Evening star., 1941-09-26
Coaches Claim Colts
Will Win More Than
Half Their Games
Heavy Young Team Faces
HondIey at Winchester
In Opener Tomorrow
By GEORGE HUBER.

Calvin Coolidge Highs young
Colts are all set-they hope-for an
auspicious gridiron debut tomorrow
when they travel out of town to
meet Handley High at winchester,
Va. Coaches Sherman Reese and
Gillv Roberts have visions of fair
ly good season for a young, first
wear team, and after this condi-
tioning period should be able to
present a capable eleven for Cool
idge's entry into the interhigh race
next season.
In fact, Reese and Roberts almost
could be put out of the coaches
union for the rosy prospects they
have for this season. No advance
alibis have been forwarded and
there's a general feeling of pleasant
things to come for Coolidge. They
don't predict they'll win all their
games or anything like that, but
thev do believe they'll have better
than a so per cent record, which is
more than should be expected from
most first-year teams.
Colts Have 180-POund Line.
The Colts will present a line
averaging 1870 pounds and a l55-
pound backfield, which is fairly good
for high schools. They are, how
ever, Woefully lacking in experience
and that, more than anything else,
will be the big drawback. In for
NAL scrimmage session earlier this
week they did everything wrong and
were jittery at the start. A half
dozen plays served to put them right,
however, and it appears the Colts
will have a good eleven in their class
as soon as the players receive that
much-needed experience.
The opening lineup pretty much
Is settled, with the exception of the
tackle positions. There William
Leer and Mario Licausi are battling
for the left tackle berth, while Jim
Boone and Irving Fleishman are
close in the race for right tackle.
Otherwise, it appears as follows:
Keith Mcdonald, left end: George
Banning, left guard; Jack Richards,
center; Al Grounds, right guard,
and Jim Murphy. right end.
Forward Reserves Good.
Line reserves are good: in fact,
there are almos, enough players for
two good lines right now, and Rob-
erts predicts by midseason the Colts
will have two forward walls each as
good as the other.
Starting backs probably will be
Jake Jacobsen, quarter; Bill Penn
and Gene Litteri. halls, and Dick
Beebe, full. Reserves are good here,
too, with John Shellenberger and
Bob Kemp due to see much action.
Beebe is the ace man of the crowd
and will do most of the passing,
kicking and running in addition to
calling signals, leaving Penn for
plunging chores Shellenberger, if
anything, is a better kicker than
Beebe, but lacks something of that
youngsters speed and dash.
Devitts game Sunday against
Mount st. Joseph's in Baltimore
figures to be an exciting affair This
is St. Joes annual students pep
game and 5000 or more should be
on hand. The Baltimore team was
upset by McDonogh's Cadets last
Sunday, 1870, and will really be out
to regain lost prestige by tripping
Dewitt. Dewitt already is in the
win column with its 1876 triumph
over Hagerstown.
Scouts reports about the Mount
men Chigh schools do scouting, too
say they mostly are light, but a
fast bunch of jackrabbits who throw
the ball lot. The Purple backfield
of Ed Hook, Pete Pipitone and
pair of Jacks-Dolan and Barry
really displayed some good swivel
hipped sprinting last Sunday. st.
Joes line is headed by Paul (Gibral-
teri Murphy, an all-Maryland pros
pect at center, with John Detorie,
a speedy tackle, adding plenty OF
power.
Coach Jim OLeary has had to
make two changes in his starting
Dewitt backfeld because of injuries.
AL Smith replaces George MCGOWAN
at fullback and Gene Fisher goes
instead of John Bredbenner at half
back. MCGOWAN has been banged
around and stepped on and won't
be used unless absolutely necessary,
while Bredbenner has torn lga-
ment in his leg.
McGowans absence particularly
will be felt. With him out Dewitt
has just another backfield. Devitt's
line is okay physically, for which
OLeary is doubly grateful. That
forward wall generates lot of pow
er, but requirements are nil and
when even one man is out it leaves
a big hole.