The Washington times., 1938-07-08
TERPS TO HAVE
JR. VARSITY GRID.
TEAM THIS FALL.
BY CHICK KENNY


letic competition with the idea o.
furthering the interest of the stu
dents in playing varsity games, the
University of Maryland has estab
liShed Junior varsity football
team effective this fall.
It is the plan of the Terrapir
athletic board to schedule three
or four games to be played later in
the season. The new project is in
cluded in the 193839 athletic
budget and by the start of fall
drills at College Park, a coach will
be assigned to handle this new
Maryland addition to the intercol
legiate athletic curricula.
Just who will be engaged as the
coach of the junior varsity has not,
as yet, been decided by the athletic
board, although it is believed that
Burt Shipley, basketball and base
ball coach, will assume the duties.
"Ship" is one of Maryland'S grid
greats of the past and is thor
oughly schooled in the technique
Of fundamental football.
FORMER ACE RETURNS
With Stu McCaw, former
Maryland football and boxing star
who held the Southern Conference
l55 pound crown two years run
ming, joining the physical educa-
tion department of the university,
it is believed that he also will aid
in the coaching of the junior
eleven. McCaw has been teaching
and coaching for the last three
years in q Maryland high school
and, with the experience he now
possesses, is expected to be a
valuable asset to the TerpS.
Squad membership for the team
will be recruited from the varsity
team, deemed too light or unsea-
soned for intercollegiate varsity
play. In this group will go those
students who entered Maryland
with no previous experience IN
prep or high school. -.
Maryland athletic authorities
are of the opinion that such a
team, engaging in intercolleglate
competition, will build up student
interest considerably. 1t is the
idea of the Terp officials to pro
vide as much sports facilities IN
the intercollegiate field as possible
for the students. All members OF
the undergraduate body will be en-
couraged to try out for the team.
TERPS BLAZE TRAIL
BY launching such a potential
football policy Immediately, Mary
land takes the lead in Southern
Conference circles along these
lines. Nowhere in the South have
such efforts been made to advance
the grid game for the welfare OF
the students. 1t is expected, with
Maryland taking the initial steps,
other powerful institutions such as
North Carolina, Duke, South Caro-
lima, Clemson, v. M. I. and Wash
ington and Lee will follow into
line.
In fact it would not be SurpriS'
ing if efforts will be made at the
December meeting Of the confer
ence at Richmond for other leaders
in the Southern loop to establish
Junior varsities and draw up a
schedule, with some sort of cham
pionship attached.
Such is the plan in effect in the
East where Yale, Harvard, Rut'
gers. Penn and other top-notch
schools have banded together with
q junior varsity league, generally
referred to as the 155-pounders.
OPPONENTS SCARCE
But right now. Athletic Direc.
tor Geary "Swede" Eppley is find
ing it particularly hard to sched'
ule games with suitable opponents
at this time of the year. Naturally
freshman candidates are not eligi
BILE for competition with the
B-team, and therefore froSh teams
of other institutions cannot be
played.
Maryland, therefore, is casting
in the direction Of the East fol
grid tilts for its Junior varsity
eleven and is burning up the wires
to normal schools supporting foot
ball teams. But this is tiresome
problem as most of the athletic
offices are closed during the sum
mer, while the graduate manager
or the director of athletics takes
fo the fishing grounds