Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-04
Second Connaughton
Visioned by Hagerfy
As Drills Start
BIozis, Not Concerned
About Great Honors,
Would Play at End
BY LEWIS F. ATCHISON.

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BY LEWIS F. ATCHISON.
When the ballyhoo tom-toms be-
gin to rumble in full-throated fury
early in November and various Sec
tions put up their candidates for all
America elevens don't be surprised
Blozis, the blond shotput star, but
19-year-old. 295-pound sophomore
giant by the name OF Ross Sorce.
Since Blozis heaved a 16-pound
ball through pane of national pub
hcity the gravevine telegraph has
been excitedly chattering that en-
thusiastic Hoya supporters would
boom him for gridiron honors. Big.
powerful and popular, fine tackle
and virtually cinder in the public
eye, building up the big boy wouldn't
be as difficult as taking green
youngster and trying to shove him
to the forefront.
But Blozis doesn't want to be an
all-America tackle. He would much
prefer to be an end-even a sub
stitute end, and made known this
desire to Head Coach Jack Hagerty
during spring practice. Starting at
end will be akin to starting all over
at the bottom and that's where
Sorce comes in. A lad his size is
bound to attract attention. He can't
help it and a man of his tremendous
bulk and ability certainly is a pub
hcity asset. He'll be a worthy rival
for Blozis, or any one else, for the
headlines.
Must Take Of Weight.
Yesterday Hagerty, watching a
laundering herd Of 40 young ath-
letes hoof around the pasture in
their first workout of the season,
caught sight of young Sorce bring
ing up the rear.
There he remarked, lis a boy
who may be another Harry Con-
naughton-even greater than Con-
naughton. 1t all depends on his
weight. He's naturally big. He's
feet inches and can carry a lot of
beef, but I think 295 is too much for
even that frame. 1t slows him up on
offenSe. He'll be all right Extensively,
but he's got to move faster to fit in
with our plans. I think 265 would
be about right for him.
"Connaughton was bigger than
everybody realized" he continued as
an after thought. HE was listed as
275 officially in the program, but
actually weighed 800 and even 3o5.
l know because 1 saw him on the
scales every day. He lied like a
Trojan about his weight to Lou
Little (then Georgetown's head
coach. He knew Lou would make
him sweat off 80 or 40 pounds if he
ever discovered his real poundage,
so Harry would hop on the scales
and of before Lou could check him
and sing out "272," or "276."
Not Any Too Speedy.
But Connaughton was fast for
his size-much faster than Sorce.
It's nice to be big if you can handle
a lot of baggage-if you can't you
just slow up the works. I'll say this
much for Sorce-hes willing and
anxious to learn. He loves the game
and will cooperate fully with us.
I'VE told him to keep busy during
the summer vacation, to exercise
daily and do road work to help his
speed. Well, hs~followed instruc-
tions faithfully and gained Is
pounds. So George Murtha figured
he probably worked UP healthy ap-
petite and put on weight instead of
taking it off"
As for Blozis' ambitions to play
end. he's another who has got to
pick them up and lay them down
a little faster than he has been do
ing. Hagerty believes him to be
ideally constructed for a paSs-re-
ceiver-tall, possessing shovel-like
hands and aggressive. But he'd be
vulnerable to sweeping end runs by
fast backs and a distinct liability
going down under punts.
Slow in Covering Punts.
11C pldyCo Clld LID IL CSIlllldIl yCdl ,
you know" Jack said, land took all
day to get down under a kick. We
can't afford to take a chance on
punts. Those ends have got to be
there and nail the receiver when
he takes the ball. I may have to
shift Al to wing in self defense.
We're not overburdened with them
and he may pick up enough speed
to hold down the job. If he does
it'll be all right with me-"
Another prospective end is Joe
Daniels-like Blozis, a tackle who
showed promise at the flank in
spring practice. Daniels is faster
than his rival, but much lighter and
shorter than the 240-pound shot
putter. Daniels is certain to get a
chance at the flank sometime this
autumn.