Evening star., 1932-09-05
BY TOM DOERER.


Washington University's foot
ball coach, Is sitting on the
banks Of the Rhodes River down here
whiting and humming.
Mr.. Jim-the-Fox has reasons for both
Take squint at his 1892 foot ball
squad assembled out there under
smacking hot sun and you will see an
outfit that knows its way around the
gridiron, batch Of reserves who know
what's in the rule book and flock of
freshmen who are willing to learn what
1t is all about.
Nothing could be better for Mr.. Pixlee,
Len Walsh and the rest Of Jim's coach
ing staff. There is plenty of work for
the mentors to do. No doubt about
that. But the kind Of work to be done
down here where the George Washing
ton boys, 50-some of them, are in camp
for the next two weeks Is the sort
coaches like to do. Every man on the
varsity knows what his job is to be
this year. There will be no switching
OF tackles to guards, and vice versa,
just before the bell sounds for the
season.
RUT while Coach Pixlee's task is to
- be less confusing than in other
years, it will, nevertheless, be no
easy one. Facing the G.. w. team this
year will be an aggregation Of outfits
from the East, West and South strong
enough to make the best Of teams
dubious as to their chances against
them.
Between showers and sunshine yes
terday afternoon Pixlee and his staff
gave the George Washington grid pros
poets an hour of getting the feel Of the
ball and demonstrating to company how
the tricky machines Jim has invented
work.
Divided into three sections, distin-
guishable by the color of their uni
forms, the entire squad was given lin
bering-up work. For instance, the
Reds, which are the varsity players,
and the Colds, which are the reserves
and sophs, were drawn of to one Sec
ton of the field for practice action,
while the Blues, the freshmen, under
the tutelage of Jean Sexton, were given
lesson or two at the end of the field.
TAMP LET'S Is beyond doubt one
~ Of the finest arranged grid training
camps in this section of the coun-
try. Every facility for prepping Is
here, every precaution for the safety
Of the athletes health has been ar
ranged for, and every possible appara-
tus and means of imparting foot ball
knowledge to the boys is here.
Two machines, both inventions Of
Coach Pixlee, are new this year. One
Of them, with five dummies swinging
from beams, is for backfield practice.
The backfield men charge at the ENDS"
dangling from pulleys, and then charge
dummies. The other machine Is for
charging. Five sand-filled canvas sacks
hang from beam. The boys charge at
these, and unless the work is perfect,
the bags are likely to fly back and
teach them that rythm and force must
60 together.
..T7HIs is the best team George
i Washington University has had
in years." said Coach Pixlee,
watching half hundred huskies 90
tearing across the field to the mess
hall "They are positive IN their con-
fidence, strong, smart and willing. I
guess no coach could ask for any more.
But Of course, you can never tell what
is going to happen in foot ball.
MY varsity eleven Is made up Of
last years letter men. Nothing could
be sweeter than that. Every fellow
knows his job and know what he can
do. So that's a problem settled. The
letter man will hold his job with the
varsity so long as he deserves it. If
he slips and one of my coaches tells
me there is a soph pressing for the job
then the latter gets chance. But
have no fear that the boys of last years
regulars will not be in there to stay
this year.
"But there Is work to be done down
here" Pixlee continued. "Our reserves
and sophs must be built up with an
eye to next season and to have them
in shape to bolster up the varsity We
will get several good boys out Of the
sophs and frosh who will have to be
trained and watched. But the task this
year Is light in comparison to those Of
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