Evening Star Newspaper, September 14, 1927, Page 35

SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. €. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER ft. 19PN ePoRTE; vUniversity of Virginia Is Facing a Difficult Problem in Rebuilding Its Line NEALE MUST FILL SHOES " OF FIVE STAR FORWARDS Cavaliers Lost Fine Pair of Guards, Both Ends and “Best Center in South”—Backfield Strong, Although Hushion May Not Play. H. C. BYRD. OF VIRGINIA line problem to fore its foot ball ‘ s strong as it ». The end of forwards fin- shing their gridiron careers, and 8o wpable were some of them that it is EOINg to be no easy task to fill their places. Five of the seven men who ade up the t line of offense and defense graduated, and every one of the five was a good player. Take Phillips at center, for instance. Yo less a person than his own coach, . said that he was the best 1 in the position in the Sonth. And v zood deal, 100, as Neale' 1inst both Boyd of and Moran of Virginia both stars, s, Fink and ) * South ( Polytect kall, ,squads. Scrimmage will he started | Monday by the Colonials, according to plans of Coach Maud Crum, who fizures that by then his ch S should be in good shape. G. W.s first-string combination is expected just about to be decided upon by the end of this week. Heavy work was to start today out at Brookland, where Coach Jack Mc- Aulliffe is pointing C. U. hopefuls for the campaign. Scrimmages will start next week and efforts are being made [by the Cardinal coach to secure op- | position for his teams against local |ice elevens. Foley Sullivan are showin v.'ing O'Brien for an end post. SEATS FOR BIG GRID GAME ON SALE HERE 1 fans wanting cholce seats for Navy otre Dame foot ball game in the Municipal Stadium at Balti- more, October 15, are advised to com- municate immediately with the sec- retary of the Notre Dame Club of hington, nes D. Haynes, 5 street, telephone = Columbia will andled by the club. Applications | or tickets will be filled as fast as the recefved. otre Dame Club will en ain the South Bend team during its | visit to Baltimore. The Washington organization will make the trip to Baltimore on a_special train, accom panied by a local band. . Fine reports come from St. Bona- venture's College in New York as to the work of Buck O'Brien, captain and fullback of last season’s Eastern High team, who 18 striving for a berth with the Jack Flavin, former Georgetown star coaches St. Bonaven- avin is reported consider- BIG TEN MAKES ITS OWN d two men of their caliber | not only fensive and defensive performer, but also did all the punting and drop-kick- ing. He almost single-handed in the clos- ing moments of the Maryland game snatched victory out of Maryland’s hands by turning the trick that pro- duced enough points to tie up the same. Not only has V sterling center trio, rginia lost its but both ends, also are gone. y, consistent per- | former who delights the heart of any | coach, while Friedbers was one of the | " forward pass catchers the seen. He could grab the any position and at almost e. And, what was more, he | could run after catching it. With five stellar yers gone from itits line, V 1 real proposi- tion to develop men to fill their On the face of it, the Char- lle school should not find it y to develop as good an eleven a: Yepresented 1t a year ago. i But, to offset the line losses, the Cavaliers have back practically all their backfield material, with the pos- sibie exception of Hushion, quarter- b He may not be abl: to play. ] al good men have come from the 1926 freshman eleven and there is back who stands out above - all rs who was in school last season S not a member of the fresh- anan team but now is eligible for the varsity Virginia will have a far better team than most of its opponents eXpect, but, at that, it is doubtful if its eleven Will rise to such heights as it did in| 1926 on that day at Charlottesville when it completely wiped up the grid- f1on with Washington and Lee. Earl Neale is a versatile and re- scurceful coach, and if he has fairly good material will turn out a hard team to beat. He does have two fine tackles in Cardwell and Luke, and they form a nucleus for a line which should make any coach suile, even if his material for the other positions is not up to the previous season. And, , @s a matter of fact, no coach can | hardly hope to have year after year a line of veterans as Virginia BY LAWRENCE PERRY. N unfortunate, but at the same time not at all unexpected, or illogical outcome of the lateral pass rule adopted by the foot ball rules committee r 1927, is the action of the Western Conference in ing a supple- mentary rule. This rule utterly de- stroy the effect of the rule as it now stands in the foot ball guide, Here is a blow at standardi: national foot ball, the evil signi cance of which cannot be too stron emphasized. The rules commit. tee cannot escape its share of the responsibility for this situation. All the trouble, as said, lies in rule XVII, section 1, which a amended by the committee in way that backward or lateral E except those from the snapper back, will, if incompleted, became dead at the point where they struck the ground or went out of bounds, and no play may be made. An Unfair Situation. Out of the uproar and disorder of the interpretation meeting in New York last week it developed that in the case of a lateral pass striking a receiver, then bouncing over the oal line and falling to the ground. a touchdown shall be awarded the attacking team, inasmuch as the ball has become dead behind the op- ponents’ goal line. Now the Western Conference rises up, and, with a great deal of warrant of common sense, says, nay, nay. Un- der the new Big Ten rule a ball which is deflected from a player over the goal line does not become dead at the point where it touches the ground, but at the spot where it was touched. Hereafter, when teams of the Big 1 when it started the 1926 cam-|Ten and elevens not members of this organization meet—this includes inter- RULING ON LATERAL PASS | Will Not Permit Touchdown on Ball Grounded Back of Goal, as Is Possible Under Code Made by Foot Ball Rules Committee. g | candidates swered the call of F. ner, Central High s for first practice at the al pool. The Blue and White natators are not expected to get formal competition until around the first of the year, but Brunner de- sires to have them in shape as soon as_possible. Most of those who turned out yes- terday lack seasoning. A number of veterans have not yet returned to the city. However, within a short time after school opens Monday, Brunner probably will have a full-sized squad at work. Boys reporting yesterday were E ward Hickey, Roy Bodine, Donald Bo- dine. Walter' Long, Thornton Burns, Charles Squire, ~Lawrence Kolb, Marvion Thompson and Thomas Ray- sor. Other aspirants should report at the Municipal pool tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock. Arm movements and leg kicking, followed by some distance swimming, comprised yesterday’s drill. pregame adjustment and understand ings among the contending outfits and the officials. And with the habit es- tablished of making new rules outside the authority of the rules committee, one may not say what will become of the game of national intercollegiate foot ball, As rule XVII stands officially, a team may not only make a touchdown by a ball bouncing from a player over the opposing goal on fourth down, sa: with a yard to go, if the ball bounc from a receiver, striking the ground vance of the point necessary for irst down, then the team which made the pass on fourth down retains the ball and has first down. ‘Whether the rules committe en- visioned all this or not it is hard Some say they did and ert that they were en- lightened by coaches and officials who attended the interpretation meeting. It does not seem likely that a hody of men as sane as these com- mittee men would knowingly have formulated a rule which permits a all to make touchdowns and first downs all by itself. Should Get Coaches. It weuld seem, if one for its own protection, that when the committee formulates a new rule or makes a radical revision of one that exists, it should be submitted to—well, say to a committee made up of brilliant coaches and officials with the re- quest that they apply the acid test and bring out all its possibilities, as well as its defects. If the rules commiittee were to be bulwarked in the changes they make in the rules by having those changes completely scrutinized and tested the interpretation meetings would not be necessary. As it is they are valueless, or practically so, because | South Carolina, Virginia Military |sectional games—there will have to be Institute, Virginia Polytechnic Insti- tute and Maryland are Virginia's big home games. The Georgia, Washington and Lee and North Carolina contests are on foreign flelds. While a good deal of credit is given to certain foot ball coaches for bring- ing out particular types of play, much of the credit going to modern coaches actually belongs to “Bummy” Booth, who coached at Nebraska many years ago. Booth first brought guards off the line and really was : the originator of the crashing end runs which Yost and Warner usually have attributed to their prowess, And, incidentally, some of the plays used by Rockne are basically the same as those given teams by Booth. Fred Nielsen, who played at Nebraska so long ago he never tells his friends about it any more, and who later coached George Washing- ton, Catholic University and George- town here, used plays 22 years ago that some critics write of now as something new. As a matter of fact, some of these plays are so old they are resurrected and practically are new. Rockne uses a quick break through the line, between center and guard, with the remainder of his backs sweeping off as on a wide end run, which is almost the identical p + that gained many yards for George Washington in 1908, before Rockne ever thought of coaching. And the same wide end run he uses today is very little different m the wide end run that Booth Nebraska and which Nielsen t with him. Incidentally ridiculed - by Eastern attempting that type of ach who had been in charge inceton even going so | far as to say that no end run that| did anything more than skin_ o side of tackle was any good. How- ever, Nielsen saw his own teams gain any, many yards with the play and now sees the wide end run as a part of the equipment of every successful eleven. Quarterback Foley of Catholic Uni- versity is expected by all those who watched him play last year to be one of the best men in the South this season. Foley is an exceptional- 1y intelligent chap and does well about everything in foot ball there js to be done t season he was far above thi fails to come th per Coach age, and if he »ugh even better this ormances will k McAuliffe, oy foot ball BASE BALL AMERICAN LEAGUE PARK Washington vs. Detroit TICKETS ON SALE AT PARK AT 9:00 A M. RSNHiTAZ o 1333-37 14th St, HAWKINS Lv. Washington | Ar. Chicago (Grand Central Station) The CAPITOL Limited provides such features of comfort and convenience as Observation-Library-Lounge Car; Club Car; Train Secretary; Valet, Barber, Shower Bath; News- papers and Magazines. | ! | | [ | | i | ! | | | Lv. Washington Ar. Chicago (Grand Central Station) 7:50 A.M. there is too much confusion. 11:20 AM. 7 2 (EASTERN STANDARD TIME SHOWN) Tomorrow afternoon Hap Hardell's Tech High grid hopefuls will hold their final drill at the University of Maryland, at College Park, after which they will' pack their bags and come into the city. The Manual Trainers have been going through preliminary training at the Old Line school since Labor Day and excepting Bob Balley, who has a dislocated shoulder and is likely to be out of it a month, the squad is in good trim. Bailey is one of the leading candi- es for the quarterback post made nt through graduation of Shaw ckistone, and his injury was quite blow to the Techites, as he is quite promising. Bailey also is a track star. He doubtless will be out of the Manual Trainer's opening game with Balti- more City College In the Monumental city on September 30 and with Epis- copal High at Alexandria, October 8. However, it is hoped he will be in shape for Tech’s opening public high title clash with Eastern, October 21. Chester Mills and Johnny Ritter are other boys being looked over as pos- sible quarters. After tomorrow the Manual Train- ers will drill no more until school opens. Just where they will hold forth then is uncertain. Hardell's boys have been going at a spirited clip ever since their arrival at College Park. Morning and after- noon practice, the latter the heaviest, interspersed ' with calisthenics and talks on the game by Hardell have made up their daily program for the last week or so. From 9 o'clock in the morning until 5 o'clock in the afternoon they have been either prac- ticing or hearing about the game. Last season Tech started with an unusually light and inexperienced squad, but despite this gained a tie with Western for the public high title. This Fall the outlook is decidedly brighter. Certainly the squad is no lighter than in 1926 and most of the players should show better as the re- sult of their season's experience. If Tech does not become overcon- fident, and it will not if Hardell's con- stant warnings prevail, and capable boys can be found to fill the gaps left by Frank Blackistone; Frank Stutz, If you are going to Chicago for the Tunney-Dempsey fight on September 22nd —go via Baltimore & Ohio and make sure of a comfortable trip and dependable arrival. The CAPITOL’ Limited All-Pullman — no extra fare 3:00 P.M. 9:00 A.M. And the usual good meals at moderate cost. OTHER TRAINS TO CHICAGO :35 P.M. 10:20 P.M. :40 P.M. 7:40 P.M. For reservations and full information, telephone or visit the Travel Bureau, Woodward Bldg., 15th & H Sts., N. W. Phone Main 3300. E. D. AINSLIE, Assistant General Passenger Agent { Main 5780 CENTRAL HIGH SWIMMERS |LOSS OF TWO HITS START WORKOUTS EARLY First Bunch Reports to Coach Brunner—Tech’s Grid Squad to End Practice Sessions at Maryland Tomorrow—-Bailey Is Injured. CHICAGO GRID PLAYERS | SANDLOT GRIDDERS TO WEAR TRACK SUITS o) s v ine 10 TolL CHICAGO, September 14 UP).—Track suits instead of foot ball uniforms will ndlot foot ball teams are prepar- to get down to hard work next TENNESSEE ELEVEN KNOXVILLE, Tenn., September 14| P)—Injury in scrimmage of Young, | veteran halfback and punter, and | failure of Johnson, regular tackle, to return to school, has given the Uni- | v of Tennesse B tions a severe early | ich Bob Neyland says Young's injury, which was a severe wrench |of the knee, will probably keep him tackle, and John Snowden, center, the | | most important 1926 losses, the Manual Trainers are going to have a mighty sweet combination. Bill Shipman and Pat Roon a couple of leading tackle asp! ) and the Winston brothers, Leo and Austin, loom as good center material. Joseph Mannix, erstwhile foot ball and base ball luminary of St. John's College, will matriculate at Notre Dame and left last night for South Bend. be issued by Coach Stags to his Chi- -ago Maroons tomorrow for the open- | in ing of the Big Ten practice, it the | heat wave persists. : Hard work the very first day, with | some s against the scrubs Dlan, but in view | in n . Wi 1 heat, oniy practice in | tomorrow evening at 5 o'clock. Al formations will be held until it is ©Of the plavers rised the titie cool enough to wear gridiron armor m of 1924 wil Including er and Deprini, heavy linesmen. Mohawk Preps were scheduled fo | SON'OF MINISTER BARS | prectce ‘hi= svontne ot 7 wclock a8 FOOT BALL, BUT FIGHTS : candi- NEW YORK, September 14 (#).—| W ly gridmen are s too brutal for Billy (Kid) |attend a mecting tonight . William | at Georgetown A. € M. La Mance of Beulah, Mich., |clal business will Methodist evangelist. The two are in| Coach White was to look over his New York for the son’s bout in an|Pennant A. C. candidates at 5:30 to- amateur _show in Astoria tomorrow | d. 1ygrounds. The father will be the son's Little more than two weeks remain ore the first games are scheduled. 1ge 1 Preps, who expect to shine pound class, will practice ) letter men of last ! |vear's v expected to be used in Y The failure of Johnson to return leaves a gap in_the line which will be hard to fill. The big tackle, along with his running mate, McArthur, | F were mainstays of the line last Fal Slliott, regular tackle in 1925 being used at Johnson's berth. Thirteen letter men are working ily in preparation for the Vols' first big game, which js the tilt with orth Carolina at Chapel Hill. 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