Evening star., 1941-09-06
Spring Outlook Puts
William and Mary
On Grid Spot
Still Good, but Losses
Since Then Jolt Team;
Meets 6. W. and Navy
FN the Associated Press.

/ FN the Associated Press.
| WILLIAMSBURG, Va. Sept. g.
William and Mary's Southern Con-
ference football entry, which meets
Navy and George Washington in a
! 10-game schedule. must overcome
( three unexpected. towering handi-
! caps to live up to its imposing pre-
season notices.
These barriers to generally fore
cast grid greatness here this fall
are the p.esence Of only one eXpe-
rienced tackle, only one letterman
guard. and a squad which won't
number during the season more
than 81 or 80 men.
OF the IL graduated lettermen, 9
were line regulars Reserves and
freshmen stepped into the gaps
nicely as planned in spring practice,
however So bright did the outlook
appear then that Head Coach Carl
VoyleS. ever cautious of overState-
ments. blinked bit perhaps at the
rosy build-up material being issued
by his publicity office, but he let it
stand.
Can't Match Boosting.
Now these rosy predictions are
coming back to haunt the Indian
mentor. for it was on the basis of
this late spring information that
/ William and Mary has been plugged
so strongly in the magazine football
articles, grid ANIMALS and dope
! sheets currently appearing.
/ News of unexpected losses came
streaming in week by week during
! the summer. Two tackles joined the
Army Air Corps. A guard was
/ drafted and another dropped out of
/ school. Old man scholastic gave the
freshmen such a pounding that only
about 10 are available now of a
squad of 30
Another big blow fell when the
SQUAD assembled this week with the
! announcement that Al Helslancer.
who was to have teamed with ALL
! Slater Marvin Bass at tackle, def
nitely would not leave his job at the
Newport News Shipyard to return
/ to school.
There Just isn't any other real
| tackle material in sight, says Voyles,
unless he raids his crack backfield
and trvs to fit ace blocker Hal Fields
/ into the line This would mean the
shifting of Johnny Korczowski. a
valuable running back, into the
blocking job
Voyles plans to move Capt. Bill
| Goodlow, center for two years, to a
guard spot opposite Garrard Ram
sey. all-State star Rockies Tex
Warrington and Joe Bottalico and
veteran Howard Fiery are all capable
centers, but so far there are no
proven guard reserves.
Good Wing Pair Left.
Both 1910 starting ends, Capt.
Charlie Gondak and Al Chestnut,
graduated, but Reserves Glenn
Knox, the basket ball high scorer;
Newell Irwin and Al Vanderweghe,
the latter converted back, and
Rookie Walter Weaver will make a
strong quartet for the flank spots.
The backfield lineup at present is
one of the most impressive in the
conference, with passing and kick
ing well above par. but 1t will lose
some of its effectiveness If Fields
goes into tackle berth.
Returning lettermen are Harvey
Johnson, all-State fullback; Jimmy
Howard, Harlie Masters, Jim Hickey,
Korczowski and Fields. Jackie Free
man and Bob Longacre are rookie
prizes.
The schedule:
| septembeE 90, Newport News Apprentice
| School; -, Navy az Anna polls.
| October 4. Randolph-Macon: II, Vir-
! glnla Tech a Richmond; 1S. Hsmpden-
! Sydney: "a, George Washington at Nor
| folk might.
November ], Dartmouth at Dartmouth
| 3, V. NJ. / Homecoming: 20, Richmond
at Richmond 90 North Carolina State.