Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-19
Boasts Il Letter Men,
9 Of Them Starters
In 1899 Season
Rocks Also Promising,
Giving Team Unusual
Reserve Strength
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey the ASSOCIATED ffeSS.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Sept.
l9.-Coach Frank Murray has put
three years Of painstaking work on
Virginia's football structure and this
season will test its strength against
the onslaught Of such teams as Yale,
Tennessee and North Carolina.
The Cavaliers. who resigned from
the Southern Conference and said
they would welcome athletes sent in
by alumni groups If they met the
university's scholarship and char
acter requirements. may not be quite
ready for the big time but Murray's
1910 club appears 100 per cent i'm
proved over the luckless teams of
few years ago.
Virginia has 81 lettermen back, 8
of whom were starters last fall.
Abetting these are promising rock
les from a powerful freshman squad
which won four of its five games. In
addition. Harry McLaugherty. back
field standout in 1887 and 1898, who
did not compete last year due to
preseason injury. is back for duty
in peak condition.
Murray Likes Reserves.
Murray, whose Marquette squads
won national recognition, said that
for the first time at Virginia he had
a comfortable feeling about his re-
serves. Fear Of injuries to the few
available veterans in the past three
years. he said. prevented him from
giving the team enough rough work
to polish up his system of attack.
The backfield candidates seem
well adapted to carry out Murray's
razzle- dazzle and have enough power
in reserve for change Of pace pur-
poses.
Bill Dudley, elusive soph star OF
last year. has put on weight and
should have good season as a
l75-pound tailback. Leroy Neu-
stedter, hardhitting 190-pounder ard
ball handler for Murray's assort-
ment of spinners. reverses and end
arounds. will be at fullback, and
Edie tFlashD Bryant, promising
rookie and fastest ball carrier on the
squad, may get the call at the wing
back spot.
Ace Supporting Backs.
There are six other capable backs
who might be inserted into the line
up without weakening it materially,
including Mosby Cardozo, three-year
veteran signal caller; Ross Craig,
understudy of Capt. Jim Gillette at
wingback last year; Bill Crumm and
Howard Goodwin. who showed con-
sophs; Sylvester O'Grince, exper-
fenced blocking back. and George
West, triple-threat quarterback on
the 1899 frosh team.
The forward wall also will be
manned by an impressive group of
veterans with promising rockies
available for requirements when
needed.
Jim White. defensive stalwart, a
good pass snagger and hard man
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reverses. will be on left end with Bill
Preston and Nick Gianakos. both
veterans, alternating on the other
flank.
Fine Pair of Tackles.
Capt. Lee mclaughlin. 2l2-
FOUNDER. and Al Frerotte. also with
two years of varsity experience. will
take care Of the tackle berths. John
Sauerback will return to his guard
position with Veterans Phil Rothar
and Erwin Dickey battling Rookie
Russell Carneal for the other guard
job.
Jack Murden. one of Virginias
best centers in years, will be in the
pivot spot with two veterans, Roscoe
Willet and George Palmer and Billy
Smiling, 1899 frosh captain. as subs.
September 2s. Lehish.
October s. Yale at New Haven: IL
Maryland at COLLEGE Park; 10, " NJ l.; 20,
William and Mary At WILLIAMSBURG
November .. Virginia Tech at Norfolk; ..
Washington and Lee: IS. Tennessee at
Knoxville; %. North Carolina.