The Washington times., 1936-09-17
GEORGETOWN COACH SEES SECOND MOONEY IN FLEMIN
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BY FRANK BUCK" O'NEILL


You can't walk around the ivied
campus of Georgetown University
these days without hearing some
referen to a second jim
Mooney" And, of course, any such
reference is highly interesting.
One Jim Mooney in the life
of the average alumnuS is a great
thrill and rare happening.
That two should come along in
a cycle of 10 years is cause for
changing the bells in those grey
stone towers. If they haven't
enough bells to fit the occasion,
maybe some wealthy alumnus will
supply them.
But we were talking of a sec
ond Jim Mooney, and it would
be well to stick to the facts.
Mooney, as you remember, could
kick football from here to there
and drive it out of bounds on
the 10-yard stripe any time the
situation called for such treat.
ment Of a punt. He was All.
America, All-Eastern, and GER
tainly he is All-Georgetown tackls
and punter.
Now we come to John Flem.
ing, an eagle-beaked kid who
weighs 100 pounds in his socks
and stands just over the six-foot
mark. Fleming is an end but
he is also a punter of the stripe
Of Jim Mooney. Now of course
all the references and the clang.
ing and the jangling Of the bells
becomes very clear and quits
plain to one and all.
FeaSts Eyes On Fleming
The writer spent a good 20 min.
utes feasting his eyes on tbs
style of John Fleming yesterday.
The sun poured down over the
grass carpeted practice field by
the dental school. Jack Hagerty
snapped out a couple of COM
mands, and the squads divided.
The ends raced down under puntS,
and it wasn't long before Flen1'
ing had them calling for help.
His style is peculiar. He kicks
off a rocking step, but he rocks
on the right foot, his kicking foot,
steps back, sways forward and
drives the ball. He holds it at
arms length over the right foot,
extends his instep and drives to
about his waist.
The ball sWirls and twists in a
perfect spiral that eats up dis
tance. Some of his kicks yester.
day went SIS yards beyond the line
Of Scrimmage, and always you felt
that Fleming had another 10
yards or maybe more slowed away
for reserve until needed. He
punted off a rhythm that was a
little bit better than four seconds
from the first quiver of the ball.
In the beginning he was prone to
take half step too close to the
line, but he began to kick on the
second stride, and then we saw
Fleming at his best.
Hagerty Conservative
Jack Hagerty, whose career in
football has carried him from col
lege through the professional ranks
to the coaching chambers is not
man given to overstatement.
He's the sort of muggin who could
look at the Grand Canyon and
say:
Pretty good, huh?"
"ThiS kid puts me in mind Of
Mooney said Jack while the
practice was ON yesterday. I'D
heard about Mooney, but one day
played against him in profes.
SiOnal football. The first time
he punted it went over my head,
and I was back 40 yards. Then
ne went over my head at so
yards and than at IS. He was
all the kicker that anyone ever
could ask for, and / think Flem-
ing will be almost as good. He's
q natural"
We found out that Fleming uses
special model kicking toe. 1t
isn't the square toe of Brickley
fame, but an oval cap to the
regulation toe. It is very hard and
helps him in driving the ball.
Call Him Back For Punts
Hagerty will play Fleming at
end and call him back on punt
formation. The lad can pass,
which makes him a threat beyond
his punting ability. He throws the
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