Evening star., 1933-11-01

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Auburn, of course, came to town with
a stellar array, including three p0ten-
tial all-Americas in Boots Chambless,
Dave Atrial and Firpo PhippS. But for
the most part teams Of the Capital area
have supplied the performers that de-
light the eyes of true lovers Of the
gridiron sport.
Next Saturday however, the visiting
team will send collection, OF stars
onto Mr.. Grifith's turf who should, ac-
cording to past performances, satisfy
those looking for Al eXponenS OF the
game of kick. pass and run.
Introducing Beattie Feathers. half
back; Herb Bracket. quarterback, and
"Sherif1'' Talmadge Naples, Tennessee
captain and center.
TEATHERS, picked on most all
II America teams last year, is an 1885,
pound, 6-foot halfback, who COM
bines just about every quality a coach
could ask for in one foot ball player.
This Bristol, Tenn, veteran, known to
Southern fans as the Bounding Ante
years carried the bruDt Of Tennessee 5
attack.
Rated one Of the games greatest
kickers Che can average As yards in an
all-day tesD, Feathers is every bit as
valuable to his team as John Hurry)
Cain, the rip-snorting fullback who led
Alabama to victory over George Wash
ington on the same field last year.
Besides kicking the ball almost out
Of the lot, Feathers has an arm for
forward passing that suffers little IN
comparison with the best tosserS the
game has known, and as ball-toter
the Bristol Bounder Is able to smash
the line or run the ends with equal
ease and effectiveness. DefenSively this
uncommonly brilliant young man Is SO
good that opposing teams often avoid
sending plays in his section OF the sec
ondary defense.
IN HERB BRACKETT, the doughty
Feathers has an able ball-running
partner who shines particularly In
returning kicks. Calling signals, how
ever, is Brackets chief duty and ne Is
said to be one Of the most daring fleld
generals in Dixieland. But when II
comes to Juggling the oval Herb comedies
nothing to the boys who like to perform
amid a field of tacklers.
Young Bracket has weakness thal
paradoxically is the reason for his sue
cess. He is afraid to go home IN the
dark, so the story goes.
As a youngster fearful of ghosts he
thought stalked the cemetery in his
neighborhood down in Knoxville, Herb
ert was given to stretching his leg:
mighty fast when he had TO go home
at nights. And since then he has been
awfully hard to catch.
Long open field runs stud Brackets
record as a Volunteer gridder. AS a
lo1 cly in, 10
a New York University kick for "A yards
and touchdown that helped the Vols
to beat the Violets in a post-season
charity game. Last year he brought
back a kickoff 80 yards for a score
against Mississippi A. & M, hustled a
punt back 60 yards for marker against
kentucky and closed the season with q
couple against Florida. One was sc
yards from kickoff, another 60 yards
after taking punt.
~APT. SHERIFF" NAPLES. who
l by the way is married. is the
~ standout performer in line noted
for its extremely hard charging and
tackling. 1t is always difficult to pick
out hero in the Tennessee line except
for an occasional Herman Hickman who
cannot be standardized. for Maj. Ney-
lands forwards are uniformly efficient
But Talmadge. as his wife calls him
is the best of the lot this year. an 1876
FOUNDER whom Neyland declares to be
one of the hardest tacklers that ever
PLAYED foot ball.
Honestly. it sometimes hurts me tc
see Naples drive in and meet a runner
head on" the West Pointer said re-
Gently.
George Washington will endeavor tc
meet this invasion of potential all
Americans with its own crop of what
some critics say are stars Of the first
water. Few better backs have flashed
their wares here than Tuffy Leemans
Mig McCarter and Don Bomba, who
among them. can match all the gridiror
dynamite stored up in the great
Feathers. While Feathers probably car
do more things we'll than any of the
Colonial trio, he cannot perform then
all at once.
In an effort to counter balance the
extraordinary strength of Tennessee.
line, which does its stuff with clock
like precision. George Washington viii