Evening star., 1938-08-28
MANY FINE BACKS
IN RECORD ARRAY
Eleven Letter Men Among
SIS Who Will Report for
Toll Thursday.
By BURTON HAWKINS.


Fortified with bumper crop Of
backfield talent, Coach Frank Dobson
will place the largest football squad
ever to scar the University of Mary
lands manicured gridiron under
microscopic scrutiny Thursday in
launching a search for a pair OF ac-
ceptable guards. And upon the sue
cess Of that investigation chiefly will
hinge the Terps' niche in the 1888
piEskin parade.
Flfty-five candidates. including IL
lettermen. nine other leftovers and IS
sophs, are due to be poured into uni
forms. but Coach Dobson will focus
his optics mainly on a handful OF
hopefuls whose ambition will be to
plug the guard gaps created by the
graduation of Mike Surgent and Bill
Wolfe, probably the smoothest set Of
guards ever to play together at
Maryland
While DobSon has a select group
from which to choose regulars for
other posts ne is starting almost from
scratch in his effort to discover suit
able successors to the hard hitting
and steady toilers who we're integral
coes in Marylands machine last
season.
Leading Guard Candidates.
Prom promising batch of sopho-
more material Dodson is expected to
snatch his guards. with Abe Cohen
former Eastern High product: Paul
McNeill and Elmer Bright leading the
scrap for the vacated slots. George
Lawrence. a holdover from the 1887
squad. also has indicated he will rate
high consideration. All are built for
heavy duty.
Dobson's worry concerning the
backf1eld is who to start From
Charley Weidinger. Jim Meade, Frank
Skotnicki, John Boyda, Pershing Mon
dorff. Bob Brand and Rip Hewitt he
can pluck an experienced and versatile
letter quartet. Supplementing them
are four rockies. Joe Murphy, Dick
Shsffer. Joe Devlin and Fred Wdener
any OF whom may see frequent action
Weidinger. good field general
whose accurate passes sent Terp sup
porters into various states of ecstasy
last year. and Meade. vicious batter
ing ram and this sectors best punter
who grasped all-Southern honors. give
the backf1eld potential dynamite Mon
dorff's tricky toe, which booted Mary
land to two victories. also hardly fig
lures to be a drawback.
Krouse Is Husky Tackle.
determined to press the veterans
Bob Brown and Ralph Albarano for
regular employment at tackle are
George Gienger, 20l-pound sophomore.
and Bill Krouse. Western High and
Augusta Military Academy star who
has shed SO pounds this summer as an
indication Of his sincerity.
Krouse, with 258 pounds draped
over his frame last season, found the
excess baggage marring his effective
ness and thus trimmed down tn the
more respectable figures of 220, at
which weight he will report for the
first session of calisthenics.
Gieneer. who halls from Scottsvlle.
Va. thriving metropolis of about so
inhabitants, but who now lives at
Brentwood. Md. played his first foot
ball last year with the frosh> eleven
and made an indelible impression on
his foes and Dobson. The genial
mentor may shift the promising re-
cruit to end or guard if his develop
ment warrants it.
Pair Of Clever Ends.
Nick BudkofI. returning letterman
and Francis Beamer, all-high product
at Roosevelt, doubtless will handle the
regular end assignments, with Frank
Dwyer and Frank Black, raney sophs
as promising supporters. Beamer saw
little service last year due to a frac-
tured finger. but is rated an excellent
chance to grab wing berth this
season.
Jim Forester who alternated with
Bob Walton at center last season, is
slated to start, although Bob Smith, a
sophomore, figures to be a strong con-
tender.
Assisting Dobson will be Jack Faber
and Al Heagy. with AL Woods as fresh
man coach Woods will work with the
varsity until his crop of yearlings re-
port at the opening Of school on Sep
tenber 49,
Following is Maryland's schedule:
September "a, Richmond.
October l. Penn State at State COL
lege; 8, Syracuse at Syracuse; Is,
Western Maryland 1T Baltimore Sta
dium: ~, Virginia; 70, v. M. I. (home-
coming
November IL, Florida at Gainesville; !;
10, Georgetown; "a, Washington and
Lee at Baltimore Stadium.