Evening star., 1942-09-17
Rates Perpieh Lone
Forward in Class
With 1910 Wall
BaekfieId Experienced,
Speedy and Versatile;
Aenew Is Surprise
BY BURTON HAWKINS.


This" moaned Mush Dubofsky
with majestic sweep Of his siz-
able paw in the general direction Of
ponderous, pufnng athletes, rs the
worst line I've had at Georgetown.
George Perpich is the only fellow
who could have played on our club
two years ago but maybe We won't
be so bad at that. Maybe well give
'em some surprises"
The man with the suddenly shift
ing moods, whose duty 1t Is to con-
struct an acceptable line for Head
Coach Jack Hagerty, is entering
his 10th season as the Hoyas' line
ccach." No great disgrace is at
tached to the current Georgetown
forward wall when Mush labels 1t
the worst he's had over that pc
riod for he has produced some
sturdy specimens in his time.
"Ah," reflected the man who re-
sembles Robert Taylor behind the
ears, what a JOY it was to handle
that 1910 line. Tackles. guards and
centers. all good and plenty OF
them. II I let any of them play
more than 10 minutes I was doing
an injustice to fellows on the bench
because they were just as good.
What memories" mused Mush.
LILO, Fullilove, Matuza, Reichey,
Ostinato, Lascari, Blozis, Paternos-
ter. Daniels. Yeah, Perpich Is the
only fellow in our line now who
could have played with those boys.
Ola Only Helpful Reserve.
"Our line strength starts and
stops with our first team" fumed
Dubofsky, an outstanding guard on
Georgetown's 20 and 80 eleven who
later played with the New York
Giants. We've usually had pretty
good reserves but this season the
only fellow who might help as re-
placement is Ollie Ola, tackle.
That's the way 1t shapes up
now, anyway. I hope some of the
other fellows surprise us. but it
doesn't look as If they might. Well
have . good first line-not up to
par. but good-and nobody to help
them out when they get weary"
Operating In that first line are
Tackles Ross Sorce (265) and Per-
pich .(2iN, Guards Bus Werder
(20s) and Tom Ponsalle (195) and
Center Whitley Erickson Q88). End
Coach George Murtaugh has come
up with = brace Of fine 1iankman
in Bob Duffy (lSD and Lucian
Robustelli (207), but he isn't happy
about requirements.
Hagerty owns speedy and capa-
BILE back1eld with ffve fellows cur
rently competing for the four jobs.
He has an experienced, versatile
quartet In Ed Asnew, John Barrett,
Frank Dornfeld and Bill McLaugh-
lin, All seniors, but Sophomore
Charley Miller may wedge his way
In there. Miller is the speedy chap
who ran l0l yards against the
g. w. frosh last season.
Agnew Cause for Joy.
The surprise package OF the group
is Agnew. An an-Philadelphia back
at st. Joseph's High, Agnew en-
joyed . successful freshman year
at the Hilltop, then failed to show
anything the following two seasons.
He has been his own worst en-
emy," informs Hagerty. I'm his
anxiety to make good he frightened
up In games, but he seems to have
overcome that tendency"
Agnew has directed the Hoyas in
scrimmages with Navy and Hagerty
has been elated by his seneralship.
Agnew and Dornfeld will handle the
bulk Of the passing. though for the
sake Of deception Barrett and Nc
Laughlin also will do some singing.
Hagerty is eQuipping his team
with diversified attack. The
Hoyas will use single wing spread
and 1T" formations. II they re-
member the signals they should
pack punch.