Evening Star Newspaper, September 28, 1926, Page 28

28 SPORTS. LITTLE SAYS HIS ELEVEN NO WORSE THAN EVEN BET Kopf, Who Scouted Panthers, Sure Blue and Gray Could Have Won Against Them Saturda C. U. and Maryland Face Tough Games. BY H. C. BYRD. OACH Lou Little of Georgetown is of the opinion that his team | has at least an even chance to beat Pittsburgh Saturday. Little bases his opinion on what he'knows of his own team and on the | report of the Pittsburgh-Allegheny College game brought back by Herb Kopf, one of his assistants, who scouted it. Kopf’'s opinion is that had Georgetown played at Pittsburgh last week it would have won. “I cannot figure anything,” says Little, “other than that we have an even chance to win. Of course, vou can never tell what may happen in a foot ball game, but if we get anything like an even break it seems to me we should bring a victory back to Wa fimmun. “Pitt did not do so well against Allegheny, though it must be remem- bered that Allegheny had a good team, and also the contest was played | on a muddy field. Had conditions been different Pitt might have made a THE EVENING TICKETS FOR BIG GAME’ ARE OBTAINABLE HERE Dr. J. A. Flynn, 1511 Rhode Is- land avenue, has tickets for the Army-Notre Dame foot ball game to be played November 13 at the Polo Grounds,”New York, and will receive applications, which he urges be_submitted promptly. The Baltimore and Ohio will run a special train from this city to New York for the game if there is sufficient demand. VIRGINIA HUSTLING FOR GEORGIA GAME UNIVERSITY, Va., Sept. 28.-- | Spurred by the scoreless tie with Hampden-Sydney, and inspired by hope of victory over Georgia on Sat- urday, the Virginia varsity candidates are practicing foot ball as if their lives depended on it. irginia’s play against the Tigers was much below expectations. On a orching day, it was the policy of | STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, TUESDAY LONE NEWCOMER IS DUE TO BEGIN GAME SATURDAY Five Slated to Start Were 1925 Regulars and as Many Were Substitutes a Year Ago—Ingram Sys- tem Will Get First Test. NAPOLIS, September 28—The line-up of the Naval Academy foot ball team for its opening game against Purdue next Saturday, barring accident or something else unforeseen, will be as fol- lows: Left end, Lioyd; left tackle, Wickhorst, captain; left guard, Born; center, Warren; right guard, Cross; right tackle, Eddy; right end, Williamson; quarterback, Hamilton; left half, Shapley; right half, Hannegan; fullback, Ransford. Wickhorst, Eddy, Shapley and Hamilton played regularly in the same positions last year; Lloyd played at Peddie and on tite Navy plebe team last season, and all the others were varsity substitutes. The teamy there- fore, is not lacking in experience, and it is believed here that it is consid- erably stronger than at this time last year. Under the system taught by the first contest. Towever, the local SEP’ hetter score. in a week of practice as they can. “Our team is going into the game belleving it can win. I see no use tr: ing to be gloomy about a prospect th: i seems to me to be about even. Any time our chances seem to be as good | as the other team’s we have mno kick | coming, and we certainly shall try to| make the best of our chances. If Pitts- hurgh does not huve an exceptionally | zood day—in other words, if it doe not get the 1kn--Georgetown stands a good chance to win.” Little plans to start the same team this week he began Saturday against Drexel. He probably will not muke any changes all season unless _com- peiled to because of injurles. Walte' ind Mctirath are experienc nd capable ends; Mosko und last vear on the varsity s; Carroll und Monsom are goud | rds; Grigsby is a nearly brilllunt | ter, and Thompson, ¢ 1, Gorm- | tey and Nork form a b that | bids fair to exceed all expectation: The whole ts_ experi of findin: field. Cathol following its rather e h ‘with the Norfolk | Marine e e - | tion it desires this week end at Bos-| ton, when it makes the journey to the | Hub to play Boston College. Rumor | has it that Coach Jack McAuliffe has| high hope of beating the New Eng-: notwithstanding the latter| have exceptionally strons | of what the squad actu-| ? About all| known definitely is that the ) supporters of the team feel contident they are golng to have a strong com- hination, and that they have a chance to win any contest in which they are | to take Herb Kopf tells me that we could have whippe | week, and T see no reason why we should not advance as far comparatively | d Pitt last | wisdom for the visitors to allow the Virginians to gain in midfield and then to hold & tight defense near the 3 goal. After each march down the Maryland also goes against a real| fjelq the home team was too hot and foot ball team, if reports brought back | winded to push the ball over. on are geceptable at their | Neale, head coach, and his ;? o 'f,qm"gtf" ) ‘_fle';“ble ,'.L q | staff are not in the least downhearted ace value. South Carolina is big and | ,yer “(he outcome of the openins | strong and fast, and has several men | game. In fact, they are pleased with in its lineup who would make good |ghe way their charges have reacted | on any eleven. Roy M: who (& the failure to score. scouted the Gumecocks lust A scrimmage this afternoon will authority for the statement that & probably enable the coaches to de- Columbia is a real foot team, | ¢ide just who is to start against the e thotanding that little is heard of | Bulldogs in what 15 the earlfest big it in this immediate section. Accord home that Virginia has played ing to weights brought back by Mack in man, . Order: ert the line will average around 180 s Fi0m en'd {0 end Andiiheibagk: | L0 PoUT Itoithe of mething over 170, e ’ i o ranged with a corps o . oximately ¢ e rendy to,rush up extra seats | lins mf'l‘f,‘_l;‘,::“ aatn should the sale pass the 5,500 that | College. It may make : can be accommodated in the stadium. two, and it probuble that, in | addition, T.ea an, who was on the I Il i and he has ar carpenters injured list and did not take part in the opening contest, may be back «t nd foot ball team has played i = = = < far South as Columbla. Several | sting Facts About times the base ball team has gone || 1 3 . down that way, but It will be the / s of Big College initial attempt in foot ball against || any eleven south of North Carolina. George Washington is scheduled to, open its season Saturda with City College of New York as its opponent It is likely the contest will be played A an League Park, inasmuch The Hatch- against the Gotham leader Thomas E. Hogan. Inot a regident of the \W ites what they consider to be the| . : strongest eleven they hava haa in | Of its residents. more t ady he team will | He receiv have : heavy backfield | @& Scholastic institution that and ‘v, active line. George | A i Washington should make itself heard | from before the season is finished, and | probably it will begin with a victory. | . Capt. Hogan is anothe ored by the captaincy of their teams the statement th end: SPIRANT C at 7:30 o'clock at the home of cast, to plan the campaign. year against unlimited teams. i Players wishing to try for George town Knicks eleven, which plans to | snter the unlimited field, after a se:- { <on's layoff, ure avked to attend a reorgani x to be held to- | light at 122% Wisconsin | venue i H. Friendship g n, who will meet tonight at at Friendship | House, 326 V avenue south- | east, are booking games through | \lanager Padgett at Lincoln 6992. | A danc - the benefit of the team | will be given the evening of October | « at Christ Church, G street between | <ixth and Seventh streets southeast 25 Emerson Insti tutoring the St. Ste- will drill t e and ‘The Saint: - 135-pound ¢ pound evening at feld. Coach Ovel Mitchell is pointing the squad for another Dis trict champlonship. A workout will be held by Palace *. foot ballers this afternoon at 5| k at Washington Barracks, an ¢h “Buit” Turner wants everybody | uhand Opponents are being listed by Ar- | :vle foot ballers through Manager | Louis at Main 2730 or North 874 he squad will practice tomorrow Jight and Friday at 8 o'clock at Ninth (nd Upshur streets | Park A. C. and Wintons are after | zames with pound teams. “Dutch” | Spence, at Franklin 2736, is Parks| inanager, and Manager Goldberg is| booking opponents for Wintons at Columbia 9446. Anacostia Eagle Preps are gunning for scaly he 135-pound class, and Manager ¥ ck, at Lincoln 4366. will receive challenges after § p.m. ‘The Prens are to drill tonight and | Friday night at Fourteenth street and | Good Hope road southeast at Ti wclock. and Coach Martin wants all | ispirants to report. Samosets are to tackle Roanoke ven this afternoon at 4 o'clock onj airlawn field. i | get off your kicks with speed. n the 115-pound class is’ vles, who opened their | ¢ with a 13-to-0 win over | I Anderson at Lincoln | MARINE BARRACKS GRID ' ELEVEN SEEKING GAMES Marine Barracks gridmen are seeking games with elevens in or out of the District. Lieut. Carl Gard- | r, who may be written at the bar- vacks or reached by telephone at | Atlantic is hooking games for | the squad, which Is fast.raundfing into form. R S - i ) HOWARD HAS BIG TASK | TO BUILD UP ELEVEN| of. veterans, who'. were. upon, to- return and ool of new material -are making- k of molding-a strong. Howard v team a Stiff one for Head oach Louis Watson. g floward's first game..is” Octobér 9 sainst Livingstone College: fir - th new Howard Stadium. o Failure ounted ty he ta U niv —— Advance” ‘Stx NASH, 1924 noiier™-exctt. ient_mechanical eondition, rubber and pant very good. bumpers front and rear. ily equipped. Has had bxcellent tgrd. A dance 1o raponeibie acty 1R, pftar B0 TN Call Matn ®250. he: BROOKLAND GRID SQUAD WILL GATHER THURSDAY for Brookland A. C. eleven will gather Thursday night | Lester Stimpson wi Jrooklanders, who hope to repeat their creditable s {bered NDI16 on the other. generall Hogan ex of its most sucee eleven back again Jumes W, Dame Joe Lynch, 1027 Irving street north- of the ain coach the marks the fifth . s Phelan hus heen-a owing of last aridiron sport here At Nou made a gr heady _quarterba her of the sta Purdue VISUAL FOOT BALL By WALLACE WADE and SOL “WET2GER T. E. HOGAN Captain Purdue After graduati Un ity of Mis connected with that college as foot i to Purdue the ye: hool and has been therf ey ‘h Phélan has workdd out vea on a par with that of any in the Big Ten. Vest as the leading cach is noted in_the W | exponent of the forward pass in the pool, an all-Conference center. ! “oach Phelan sity when he is not busy with foot ball. in the conference. is a handy man on 1 makes his presen Dume t name for himself as a Ingrams and their assistants, all the | eleven should be in excellent shape for backs will carry the ball, but the run- ning game is expected to depend large- Iy upon Ransford and Shapley. The passing game will also cut a big fea- ture, as might be expected in a sy tem taught by coaches trained in the Midwest. Purdue Is Formidable, The outcome of the game with Pur- due will be watched with great inter- est by every one in and out of the service who 1s interested in the Navy team. Purdue is a strong team, just a litfle below the best teams of the Middle West, and able to give almost lany of them a hard fight. Coach Bill Ingram does not hesitate o say that he expects a hard game rom Purdue and will be much pleased if his team can come out of it with ny kind of a victory. There is, in fact, some regret that so hard a game should have been arranged for the Gridiron Leaders of 1926 Foot Ball Coaches and Elevens for This Season No. 29—Purdue. CAPTAI HE team that represents the Boilermakers this season has for Strange as it may seem. Hogan is Waltham, Mass., claims him as one ived his preparatory truining in the Waltham, Mass., High School, | rly hoasts of an eleven that ranks with the .of the numerous wingmen that have been hon- and reports from the West bear out he is one of the smoothest working He is an excellent pass receive > felt on the gridiron. to lead the Purdue eleven to one ul scasons this Fall, as there are a large number of men of last year's COACH. Phelan, foot ball pl eleven, old Notre is coach s season that Coach head of the vear i the Phelan Coach He was a mem- famous teams that were turned out at this institution for three went to the where he was wh for three v he left the wce., m of offense The Y+ W. Phelan . Coach ¥ Conference. Clay Purdue is his most famous protege. chutge of the Summer School work at Purdue Univer- The schedule of Purdue for this season follows: Octobe val Ac October Octobe Octobe October 2 no questfon—i spiral is the best punt. Lt bores through the air and. therefore, meets with wind r tance than the end-over-end kick. As it takes peculiar shoots when dropping, it is harder to cateh The player swings his leg the same way for either punt, on a ight arc outside the direct line of the Kkick. Thus, his foot comes in and across in front of his face at the end of the leg swing, as shown in the lower right | hand corner of the illustration. Thi imparts the spin to the ball. In preparing to punt, take your stance as in figure 1. Hold hands lower than shoulders, as your center | is then less likely to Dp: the ball over your head. Spring forward on | right foot, short stride, then spring forward on left foot, full stride, and take your hands away from ball, so it will fall true and with laces at top (figure 2). Strike ball with foot | slightly inside its center axis and fol- low through, kicking so hard that you actually pull yourself up on your left | toe (figure 3). i Direction is obtained by pointing the ball toward where you wish to place it. Height, by eclevating its | forward point. ! A TIP FOR There is less PLAYERS. Try to| The | late Andy Smith had his California punters kicking in less than two sec onds after the pass was started by center. Never practice kicking when leg is tired. (Copyright. 1926.) PIGEON IS FOUND. Walter Moulden, Washington strect Rockville. Md., reports Lo hat | pigeon the owner of which he wants | to locate. The bird has a silver band | on one leg and a_rubber band num- | WHO'S WHO N TRUCKDOM ; Feut70 © 228 First SLNW _STABILITY—is ‘not iy bulit Into the track ‘but _the: stability of the com- . panx. behind the truck is important. ~ Modérn ‘@mpefition I8 causing nearly every_buyerto investizate both gues- - “tions fetore placing his order. Look -ademy at Annapolis. vette. Ind. ! at Lafavette nston. A GREATER CHASSIS. FINER. PERFORMANCE, NEW COLORS & BEAUTY and — GASOLINE MILEAGE GREATLY IMPROVED THE NEW UDSON SUPER—SIX th the defense and offense, and | the test. ‘While Shapley, the main reliance in the Navy attack for three seasons, is playing right up to form and should make his last season at Annapolis his best, many believe that Ransford will be the greatest ground-gainer, his work in practice being very brilliant. «Ransford Is Brilliant. i Ransford, only 5 feet and 4 inches 1in helght, welghs 160 pounds and is very sfocky ang strong. He is fast and has been coming on splendidly as a plebe back two years ago and as a substitute on the varsity last season. | This year, with more weight and {strength, he has been fitting into the | new running game splendidly. | Though splendidly equipped as a back, with welght, strength, speed. | stamina and experience, many believe that Shapley has never come up to his possibilities. It is also thought that too much responsibility has been placed upon him and that his run-| ning plays have not always been | suited to him. i Shapley is not a particularly good runner in an open fleld, nor is he likely to run clear on the wide end runs, but if directed outside of tackle or directly at the opposing end, his | welght and dash are likely to take him by. It has also happened that most of the responsibility of gaining | has been placed on Shapley, and that he will do much better with it shared with Ransford. g Pair of Dependables. | Hamilton and Hannegan, the other | first string backs. can run with the ball, but are doing most of their work { in helping the other runners and de- | fensively. Both are also good passer: and fcularly cool and reliable. Shapley is the heavy man of this com- Lination, weighing 190 pounds. Ham- ilton weigh and Hannegan 165. The co: expected to use Osburn, last year's center, in the backfleld, where he played during the whole of the Spring practice. However, he s been il recently and lost much of the training. Since he returned to the field he has gone back to his old ) | work and may regain the center posi | tion later. | A second backfield s made up of | Condra, Caldwell, Milliken and Schu | ber. It is a rather light combination, but every member carrles the ball well. Caldwell has been doing par ticularly good work in practice. Ingram has heen devoting much at- | tention to_his huckfleld candidates as the hard schedule this year will | make a heavy strain on these play equent changes will he ne 'HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS © TOPLAY ON FRIDAY A o of schoolboy grid combina tions of the District group will get | their first action of the season Friday. In the only game to be staged in | this city, Central High will play host | to Baltimore Poly in Wilson Stadium. Tech and Business both will show their wares on Baltimore gridirons, the former against Baltimore City and the latter against Mount St. Josep] Gonzaga will travel to Philadelp] ! Saturday to stack up against West Catholic High School and Emerson In stitute will_tackle Americ sity in the latter’s field. EMBER 28, 1926. ALEXANDRIA ELEVENS WORKING ON DEFENSE |~ ALEXANDRIA, Va., September 26. Humbled in their opening games by SPORTS. big: scores, George Mason and Alex- andria high schools will concentrate upon building up their defense for the nng games on the schedule. Gedrge Mason lost to Mt. St. Joseph 59 to 0, while Alexandria dropped a 75-t0-0 score to Gonzaga. George Mason's offensive was good when it started going, but its backs were called upon too muoh to displa: their tackling ability. George Mason plays Episcopal | the opening game on the Ipiscopa schedule tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 on Hoxton Field, while Alexandri. next game is with Randolph-Mac. at Front Royal, Va., Saturd: WEICOME WORDS - ‘HAVE A CAMEL” e and yeu _FdAl' :'flie leadership- of _Camelsiget the choic :ste that rare pleasu: this' W tieite w3 ouibinvicmol - siet Gaivicls o peovorlinls goodiiien for yourself. What welcome mildness and mellowness! They: only the choicest tobaccos can bring. Experienced snicl.ers know it. That is why they prefer and demand Camels. In ail the history of smoking, no popularity has approached Camel’s. Of all the brands in all the years, Camel preference towers above every other cigarette. Camel’s favor is as big as its Famons cigaxetie grows. out of .goodness. and Domestic tobaccos grown . thre best-of everything, fegardless of 2 tigaretty after-taste . Figuring on Defeating Pitt : Experienced Navy Eleven Will Face Purdue *