Evening star., 1940-09-13
Added Man Power Lets Hoyas Scrmmage Freely This Year
5moothe1 P|ayLke|y
With Hilltop Squad
Not Under Wraps
Extra BoekfieId Supply
Proving Greet Boon
to Coach Hugerty
By LEWIS F. ATCHISON.

Let's see now, Georgetown has the
linemen, give or take an end or two,
a covey of fresh ball toters, includ-
ing three guys twice as fast as Joe
Mellendeck. and-make note Of
this. it's mportant-enough man
power to scrimmage a couple of
times a week without wrecking the
starting lineup.
Any coach will tell you scrimmage
is one of the most important items
on a college eleven's diet. It's the
laboratory where brittle-b -boned boys
are discovered, where those who
memorize plays letter-perfect on the
blackboard show whether they can
think, how they react under fire
when the strategy backflres and
where coach may try new play
or variation of an old one without
impairing his record or prestige.
Scrimmage heretofore has been
sadly lacking in Georgetown'S train
ing diet. The squad was unbal-
anced. 1t had linemen galore, but
a mere handful of backs and not
big ones. The ball carriers simply
couldn't sop up lot of punishment
during the week and come back
Saturday with top-notch perform
ances, so Jack Hagerty and his aides
avoided body contact whenever pos
sible. 1t was a modified form of
fratricide on the Hilltop with the
husky linemen numbering their
backfield brethren.
Two Backfields Lined Up.
Lou Ghecas and Jules Koshlap
were held out of scrimmage entirely
last season and Joe McFadden was
in only three sessions. Amazing but
true. With this limited supply of
backs Hagerty couldn't afford to risk
injury to these three vital cogs. They
had the theory, but couldn't prac-
tice it until Saturday afternoon.
To this condition can be traced
many of the Hilltoppers' mistakes,
and Hagertv is confident that with
a few scrimmages under their belt
his backs will begin to show some
of the flash and color Georgetown
supporters demand. It's comfort
ing thought that one or two injuries
won't collapse the entire attack,
that it will be possible to make sub
stitutions without weakening the
structure of the ball carrying de-
partment.
There will be one rookie backfleld
Dornfield. Ed Kull and Joe Barrett.
With this group he intends to use
Lou Falcone, a veteran. who will act
as stabilizing influence. Falcone
will be used as infreuuently as pos
sible, however, as the Hoya coach
wants this quartet to break in to-
gether and grow up into first-class
they'll wind up, but he at least can
see that they start out together.
Hagertv's Work Eased.
Backfield No. l, of course, will
have Joe McFadden calling the
plays, Ghecas, Koshlap and Jack
Spencer in service at halves and Jim
Castiglia at fullback. There is a
possibility cne of the rockies may
oust Castiglia from his role, but
those who have seen Jarrin Jim In
practice swear it'll take a couple of
derricks to dislodge him.
The presence of this material is
tremendous relief to Hagerty for
two mighty important reasons. (a)
the vets will. have to hustle to keep
their jobs and (b) he'll be able to
work the boys during the week, spot
weaknesses before they crop up in
actual games and possibly work out
a few plays without fear of facing
the enemy with a reserve halfback
and three guards behind the line.