Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-30
Deacons Have Shown
Power in Trimming
Other Strong Foes
Boast Great BuckfieId
Quartet, Strengthened
By Moyberry's Return
BY BURTON HAWKINS.

Unless, as the political pets say,
there have been unwilling or de-
liberate falsifications of fact, Coach
Bill Reinhart of 6. w. U. won't have
to bother working himself into a
lather to convince his Colonials
that Wake Forest boasts an awe
some collection of football per-
formers.
The Deacons haven't been as de-
structive as preseason chatter in
dicated they would be, having
dropped 800 and $50 decisions to
Clemson and Drake, respectively,
but the impression fingers that
Wake Forest, like George Washing
ton. hasn't clicked as it can.
Wake Forest snothered William
Jewell, 100; rolled over North Caro-
lima, 1910, and thumped Furman,
1910, before being embarrassed by
Clemson. It bounced back to
wallop Marshall, 31-19, before suf-
fering another indignity by Duke
last week.
Even, Rating System Holds.
The club that will face crippled
G. w. Friday night at Griffith Sta
dunn is offering no apologies, how
ever. With the ColonialS' Ken
Batson and Sam Babich both I'M
likely starters, the Deacons are
calculated as favorites. The At
lantic Football Forecast gives G. W.
a razor edge with a 1877 rating to
Wake Forests 1876, but conditions
have been altered overnight.
Red Mayberry, crack quarterback,
will return to action, for instance,
and the Colonials aren't contem-
plating that with great glee. A
superb safety man, tops in the Ma
ton last year with a kickoff return
average of Al yards, Mayberry suf-
fered broken radius in his arm
just below the elbow and his loss
was a blow.
Mayberry is an dangerous as a
pint of nitro-glycerin. The Ameri-
can Football Statistical Bureau last
year rated him fifth in the Nation
for total performance. ranking him
only behind Van Every of Mime
sofa. Harmon of Michigan, Kin
nick of Iowa and McAfee of Duke.
RinggOld Is Ace Blocker.
Fullback Jim Ringgold is another
player about whom Reinhart is
fretting. He was stamped the best
blocker in the Southern Conference
in 1899 and contributed much to
Wake Forests average gain of 5.44
yards per effort, which also led the
Nations grid teams.
Then there are such players as
Center John Pendergast, named on
Liberty'S all-Southern team last
year, and John Jet, a 6-foot 5-inch
215-pound left end. Jet has held
his job for two years and has heard
few complaints over the manner in
which he's handled it.
The pair whom the Colonials have
marked for superspecial consider
alton are Tony Gallovich and Tony
Polanski, halfbacks. Polanski LED
the Nations major teams in scoring
last year with 81 points and also
paced the field with net mark OF
1872 yards gained rushing.
Pair of Great Backs.
Polanski. it is said, originally was
slated to perform for Cornell, but
when he failed to produce scho-
lastically it is reported that Coach
Carl Snavely tipped off Coach Pea
head Walker of Wake Forest con-
corning his proves. The idea wa;
to insure Snavely against Polanski
performing against Cornell at g
future date.
Polanski has scored 80 points this
season, but is topped in that de-
partment by Gallovich's Al. With
Mayberry returning to the lineup i
is likely Wake Forest will present
the most potent backfeld G. w. viii
be forced to face this season.