Evening star., 1941-03-21
One Glimpse Of Squad
Convinces Coach Il
Has Possibilities
Addition of VondenBerq
Should Be Great Help;
Many l940 Aces Lost

Hoist the storm warnings for
Johns Hopkins, Army and other
main line contenders for the ma
tional lacrosse crown, because Jack
Faber admits the one, quick look
he had at Maryland's stickmen last
Saturday was sufficient to convince
him they'll be tough again this
year.
That's strong language for Prof.
Faber, who prefers to play his sched-
ule and then add up the victories.
But tales of the Terps' proweSs have
been filtering in from College Park,
and when the head coach, who still
Is occupied with spring football
chores. gets one gander at it and
mods his approval, we'll. the boys
must be promising.
Maryland won the national cham
pionship last year without drop
ping single match to a college
opponent. Its lone loss was. infiict-
ed by Mount Washington Club of
Baltimore, and the Old Liners even
have hopes of squaring that account
this season. One OF the reasons
for Faber's optimism answers to the
name of Milton VandenBerg, a
Mount Washington alumnus, who
toiled with the crack club team
three years between his gradua-
tion from high school and enroll
ment at Maryland.
VandenBerg Industrious.
A student in chemical engineer
ing. VandenBerg worked to get
money for his education, and the
fact that he. mere high school
STRIPPING, could crack the Mounts
star-studded lineup is a tribute to
his ability. He is an attack man,
and with Oscar Nevares, All-Amer-
lea, and Bill Bond and others gone
from the goal-scoring array among
a total of eight letter men who
were lost, Faber can use him.
Goal and close-in defense were
the spots that we're weakened the
greatest by graduations. Milton
MULTI, another all-America, and
Leo Mueller were the cloSe-in aces
to 60, and pair Of fine goalies
were lost in Markland Kelly, all
State and second All-America, and
Jack Grier, another letter man.
Jim Forbes, particularly, and Ju-
Illus Bridges, secondly, couple of
rockies, are doing all right as goal
tenders, but the close-in defense
problem is not so well settled.
Depends Lot on Fetters.
A defense man prominent in Fa-
ber's plans is Bob Fetters, a 6-foot
Pinch, 180-pound youngster who
seems to have talent for the game.
Fetters is greener than an acre of
shamrock but a willing worker and
sound thinker. With these attri-
butes and splendid physique he
figures to land place on the first
ten.
Maryland has eight letter men,
Jack Mueller, Bill Graham and
Fred Widener, defense: Jordan
Sexton, Chick Allen. Jack Garrett,
Al Slesinger and Bill McGregor.
attack; plus Carl Bacrack and
Ashton Thumm, 1910 reserves. How
ever, only Mueller, Slesinger, Gra-
ham and Sexton were starters last
spring
Slesinger, who scored % goals
last spring, and Jack Mueller, mid
field defense man who put 10 shots
in the net, figure to be the big Of
fensiye threats in the lineup.
Outstanding candidates up from
the freshman team, in addition to
VandenBerg, include John Rabai
Harold Berry and Howard Keller,
defense, and. Ramon Grelecki, at
tack. Berry and Grelecki still are
with the football squad but will
swing over when practice ends in
about 10 days.
While Faber and AL Heagy, the
defense coach, are with the foot
ballers, Leo Mueller Is sending the
stickmen through the PAGES. Jim
Meade also was on the job before
he left to become the head lacrosse
coach at Lehigh.