Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-08

ny DlCh SLA1
Star staff Writer
IF l was a good prognoStica-
tor" Jim Camp said recently,
I'D have stayed in Minneapo-
lis where the point-spread line
comes out"
Camp didn't leave the Uni
versity of Minnesota campus
Just to get away from the ma
tional betting wire. He came
here to lead George Washington
University to perpetual winning
football.
If he succeeds this season he
probably will be regarded as
even more of a wonder coach
than Bill Elias, who stayed one
year and turned in a remark
able 5-3-1 record last fall before
shifting his rehabilitation work
to the University of Virginia.
After a weeks tour of all
nine Southern Conference
schools by a group of sports
writer's, it generally was felt
that West Virginia, Richmond,
The Citadel. Furman. Davidson
and maybe Virginia Tech would
field teams improved over
year ago. Virginia Military, con-
ference champion three of the
last four years, is considered
about equal to it's 1860 club.
william and Mary could fall
short of even last years 2-8
record.
Start With Five TOUCHES /
George Washington plays all
of these teams except Davidson,
picking up Furman, plus Florida
State, this year and dropping
Florida and the Air Force Acad-
envy from the schedule. Last
year CIV defeated The Citadel,
Air Force, Richmond. VP1 and
West Virginia, while losing to
Florida, William and Mary and
VMI, and tying Boston Univer-
sity, 90. Boston U. is the other
opponent this year.
The way the schedule is set
up, the Colonials could lose
their first five games and still
have a team on a par with last
years winner. In order, those
five are at Florida State, at The
Citadel and at Furman on con-
secutive Saturday nights;
against VMI here to dedicate
the new District Stadium. and
at Richmond the following Sat-
urday night, october IA.
The opener at Tallahassee a
week from tomorrow night is
the most important game in
Camps 12-year career in coach
ing. Besides being the first game
in which Camp will serve as a
head coach, the engagement at
Florida State will be an indica-
tor for those first five, or more
than half the season. i
Face Many Problems
The CIV staff was unable to
scout Florida States spring
practice game but otherwise has
about as good a line on the
Seminoles as can be expected of
a new group facing brand
new opponent. Florida State has
% lettermen on squad of about
10, which also includes an out
standing crop of 43 sophomores.
Camp and his assistants
started preseason workouts
week ago yesterday. They faced,
Camp said, problems at tackle,
where CIV lost three lettermen
and an upcoming sophomore
who transferred to Virginia; at
center. where every letterman
departed, and at halfback, also
minus three lettermen. The
guard position was added to
this situation the next day
when Ron Cindrich was ruled
out for the season because of a
slow-mending shoulder which
had been operated on in April.
Trying to Find Balance
Len GunSior. a 2l0-pound
senior who is not among the
IA CIV lettermen, has taken
over the No. l center job to
ease some worry there. Capt.
Steve Bartnicki is an all-con- I
ference candidate at right
tackle. Dick Drummond and
Tony Fredecine, backed up by
Bill Pashe and Lou DeSimone,
could be a more-than-ad adequate
corps of halfbacks. But the
guards are in an uncertain
state.
Sophomore Morris Suffer,