Evening star., 1952-09-14

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touchdown passes against us this
year." he says. But the kids are
working hard and some of these
teams will find us tough to beat.
Just the other day one of our
boys came to me after he f1ubbed
a play and said. Don't let it worry
you, coach. I'm going to stick
with this thing until I lick it,
That's the kind of kid I like, and
we've got lot like him"
New All Around.
The Colonials have a new coach
(Sherman succeeds Bo Rowland).
q new system (the split-T in ex-
change for the single wing), new
uniforms GALL blue with white nu-I
merals). and a lot of new players
(more than half the so candidates
are freshmen or inexperienced
sophomores) Sherman Is new
only to the head coaching role,
however. He was line coach un-
der Rowland for four years and
was moved up to the top spot
when Rowland left last spring.
Even the schedule has a num-
ber of new teams. but merely to-
say that CIV is stepping down
the caliber of its opponents is
oversimplifying it. Still on the
program are Virginia, one of the
potent teams of the South. and
West Virginia. which leaves; no
doubt it is climbing back to the
football heights. Either would
grace the schedule OF a mucht
more powerful opponent than CIV.
Bucknell, a newcomer, has a 13-
game winning string in fair
league. Missing, though. are such
powerhouses as Georgia, Maryland
and Kentucky, all of whom
soundly whipped CIV last year.
It's a nicely paced schedule,
however. with the strong ones
we'll mixed with the ones more I'M
GW's class. With lurk t'-ei
Colonials could win as many as
five of their nine games, pJ. be-
cause of inexperience that may
lose at least one game, CIV would
be happy to settle for a As sea-
son. That would be an impl ove-
ment over last years 2-6-1 total.
Strength in Defensive Line.
George Washington's strength
is in it's defensive line. 1t has
veterans, and good, big ones.
everywhere except at one end.
Frank Continetti. Bob Gutt (co-
captain). Tom Flyzik. Cecil Per-
kins and Johnny Prach will fill
out the first string defenses. /
George Semkew and Steve
Korckeck are the backers-up. and
they, too, are old hands.
Behind them, though, in pass
defense territory, will be three
freshmen. This early no one has
won a regular job. but being used
most frequently are John tSkin-
n.y. Safer from Fairfax High at /
safety, and Leroy Courtney from .
Oklahoma City and Bob Sturm .
from Muskogee. Okla, as half |
backs.
That Skinny" part of Saffer's
name is a bit misleading. He's
more on the small and solid side.
And that Courtney boy is above
average as punter, something |
CIV has lacked for several years. |
On offense. the only familiar
name is Bino Barreira. Little
Bino'' really is little, and his pro-
gram measurements of 155 pounds
and S feet. 6 inches are no exag-
geration. He's a scooter and an
artful dodger. and the crowd loves
him. He got a lot Of yards last
year.
In addition to his running and
plunging. he's good pass catcher,
and. just to mix things UP. he'll
be tossing a pass here and there
this year.
Otner BACKS Grecn.
With Little Bino will be three
others, all of them green or close
to it. Ray Fox. substitute half
back last year. was ticketed for T.
quarterback; but he's getting COM
petition from a number Of fresh
men, notably Dick Geisler, Bob
Gribble and Hugo Valdesirro. all
from Pennsylvania. Despite his
edge in experience, Fox has no
lock on the job.
There'll be freshman at half
back and possibly fullback. Lead
ing halfbacks are Lem Ciemniecki
from Elizabeth. N. j.. and Jim
Wagner from Lancaster, Pa. The
fullback job seemed to belong to
Norb Danz, a sophomore with no
varsity experience. after spring
practice, but he's getting a good
run from Dave Logan, big youth
from GonZaga High. and Dave
Boland. a sophomore who also
lacks experience.
The offensive line has smat
tering of experience with Tom
Bosmans, Bill Neal and Dick
Drake back and with Flyzik and
Korcheck ready to come over for
double duty from the defensive
unit. Richie Gaskell, who now
should be ready to perform full
time as a pass-catching expert.
and Jim England or Jack Daley
will make acceptable starters at
end.
Other Freshmen on Squad.
There are many more freshmen
at CIV than those mentioned. and
for the most part they are bigger
and better than CIV has been &C.
eustomed to getting. They will see