Evening star., 1943-09-01
Duke, Both CaroIinas
And Richmond Draw
Heavily on Navy
BY ROBERT MOORE,

hlCaMOND, va, Sept. This
may seem like July day and the
air may not smell much like autumn,
but don't let that fool you-this is
the first day of September and foot
ball practice for most squads of the
Southern Conference.
And Southern Conference football
finds itself in what undoubtedly is
It's strangest settings in history.
Most of the old-time coaches have
gone OF to war. :. The fellows who
will do the passing and punting will
be youngsters the college girls would
refer to as kids right out of the
cradle" :" -. Some of the schools have
dropped the sport. >. Schedules are
as bare as old Mother Hubbards
cupboard.
In spite of it all, four members of
the 16-school conference may come
up with crackerjack grid machines
Duke. North Carolina, Richmond
and South Carolina. They all have
Navy VIZ trainees on the campus.
Dukes Blue Devils. who opened
practice week ago with what Coach
Eddie Cameron described as "get
acquainted week" may wind up the
class of the quartet.
Duke Has 100 Men Out
| Cameron isn't readily admitting
he has a powerhouse to put on the
field this autumn, but wise guys
around Durham certainly have been
smiling these last few days. The
Blue Devils have more than 100
prospects out, including a dozen
Duke performers of the past.
North Carolina opened drills Mon
day with a turnout of around 90,
and, OF all things, nine of them
lettermen from the 1912 aggregation.
Among the other Tar Heels are John
Maskas, former " P. I. tackle; Center
Charley Cooper and Backs Eddie
Bryant and George Grimes, all ex-
University of Virginia standouts:
Back Bernie Polling OF Vanderbilt,
Guard Orville johnson and Bill
Palmer of Southern Methodist.
Back Eddie league of North Caro-
lima State, etc.
The University of Richmond may
be the dark horse among the four
schools which should best benefit
from the letdown of conference
eligibility rules. After several days
of drill, Guard MacPitt has thrown
out the Spiders "T' formation and
inserted the single wingback attack.
Richmond's standout prospects are
Tailback Jackie Freeman, Guard
Marvin Bass, Fullback Bob Longacre
and Wingback Herb Poplinger, all of
last years conference champions at
William and Mary; Wingback
Courtney Lawler and Blocker Ray
mond Yates, University of Richmond
Squadmen.
Gamecocks Need Coach.
South Cardinals principal worry
seems to be somebody to do the
| coaching. AS far as prospects are
concerned. the Gamecocks have
host of V-l2ers and a dozen boys
from last year.
Barring the unexpected, the rest
OF the elevens will just have to be
good sports and ride along or
stumble - through the season the
best they know how.
Virginia Military Institute boots
the practice kickoff today with so or
60 expected to answer Coach Pooley
Hubert's call. Hubert got squint
at his boys last week and came up
with the thought they won't
average more than 145 pounds.
One new assistant coach at V.M.I.
has been named. He's Joseph Daher,
mathematics instructor, formerly
Bucknell athlete.
Maryland's forces, who have had
several days of drilling, got taste of
scrimmage yesterday against the
Washington Redskins and concen-
trated on pass defense. The old
Liners have so hopefuls on hand
this season.
Wake Forest and N. c. S. Start.
Wake Forest and North Carolina
State were ready to inaugurate their
workouts today. Coach Peahead
Walker at the deacon dwelling locked
for Is candidates, including quartet
of returning lettermen.
States Coach Doc Newton said he
expected 80 boys to report-all new
players who, he said, would make
much better than a good freshman
team, but not as good as good
sophomore team"
Coach Frank Howard has been
putting the Clemson Tigers through
the mill since mid-July. Plans for
the start of practice and the last of
prospects were not announced by
Davidson or The Citadel.
The football situation this year is
just one big problem. Probably the
most settled schools in the con-
terence are George Washington.
Furman. Virginia Tech, William and
Mary. and Washington and Lee
They don have football worry in
the world. They don't even have
football