Evening star., 1936-01-12
Meets c. U. in Opener.

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- forced to face as a result, Har-
mony considers his 1886 edition po-
tentially as strong as the band which
fought to six victories last Winter
and was tied only by the crack Vir-
ginia outfit.
Some idea of the harder road that
his current squad must travel, how
ever, is gained when it is considered
that Catholic University, which was
met in the final meet, the piece de
resistance of 1885, will be opposed
next Saturday in Maryland's open
ing battle.
Miami offers an opportunity to
catch a breathing spell on January
25, but next comes the Virginia meet
at College Park on February and
following that, on February 7, the
Terps will face North Carolina away
Army. the annual Southern Confer
ence tournament, and Wisconsin, un-
defeated in 1885. will round out the
year unless Harmony sends members
of his squad to the Olympic tryouts.
Has Strong Nucleus.
HARMONY has the nucleus of a
good team in Tom Birmingham
l25-pounder; Webb and NedomatSky
Mike Lombardo, 155-pounder. and
John Gormley, heavyweight, but he
must do some fancy juggling to make
the most out of it.
Birmingham's post is safe enough at
present, although Bob Slye is making
threatening gestures, but the 1885,
pound class presents its problems
With Nedomatsky having outgrown
the division, Harmony originally hoped
to trim down Webb, but the blond
Vienna, Md. boy cannot make the
weight so it now looks as though
Mortimer Schwartz, a junior from New
York, will fill the spot. Schawtrz is
a hitter, but he also is wide-open
target.
No college boxing team could afford
to allow either Webb or Nedomatsky
to idle, so Webb probably will continue
in the 145-pound class and Nedo-
matsky undoubtedly will be moved up
to the 155-pound division, which would
be costly enough in that Harold Kelly
John Egan and Bob Walton, all 1885,
Founders, seem ready for varsity COM
petition in Harmony's opinion.
Lombardo, who won his spurs as a
155-pounder last year, also must move
up, as consequence, and he probably
will fight as a 165-pounder.
Harmony Has the Staff.
MARYLAND is fairly well fixed in
the heavier classes, Jack Herbsleb.
whose southpaw style and punching
ability makes him dangerous, is a
165-pound candidate well in the run
ming, and so is Blair Smith, a foot
ball end, who probably is the most
promising youngster on the squad.
Smith is a sophomore and can fight
either at 165 or ITS pounds.
Gormley, the fifth letter winner,
Is capable of being both heavyweight
and a -175-pounder, and with John
Brkland, the other heavy, slow in
rounding into shape, Smith probably
will make his debut against Catholic
University at ITS pounds with Gormley
in the unlimited class.
The only other division in which a
newcomer is fairly certain to start is
the 1l5-pound class. Ed Shegogue. a
rugged, stocky youngster, is running
neck-and-neck race with Charles
Gebhardt for the job and they prob
ably will mix In informal competition
this week to decide who will oppose
Catholic.
Regardless of how he must juggle
his glove singers. Harmony enioys
the complete confidence of College
Park supporters. Any coach who steps
into sport as he did in 1888, wins
three and ties three meets in that
year, wins six and loses two the next.
and pilots an undefeated outfit in his
third season must have something on
the ball. Els