The Keesler field news., 1942-07-15
Star Gridders
Swell Roster,

TIE powerful University of Dem
yer zrid.ron team has been sign
81 10 meet Kccsier's Commands
a. Denver, Colo, October Al. X
Nas announced this week.
In addition 10 games already
lkned. hirtecn teams are dleksr-
nd with The local eleven Tor the
neeembef S open date. ThA game
nay ee PLAYED In New Orleans.
Large supplies OF football equip
neni and un.iorms were received
At the Post gymnasium last week.
While Considerable progress has
been made on the nex EfidlronS.
sodang and planting Of zrau
should Be completed before the
first practice session August Is,
according 90 ist L. A. u. klam.
head coach.
ADD PLAYERS TO ROSTER
Though me roster noN contains
more iban 90 names. including
seYersl nationally known football
starr. more players viii be rccuir-
81 IN efisF 10 assure the suees7s
81 both the varsity and n team
schedules. Lieutenant klum said.
All Efid candidates are 70 report 70
the A & r Ofdcc. Roe. Hall q.
The local eleven has ace nen
a. several positions, but tackles
prcdomlnatc where name players
are concerned. Included among
keeslrfs tackles are PVT. Glenn
Crabtfee. 5glst Tech. Sc. 50.
aio-ponnder from Wake Forest
College and the Detroit Lluns Of
the National Pro League. PVT
Frank Huffman OF the 5g8ih. 72o-
pound star from the universty
OF West Virginia and the profess
sional Chicago Cardinals: pvt Jo-
scph Mihal, Of the 5ioth. $50
pound captain OF the 1910 Purdue
University team, and member OF
The champion Chicago Bears, PVT
William West OF the tnoih, a Ten
nessee star OF three bowl games:
Pvt William Causcy OF the seBth.
25o-pounds Of Drawn from little
Elon College and the mighty New
York pro Giants, and Pvt. Thomas
Byrd. also Of the 3aeth, a unIver-
sliy Of Kentucky and National
Pro League star.
Among The star guards are pvt
David Z. di Fillppo. 3g3rd. great
Nillanova star. and an outstanding
member OF the Philadelphia Eagles
last season, and PVT. Steven
peiro OF the sO0th, plitsburgh's 4
great Ail-Amer.can and star OF
he Brooklyn Dodgers under Dr
Jock Sutherland.
SHY AT ENDS, CENTER
Few good centcrs and endx hav,
turned up 10 date, though pvi
: William Portwood OF the 5aist wa
4 considered one OF the greatest en-
= prospects ever seen at the unlyel
n sity OF Kentucky. Private por
e wood was a sophomore last yea
a Olher ends include .Ssi. jam,
= Roper. husky star from the SI0l
who espfained the Furnsn Col
lese team in his senior year. ans
Pvt Charles Wood. Jr.. 235-poune
end and tackle from the Univer-
sity OF Georgia.
Several good backfield prospects
are on the preseason roster. Sgt.
PershinR Mondorff Of the tooth
Tech, Sc. So, and one of Keesler,r
greatest all-sround athletic stars.
starred two years ago at the Uni
Yersliy Of Maryland where he woa
All-American mention. Pvt. Joea
Mccoy of the 3ioth weighs only
ITO, but is a i0-sccond man and
one OF the most fieei-fooied wing
backs In the South last fall. star
ring for the University of Ala
bana.
Pvt. Francis Maher of the sol.,
played a halfback position for .hs
Cleveland Rams In 1871. Other
baekfield stars include PVT. Binkx
Bushmlaer Of the 3sssh, great
Vanderbilt star; Pvt. Woodrow
Brown Of the 303rd, University Of
Georgia; Pvt. Joseph O. Williams
OF the 3s5th, Tampa Univerxity's
great little AlI-Americann; PVT.
irving Campbell. Of the 59fst. zio-
pound fullbsck who served AZ
captain Of Louisiana State. and
Pvt Raleigh T. Daniel, OF the
oDoth. Wake Forest fullback star.
Two other famous backs on The
Commandos are Pfc. Izzy Weln-
stock OF the 393rd. Pitt Ail-Am-
eriean and great pro star, and Pvt.
Thomas Glass, OF the 303th. bril-
liant blocking quarterback from
Tulane.