Evening star., 1935-10-13
TEAM IS POTENT
BUT LACKS SPIRIT
Candidates Lose Too Much
Time DaIIying-Appear
Safe From Cellar.
BY BURTON S. HAWKINS.

OOSEVELI . ftOugn RlueTS,
- who have resembled Potomac
II Park novice equestrians out
l. y for a Sunday canter for the
last eight years. can gallop into the
high school limelight this season If
they snap out of their present lacka-
daisical attitude.
Blessed with as much potential
power and ability as any team it will
meet in the scholastic series, Roosevelt
has failed to measure up to the limit
Of its capabilities in its games to date.
It's not that Lynn Woodworth' S
charges don't know the meaning of
the word fight just that
they've been doing most of their
scrapping among themselves.
Practice sessions, those precious
hours when blocking, tackling. CO.
ordination and passing should be
polished, evidently have been taken
lightly by Roosevelt grid candidates.
Stressing pass defense in Thurs
days practice, Woodwork failed to
achieve proper results because his
boys felt a bit playful. After every
pass the players, instead OF tossing
the ball back to center, would send
an awry kick to the other side of
the field, delaying much-needed drill
PAY for Their Fun.
TN THE Gonzaga game the next day
l. weak pass defense cost the Rough
Riders the fray, with Tim Boyle
taking a heave from Jim Gormley tc
score the first Purple touchdown
Orrel Mitchell's smaller eleven
blocked, charged and tackled harder
than Roosevelt to earn 1876 victory
That Roosevelt's line can go places
was demonstrated individually from
end to end, but only in flashes.
Spiro KoliuS and Francis Beamel
give the Orange and Blue pair OF
hard-hitting flankmen and a dan
gerouS aerial attack. KoliuS IS E
much better foot ball player than ht
yet his showed. Beamer has beer
one of the few men on the squac
who has put out" and his passes
punts and defensive work will beal
watching in the series.
Lack of smart signal-calling ha.
cost plenty of yardage. When Beanie,
is pulled out of the line, the oppo
sition knows an aerial is on its way
Not once has Roosevelt varied its at
tack with Beamer back, and although
his heaves are accurate, it's fairl.
easy to slap them down if given warn
ing of what to expect.
A few quick kicks, smashes of
tackle or end runs, with Beamer or
the business end, would present 6
much more potent attack than the in
effective line bucks used thus far.
Riders Need Determination.
THE brittle, 196-pound Frank Wit
and Irving Hayman, brother O
Rube, 1888 Central star. can give op
posing tackles plenty OF trouble, bu
they must click with more precision
than heretofore if they hope to gel
the jump on CentralS John Swank
and Bill Mandes, Techs Whitley
Rawling and Gerald Davis, or East.
ern's Earl Fox and John Donovan.
Julius Lewis and Gus Papanicolas
must drive harder to clear the way
along with Webster Fisher, center
when their backs want to crack the
middle of the line. Papanicolas, at
this time, is blocking better than any
of his mates.
Ed Lyman, quarterback; Lauren
Seaver and Joe Bovello, halves, ano
Jake Fleischman, fullback, are rugged
and capable, but have yet to show
to the best of their ability. Fleisch-
man, 214 pounds of tough beef, can
be a series sensation if he develops more
speed and drive instead of starting
to drop at the line of scrimmage
Reserves are not too plentiful, but
among those who have shone promise
of development are, Dutch" Kol-
meyer, Dick Grant, Loyal Grimm
Paul Richards, Bill Greer, Vincent
Burch. Bill Weber, Lloyd Mcdonald
and Glenn Roudabush. Dick Smith
Is managing the outfit.
Roosevelt won't finish in the cellar
Western seems to have that clinch-
ed-with its game, but inexperienced
team. Whether they rise above fourth
place with a smooth, hard driving
eleven, or are content to let ragged
foot ball dim their potential ability,
will be answered tomorrow, when
Coach Woodwork steps out on the
field to teach them what they have
been unwilling to learn. Woody, plus
determination on the part of his
charges, can make the Rough Riders
a feared group in the scholastic series.