Evening star., 1941-04-30
Vast Program Drawn
By Capital Leader
For Carolina Base
$4,000 in Division Would
Be Combed for Eleven
Able TO Face Colleges
BY LEWIS F. ATCHISON.

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It was remindfuI Sf old times to
stroll into Turner's Arena the other
night and find a distinguished-look-
ing chap with graying locks giving
the boys their instructions. We
hadn't laid eyes on Marine Gunner
Harry Volkman since Lit. Col. Heine
Miller'S Reserve outfit Shuff1ed off
to Quantico to be welded to the
regular fleet marine force and hon.
estly didn't expect to meet up with
him again for some time to come.
1t was a distinct and pleasant sur
prise.
Harry was glad to be back for a
visit, but the life of a leatherneck
agrees with him, and he's getting
along famously. Maneuvers in Cuba,
where 1T in the shade was down.
right chilly, melted off the first gen.
tie hint of a bay window, and the
marine menu and daily chores have
endowed him with a glow of good
health Charley Atlas couldn't rival.
Volkman has an assignment right
down his alley-director of athletics
for the entire 1st Division, Fleet
Marine Force, and loves it. He has
under way a program that includes
everything but galloping dominoeS,
but it isn't one-tWo with the men
tai blueprintS he has mapped for
the future when the marines big,
new base is completed at Whining
ton, N. c.
Would Revive Grid Team.
First of all, he wants to revive
the marines football team. Not the
old Quantico eleven, you under
stand, but a fleet marine squad that
could kick the pants off the best
Quantico team ever assembled. He
can call on Lit. Col. Frank Goettge,
an immortal hero of that old Guam
tico outfit, for help from a coach
ing standpoint, and possibly on Col.
David L. S. Brewster. Col. Brewster,
a former Tech High School gridder,
Is one of the most popular officers
in the division and a 100 per cent
booster of an all-around sports
program.
Brewster was director of athletics
for the entire Marine Corps until
transferred to his present post, and
the Office he vacated has not been
filed.
Volkman, who expects to have
$4,000 hand-picked men to choose
from when the outfit reaches its
peak, already has several former
college stars for the nucleus of a
coaching staff. The list includes
Henry Totzke of Michigan, Bill
Stickney of Dartmouth and Dick
Johnston, an all-Southern Con-
ference tackle at Duke in his hey
day. Undoubtedly he'll find others
when the roll is called, but they'll
do for starter.
Broad Program Planned.
. II the plan is feasible, Volkrnan
hopes to have a formidable eleven
In the field this autumn, playing
any and all college teams within
a radius of 100 miles of Whining
ton. He thinks the idea will click,
and If the colleges shy at the idea
Of exposing their athletes to such
a crack team he'll try to arrange
interservice games with crack Army
and Navy teams, in addition to the
usual quota of marine post contests.
Volkman estimates orders for $10,-
900 worth of new gear have been
placed with Washington sporting
goods firms since the divisional
headquarters was set up at Quantico
and that's only the beginning. More
over, no sport is overlooked or
sighted. A leatherneck may play
baseball, volley ball, basket ball,
softbau, shoot skeets, box, fence
and even go fishing, if he has a mind
to. Tennis is limited because of the
lack of courts, but it's on the
program.
sgd Fishel, incidentally, is boxing
coach of the outfit and has team
IN training that shapes up as one
worthy of representing the division.
1t has been challenged already by
Fort Meade, but Volkman and Fishel
are heSitant about accepting the
challenge because rImors have
seeped into Quantico that Meade is
loaded with pro material, notably
the FinazZo brood from Baltimore.
Must Keep $1,000 Men Busy.
The marines have a couple of
pros, too, including Maynard Daniels,
Jackie Carter and Joe Temes, but
amateurs are too numerous and too
green to be thrown in against a
squad of sharpShooters.
frankie Jenkins, a featherweight,
and Rex Williams, middleweight,
both of whom we're eliminated in
the final round of the Southern Con-
ference tournament at Maryland in
80, also are in the division, but will
do no boxing. They're second
heutenants and have enough to keep
them busy without putting on. the
padded mittens. Volkman and Jen-
kins hadn't met since the tourna-
ment-when Harry, helping weigh in
the boys, tried to help frankie boil
off a couple of pounds-until their
paths recroSsed in the service.
Volknan faces a task of monu-
mental proportions keeping $4,000
men busy, but he's in fighting trim
now, has taken a hitch in his belt
and is ready for the bell. He ought
to win and when the marines come
out to face Army, Navy or any other
outfit he may rest assured the boys
back home will be behind him-if
not in the front ranks with him.