their letters who may come
through.
OF the 1881 freshmen backs 1t Is ex-
pected that johnson will come near
making regular berth He weighs 200
pounds, is fast, and generally is re-
garded as one Of the best all-round high
school athletes turned out in the State.
Cabell, Denne and Forney are other
backs from the freshman eleven.
Virginia has better material, and con-
sequently better prospects than usual,
to go into schedule that is far better
balanced than most of the schedules it
has played in recent years. On Sep
tember "a it opens with Hampden-Sid
ney, and October 1 meets Maryland in
the first big game. Roanoke College
to be played at New York October Is.
october % Virginia Military Institute
Is to be the Cavaliers opponent, while
on October 29, November 5, November
IL and Thanksgiving day are to be
played st. Johns, Washington and Lee.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
North Carolina.
| TOACH TOM MILLS Is not overly
~ optimistic about his prospects at
Georgetown, but does not hesitate
to say that he will have a good team
just what the eleven may accomplish
in games won and lost Mills does not
attempt to conjecture, but that it
should play good foot ball and give an
excellent account of Itself generally is
| his opinion.
II am no. foolish enough to say that
we are going to have a greet foot ball
| team, nor even a winning one, said
Mills, but 1 do believe that we shall
have an eleven good enough to give an
excellent account o: itself even in the
difficult schedule we have. We are
going to play good foot ball, but how
many games We shall win is in the laps
Of the gods. Too many little things
influence the result of foot ball con-
test for any coach, or anybody else, to
predict the outcome of even one game
and far be 1t from me to try to predict
how q season may turn out"
MILLS has back from his varsity
1Vx squad of last year the nucleus of
a strong eleven. For veteran backs
he has Bradley, Shimmins, Viskovitch,
Stanley, Donahue and Lione. As base
around which to build his line he has
Hudson and Carolan, ends; Callahan,
center; Denner. guard. and Joe Kata-
linus. tackle These men should form
the bulk of first team strength, with
scme Of the second string players and
| to fill in.
Mills has said several times that he
regards Bradley as being potentially one
OF the best backs in the country. He
that dln1r Innc