Evening star., 1941-09-17
Crack Runner, PasseI
Spark Saints Need,
Coach Male Feels
Squod Small, but Looks
Talented; Nuughten Put
On Tech Grid Stuff
By GEORGE HUBER.


rasser, is one of several reasons
Coach Bus Male has for believing
the l941 edition of Episcopal Highs
football team will do better than
last years eleven which had the
dubious distinction of dropping all
eight games.
After week of work to sweat the
summer vacations out of their sys-
tenn. Male has stepped up the train
ing tempo at the Alexandria school
with dummy scrimmages and light
contact work and particularly is
pleased with the way Burnett is per-
forming. Not only is the youngster S
passing outstanding, but in broken
field running without bloCkers he is
proving extremely difficult to stop.
In a dozen trips through the field he
was brought down only once, evad-
ing would-be tacklers with a variety
of fancy stepping and change OF
pace
Male. who succeeded Billy Ravenal
when Ravenal was called TO Army
dutv-he is a reserve officer-haS six
letter men returning in addition to
several promising prospects up from
the lightWeights. Letter men are
Burnett and Charles Sackett, backs;
Cant Lockwood Frizzell and Eddie
Suhling. tackles; Tom Hamlll, CEN
ter, and Dick Harrison, guard.
Other Promising Candidates.
Among the others who are eX-
nected to aid the Saints are Graham
Ellis and Jim Hatch. two of last year
SQUAD who have been performing
well in practice, and Harry Warner
and Johnny Minor, big tackles up
from the lightweights.
Only 26 candidates have been drill
Ing so far. although more are eX-
pected after the boys settle down to
school work and get organized with
their studies.
Despite their string Of defeats last
year. the Saints had some good play
eys. Dick Fletcher, coach OF Vlr-
cinia's freshman team, has two OF
them now and is tabbing both Tor
stardom-George Neff. captain and
halfback. and Jack Warner, tackle.
Episcopals schedule:
seprember-c4. Eastern.
October-4 Tech; 1, at St; ChrLstor-
pliers Richmond is. al HlII Scncoi'
PottstoTn. Pa; -, Gilman Day School'
30
November. Randolph-Mscon. go;
Virginia Episcopal. Lynchburg; ! =. open
%, Woodberry Forest, 80 homecoming
Naughten New Tech Aide.
Ed 1rishl Naughten, graduate OF
Maryland last June. has been given
the temporary physical education
post at Tech to succeed Rusty
Thompson. track coach, while Rusty
In on a years active duty with the
Navy. Naughten's actual coaching
assignments must await the return
of Dutch Usilaner. other member OF
Techs staff Already, however. he
has pitched in and is helping Artle
Wondrack with football coaching.
Weighing only 120 pounds. Naugh-
tens varsity athletic experience at
MARYLAND was limited to one year
on the boxing team. but he has wide
experience both as a participant
and director of intramural and inter-
fraternity sports with the Terps A
student in the physical education
school. he at one time or another
directed about every sport on the
calendar-baSehall softball, track.
basket ball, touch football and
tumbling. According to his profess
sor. Roy Mackert. he has natural
gift for putting athletics across
Eastern Seeking Passer.
Coach Mike Kelley at Eastern. al
though he has one of the largest
and most promising squads drilling
for the coming interhigh campaign,
still isn't satisfied that he has we'll
balanced attack. For one thing he
needs a passer for the backf1eld.
Best in drills so far is Tony Tore
but Tony is a first-year man and
hasn't the necessary football expert
ence. He's a good prospect to tab
for next year, however.
Kelley has a good crew of new
Corners for his backfield. and while
ell won't play regularly they will
be used enough TO get experience Tor
next year. The Ramblers figure to
have better-than-aVerage team
this season, but it won't end at that.
THEY'LL have enough boys returning
for still another good club in 1912.
Among the promising new backfeld
candidates are Harry Bond, Okie
Pearson and Dave Leonarduzzi.
Alex Alexander, guard. and Al
Newman, end, are two other new
Corners who should aid the Kelley
men this year and next
Kelley, incidentally, is proud of
the fact that more and more of East
ern's athletes are going on to col
lege. Former Fasteners who will
be freshmen in college this year are
league and Pieri, North Carolina
State; Vanigio and Schulman,
George Washington; Dracos, Ala