Evening star., 1940-04-01
Spring Sports, Small
SQUADS Increase
Coaches Tasks
6. W. Continues Work:
Terropin Tutors See
Excellent Results

Spring football practice gets under
way at Georgetown and Catholic
University this afternoon when Jack
Hagerty and Dutch Bergman call
out their respective candidates for q
months work. Prospects at both
schools are rather bleak and work
will be hampered by spring sports
and small squads.
George Washington has a week or
10 days of training left. depending
on Bill Reinhart's mood after
practice game Saturday with Vir-
ginia at Charlottesville Maryland
hung up the cleats for spring games
last week after five weeks of salts
factory drilling Jack Faber believes
the Terps covered much valuable
ground and will pick up in Septem-
ber ready to knuckle down to hard
work.
Reinhart Is Painstaking.
Reinhart. moving slowly among
the freshmen coming up in an effort
to give them all a fair chance, has
made several changes which should
be beneficial. Dick Seibert, rookie
hailing from Hanover, Pa, was
shifted from fullback to center and
Tim SWEET. guard and tackle the
last two years, was transferred to
blocking back post
Seibert, a willing. smart youngster,
put on about Is pounds during the
winter months and now tips the
scales at 1876. He is working into the
groove extensively and fits the de-
fensive pattern perfectly. He'll make
a nifty understudy for Mike Mon
chlovich, who is expected to hold
down the regular job, unless Seibert
improves.
Others who have attracted Rein
harts eye are Enrico Senno and Dan
Snyder, tackles The Colonials were
hit brutally at this position by grad
uation and Gene Fields, the new
line coach, is working overtime to
develop couple of dependable re-
placements. Snyder has the added
value of a placement kicker. He
doesn't get much distance. but is
deadly within the 25-yard stripe.
Last year he converted points
after touchdown without a miss.
Fields also thinks John Clarey,
$3.50 lineman last year, will sur
prise Colonial supporters next au-
tumn. He has been working with
the lad and says he'll be in the
front line when the opening whistle
blows. John Picco's work at end
also has been heartening.
In the backfield Ken Batson and
Tom Grady have been running wild
in intra-mural scrimmages and
Reinhart is satisfied the teams Of
fense will be sound and potent
About 40 men were expected out
at Catholic University and only IL
of the group are freshmen. That
should be the tip-off on the her
culean task confronting Bergman
and his assistants. Wayne Millner,
Redskin end and line coach at the
Brookland school, arrived Friday
when equipment was issued and
with Fod Cotton already on the
scene the .Redbirds we're prepared to
shove off without delay.
Other Sports Deplete Squad.
At Georgetown Hagerty will miss
a large group of men now toiling
with the baseball and track squads.
but expects to have enough gridmen
to get into fundamentals. His Job
should be easier this year if the ef-
forts of Hap Hardell, freshman
coach, have not gone for naught.
A thorough instructor at Tech High
in the days when his boys ruled
scholastic football with an iron
hand, Hardell turned out potent
group of yearlings last autumn en-
phasizing fundamentals.
In the past Hagerty has been
obliged to retrace most of the work
supposedly covered during the sea-
son and if this is not the case will
be two jumps ahead of his Gus
tomary program.