Evening star., 1941-09-03
Both May Have Rough
Work Before Close
OF First Week
Hoyos Are Threatened
With Tackle Shortage;
Terps' Spirits High
BY LEWIS F. ATCHISON.


Georgetown and Maryland swung
INTO the 1941 pigskin parade today
with morning and afternoon ses-
sions scheduled at both schools.
Yesterdays light workouts tolled
the end of summer vacations for
more than 10 perspiring young
huSkies, but they seemed glad to
get back into harness.
Both Jack Hagerty, head man Of
the Hoyas, and Jack Faber, chair
man of the board at Maryland, in
dicated they would shift into high
gear Immediately, sparing no effort
to have their men ready and wait
Ing for the curtain-raiSers. Faber
said the Terps would don pads to-
day and probably bump heads in
their first Scrimmage Friday.
Georgetown will not be far behind.
Hagerty, facing the toughest sched-
ule since he took over, ran head
long into serious problem his
first dav on the field Georgetown,
it develops, faces a serious short
age Of tackles. Earl Audet def
nitely will not return. and big Ross
Sorce is to take his physical exam
Friday for possible induction into
the Army. There is scant possibil-
ity that Sorce will be passed I'D.
and his departure would leave
Georgetown with only AL Blozis and
George Perpich for the important
tackle posts.
Shift May Be Necessary.
Gary Wilkin, 195-pound sopho-
more; Ollie Ola, a center: Red"
O'Connell, reserve back, and Al
Yukna, sophomore end, probably
will be shifted to tackle, Hagerty
said, in an effort to bolster the
position. He's got to have somebody,
and these are the most promising
recruits.
Wilkin started out at tackle on
last years varsity team but failed
to show much in that spot and was
shifted to end, where he fitted like
a glove. End definitely seems to be
his best position, but he'll have to
be pulled back.
O'Connell was a tackle when he
came to Georgetown but during the
years Of plenty was moved into the
backfeld and last year showed signs
of developing into a good fullback.
Yukna is a good looking end, slated
to understudy Mike Kopcik. Mike
wasn't in camp yesterday, being de-
layed by summer school work that
will aid his entrance into medical
school, and if his knee isn't right
Yukna may have to be kept at the
wing.
Pat Paternoster and Joe Gyordeak
were the only noticeable absentees at
the Hilltop and both are expected
before the end of the week.
Spirit at Maryland was II degrees
higher than a Washington heat
wave, a good sign for Faber and his
conferees. Ralph Burlin, 197-pound
tackle on whom much of the teams
success depends, announced he was
glad to be back and looked it, romp-
ing through signal drill.
The squad of 38 men, including all
the hopefuls, except Faust, was di-
vided into three teams after count
ing noses and the usual passing and
kicking drills and spent most Of the
session limbering up.
Most of the Old Liners are either
on the line with their weights or a
few pounds under. Jack Wright.
who weighed in at 210, was the lone
exception. He was four pounds over
but doesn't figure to hold it.
Ochsenreiter May Don Suit.
The Terps may add a player in
a week or 10 days they hadn't
counted on in Gene Ochsenreiter,
crack quarter-miler, who is anxious
to try out for the team. Candidate
in his freshman and sophomore
years, Ochsenreiter was erratic in
handling the pigskin and dropped
out. But he thinks he has conquered
that weakness.
In addition to being fast, he's
shifty and has an unquenchable
competitive spirit that would stand
the Terp's in good stead. He's work.
ing at present.
Only two lettermen were among
the missing at Maryland, John Cord
yack, regular blocking back last fall,
and Harold Berry, guard. George
Simler, husky end, and Art Birn-
baum, guard, were the only sophs
of note not present.