The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-22
GAELS AND RAMS HAVE TWO BEST. LINES IN NATION
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New York, oct Whatever the course Saturdays sixth meeting be- tween St. Mary's and Fordham describes, and past get-togethers of the Rams and the Gaels have traced some unpredictable gridiron parabolas, it is 8 safe bet that the weekend patrons will see two of the most sturdy, if not the sturdi- est lines in the country working against each other. From end to end, the Gael line, averaging 208 pounds, is rated by Pacific coast cities as the best ever turned out by a far western college team.
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 The St. Mary's linemen are Vic Strub, left end, who weighs 185 pounds; Jerry Dennerlein, 228 pound left tackle and the best on the coast; Marty Kordick, the 200 All-American left guard candidate; Wally Garard, puissant PIP pound pivotman; Jerry Conlee, compar- ative midget at right guard, weigh ing only 187; Bill Wilkin, 231 pound right tackle; and Jim Austin, 190 pound right end. These seven will answer the opening whistle against the Rams Saturday, but there are some capable substitutes to take their places, especially at end, where Bob Timm and John Gian- moi can relieve Vic Strub and Jim Austin without depreciating the general strength and heft of the Moragan line However, at tackle, guard and center, Dennerlein, Kor- dick, Garard, Conlee and Wilkin are usually on hand for sixty min- utes. They are huge, fast men, those Gael forwards and capable of going at top speed for sixty min- uteS.
 "It is the best line you will be called upon to face, you backs, and only perfected blocking will budge them when you have possession of the ball." are the words with which Coach Earl walsh prefaced his scouting report at the Rams We'd nesday night blackboard drill. Mot only are these men unusually big but they are the most agile group you will face in your entire college football career. Dennerlein, for ex- ample, at left tackle, weighs 228 yet has such 8 speedy blocking charge that the Gael backs like to ruh plays at his side of the line. He and Kordick team up as the best pair of blocking linemen I've seen all season."
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 The reputation of the St. Mary's line is a direct challenge to the Fordhan linemen. In Leo Paquin, Ed Franco, Nat Pierce, Alex Wo- jciechowicz, Vim Lombardi, Al Barbartsky and Johnny Druze, not to mention such reserves as Harry Jacunski, Emil Dul, Phil Marion, Bill Cronin, Mike Kochel, Johnny Borzin and Dick Healy, the Rams boast linemen, who, they believe, are the equal of any other set in the country. They are proud of the job this line did on defense against Southern Methodist and firmly be- lieve that no team in the country can march on 1t. They say that the fifeen pound weight pull which the Gael line will enjoy (208 pound av- craze to 193 pound average) will not mean thing when Devil Doll" France, Alexander Franklin Thir- ty Letterman" Wojciechowicz (pro- nounced Woe-gee-hoe-wits), and "Ali Baba" Babartsky start crack ing them the way they did all op- ponents last year and Southern Methodist this year.
 If Franco and WojciechoyicZ en- joy their customary afternoons against St. Mary's, both will have strong claims on All-American rating. Both have made a great percentage of Fordham's tackles, possibly fifty percent between them. Babartsky, too, is living up to the early promise which prompted Coach Crowley to hail him as 8 bet. ter tackle than Sarno and Sabo as sophomores. Crowley, like others connected with the Rams, believe that Franco and Babartsky will show Dennerlein and Wilkin what real tackle play looks like. And if Garard outplays Wojciechowicz, he will have to surpass anything he has yet shown, and he has shown plenty. Wojie ruined the Gaels in '35.