Evening star., 1947-02-28
0uantico, With Corps
Talent Massed, viii
Go Bigfime on Grid
By Lewis F. Atehison

once the scourge Of service gridirons,
will try . big league comeback IN
football next autumn, this time
using the r formation. The rumor
is that the best pigskinners In the
corps will be sent to the sprawling
Virginia post. and If this is true
the Marines will have the top service
outfit in the world for other IN
stallations seem to be slipping back
to their prewar levels.
Mai. Mike Lombardo, one-time
Maryland boxing star now serving
as Quantico's post athletic officer,
confirmed q report that 1t. Col.
Marvin Stuart has packed his chop
sticks and Is en- route from China
TO coach the team. Stuart played
center at Louisiana State and this
department doesn't know how well
acquainted he is with the T. Lom-
bardo didn't know about this all
star team business, tactfully re-
n1inding us that "the Marines al
ways have good teams"
Another reliable source informed
us that Wilbur Moore, who qualities
as Q r expert, has been asked to
tell 1t to the Marines during spring
practice. But "Old Bones" already
Is being advertised as a member oi
the faculty for Clark Shaughnessy's
coaching clinic at Atlantic City the
first week in April and how he car
be in two places several hundreds
miles apart at the same time is
slightly bathing. It's amazing what
you can do with this T.
II and when the Leathernecks dc
stage q comeback, oldtimers will
take q quick gander, sadly wag their
heads and announce that the new
team couldn't carry the bucket fol
the late Col. Frank Goettge and his
immortal teammates. # this con-
templated squad does measure up tc
the old elevens of "a and rs then
prospective opponents can take
warning and take cover. It'll be as
tough. fast and hardhitting as a
souped up tornado.
For q rumor parlay, put down
Commodore o. e. (Scrappy) Kes-
sing to 60 with Admiral Jonas
Ingram into the All-America Con-
ference. He and Jonas are as close
as siamese twins, and they say
Jonas made the A-A agree to let
him have Kessing as part of the
deal. It's a great break for the
conference, for Kessing is a regular
guy, greatly admired in the service
and is no Johnny-come-lately In
football. He is an intimate of Ad-
miral Halsey, although we don't
know what good that would be in
settling a football dispute.
Jonas Ingram's son, Bill, who re-
Gently retired from the Navy with
the rank of commander, played foot
ball at the academy under Capt
Tom Hamilton, who was promi-
nently mentioned for the post. More
rumors are flying about Hamilton's
future, but too much publicity OF
the wrong kind already has been
given him. He'll be at the Naval
Academy for some time.
Tho Touchdown Club will feature
regular television shows, courtesy
of Les Aries, vice president in
charge of tuning the radio. Jim
Magner, who now brags about his
bridge playing ability in the swank
comfort of his new eatery. expects
to make this months rent in the
clubs bridge tournament. He was
pretty close in the last one-15th.
Or was It 1i5th2 .. 7.
It is Indignantly denied the ex-
plosion at Georgetown yesterday
was Rome Schwagel blowing his
top over the Hoyas' game with
Duquesne tonight at McKeesport.
Too bad 1t. didn't happen in Ryan
Gymnasium where it might have
Jared the alumni into action for a
more suitable place for Elmer Rip
ley's teams.
Granted the Smuggy Hursey-Bill
Arnold bout was the best in this
bailiwick in years, but for the thrill
of seeing a beaten fighter come
back and win on one knockout
punch in the last round We'll still
take Stan Wheatley's win over Ed
Rieder in the Kings Point-Mary-
land collegiate match.