Evening Star Newspaper, October 6, 1926, Page 27

THE EVENING STAR, - WASHINGTON, - -D. (¢, WEDNESDAY, ] OCTOBER- 6, 1926. SPORTS. Showing of Tennessee Eleven Is No Surprise to Those Who Are on the “Inside” IS DECLARED TO POSSESS BEST MATERIAL IN SOUTH Gedrgetown and €atholic U. Have Easy Games for Saturday, But Gallaudet, George Washington and Marylapd F ace Tough Going. BY H. C. BYRD. NIVERSITY of Tennessee ge: | not found growth since the as nerally is Tooked upon hy foot bali peop’e n the far South as having ‘the best material and possibly the strongest eleven in the whole sect (h. And this opinion has defeat of rth Carolina_last week, the day before that contest took place a coach of one of the big Southern universities last Friday stated that Tennessee had almost perfect material for a foot ball team and ought to s “Tennessec has by far the best m tand out brilliantly this vear. aterial for a foot ball team of all the schools in the South” said this coach, “and it is sure to be heard from no uncertain way game with Tenncssee tomorrow, but Carolina to get a good whipping. Ten but it has a new coaching system whi watch Tennessee. 1 am glad we don year.” Just much what he was talking about has been proved by the result of Tennessee's first big game. that with North Caro- Nna. What it did do.to North Carolina was not much, and what the Tarheels were able to do with it was just about nothing. Any time one State university in the South beats another hy as much as 34 to 0, that result_can be indicative of only one thing—an_ exceptionally powerful eleven on the side of the victor. | A fine foot hall team for Tennessee | will be almost as popular generally as | # winning_ball ciub for St Louls. | Tennessee has taken its beatimg: gone along in an uncomplainin untfl now it seems to he read its nning. And there is hardly hody in the South. except poss its immediate opponents. who | wish it anything other than the hest. | how this coach knew not In writing yesterday of the games | Southern elevens are to play against | strong Northern and Middlewestern | teams this week, the zame Washing- | ton and Lee has with Princeton was | ely overlooked. Last year | Tashington and lLee went to Prince ton and piaved a hang-up game, not- withstanding it was defeated by 15 to 6. The Generals gained a lot of ground and seemed to bhe in almost an even battle with Roper's combina- tion, The Lexington school s not as strong this year as last but hopes to make a good showing. And, unle Princeton is considerably stronger, it probably will be, than it séemed to he in opening its game with Amherst the Virginians may give the Tigers snmething more of a struggle than they expect. faction has existed | at Clemson for some time over the record of the fool ball team that the sudden res ion of Coach Saunders does not come as a surprise. ,In Saunders’ first year at Clemson he | 110 be on the road to developing | wod foot ball teams. However, | cond ypar. which was last. the les turned and the record for the SOAKON WAS very pod This Fall the Reason was started with a bare victory over a thivd-rate team, then a 14-to-0 defeat was suffered at the hands of a second-rate eleven. and last Saturday Auburn simply walked away with the game. and Clemson always has been fanied for playing Auburn close games. son is d 1o posse good mat rial, but it may be that conditions there are such that a coach cannot get the best out of his men. The writer last week saw a letter written by one of the students at Clemson to a South Carolina newspaper, and If the spirit In that letter exemplifies the morale »f the student hody, then any coach would have his tronbles turning out a winning foot ball team \ Anywayv. the resignation of Coach | faun@rs is only another example of how slender is the hold of % coach on his job. The sword of Damocles is nothing compared to that which hangs B diron coach oc- ssor in a medical sohool near here recently said after watching an hour and a half of foot ball practice, “Any foot ball coach who gets under $£10.000 a year is underpaid. e i< like the bricklayer whe would get a tremenduous sal Y, only he doesn't work all the time." Georgetown has a week-end which to idle if It cares to do so. should have no difficulty Washinzton College by £core it cares to make. The Eastern Fhore School has some good foot hall plavers and several who meet all the weight requirements, but it does not have a very strong team. The Riue and Gray undoubtedly will spend the week building for its big game with West Virginia a week from Sat- vrday. West Virginia is due to bring hera an eleven capable of playing fine foot hall. It meets Allegheny this week, the team that gave Pittsburgh A real hatle in its opening game on Reptember 23 So much dissat in It beating almost any Catholic University ought not to have a zond deal of difficulty winning from Lovola of Baltimore. The Raltimoreans have not shown such strength in the two contests in which they have taken part to warrant an opinion that they have anything better than an outside chance. George Washington, Gallaudet and ' Maryland have the hardest kind of contests. Maryland meets the strong- t team in Chicago. but the others, comparatively speaking, should be up Against ju. as tough propositions. The Hatchetites have to go to Lewis- burg to meet Bucknell, and Bucknell never is anvthing but a tough team for any cleven o face. Gallaudet has A game at home with John's Col- loge. t to have very near ev win in a hard! ame, HEAVY*DRAKE TEAM WILL BATTLE NAVY| MOINES, n chance Towa, October & v two teams will be taken Eas Coach Ossie Solem. Drake grid- | fren mentor, in the Blue and White's | invasion of Annapolis. where, Satur- day, the Bulldogs clash with the Mid- shipmen in a contest that will mark the first exhibition for a locul eleven on_FEastern soil avy will face a Drak averages fn excess of 1 forward wall which In Drake's history of the men ar little experience. Robertson. 1 end tackle on the same only two players perience Capt. Fry line which | pounds, a the heaviest However, five sophomores, with ht and Ewart, ide. are the possessing ex rterhack: Everett and Sutherland. halfhacks: Cook and Dustin, fulbacks. all have seen plenty of action within the past twe or three years PLAYING GAME TODAY. ‘The foot hall game this afternoon between George Mason High and Warrenton High was to be blaved at \Varrenton instead of Alexandria, Va. qus North Carolina thinks it has an even chance in its as a matter of fact 1 look for North nessee not only has splendid material ch [ think will be effcctive. You just ‘t have a game with that school this Visual Foot Ball BY NOL M When a good back. like Princeton, is thrown to the ground by a tackler, he will grasp the hail with his free hand as he falls. This is to prevent fumbling. (Figure 4. All backs should line up facing the line of serimmage on attack, nsually with their feet parallel to this line. (Figure 1) They should face straight ahead and never lean one way or the other, as that gives the play away. On an end run the back catches the | from cen- ter or quarterback in both hands. (Figure 2.) The ball should he fed to him ahead of the line of his run, as the little diagram shows in order to permit him to start fast. If it is passed direct to him, he would have to wait for it. That means a slow start, and that in turn spoils the play. On receipt of bhall the bhack should tuck it under his outside arm (figure 3) in order to be able to use his inside arm—the arm on the side from which tacklers will approach him—to push them off. And when he is tackled the back should put th arm on the ball so it cannot be fumbled or taken from im. A tip for players. When a runner is thrown he should not ty to gain an extra vard or so by pushing the hall forward with his two hands. Any one can take it from him or fall on it and thus gain possession of it. Such tactics are as bad as a fumble. (Copyricht. 1976.) NAVY IS ATTEMPTING UNUSUAL GRID FEAT Double-headers are common enough in base ball and frequent in basket ball, but the Navy is staging a real novelty next Saturday when it at- tempts to put two full teams on the gridiron and take the scalps of Drake and Richmond universities all in one afternoon’s work Last week the Saflors demon strated their power by licking Purdue —the only “Big Ten'. team to suffer defeat that day. Drake lost to Ne. braska. 21—0. At Richmond the Red and Riue earned a hard 9-7 victory over Jimmy De Hart's fizhting Blue Devils from Duke University. Many aspects in the battle gave hope and cheer to followers of Richmond. Coach Dobson has a smocth working line and the splendid interference given the back field enabled the Spiders to rip the North Carolinians’ line almost at will. But for numerous penalties, the scora would undoubtedly have been more one-sided. NOTICE TO SOUTHERNS. Southerns are asked to communicate with Mohawk Preps, at Lincoin 422.M at £:30 o'clock tonight in regard to their_ game scheduled for Su Wallace Motor Co. means NASH Sales and Service 1709 L Street N.W. Just Fast of Conn. Ave. Main 7612 “HAIR-GROOM’ Keeps Hair Combed, Glossy Well-Groomed all Day a dignified combing cream which costs anly a few cents a jar at any drug store. Millions use' it because it give: w1\:hn nnlm;ul glu;; —~/ and well-groomed | effect to the hair—| that final touch to | good dress both in| business and on social occasions. 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PREPS Western High gridders, regarded by many as having an excellent chance to win the coming interhigh <eries, in their first game yesterday were hard put to score over George- [town I'reps. 6 ta 0. in stont battlin |on the latter’s field at Garrett Par | Ma ‘ Bobby Stevens. who plunged over | from the 5-yaga line for the touch down in the second period, and Hil Jeary zaindl most ground for Wes ern.” Feeney. fullback., was the Preps’ |offensive star. The Garrett Parkers| | presented a defense heartening to | thetr folloy and Western, as ex pected. i gt | Tnjuries have hit his squad so hard | that Coach John Paul Jones, Business High coach, has been forced to cancel the engagement the Stenographers with Gon: for Friday. * ¥z eward and ) Sured knees, and Feville Jones with A dislocated elhow, all backfield men, are out. and Karly, center, also is on {the casualty list. | St. Alban’s foot ballers may post pone their contest for Saturday With | Charleston, W. V high and meet, |instead, Fmerson Institute. The Saints’ prospects have heen bright {ened by the showing of Ashworth. a new man, at end, and the fine work | of Capt. Weaver in the backfield. With only twe veferans, Auth, cen ter. and Duvall. halfback, at hand, Coarh Zube Sullivan faces a real task { [to develop a winning St. John's eleven. | | The Saints were put through a snappy | | scrimmage vesterday with George [ Washington at Tidal Basin Field in | prepavation for their opening game Friday nerson. Georgetown stern, Kastern, Alexan- and Calvert Hall of Balti- | \mong other opponents 1o be | ed by Sullivan’s proteges. | encounte VIRGINIA GRID TEAM ' BEING REORGANIZED ted Prec. TY, Va. October 6.— Virginia's varsity has settled down to lintensive training for its game here | Saturday with Lynchburg College and for three Southern Conference games | his month. The Cavaliers will tackle | M. L. \. P. I and South Carolina | the three Saturdays following the | the Assac ‘ UNIVERS Practice for the past two days heen given aver to an intensive reo: n ion of the forces after the de- feat Saturday at the hands of Georgla. Only two casualties were reported that were serious enough to keep any of the plavers out of scrimmage. Sammy Friedburg, the 139-pound end, who scored Virginia's touchdown. and Pendleton, halfback, were so injured in the game as not to be able to go Hhrough the wo They are ex- pected to be in shape within a day or two. The Georgla game showed that Vir- nia’s weakness lies in the lack of material. Men who looked full of promise carly in September failed to re of hattle. Consequently, is reorganizing his forc |in an effort to prevent a repetition of |the affair with the Georgians In the six_other conference games that are to be played W. & M. ELEVEN HOPES TO EXTEND SYRACUSE WILLIAMSBURG, Va., October & ().~ William and Mary's grid squad | will_leave heére today for Syracuse, {N. Y. where the Indians will meet | the Orange Saturday. The eleven has displaved a_varied [rnning and passing game, which is lexpected to give Svracuse trouble. The Aefense now is being given most attention. Sun-cured tobacco thrives and comes to perfection as nature planned it. The Best substance of IS. PROMOTED TO CAPTAIN |} | ments. Gridiron Leaders of 132?)7 Interesting Facts About Foot Ball Coaches and Captains of Big College Elevens for This Season No. 3 4—Syraéuse CAPTAIN. YRACUSE l'.\'l\'l.R.\'I';\' has for its leader this Fall one of the greatest athletes that has ever represented- the Orange in the person of Victor Arthur “Vic” Hanson, a three-major-letter man, and one who is entering his third year as a regular on the strong elevens that this school turns out ycar!; Capt. Hanson. who is an end of scintillating ability, received his early foot ball training in the high schools of Syracuse and at the Manlius School. and made a great name for himsclf in central New York. He has developed wonderfully at college, and is yanked today with the best terminals in the land. In fact, v of the country's leading critics. placed 'him on their honorary eleve Fall. Capt. Hanson is an ideal leader. A fighter from the opening whistle, he is an inspiration to his mates, and to top this virtue off, he is probably one of the sweetest ends in the country today. whether he be'on the offense or defense. He is a flash on the field, usually being the first man down the field on punts, and has the reputation of making more tackles than any man on the Orange elevens for the past two seasons. Capt. Hanson is also captain of the base ball team for next season and is the leading light of the basket hall quint, which piled up a record last season of 19 wins against 1 loss, with' him as its captan. COACH. P. “Pete” Reynolds, mentor of the Syracuse University gridders eason, ix entering his fourth year as coach of the Orange, although not consecutive vears. He coached his alma mater for two years a few sea- sons back and was returned to his old position when Chick Meehan left Syra cuse 10 g0 to . last Fall. Coach Reynolds was an end on the Syracuse elevens of two decades ago. After leaving college Coach Reynolds decided to try his hand at the coaching job. and has seen service at ‘Hobart, Hamilton, Bucknell and Syracuse, the foot ball seasons fibding him at one of these institutions for the past 17 years. He is a fine developer of men, as such names as Joe Alexander, Lew Usher, Jim Foley, Gotch Carr of Syracuse and Bowser of Bucknell will tes- tify. The open field, fast driving attack s the chief weapon, last year's Syracuse eleven heing a typical example of his tutelage. This eleven lost but one battle and only one eleven was capable of crossing its goal line. This vear Coach Reynolds will have one of the strongest elevens that has ever represented Svracuse, one that will rank with the best in the Fast. “oach Reynolds has a large gents' furnishing store in Syracuse, which tukes up all of his available time in the off season. The schedule of Syracuse for this season follows: September 2i—Hobart at Syracuse. October Vermont at Syracuse. Octoher 9—-William and Mary at Syracuse. October 16—Army at West Point. October 2 State College, Ta. ctober i hns Hopkins at Svracuse. ovember f--Georgetown at Syracuse. November —Colgate At Syracuse. ovember iagara at | ACNSe. November 23-—Columbia at’ New York. EASTERN SQUADS TOILING TO POLISH THEIR ATTACK By the Associated Pross. al EW YORK. Octoher 6.—Eastern foot ball clevens in polishing up their _oftensive for Saturday, are devoting special attention to forward passes. which last week contributed to almost every victory in the Fast. The huddle system is gaining new converts. The group mode of signal-barking. introduced to the Big Three by Rill Roper at Princeton, has siow become a part of the new order of things at Harvard, where rnold Horween is injecting Western tactics into a reorganized Crimson tem. ad Jones, also won over, is smooth ing up the huddle with his Yale Bull Dogs after watching its success on University mson, struggling upward astrous seasons, saw a for- nts from Geneva | pass thelr way last week to 16 to 7 victory, when assaults on the Harvard forward wall failed at critical mo- Both eneva touchdowns were direct results of assaults. Yale, in piling up 51 points on Bos- ton University, exhibited a versatile overhead attack that came as a sur prise after the rather close play of the 1925 season. Princeton has a short passing game and the brilllant broken field running of Slagle, Prendergast and Williams to thank for the conquest of Amherst. The Dartmouth flood that swept over Hobart for 30 points was aided materially by 5 successful forwards out of 11 trie Penn can of si¥ Hopkins NASH Wy - MOTOR CO. Conveniently Located on Fourteenth Street 1333-37 14th St. directly to the overhead game. George- town passed for the only touchdown in tieing Pittshurgh, 6 to 6. Air offensive threw fear into large camps as small rivals suddenly took to the air. The Army, for instance, survived several Detroit sorties that drove the Cadets’ backs almost to the last chalkline. Mrs. Adele Cook, prominent horse. woman of Detroit, Mich., is the only woman polo coach in the country. ttribute two inst Johns a the leaf is brought out. That means—better cure— better burn—better taste and better quality. El Verso—from its rich brown wrapper to its choice filler is made 100% of sun-cured tobacco. 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These reports, mow in circulation for several monthe, never have been denied by Harvard athletic authori- ties. Another matter which may come before the confekence s the recently announceg agreements between, the head coaches of Yale and Princeton to abolish “scouting™ hefore their annual foot ball game. 1150-POUND GRID LEADERS HOLD MEETING TONIGHT EPRESENTATIVES of all 150-pound gridiron teams are requested to attend the meeting to be held tomight at 8 o'clock at the Post Building to consider organization under auspices of the Capital Cit League. The idea will be explained by league officials. Teams of other classes will be called together at dates to be announced. Mohawks will open their on Sunday at 2:30 o'clock at American League Park against the lighter but strong Waverly A. C. combination. Among formidable new performers signed by Patsy Donovan, Mohawk manager, are Wiggy King and Bolic former Georgetown Uni E s, and Joe Bush. erstwhile Anacostia Eagle crack. Waverly is expected to take the field with virtual- Iy the same eleven that represented it last seasn. Palace A. C. pigskinners are seek- ing & game for Sunday with an un. limited team. Call Columbia 951-T after 6 o'clock. Coach Turner has been putting the Palace boys through their paces for the past week, and although a few linemen are needed, the combination appears formidable. Drills_are heing held each Tuesday and Thursday at Washington Bar- ¥Q£bew éfiming Star what it means. When the m gether that's co-ordination Start and stop quick! to right or left, or entirely around. Here are four stunts which i prac- ticed every day will enable you to overcome awkwardness and attain co- ordination. COORDINATION CHART First, start and stop: second, start, stop ard turn to left; third, start, stop and turn to right: fourth, start, stop and turn completely around and back to starting point. When I entered the University of Michigan I was very awkward and no one thought I'd be a good player. But I am proud of the fact that I over- came my awkwardness to such an ex tent that T was a teammate of Willie Heston and Nell Snow on_the Mick gan eleven whi scored 550 points to | our opponent’s none. 1n foot bhall always aim to do a little more than your share. Never quarrel. And learn to give and take. In the dressing room of a college team, hefore a big game, the team is BY DAN McGUGIN, Foot Basll Coach at Vanderbilt Univursity 2 O-ORDINATION is a big word. But every foot ball player knows ind and muscles work smoothly to- The muscles respond instantly to the orders from the brain. How can vou get co-ordination? Start and when at full speed stop and turn ready and waiting. The cheers and band are heard. The men are nerv- ous, some damp eyes, for they've trained hard for the big game. Coaches go among them encouraging them and seeing that their shoes are | laced right and their padding right What do these stars think of while they're waiting? Probably of the long afternoons, weeks, months and years they've trained on the foot ball field. Back to the days when they were lads like vou. Dream of vour touchdowns now. Train hard to become a great star like these fellows did. Next—Ren Oswalt of Mooseheart High on ‘“Strate, (Copyright. 1926.) GENEVA ELEVEN GIVEN TUMULTUOUS WELCOME BEAVER FALLS, Pa., October 6 (#P).—Coach “Bo” McMillan and his Geneva foot ball squad, conquerors of Harvard, were given a tumultuous | welcome home vesterday. Classes were dismissed and the day was given over to celebration of the |little_western Pennsylvania college’s startling triumph over the Crimson. Parades and snake dances through downtown streets constituted the chief feature of the celebration. Drug stores are featuring the “Ge- neva Sunda racks fleld and all aspirants for the line or other positions will be wel- comed. To discuss new plays with Coach Red Litkus, Nationals, 5 District 150-pound title holde tonight at 7:30 o'clock at 205 D eiwet northeast. All candidates, old and new, are requested to attend. Hank Hendricks, former Mohawker; Bus Mulhaney, Joe Freschi, Augustine, Kelly and Miller are among formi- dable new players. Nationals desire to arrange games. Write Manager Vic Gauzza, 927 D street, or call Frank- lin 2408, A game with either Mercury Junfors or Park A. C. for Sunday is squght by Wintons. Call Columbia 9446, Stantons are casting about for a hattle Sundav with an 150-pound or unlimited eleven, and also are listing other opponents. Call Lincoln 243. Manager Weaver of St. Stephen's A. A. grid aggregation’ wants a 135- pound opponent for his team for Sun- day. Call him at West 1303 between 6 and 7 p.m. The Saints scored over Kenilworth in a practice game last Sunday. Trinity Juniors, who will practice tomorrow afternoon at 6 o'clock and Saturday at 2:30 at Georgetown Hol- low, are listing Sunday games, and ar- rangements may be made by cailing West 95. Al cendidates wishing a tryout are requested to report tomor- row. Tn preparation for their tilt Sunday with Carlyles, Eagle Junior foot ball- ers are drilling every afternoon this week at 0 o'clock. Coach Bailey wants all players to report. The squad will hold a special meeting to- morrow at 1930 Nichols avenue. Carlyles, with an unblemished rec- ord so far for the season, are gunning for scalps and are particularly keen for a crack at Chevy Chase or George- town elevens. They also would like to hear from any other 110-115-pound teams. Call Manager Anderson at Lincom 3112, A meeting of Yorke gridders is carded for Friday at 8 pam. at the home of Carl Minnick, 4114 Third street. A Sunday game is wanted by South- ern Prep foot hallers. Manager Speck- man, at Franklin 1872; is handling challenges. 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