Evening star., 1946-09-25
Baronowski Looms as Big Hoya StaI
hidweStern Critics
Rated Him Superior
To De Correvont

10 De I0IIev0nI
(Second of series on college
eleuens in this area)
By Froncis E. Stonn
Somebody new has been added
to Georgetown University's football
squad. He's on the short side Is
feet or inches and on the
light side GIGS pounds, and the
name is little tough at first glance
But don't let it throw you," they
say at the Hilltop, 'it may be worth
memorizing"
The name, Babe Baronowski, may
not click now, but back in 1912
the same Midwestern critics who
once raved about Bill De Correvont
and called him the greatest schol-
astic player to come out of that
section were calling Baronowski his
superior.
He bobbed up today at George
town, tbs said, unheralded and un-
announced, like a bolt from the
blue. He was Baronowski on a
squad which already had Sarashe-
vitz, Robustelli, Dzugan, Antonov-
sky, Benigni, Jendrezcky and Kon-
celik, plus the usual crops of Muir
phys, Kellys, O'Connors and
Washes. 1t took Head Coach Jack
Hagerty a good part of an inter-
view and an agile memory to place
him as the Baronowski of the many
press clippings.
"If he's half the player he was
in 1912" said one of the Hoya
coaches, we've got ourselves
swell quarterback"
He's Big Enough for Hagerty.
Like nearly all the rest Baronow-
ski is fresh out of the service and
just resuming his education. Hag-
erty still doesn't know why Notre
Dame failed to land him. "Appar-
emily they considered him too
small" he reasoned. THAT, plus
the fact they already were loaded
Hagerty doesn't care which OF these
probable reasons kept him from
South Bend; he's mainly concerned
with whether Baronowski can
bounce back in football and snow
the stuff that caused Chicago critics
to DIV him with superlatives. e.
Baronowski hasn't been in uniform
long enough to work in backnelo
or scrimmage He's a quarterback
who kicks, runs and passes. They
say he's a terrific passer-or was.
Ditto for carrying the ball.
That's big streak of silver lining
-Baronowski. The cloud over the
Hilltop is formed by three shortages
"a good defensive fullback a center,
good left tackle and, OF course,
lack of experience. The latter is to
be expected when 40 of the 43 play
ers on "a" squad are freshmen.
Raba May Play Defensive Full.
If Georgetown was to open its
season today-actually the initial
test is October against powerful
Wake Forest - Hagerty's starting
lineup probably would have Elmer
Raba of Washington at quarterback,
Jack O'Connor of Philadelphia and
Joe Sullivan of Providence, r. l., at
the halves, and Joe Murphy OF
Arlington, Va, at fullback.
At the ends would be Bill Dzugan
of Bayonne, N. j., and George
Benigni of Chicago; at the tackle
posts, Lou Robustelli of Stanford,
Conn, and Tom Dolan of Philadel-
phia; at the guard spots, Elmer
Oberto of Collinsville, ILL.,, and Bus
Werder of Buffalo, and at center
Victor Banonis, kid brother of the
all-America center at Detroit few
years ago.
When and if Baronowski is ready
to take his place in the backfleld,
Hagerty indicates, Raba's present
understudy, Buddy Spiess OF Wash
ington probably will be reconverted
from a quarterback to halfback.
This won't help conquer the fullback
shortage, however which wouldn't
be so noticeable If Murphy was as
accomplished on defense as he is on
offense. Raba, the quarter, may
wind up filling the fullback's slot
backing up the line-on defense.
Guards Only AZ Regulars Back.
Only the two guards, Werder and
Oberto, were regulars in 1912,
Georgetowns last year in football
They're juniors, as is Robustelli,
who was a sub end in AZ but |
regular tackle now. All the rest
are freshmen.
Hagerty sings the blues as far as
1916 is concerned. He likes his
squad, but logically points to lack
of experience during freak era
when most schools-those which
were able to maintain football in
connection with Army and Navy
programs-are loaded with talent.
At times he gets so discouraged as
to say, I'VE may not win game"
But the old Hoya star is building
for 1947 and 1948. He thinks it may
take until 1949 to re-establish
Georgetown as nationally ranking
team.
Here's the way Georgetown's
schedule reads: October 4, Wake
Forest (best team on the schedule)
at Griffith Stadium might; October
II, Fordham at Griffith Stadium
(night); October 20, Villanova at
Philadelphia; October q. st. Louis
University at st. Louis; Nov. 2,
George Washington at Griffith
Stadium; November 8. Boston Col
lege at Boston; November 16, Scran-
ton at Scranton, and November %,
N. Y. u. at New York.
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