Evening Star Newspaper, September 12, 1927, Page 26

26 PLAN DESPERATE MOVES FOR MATCH WEDNESDAY Two Changes Will be Made in Line-up of Invaders. Capt. George, Rugged Task of Stopy By the Associated Press. EW YORK, September 12.— Desperate moves designed to | strengthen the chances of the British Army-in-India polo team for the second game of the international series with the United States on Wednesday, have re- sulted in two changes in the line-up of the challengers. Capt. Richard George will take the place of Capt. Claude E. Pert at No. 1 and Capt. John P. Dening will| replace Maj. Austin H. Williams at| No. 2. The surprising 13-3 vietory b American big four in Saturda ing game at Meadowbrook has made | necessary the altering of the in- vaders' plans, according to Col. Com- mandant H. A. Tompkinson, in charge of the squad. Capt. Geonze will take up the as signment of ndling Devereux Mil- burn. He is the rugged. aggressive type of player and may fit in better against the sla cs of the| Americans. Pert was considered too | light and too inexperienced for the | position. Capt. Dening, who is 6§ feet 4 inches tall and weighs 176, will be called upon to put a keel in the British attack. George and Dening played on the team in India. Capt. C. T. I Roark will remain at No. 3 and Maj. Eric G. Atkinson will be at back Veteran polo observers believe the two changes will strengthen the chal- lenging quartet. They think the orig- W. W. ROPER’S 0. 0. the open- With M Hlinois an, Chicago Usual. £ 222222222224 BY W. W. ROPER, | Famous Foot Ball Authority and Princeton ‘oach. (Copyright. 1927, in all countries. by North American Newspaper Alliatice.) OOT BALL in the Middle West this Fall gives every promise of being as ggod if not better than last year, with a race which should produce fireworks be- fore the Big Ten championship is set- tled. Teams which were weak last season ‘will be much better, while the stronger elevens should be even stronger, if all signs at this time mean anything. Just now it looks as if the cham- poinship would be found either at Minnesota, Ohio State or Michigan, with Illinois and Northwestern having a look-in, and Chicago improving rapidly over her poor showing of last year. Of course, many things may happen before the last of November, and mome dark horse may come to the fore. But Minnesota has the call now, and it is hard to convince Westerners this is not to be her year, especially those of the Northwest who saw the team progress last Fall. I have talked with fans, officials and coaches, and they agree that the outlook favors Minnesota, with prob- ably Ohio State next. Shift Bothers Rockne. Notre Dame is not in the Big Ten, and discussion of championships ig- nore that great bunch except so far as national titles are concerned. As a matter of fact, Notre Dame plays only two members of the Big Ten, Indi- ana and Minnesota. She undoubtedly will beat Indiana, but the game with Minnesota will be a_corker, worth go- ing miles to see. Minnesota is ach- ing to get revenge for the 20-7 defeat of last season, a defeat administered before the Gophers became the whirl- wind they were at the end of the year. Rockne will have a great team at Notre Dame as always, but it is some- thing of a problem what he will do with his shift. I doubt if it will be as effective under the new shift rule, which provides that a second must elapse after the shift and before the ball is put in play. Minnesota’s Prospects. Minnesota played Michigan twice last season, losing the first game, 20-0, and then coming back to outplay Michigan, but finally to lose, 7 to 6, when a try for goal was missed. In the last xame the Gophers gained something like 13 first downs to about 4 for Michizan. but always some- thing seemed to happen when the ball was near the Michigan goal line. That growth in strength represents im- provement of the Minnesota boys ana not any decline on the part of Michi- gan. This year Minnesota will start off with almost that entire team intact. The only losses the Gophers suf- fer are Peplaw, halfback: Wheeler, end, and Hyde, tackle. In their places are numerous candidates from the varsity squad, and promising men from last year’s freshman team, Altogether, 15 “M” veterans return, including Herb Jossting. All-American fullback, with Almquist and Nydahl, other hackfield stars. It is said that at least 10 to 12 men from the frosh team have varsity capabilities, though that is a bit too much to expect. They are mostly big, heavy fellows. but the strength of the regulars will hardly give more than two or three real| “ chances to make the varsity. So there -i% no_question that Minnesota. under Dr. Speer will be in the battle, and whoever beats her possibly will be the champion. * % %k X Strong Team for Michigan. While the losses at Michigan were heavy, and included Benny Friedman, All-American quarterback, whose pass- ing, kicking and generalship did much to help Michigan tie-up the title; Flora, a star end; Weber and Molend fullbacks, and Lovette, guard, Yost will have a mighty strong team. As a matter of fact, he will nced only three new men to make one of the strongest teams in the West, and| these are an end, a_quarter and a full. Osterbaan, a real end, will he back ain the team, and with him will 1 who have served one to two | seasons on the eleven. In Miller a i for Friedman may be | had two vears on the McBride, from the frosh, is ‘promising also. Others with experi- | ence who may get the assignment are Hoffman or Domhoff, Robbins, from SN MADE NEW Again \ Cleaning. Blocking and Remoreling by Exverts Vienna Hat Co. 435 11th Street - TROUSERS ‘To Match Your Odd Coats EISEMAN'S, 7th & F Your OLD FELT Famous Coach, in Midwest Foot Ball Survey, Predicts Minnesota Will Top the Bunch. Outlook Favors Ohio State | Puckelwartz, SPORTS. Player, Will Be Given ping Milburn. inal British team would make a ¢ battle in the second game, but the reorganized outfit more defensive strength. The majority of critics seems to teel that the American team reached the peak of its form in the opening encounter. The big four completels vindicated its choice, and after last turday’s showing there hardly could ny honest request for the with- drawal of J. Watson Webb for Wind- ston Guest, and Malcolm Stevenson for J. Cheever Cowdin. The British had bad luck on many shots. The breaks seemed to against them throughout the match, but with Tommy Hitcheock playing | me of his life and Milburn ap- | parently the Milburn of 15 years ago, | the defending team was set for every | opportunity. The result that the | ans converted every break into | tage and turned the contest out. | outlook today seems directly rsed from what it was two weeks before the scheduled start of the | big series. At that time the American | o defense committee had returned to the | ¥ original line-up of 1 menting with Guest din at No. 3. U 24, after experi- | No. 1 and Cow- rounded de-| ish line-up with the second game com- ing up cannot help but improve the morale of the Americans. The British are confident, however, and Capt. Roark believes the challengers will even up the series in the next game. V000000000 for Second Place, ichigan’s Eleven Not Far Behind. K23 000 d Northwestern Have Look-In, and is Better—Notre Dame Strong, as the freshman, may be an ideal full- back. 3 Among the good mien from year's team who will be back Truskowski, of the year and Gobel, two years each as tackles; Palmeroll and Squier, a year each as guards: Bab- cock, a cking gocd haifback; v ilbert, Greenwald and Rich, all good back, of whom Gilbert gives every promise of being a high- class punter. All told, Michigan is not in'a had way by any means, and | Coach Yost can be relied upon to put | a real team on the field. | Ohio State Hard to Beat. Ohio State has cr 5 a great fullbacl American guard: Klein, center, Clark and Hunt, quarters, through. The greatest problems Dr. Wilce faces, so far as I can learn are the jobs of quarter and center. He hes a good veteran, Ulrey, for | center, but what he will do about a | quarter he hardly knows himself. now. He has a number of star back- field men, however. Eby is expected to outshine any man in the West. Corcy, formerly of Ames, and r garded as the best fullback in the Missouri Valley for two years, will take Karow ay s and had to spend the king up work. Just what he succeeded in doing, one does not know vet. He will be a good man 1f he is allowed to play. Grim is an-| other good half. Roskowski and Cox will be tackles, as last year, with Capt. Myers at one guard, and a veteran in the other place. Big. strong Rowan and Acker- man will be at the ends, Rowan weighing more than 200 pounds. Yes, :)hl‘;a ?‘tate will be there and hard o beat. Illinois Hopes to Improve. Illinois will return 15 letter men with Capt. Rietsch playing center: a good, strong line and many prom- ising backs, including Peters, who was the star of last season’s team. Somehow, Illinois did not seem to go so well last season, but Zuppke looks for much improvement this Fall, and it is quite within the possibilities that he will make a strong bid for the title. New Coach at Northwestern. Northwestern suffered the loss of three powerful cogs in her machire when Baker, Seibenmann and Jobn- son were graduated. Otherwise, most of the bunch who tied Michigan for the champiorship are on hand. with many high-class men coming up from the freshmen. There seems some doubt of Gustafson becoming eligi as he is said to be back gt work. But he has been at Summer school and may be back in line. Lewis, at full back, was the best man in the West except Josting, accord- ing to many. Northwestern has a new coach in Handley, who was formerly with Has- kell Indians. Handley, in Spring prac- tice, startl. . foot ball followers by the use of many novel and mechani- cal stunts. His record makes him worthy of close watching, and North- western may prove a serious disturber before the season ends. The freshman rlass is supposed to have sent along everal men who will be stars one of these days. Better Outlook for Chicago. Chicago had one of the poorest teams of her history last year, due to the loss of 18 men by graduation. Many of the men of last Fall will show wonderful improvement this season, and it may be expected that Chicago will have a much better team. It is not in the books for Stagg's teams to be down and out long. Wisconsin No Soft Snap. isconsin suffered greatly from los nine of the regulars graduating. The freshman team W well above the ave however, 'd with the subs from t v ity many zood men will be on hand. thwaite, former coach le-la - scouting. THE ' EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, —j?ritish Aim to Bolster Polo Team : Frenchmen Fa vored in U. S. Tennis To CENTRAL, EASTERN GRIDMEN PRACTICE Candidates for the Central and Eastern High elevens reported this morning for first pr: ce. Central's aspirants limbered for several hours in Wilson Stadium un- der direction of Coach Mike Kelley, and Coach Charlie Guyon hustled his Light Blue and White hopefuls through a peppy drill in the Bastern stadium. either will strenuous for several days. While Central's problem will be vir- ¢ to rebuild its line, the task at will be to reconstruct the attempt anything TRIO OF GRID STARS REMAIN IN BIG TEN By the Associated Prese. CHICAGO, September 12.—Three new stars were rising in the Middle Western skies today to shine for a few months while they lead their foot ball teams through one of the most exciting schedules the Big Ten has |ever worked out. The three Conference stars left from the crowd which shone last Fall and walked out with cap and gown last Spring, are “Cotton” Wilcox, captain at Purdue and one of the greatest ground gainers in the Conference de- spite from formidable line; enny . the pass-grabbing wingman of an, who scooped up another Conference title along with a fumbled punt against Minnesota ast ¥Fall, and Herb Joesting of Minne- sota, one of the greatest line-plung- ing fullbacks the Middle West has re being sorted out today by the Big Ten athletic dir: 1 tion for the first whistle of Thursday. Two wecks later ms encounter their first op- ing of “Moon" Baker, fall back on high ch, Dick Han- exponent Pop”’ Warner em, for defense of its half share in the Conference title. Ohio also lost some of re gridiron ma- terial, but still has some very promis- ing youngsters with a year or two of asoning. fter one of his most disastrous seasons, is cheered this Fall by the return of an almost com- pleted team of veterans for his thirty- sixth campaign. Coach Zuppke at Illinois believes he is at last on the upward grade after a slump due to the passing of Red Grange. ‘Wisconsin with “Toad” Crofoot, one of the best quarterbacks in the Badgers’ history, as pilot, looks to “oach Glenn Thistlethwaite to repeat his efforts at Northwestern. 'LINE IS WORRYING VIRGINIA’S COACH Va., September 12.— fot ball squad has used up one of the three weeks of practice permitted before the opening of the season, and no steps have been made by rle Neale, head coach, toward the selection of the men who will start into action against Hamp- den-Sidney here on September 24. Five of Virginia's nine games are to be played at home, and much time and money has been spent on getting Lambeth Field into shape for the Southern Conference contests with South Carolina, V. I, V. P. L. and Maryland to be played here during October and November. Tickets for all home games have heen placed on sale and the demand has been such that the central sections of the stadium have been sold out for every contest, inciuding the last game here with Maryland. Coach Neale has been giving much of his attention to rebuilding the var- sity line, but he has by no means neglected his backfield. Hushion, veteran quarterback, has not returned and probably will not be out for the team. This leaves only three regular backs, Hutter, veteran of two seasons, and Pinkerton and Pendleton, who were awarded the “V” for the first time last Fall. In addition to the letter men, there are Daniel, Falconer, Moncure, Sloan, Kaminer, Close, Bethel and Marchant, any one of whom may be selected for the fourth place. . AUTO KILLS STAR ATHLETE. NORFOLK, Va., September 12 (#). —W. C. Case, Portlock, Va., a star athlete at the Portlock High School, died yesterday from a fractured skull and other injuries suffered when he as struck by an automobile near his ome. ———— e ern, will be at the helm of the Badgers, and if he has anything like the kind of success hu had at Evanston the team will not be pickings for any- body. Fine Prospects for Purdue. Purdue gives promise of having her best team in 10 years. Twenty letter men will return, with Cotton Wilcux, a_brilliant player, as captain. In ad- dition, many good freshmen will be on hand, and it surely looks like a big year for the college. Towa and Indiana. Towa and Indiana do not hold out great prospects, though it is possible Jowa may be better than thought likely at present. Some encourage- ment is offered by the fine material from the freshmen. Indiana will im- prove, but Pat Paige still has a lot to do to get the team in the running.so far as title honors are concerned. Missouri Valley Conference. In the Missouri Valley Conference it looks as if championship honors would lie among Oklahoma A. and M., Nebreska and Missouri. Johnny Maulbetsch’s Oklahoma Aggies should be as strong last year, while Ne- braska and Missouri always have good teams. The ley Conference has taken big step in ‘abolishing SEE THE FUTURITY NATIONAL STEEPLEHASE AT Belmont Park Race Track, Long Island SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 Special Through Train Parlor Cars only, Washington (Union Station Belmont Park Race Track Lv. Ar. Ly. Belmont Park Race Track. For Parlor Car_reservations consulf 613—14th Street N.W., RACES START 1:30 RETURNING i Washington, D. 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In the other classes scheduled for the famous regatta will be the entire contingent of outstanding Inglish and German speed boats, which re- cently competed for honors at the Detroit regatta. ‘While no definite word has as yet been received as to its entry, it is ex- pected by officials in charge of the regatta that Cigarette IV, present holder of the President’s Cup, and also holder of the record for the fast- est three-mile lap ever made in the Detroit sweepstakes, will defend its laurels, as well as make a bid for the coveted Dodge Memorial Trophy. Gordon Hamersley, owner of the Cigarette IV, is said to have spent a moderate-sized fortune on his grey- hound of the water. It is made of duralumin and was built largely as an experiment at an estimated cost of $60,000. Many of the famous speed hoats to compete for the President's cup will also be seen in action for the Dodge memorial trophy, as the quali- fications for hoth events are p cally the same. The Dodge troph: recognized as the most beautiful prize in the speedboat world. It i made in the form of an old saili ship and is of gold, silver and bronze. Besides the President’s cup and the Dodge memorial classics, the Secretary of the Navy's cup will be at stake as well as national titles in two classes of outboard motors. Miss Spitfire, which won the Duke of York trophy in England this Summer and, is, perhaps, the little speedboat in the world, will be among the ranking craft to compete in the gatta. She will show in the race for 151 boat: boats to be seen. Frank piloted her in the Eng] drive her here. James J. Corbett says, “Faversham’s advice decided me on Luckies” ¥ | were claimed b Miss Spitfire and possibly Mrs. Rand also may drive in the 151 test. re will be 23 lay and 12 on The program each day will start a 1:30 o'clock. Color will he added by airplanes from Bolling Field, which will put on trick performances, and there will be music between races by the Marine and Navy Bands. The whole pro- ara will be broadcast by radio. Pla been made by the Co- rinthian Yacht Club, which is host for the regatta, to handle a crowd of 100,000. Most of these will view the races from the seawall along the Hains Point course, and many will take in the show from boats. WORLD SWIMMING MARKS ARE BROKEN NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., Septem- ber 12 (P).—Three new world records swimmers in the Pa- cific Coast championship meet here yesterday. Helen Zabrishie of the Fleisch- hacker Club of San Francisco won the women's 220-yard breast stroke race in 3 minutes 26.2 seconds to eclipse the old mark of 3 minutes 28.2 sec onds, held by Agnes ghty Marian. Zillman of the Neptune Club of San Francisco did the 220-yard back stroke in 3 minutes 24 seconds, cutting 2 seconds oft Sybil Bauer's record. Monta Morgan of the Neptune Club swam the 100-meter free style in 1 minute 9.4 seconds. The old mark, made by Ethel Lackey, was 1 minute 11.8 seconds. ARMOITR IN TOURNAMENT. CHICAGO, September 12 (#).— Most of the leading players of the Western golf championship, including the winner, Walter Hagen of Pasa- dena, Fla., today continued to strug- gle for golfing honors by entering the Chicago_open at the Illinois Country Club, _Tommy Armour, the national and Canadian open champion, i amongz them FOUR CAPITAL BOYS ON NAVY GRID SQUAD ANNAPOLIS, September 12.—The group of Washington boys on the Naval Academy foot ball squad this year includes Edward A. Hannegan, team captain, and four others, & larger number than come from any State in the Union, except New Jersey, which furnishes eight. David L. Whelch&, former Western High player and brother of Johnny Whelchel, formerly a Naval Academy back and more recently an_assistant coach, is a formidable candidate for a backfield position. He is in his second year at the academy and made a good showing on the plebe eleven last season. The other Washington boys on the squad, with the positions for which they are candidates, are: Eugene C. Carusi, guard; Thomas J. Hurd, jr., ba and Robert W. Wood, center. Virginia has a creditable representa- tive in Robert €. Haven from Ballston. Haven weighs 175 pounds and is a candidate for tackle. He played with the plebes last year, and received a medal for making the most improvement of any player who took part in the Spring practice. He is also a good half-miler. Jerseyites on the squad are: Russell back; Paul Woerner, Rudolph C. Bauer, ty, end; George Cook, ., guard; James W. Kiernan, Jersey center; Francis S. Smith, Bloomfield, end; James E. Stevens, Ridgefield Park, back, and William Taylor, Haddonfield, end. For several vears New Jersey has furnished more thletes to the Naval Academy than any other State. 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