Evening star., 1933-03-22
T|LTS TO Be PART
OF SPRING DRILLS
Catholic U. and G. W. Like
Iy to Set Grid Pace Here
Again Next Fall.
BY II. c. BYRD.

NlVERSll Ot MAT LAND
is to get together with
~ Catholic University and
Georgetown during the
next three weeks for a series OF
Scrimmages as a part OF Spring
foot ball practice. The first is to
take place this week, probably
Saturday, between Maryland and
the Cardinals and the next the
following Saturday with George
town. 1t is possible that the Old
Liners and Brooklanders may also
hook up about the middle of next
week.
Any doubt that at least three local
schools are taking Spring foot ball Sc
riously should be dispelled by this ar
rangement. None of the three schools
has out a very large squad, and all
feel the need of some kind of workouts
that should produce something akin
to actual play. These scrimmages, it
is felt, will do that better than any
possible arrangement for scrimmageS
between divided squads.
The ScrlnmageS in no sense are to
be held as games, but simply as prac-
tice such as takes place the last two
weeks in September Coaches of the
is to be no attempt at anything other
than a mutual effort to help each
other achieve the best possible results
in the workouts.
A1ONE of the three teams-George-
~ town, Catholic University, and
Maryland, meet any one of the
other two in the regular Fall schedule,
but there is the friendliest of relation
ship between them. Therefore. they
have a mutual feeling of helpfulness
that should be of great value and can
not possibly operate against them.
OF the three squads, it is probable
that Catholic University is the strong
est and most experienced, as both
Georgetown and Maryland have to
build almost anew. 1t is likely that
Maryland'S lineup for next Fall will
have in it liberal sprinkling of mem
bers of the 1882 freshman team. Coach
Jack Hagerty of Georgetown says that
his squad needs some real development
If he is to have much success next
Fall, and he expects the ScrimmageS
to give his men some real experience.
A MOTHER factor in Spring practice
"A that most foot ball coaches have
good deal Of difficulty overcoming is
lack of interest among players. Long
weeks of workouts, without the stimulus
of competition against another school,
causes a kind of inertia hard to over
come. For this reason coaches welcome
opportunities to scrimmage against a
squad from another school,
TIItch nf Catholic
University says: Its just the kind of
thing that bring out the men and gives
them development they could not pos
Sibly attain in any other way"
Maryland has on the field right now
what probably is the youngest foot ball
squad it has had in years. The whole
squad probably does not average much
over 10 years, which is about as young
as some prep school elevens. Several of
the men who will have to be depended
on next Fall for regular berths, or for
second-string jobs. are only Is years O!
age
However, several of the youngsters act
rs if they should make good men, and
for 1884 and 1885 the Old Liners ought
to be coming back again with good
teams. Maryland, with the type of ma
terial it gets, usually has two years Of
comparatively week teams and two
years OF fairly strong teams.
IA far as the local foot ball heap is
n concerned. it seems very much,
from this distance, at least, that
Catholic University and George Wash
ington should sit "on top of the world"
again next year. Neither Georgetown,
nor Maryland, nor American University,
nor Gallaudet has material that shapes
UP as well as these schools, and after
all good material is essential to good
teams. And given about the same kind
of coaching the good material will win
over the poorer material nine times out
of ten. Once in a while the weaker
squad may get the break and win over
the stronger squad, but not often.
Practically every school is wondering
what the financial situation may be by
the time foot ball rolls round for reg
Ular play The poor results of last sea-
son put crimp in practically all COL
lege athletic programs. and the chances
are that the colleges for next year will
not arrange as elaborate schedules as
for past seasons. Then if there is an
other poor year, they should not be
faced with the problem of readjust-
ments. If there is a good year flnan-
cially they will be just that much to
the good.