Evening Star Newspaper, September 20, 1923, Page 31

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1923. SPORTS. 31 Western High Eleven to Depend on Speed : North Carolina State Needs a Punter PROMISING PROSPECTS FOR GEORGE WASHINGTON’S VARSITY ELEVEN FEW BOYS WITH WEIGHT AMONG SQUAD OF THIRTY Forward Passing, Good Interference and Swéepipg End Runs Is Plan—Coaches Not to Hurry Development of Team. BY ARGYLE FINNEY. LIGHT, speedy foot ball team, well versed in the art of the game, A is in prospect at Western High School. The Red and White eleven 2 will take the field carrying many fewer pounds than its rivals. James O. Cade, Western’s newly appointed coach, and his assistant, Dan- iel F. Ahearn, will tutor only a small number of candidates, there being but thirty youngsters out thus far. Only a few of these weigh as much as 165 pounds = .. But over in ‘Georgetown, where the Western gridironers are prac- ticing daily, there is a spark of optimism. Eight veterans of last year are back, which indicates that the team should be in a favorable posi- tion to know something about the game. Hageage, half; Tommy David, half; Roland Dulin, end; Meredith Capper, guard; Henry Lamar, center; Tom Stephens, lineman: Capt. David Whelchel, quarter, and Ashley Haw- kins, tackle, won their letters last year. Not one of them can be called husky. Lamar is about the biggest youngster on the squad. He weighs a little over 165. Cade and Ahearn are pinning lh!ir"m\ the var: tc:!lm o ! o) P eir cohorts | are: John McKee, tack hopes on !ncu] :.llln_.-ll their coh "N'l.rr half: John Batson, the knack: of inter forward | oot AATL. S ohier, : 1f | According to its followers, Western | made a fatal m e when it clash- vy | ed with Episcopal High last vear one | week prior to its annual battle with ‘entral It is declared its strength as shaken when it met the Blue White, as a result of its fray he Alexandria team. No such d development will mar the team's chance this year. A slow and ure process of molding a for- midgble team foot Lour's pract Last year We: team. It nose and trounced Among them Ray Gar- John' Joyce rence, nd runs. tured for- | ndition- sterday’s practic ward passing a ing work, suct ng. No scrimma 1t probably will of hard practice until the did n display their While Tech and Centr: 2 vanced considerably in practice, West- ern has had but four hours of work It will be remembered that the Georgetown team cla Central with but scant practice fall, however, it will be Wastern will play its scholastic game on October stern the plan of We Only little over an was held yesterday. ern presented a fair out Business, § to 0, stern, 24 to 6, but it fell before Central, 13 to 0, and Tech, 10 to 0. Western has not yet com- pleted its schedule, but it will do bat- tle with its four rival high schools as follows: October 26, Eastern; No- squad in- | vember 2, Tech, 13, Business an; Oliver | Central. These contests will be pla Chester | €d _in the Central stadium id, Fi| C the new coacch, is a graduate alcolm | of Da Baker College, Brownwood. Willlam Lind- ' Tex., where he performed on the va Killeen, | ven. Ahearn should prove a ea, Billy | valuable asset to Cade. He plaved of the | guard on Georgetown’s eleven in 1917, | 1918 ana 1920. He was one of the > apt | best linemen ever turned out at the | Hilltop. WEST POINT IS DESTINED TO ADOPT ONE-YEAR RULE BY LAWRENCE PERRY. (Copyright 1023.) EWITT, the Pitt fullback, who has transferred to West Point, come addition to the Cadet eleven. So are three other plebes now practicing on the academy field. The Navy, which has passed a one-year-residence rule, will be at something of a disadvantage as to new material. The Military Academy authorities have not followed the example of the Midshipmen and nothing has been said to indicate that such a move is being considered. Yet it is foregone that West Point to getting in and hurling the op- will follow the lead of the Navy in|ponems back rather than merely hold- R Diopes I ing them. There is a thought here, tutions meet upon even terms, |undoubtedly. nd certainly, in event of the 4 | directors fa g to af h, men would not view with eq the continuance of relations so one- sided. inter- 6 against Western ncis Me Green ana Ol squad who re ing on the m varsity teams. 1y the two Service The 'rules committee at its inter- pretation meeting held over the last ceek end requests that newspaper critics pay less attention this year to individual stars and more to team play, which really makes the stars possible. There is a thought her [too. But it is the American fashion to create heroes, outstanding per- sonalities; and this reaction must be There is =a report that Foster Sanford is spending his last year as coach at Rut that he will be succeeded next y by one of his old pupils, John Wallace. Sanford has done a wonderful work for Rutgers, |recognized by all scribes whose wit- much of it in recent years at con- |ings are designed to appeal to the siderable sacrifice of time and energy |multitude. which ht have been devoted to a| The ball carrier, not the interferer, is m's | 'RAYMOND FLETCHER Guard 4 GEORGE, HENDERSON Bnd WAVERLY A. C. WILL SEEK 145-POUND GRID LAURELS AVERLY ATHL] W IC CLUB is not content with the two titles it won this year in sandlot base ball. hunt for the 145-pound foot ball championship of the District. | It has decided to join the The youngsters who won the senior and junior base ball honors for the Waverly club this season plan to place a strong team on the gridiron. If the elevgn is equal in strength to that of last fall, then the Waverlys probably will add to their laurels. The Waverly 135-pound eleven of last year missed .copping the title in its class. Frank Kersey, business manager of the foot ball squad, has issued first call for practice tomorrow afternoon on the Terminal Y. M. C. A. grounds. Candidates are to report at 5 o'clock. Already the Waverly outfit is casting about for games. Kersey can be reached at Franklin §126 or Lincoln 63. Foot ball will be the topic at a constantly growing busir the man who catches the eye. The Sanford took hold of the Raritan|back who crashes through an opening, institution when it occupled a minor |not the hard-working stalwarts who position in foot ball and other|made the opening, receive the acclaim branches of athletics. As a result of |of the pack. In which connection oc- his efforts this college has assumed | curs to mind a bit of verse written some an important posftion on -the grid-|years ago by a Harvard man, to wit: iron, while the indirect result of his| “The full may punt for fifty constructive efforts has been noted in yard; swimming, base ball, track and basket | - The half may buck for five; ball The quarter's the brain of ‘every gain And keeps the team alive. But when the tiers are arock with cheers And the air's like a nip of wine, Here's a toast to the souls who open the holes Down in the muck of the line Twenty candidates are out for 85- pound team of the National Athletic Club. How Foot Ball Is Played By SOL METZGE! N modern foot ball few backs have ever been able to put the opposing end out of the play on an end run. It takes two play- ers to_do this job right. We have seen Yale use as many as three. On plays inside the opposing end— off-tackle and inside-tack]e plays, one back is able to handle the opposing: end fpr perfectly logical reasons. But on an end run the defensive end can cgt inside or outside any one back sent to take him out of the play. He cdn dodge this back, or he can keep him from knocking him down by using his arms and hands to prevent him striking him with his body and Bnocking him down. But, no end can handle two interferers in this vlay. The best he tan do is to kee be seBf for him on end runs. mewhat different methods are used by these two players to get d. One style, perfected by Dobie, is to have the two backs run ' at the end, shoulder to shoulder, and pinch him between them. They can run back and away from the play or knock him down. Another scheme, rather more com- | mon, fi to have one of the two backs delegated to take the end, lead the other 'about a yard and throw him- self at full length into’ the shins of the ddfensive end, especlally if he is coming fast toward the play. The other back strikes the end from the side with his shoulder immediately afterward, attempting to bowl him over the first back, just as one boy often pushes. another, - standing_up, over m third bo ‘voping behind him. 'A_third scheme of taking an end ib for a back to run at him erect, cause him to rise up to ward this Back off with -his hands ang, Just as he is reached, this back sud denly . throws himself low into his shins. In spme systems of foot ball a back and the offensive end are used to take the defensive end. The offensive end runs back to prevent the de- fensive end cutting in. The back runs right at him low and attempts to run through him, as the offensive end throws himself at; his feet from{ the side. One back may take an end when the play is ineide him, sim- ply by running at him ‘from this | side gnd blocking his. path {o the play by throwing his ‘body at full length into the end and across this h. - Taking an end is one of the hardest tasks of foot ball. (8ol Metzger, our foot ball expert and one of the, foremost foot ball coaches in the country} will® anewer any questions sbout playing’ foot ball sent him, care--of ~the Eport Department, if a return,. tamped en- velope s inclosed.) B (Copyright, 1923.) Radiators and Fenders ANY KIND MADE OR REP ‘make. the Ohio State the time-honored bleacher slogan, “Hold ‘em.” Wilce says that the 'significance .of this phrase is purely negative and should have no part the gdme. Backed up on_the five-yard line or one-yard line, Dr. Wilce would have a more defiant admonition hurtling from the cheering sections, just as he would have the minds of the players attuned Dr. John Wilce, coach, deprecate THE QUESTION. How do backs take out an opposing end? p one off. Hence, two players must | i York Athletic Club promises to put a formidable team on the fleld this season. Practice will be held tonight ! at 7 o'clock. These players are re- quested to be on hand: Luitich, Brod- rick, McDonald, Swickhart, Dowden, Garnett, Klatskin, Stein, Lerch F. Bauman, Juliano, Jefferies and Smith. Charley Guyom, coach of Easter: High School, will drill the Southern Athletic Club candidates Saturday at 4:30 o'clock at the ' Washington bar- racks. Members of the club will hold a meeting tonight at the Palace Athletic Club, Water and N streets southwest. RACES TODAY Havre de Grace ! SEVEN RACES DAILY Special B. & 0. train leaves Union Station 12 o'clock noon. . Parlor and Dining cars attached. Special Penna. R. R. train leaves Union Station 13 o'clock noon—direct to course. Admission—Grandstand and Paddock, $1.65, including Gov- ernment Tax. FIRST RACE AT 2:30 P.M, meeting of the Mackin Athletic Club tonight in the St. Paul School, 15th and V streets. These candidates are Tequested to be present . Johnson, J. Lascola, G. Luckett, J. Lambath, Shorty Hillery, P. Worksman, S. Vien- berg, 5. Nichols, B. Root, W. Byng, M. O'Connor, R. Eckles, J. Hartnett P. Curtin, W. Curtin, Ormes, J. Bonner, B. liott, Thomas K. Sweeney, Fry tello, Goldstein, McWiiliams, Fi gerld, Khuen, Gerhardt, Aiken, Ho | wit, O'Donohue and H. Nichols. Knuickerbockers will stage their first after dark practice tonight. | Coach McCarthy wants all candidates to report at 7:30 o'clock. Apache Preps are seeking games in the 130-pound class, according t Manager Rice, 712 9th street. A s nal drill will be held tomorrow even- ing at 7:30 o'clock at 9th and Penn- sylvania avenue southeast. Another practice will be staged Sunday at 10:30 o'clock at 17th and D streets southeast. Putalo Preps will hold practice Suhday at 10:30 o'clock at 13th and D streets northeast. Games with the Buffalo outfit can be arranged by communicating with E. R. Williams, 1316 B street northeast. RESALE OF LOST BALLS NOW BIG GOLF INDUSTRY F OR the privilege of retrieving a season’s lost golf balls on the muni- cipal links of St. Louis, Matt C. Malley paid $850. Figuring a lost ball as worth 10 cents to the retriever, which probably is about the way Malley figured them, St. Louis golfers would have to lose at least 8,500 balls for him to come out even. Multiply the St. Louis figures by, say, 50, and you will have some idea of the magnitude the lost ball industry has assumed as the royal and ancient game has spread its lure across the nation. _Btatistics show that the consump- tion of golf balls for 1923 will be more than 13,000,000. The exact pro- portion of them that will be lost is not contained in any report of the Department of Commerce, But if we agsume that every third ball goes into the tall grass, or wherever it is that lost balls go, the total would reach 4,333,333 balls. That's about the correct figure, if Malley had the dope right on his $850 bid for St. Louis. Again using the Malley figures, the American small boy is enriched near- 1y a half million dollars a year by his quest of the elusive white sphere. Malley pays the boys in his employ 10 cents a_ball, except for especially poor balls, on which the retrieving rate is a nickel. This foots up to $433,333.30, When the retrieved balls have been cleaned, massaged, powdered properly dimpled. they are sold to thrifty golfers at 25 to 40 cents apiece. Taking the lower figure, so as to be on the safe side, and apply- ing it to the estimated annual crop of lost balls in the whole United States, the boss retrievers’ income is seen fo be something like $1,083,333 a year. About half of this should be profit, If the army of golfers continues to grow as it has been growing, and it the percentage of golfers who shoot their balls into obsolescence con- tinues in proportion, the lost ball in- dustry soon should' be incorporated, and shares in Spheroids Reclaimed, Ltd., listed on the New York Stock Exchange. and (Copyright, 1928.) Fold Is Winen In —Why? The fold i the or sy collers ironed, creases anew every time. That means unevenness, imper- VAN REAL A smort, ool summer VAN HEUSEN fect fit. In the VAN HEUSEN the fold is woven never be ironed in. This savesthe VAN HEUSEN, laundered flat, the wear from constant ironing tly. 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Wilson, jr., for $70,000. ampfire has already proved himself the stud even with few oppor- nities. His two best colts so far which promised at e equal of any three- e Glen d, otel Ridadle which won stakes at Jame: Farm's two-year- the Grand Union Saratoga Springs, among others. Character makes the fine cigar—and it's the mild yet distinctive character that makes the man who once wries El Producto a steady El Producto smoker. Pick the size and color that suits you —you'll find the next El Producto as pleas~ ing as the last. enjoyment G.H.P. CIGAR CO., Tncs ~“Philadelphia, Pa, KICKING ONLY WEAK SPOT IN RALEIGH COMBINATION While But Half Dozen of 1922 Regulars Are Back, Much Material for Vacant Positions Has Come From Freshmen Outfit. BY H. C. BYRD. NLY a good punter is needed to make the North Carolina State Col- lege squad one of the most promising in the gridiron history of the Raleigh institution. Plenty of weight, speed and experience are available, and the task of building a foot ball machine this fall is not likely to prove even near so arduous a task as last seasofi. If Hartsell can develop somebody to supply the long kicks which have gone from the toe of Parks for the last three years there is no telling just what the Raleigh eleven may accomplish before it gets rid of turkeys on Thanksgiving day. Parks undoubtedly was one of the best kickers the South Atlantic section has produced in several years. He booted the ball with his le foot and his kicks had all the idiosyncrasies of the average left-handed athlete. Parks would get off one boot that might travel only thirty yards, draw the backs up, then boot the next one down the field for sixty-five yards, and, with no backs near, have it roll ten or fifteen yards farther. The absence of such a punter from the fine-up will be felf, and he is certain to be very difficult to replace. oot Ball Fact USE YOUR HANDS" oach a iew are: Capt. Bostlan, center; Beatty, guard; L fullbac! | halfback: Ripple and W It is said that Cox, one of tackles, is due back, but has put in his appearance. Floyd other tackle, graduated. Other me | bers of the varsity squad back in togs ler, Coffey and Be y, line hnson, Shearin, and Wiiliams Some the vars| excellent material cc from the freshman | espec: for the line. It generally is believed that some of the husky young men who did so well as mem- bers of the vearling outfit will give the varsity veterans the run of their lives for regular berth Carolina_State freshman year wound up its |defeat. Logan and | White, Adoo . Mayo and i i and Charley Shu Summerall, J on and varsity with better pro: than it has had in previous Tal Stafford, former graduate ager of athletics at North Carolina State and now alumni secretary with headquarters at the colleg for first time in years, quite enthusi- bout the outiook. tafford s as his most conservative ¥ of summing up the situation “From the standpoint of number of regulars who have returned, six or possibly seven, the outlook is not ally encouraging, but when it is remembered t the 1922 eleven was not particularly succe this may not mean much. Potentially the team should be a strong running machine, a little weaker in kicking |and “about the same in ward | passing. Unquestionably _there i HOWARD JONES every evidence of a much finer spirit : and a hly improved morale, and Conch of foot ball, Unfversity of|this factor alone may prove the ma Town. Had champlonship teams 1921/ gi of difference between a losing amd 1922. Brother of Tad Jomes of [to.m and real contender for southern Yale, whose tenm Iowa defeated last | conference championship honors ye Former Yale foot ball star. | “Defensively the m should | stronger than the 1922 Wolfpac b | whi in this department usually turnished about all the opposition its opponents wanted. We expect great things of Red Lassiter, 190- !huund fullback, this, fall, and with s to squad, AVALUABLE ASSET IN DEFENSIVE PLAY What s meant by the classic foot ball saying, “Use your hands”? | Bives W Answered by “Use your hands” is an instruc- ition given only to defensive players. This expression is used because |hom &nd T Hotieas path fundamentally a man’s hands are of | nucle ate should great value in keeping off an offen- | prospect “behind the d the H Ve e vl pr bility that the ho in the sive player. A defensive player who [BIOPADIIY (hak \(he, Boles | does not use his hands is losing a |from the excellent material fu A = |by the freshman eleven North valuable asset in defensive play. Tt{ijna’ State has few reasons to look is possible for a defensive player by |forward to the season with many mis use of the hands to direct the force | givings.” of an opponent’s charge or to keep| This year's handicap list of play erx registered with the Polo Associa gio an opponent from getting the d"|shm~ civilians and 638 Army off sired body or leg contact. cers enrolled, with handic: (Copyright, 1923.) from no goals to 10. Seventh. Street { ——— Two Days Only — A Two-Day Special of | Golfand Fishing Sundries— Saks quality is very apparent in this class of merchandise and guarantee unreservedly everything that you purchase in the Sports Goods Shop. Golf Specials— Wright & Ditson “Argyle” Golf Clubs, in- cluding Drivers, Brassies, Mid-Irons, Mashies and Putters. 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