The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-09-20
VETERAN TEAM
 GIVES COLGATE
 MODEST HOPES
More Home Games Seen as Favorable for Red
 Raiders
BY EDWARD N. FEINEN Limited Press Staff Correspondent


 United Press Staff Corresp0ndent)
 Hamilton, N. Y, (UP) --Gridiron prospects blow hot and cold at Col gate university this year, but Coach Andy Kerr, exponent of razzle- dazzle football, hopes for improve ment over the dismal records of the past few years.
 The strain of playing a tough schedule away from home while their new stadium was being built took the zip out of the Red Raid CTS last year and only two vic- tories were salvaged.
 But the 1889 outlook is different. College officials say the new sta- dium will be completed in time for the opening contest with New York University Sept. 30, as Col gates wandering days are over for Q while.
 Veterans Are Back
 The new Red Raiders are dif- ficult squad to predict. Many vet erans are returning, but at their best last year, they were only me- diocre. Some observers say modern football has found the way to stop the Warner system, but Kerr be- lieves otherwise and hopes to prove it by ending Colgates vic- tory drouth. Main problem will be replacing Wemple and Zimmerman, Scoviile and Burke, flrst-string ends and guards of a year ago, who were graduated. Donnelly and Cabreli, understudies for zimmerman and the brilliant Wemple, are now set for reguler duty. Treiber and Schmidt, who saw some service in 1888, are being groomed for the guard posts.
 The tackle slots will be in the capable, if not brilliant, hands of Hamilton and Neill, holdovers from last years eleven.
 Buck, sensational sophom ore center of Q year ago, should prove even better in the coming campaign due to his experience. A hard charging player with a keen sense of diagnosing opponents plays, Buck ranged behind shaky Col gate line last fall to make almost / half the Red Raider tackles.
 Sophomores to Challenge
 Kerr's backfield is well fortified with veterans, but three sophomore ball-toters may take the play away from them. The little Scotsman can call upon his 1888 starting back field of Davids at quarter, Lube and Herman at halves, and Hoague at full.
 The sharp-shooting Lube, who outpassed the brilliant Sid Luck man, was cut down by injuries in midseason l st year when he ap- peared headed for his greatest campaign. Hoague is powerful . line plunger while Davids special j izes in corner kicking.
 Then there's Trey Coley, spark plug of last years eleven until he was hurt in the Iowa game. Coley, . quarterback, is hale again. The husky Buffalo lad figures promi- nently in Kerr's plans.
 Backs Fast and Shifty
 These veterans will have to per- form at their best, however, to off, set the determined charge of three sophomore, Geyer, McCourt and 0raber. Fast and shifty, these men appear capable of maneuvering nicely in Kerr's famous button button who,s-got-the-button" plays.
 Kerr will need all the reserve strength he can muster, for the Red Raiders face tough eight game schedule, including seven major opponents.
 The schedule:
 Sept. 30-New York University.
 Oct. 7-Drlke.
 Oct. 14-Brown. Oct. 21-St. Lawrence.
 Oct. 28-Holy Gross.
 Nov. 11-Cornell.
 Nov. l8-Syracuse.
 Nov. 25-Columbia.