Evening star., 1940-09-01
Hoyas and 1errapins
Begin Tomorrow;
e. u. Tuesday
Coloniuls Defer Initial
Practice q Week; 6. U.
Mindful of Streak
BY LEWIS F. ATCHISON.

but Labor Day and the start of the
collegiate football season. No games
yet, of course, only that delightful
phase Of the pastime known as pre-
season practical time when all
good fellows get together and fer
vently wish they never had seen a
stein of beer, football or a head
coach.
Everybody undoubtedly is familiar
with the situation hereabouts.
Georgetown is overrun with 6-foot,
200-pound talent solemnly sworn to
preserve the HoyaS' two-year un-
defeated record or perish in the at
tempt; George Washington is loaded
with wealth of new material, and
its prospects are much brighter than
last Labor Day: Maryland has three
coacheS-thats a quorum at College
Park, and Catholic University will
tag along at the end of the parade.
Seriously, they seem to rank in
that order, although more than one
fan is obseSsed with curious notion
that Bill Reinhart's Colonials will be
the reigning power when the curtain
drops. The downtown school will
have balance-a pretty good line and
pretty good backield. Georgetown
will have another great line despite
the loss of most of its ends and a
couple of its best tackles and an
other haphazard backfield.
Maryland will have a lot of spirit
and the Cardinals lot of practice,
although the Hon. Dutch" Bergman
sometimes comes up with a surprise
or two for the boys and may have
one in the bag this season. On
paper, however, there is no evidence
of such. Maryland's outlook is far
from bright, putting it mildly, but
Jack Faber's thoroughness Al woods
ability to wiring the last ounce of
effort out of a youngster, and Al
Heagy's ability as line mentor, should
make the TerpS tough on most oc-
caSionS.
Hard work will be the slogan of
all coaching staffs this year and will
be in evidence tomorrow when the
early birds at Georgetown and
Maryland pull on cleats for their
initial workouts. Jack Hagerty,
Hoyas' head mentor, arrived home
from New York Friday night after
attending a coaching school and un-
doubtedly has noggin bursting with
new ideas for his boys. Faber, Woods
and Heagy have been meeting at
College Park as quietly as fifth COL
umnists, plotting schemes TO offset
their boys lack of heft and expert
ence. Bergman and Reinhart still
are on vacation.
Forty-one candidates have been
"invited" to report at Maryland, in
and II newcomers. The mono
gram wearers are Leo Mueller,
Frank Dwyer and Dick Shaffer,
ends: Bill Krause and Ralph Bur-
lin, tackles; George Gienger and
Johnny Morton, guards; Bob Smith
and Jim Wharton, centers; Joe
Murphy, Bernie Ulman, Mearle Du-
Vail, Milt Lumsden and Fred
Widener, backs.
Gienger, Murphy and Smith were
the only true regulars last year and
the last named spent much time on
the sidelines with an ailing knee.
Bob since has undergone a knitting
and should be okay, but there is a
lingering doubt that he'll be able
to play the entire campaign. Whar-
honya oi1inr fhic or
and may not be available at the
start-if at all.
Others from 1889 are Jack Mueller
and Larry Mackenzie, ends; Ashton
Garrett, end or tackle; Paul Mcneil,
tackle; Max Hunt and Frank
Heyer, guards; Frank Black, CEN
ter; Elmer Rigby, Vernon Miller,
Jim Dunn and Johnny Cordyack,
backs.
Is Lettermen on Hilltop.
Sophomores coming up are Karl
Gummick, end; Reginald Vincent
and Luther Conrad, tackles: Lohr
Dunlap, John Sansone, Frank Max
son, Warren OrNeil and Willis
Jack, guards; Al Ruppersberger,
center; John Gilmore, Harold Berry,
Joe Eoopengardner, Don Shockey,
Herb Gunther, Fred Bach, Ramon
Grelecki and Lou Chacos, backs.
OF the 40 men reporting at
Georgetown 18 are lettermen-most
of them linemen. The list includes
John Lascari, Mike Kopcik and
Art Lemke, ends; Augie Lilo, Joe
Mickey and Mark Estimate, guards;
Joe Daniels, Earl Fullilove, Al
BloziS-the shotputting champ
and Bill Nealon, tackles; Al Matuza
and Jim Reichey, centers; Joe Nc
Fadden and Lou Calcone, quarter
backs; Lou Ghecas, Julius Koshlap
and Jack Spencer, halfbacks, and
Jim Castiglia, fullback.
-Four outstanding rockies are Jack
Doolan and Frank Dornfeld, half
backs, Bill Mclaughlin, tullback,
and Ross Sorce, giant tackle, are
included in the group. The first
three Doolan especially - are OF
vital Importance to Hagerty, who
has been handicapped woefully by a
lack of fast and elusive ball carriers
since taking over the rei1S at the
Hilltop. Hagerty also is worried
about the fanks, but will be more
than willing to settle for added
punch and zip behind the line.
Reinhart must replace three key
men in his line, including potent
Bob Nowaskey, the fifth back who
played at end, and if successful is
headed for a good record. He lost
Sunny Jones and Duce Keahey. out
standing tackles, but he should be
able to fill their shoes.
Entire Backfield Returns.
The backfield quartet of Tom
Grady, Walt Fedora, Murphy Booth
and Sam Babich, which closed the
season last autumn, is back intact
and should be several notches bet
ter. Reinhart's plans suffered a
setback when Don Pinnow, crack
freshman passer last season, was
ruled off the course because of
scholost;c daSnianriaS hllt even his