Evening star., 1942-09-25
Co|onia|s Keyed
For Hot Terror
Scrap Tonight
Maryland to Launch
Its Season Tomorrow
Against Connecticut
BY BURTON HAWKINS.

Dy Dun 1ON "AlNS.
Streamlined and more spectacular
than in recent seasons, with the ac-
cent on aerial maneuvers, George
Washington and Maryland intro
duce their 1912 football editions to
local fans tonight and tomorrow
with considerable in common.
While Georgetown tricks to Phila-
delphia to launch a tough nine
game schedule tonight against Tenn
Pile. George Washington will be en-
tertalning Western Maryland at
Griffith Stadium at 8:15 o'clock.
Tomorrow Maryland will tangle
with Connecticut at College Park in
completing an intriguing card
The Colonials and Terps have
shed their comparatively cautious
conduct of recent years. Equipped
with more attack-minded coaches
with a gift of gambling, G. w. and
Maryland may not set the world on
fire. but on occasion they're expected
to be hot to handle.
Johnny Baker, former G. w. quar-
terback called in to replace Bill
Relnhart as head coach, imports a
highly successful scholastic COACH
ing record from nearby Washington-
Lee High. The Colonials will oper-
ate from a single wing and unbal-
anced line and they'll be throwing
passes-plenty of them.
G. w. to Enliven Its Play.
Baker has little to lose in order
ing Jimmy Graham, tailback and
slgnal-caller, to gamble through
the air. Last season G. w. won only
one game and proved one of the
more boresome teams in the East.
This season Baker hopes to elimi-
nate the boredom and perhaps
achieve few victories in the pro-
cess.
If G. W. gets by the early foes on
It's schedule-Western MARYLAND.
Richmond and The Citadel-it could
have some fun. The Colonials are
banking heavily on four sophomores
VINO Will start tonight and included
on their roster are numerous other
sophs who are calculated to i'm
prove as the season progresses.
q. w. will throw a line avera pine
1875 pounds against the Green Ter
rors, but Western Maryland's lire
Will concede nothing in weight. In
the backfeld the Green Terrors
with their heaviest club in years. will
outweigh the Colonials 10 pounds
per man.
Against G. w. the Green Terrors
Will toss a diluted T formation. The
quarterback handles the ball on
every play, but the attack deviates
from the system as employed by the
Chlcago Bears and Maryland in that
tne quarterback also frequently car
ries the ball.
BAKER is sticking to his previously
announced starting lineup of Ed
CzekaJ and Al Romasco at ends
John koniszewski and Maurice
Hurley at tackles, Ellis Hall and
Enrlco Seeno at guards, Don Sci
pert at center, Graham at quarter
back, Pete Labukas and Paul Weber
at the halves and Frank Seno at
fullback.
Maryland Rated Smart.
Maryland supporters have been
LED to expect nothing less than
miracle from famed Clark Shaugh-
messy and his equally noted T
formation. The former Stanford
Chicago, Loyola of the South and
Tulane coach may not do that, but
nell keep spectators goggle-eyed
with his clubs antics.
Shaughnessy has suggested Quar-
terback Tommy Mont is all-America
timber and nothing Mont has COM
| mltted IN practice has indicated
otherwise. A crisp, accurate passer.
Mont will direct Maryland's attack
and Shaughnessy expects him to be
a great guide.
In his T system Shaughnessy la
oels the quarterback, center and
fullback as key figures. He calls him.
self lucky in having Paul Flick, 202-
| pound center, and Jack Wright, 2O6-
| pound fullback, under his direction.
Shaughnessy says Maryland's line
IS too light to permit the Old Liners
to become top-f1ight club. but he
! isn't pesslmlstic. "We1l win a lot
OF games because we're going to be
smarter than our opponents" he
says.
Shaughnessy is attempting to re-
Juvenate the remnants of a 194l
squad that won only three games,
and while the Old Liners were hit
hard by graduation his lineup will
feature 10 lettermen. Flick, a star
with the frosh last season, is the
only non-letter winner.
Connecticut Has Weight Edge.
Connecticut is expected to provide
Maryland stirring sort of test. The
Nutmeggers will own a Slight weight
edge on the Old Liners and report
edly feature talented end specimen
in Walter Dropo, a 6-foot-4-inch
2l5 FOUNDER.
Maryland will depart from its
blank -andgold color scheme OF re-
cent years. presenting colorful red
and-white squad. The College Park
kickoff tomorrow is slated for 2:30
o'clock.