The Washington times., 1936-09-24
ENDS IMPORTANT in PRESENT GRID ERA, SAYS HAGERTY
Wngmen
Need of
Teams
By FRANK BUCK O'NEILL

Dy MANN DUN " ENEAAL
We were sitting around in the
gymnasium office at Georgetown
the other day, just talking. At
this time of the year and with
Jack Hagerty on the scene, it was
natural that the chatter should
turn to football, and so indeed,
it turned to football.
Now when coaches talk about
football, they talk a different
language from the lay brothers
who follow the game from a dis.
tance. Some Of the talk is highly
complex, but all Of it is highly
interesting. Mr.. Hagerty elected
to talk about ends.
1--WE need at least six ends in
modern football" Mr.. Hagerty
said. "There was q time when
ends played the whole game.
Ends like Frank Hinkey and
some others. / would like to have
seen Hinkey play football. He
must have been great. But right
now would like to see him play
right through the way he did.
MUST BE BIG
"The end must be big. Plenty
big and plenty tough" continued
Mr.. Hagerty. I'm the game to-
day there are no individual dueIs.
The tackle doesn't fight the
tackle. The end doesn't play
the end.
Lets look over the game.
There are 20 kicks and as many
passes. That calls for running;
a lot of running. Then, on Ger.
tain plays, the end has to fight
off running guard and maybe
two or three interferers. On the
attack he has to fight the tackle;
usually the biggest and strongest
man on the other side.
"Tt is rugged work and tough
work, and work that will wear
you down unless you have what
1t takes for modern football
Yes, sir, q team needs to be
three deep on the weak side of
the line and four deep on the
strong side.
"PLAY ALL OVER"
81 like to think of things I've
heard in football" continued Mr..
Hagerty. Il would like to have
seen Glenn Warner coach at
Carlisle School. His squads
there were not big; maybe 35
men. But they all played all
over the field. I've talked to
some Of the men. The ends
played tackle one week and half
back the next week. That took
a lot of football, but they knew
the game; knew it well,
What is true of ends is true
Of tackles" continued our Mr..
Hagerty. 'You have to be
three deep on both sides. Those
strong side tackles catch the
dickens any time the game gets
hot.
"StrOng side means the left
side defenSively," Gaid the
young coach. Gust as long as
most men are right handed they
will have that pronounced
drift to the right in a game.
That's why the defensive left
side must be strong. And that's
why you've got to be three deep
in tackles and ends"
NOT THREE DEEP
care you three deep in tackles
and endS?" we asked Mr.. Hag.
erty.
Mr.. Hagerty spoke quite irrele
vanity about this and that, anc
we really could not follow hi'
drift.
There are Is former captains
on the Georgetown squad. Here's
their sport, their school and home
town:
Joe Keegin, football, Eastern H. s.
Washington. D. c.; Frank Meglen, bas
ketball, baseball, Christian Bros. Butte
Mont; Frank Donahue, football Ions
f1tS.lS Prep; New Rochslle, N T.; Bill Burke
Ind; Jim Dooley, football, Catholic H
S., Perth Amboy, N. j.; Dick Dealy bas
ketball. Gushing Acad., Medford, Mass
John Cavadine, baseball. Tilton Prep
North Haven, Conn.,; baseball, Lymar
Hall, North Haven, onn.; Bob Nolan
football, st. Mary's H. s.. Wilkes
Barre, Pa; Red" Hardy. basketball
kents Hill Sem, Medford, Mass; Lew
Shuker, football, staunton NJ. A, Will
kinsburg. Pa; Mike Petroskey. basket
ball, Bulkelev H. s., New London
Conn; Alex Beans" Urbanski, football
James Cooper H. S.. Shenandoah. Pa.
Bob Ferrara, football, Lenox Prep, New
Canaan. Conn; Cy Cummings. football
Georgetown Prep, Chevy Chase, Md.
Dave Noonan, football. st. Cecilia's Prep
Hasbrouck Heights, N. ].
VOTE AMERICAN
Soccer Team Practices
Tony Cortez, manager Of the
Italian A. C. soccer club, wants
all candidates for the team to
turn out Saturday or Sunday at
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