Evening star., 1946-08-25
FIashy Dixie EIevens
Pointing for Terps,
Hoyas, CoIoniaIs
BY George {. Huber

Notes of optimism and tales of
big, talented squads of football can
didates coming from training camps
of some of the opponents for Dis
trict and nearby college elevens
this fall indicate the local boys will
run into some tough competition
come October and November.
Gridiron squads in the Southern
Conference, from which Maryland
and George Washington draw a
number of opponents, generally are
good and few coaches have been
inclined to give crying towels a pre-
season workout. The Citadel, for
instance, doesn't even begin fall
drills until tomorrow, but Coach
Quinn Decker, whose boys tangie
with George Washington at Glenn
son, S. c., on November 7, predicts
that the 1916 Bulldogs will be a
s. --,'v, hard fighting bunch capa-
bic Of giving any team on the
schedule hard battle.
Equally optimistic is Coach Carl
Snavely at the University of North
Carolina, whose Tar Heels enter
tain Maryland on October II. His
reason for being so cheerful is a
6-foot, 1-inch 195-pound fullback
Hosea Rodgers by name. who prom
ises to make things very bright at
Chapel Hill this fall.
n. c. State Appears Strong.
AT Raleigh, N. c., where North
Carolina States Wolfpack has been
drilling since Monday. Coach Beattie
Feathers finds Don Gardner, back
and Paul Gibson, Bobby Courts and
Tommy Riddle, all ends, among the
more impressive of his 80 candi-
dates. The Wolfpack is following
the trend of the times and will
have club OF older, stronger and
heavier players. The starting eleven
may average 100 pounds. Maryland
plays there on November 30.
South Carolina. coming to College
Park on November for the Old
Liners homecoming, worked last
week on developing a passing at
tack, with Earl Dunham. a prewar
star; Harold Hagen, freshman;
Robert Epps, former Wofford Col
iege player, and Lyle Hensen, 1916
letter man, doing the heaving
Coach Rex Enright has 80 candi-
dates from which to choose.
University of Richmond. which
plays at Maryland in a night game
on October 4, appears to have one
OF the smaller squads of the Con-
ference, with an initial turnout OF
so last week. William and Mary
which closes George Washing ton S
schedule here on November Is. has
ia candidates, but among them are
"a letter men. The Terps also meet
the Indians at Williamsburg on
November 2.
Wake Forest Has Big Squad.
Wake Forest, which opens George
towns program here on October 4
has enough players to permit Coach
Peahead Walker to work them as
six teams. He has 18 letter men
back, including Nick Sacrinity. last
years leading scorer for the Gator
Bowl champions; John Bruno, l75-
pound end, and Dewey Hobbs, 22o-
pound tackle.
. Another Georgetown opponent
New York University which enter.
tains the Hoyas at Yankee Stadium
on November %, doesn't begin drills
until September at Lake Sebaeo
N. Y, but the Violets are expecting
40 candidates, including "a eX-serv-
icemen. Among them will be Tom
Capozzoli and Cy Kuppersmith, both
2OO-pound backs, Capozzoli, accord
ing to the New York experts, has no
peer in the east as a punter, and
both are fast lads despite their
weight. With a good line in front
OF them, they are expected to 90
places rapidly. And this years
line promises to be heavier and
more experienced than recent Violet
editions.
There must be weak note in this
list somewhere, and here it is. Balm
bridge Naval Training Center, sup
plying Maryland with an opener at
College Park on September %. will
be quite different this year from the
powerful clubs it previously pre-
sented. The club there has been
working for a week, and Coach
Comdr. j. S. Schmidt finds most of
his older athletes now out of the
service. leaving him with a collec-