Evening Star Newspaper, October 31, 1928, Page 41

—— SPORTS. ALL RATED BETTER THANS A ELEVENS Georgia Tech and Vanderbilt Loom as Best—Clemson Back Brilliant. BY H. C. BYRD. IX elevens seem to stand out as the strongest in the Southern Conference, though one of these six has met defeat by another o conference eleven. Vanderbilt and Georgia Tech head the list, with Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama and Clem- son next in line. Alabama has been beaten by Tennessee, but by a margin of two points, which two points were a a part of the six scored on a 98-yard run from kickoff for a touchdown. ‘Georgia Tech and Vanderbilt not only have been making fine records against the elevens they have played in the South, but each has a victory to its credit over a strong Northern op- ponent. And Vanderbilt actually has two victories outside its own territory, as, besides beating Colgate, it went over to, Texas and trimmed the State univer- sity of that State. Georgia Tech's best achievement was its defeat of Notre Dame. It may be that Alabama will beat Georgia Tech or Vanderbilt. per- haps both; it may be that Georgia will defeat Georgia Tech, but right now it seems that Georgia Tech and Vander- bilt ought to be picked as the strongest teams in the conference. Both Georgia Tech and Vanderbilt have big, strong and fast lines and about the same kind of men in their backfields. Both are well coached and skilled in all the elements that make up a modern attack and defense. Georgia Tech's defeat of North Carolina last week by a decisive score and its beating of Virginia Military Institute two weeks before that and Vanderbilt's snowing-under of Virginia last Satur- day are indications -that there are no teams in the South Atlantic section good enough to stand up against either of them. In fact, it seems that teams farther South generally have something on those in the South Atlantic section. For instance, Washington and Lee was trim- med by both Kentucky and Tennessee, Virginia Military Institute lost to Georgia Tech, Virginia was over- whelmed by Vanderbilt and beaten by South Carolina, North Carolina State Jost to Florida, and Maryland to South Carolina. These comparisons indicate that South Atlantic institutions had better get a move on themselves if they expect to play on even terms with the far Southetn elevens. Georgis, Alabama and Tennessee all are strong and perhaps just about as strong as Georgia Tech and Vanderbilt. Georgia has decisively defeated Tulane and generally has given indication of exceptional strength. Tennessee beat Alabama, 15 to 13, but that was just a case of the break giving a victory to one of two strong and well watched teams. South Carolina seems to have been jarred out of any prospects it had for being rated near the top in the South- ern Conference as'a result of its 32-to-0 defeat at the hands of Clemson last Thursday. And it may be that Clemson is a lot stronger than it has been given credit for, as it must have played good foot ball in a 32-t0-0 victory over South Carolina. Another comparison will be gained this week between tne South Atlantic section and the section farther South when Virginia Military Institute and Clemson hook up. In the South Atlantic section two rivalries will be fought out between Vir- ginia and Washington and Lee and be- tween Virginia Polytechnic Institute and Maryland, the former at Charlottes- ville and the latter at Norfolk. On the face of things right now it seems that ‘Washington and Lee and V. P. I. should be favored, as both Virginia and Mary- land are in rather poor shape physically. V. P. I is said to have abevt the best eleven in its history, and cerianly there are no teams in this section with a finer array of backfield material. Georgetown is makiug no predictions about what it expects to accomplish against New York University Saturday, at New York. It knows that it will be against one of the strongest outfits in the country and that its real task is to stop the scoring machine that “Chick” Meehan has built up in Gotham. The Blue and Gray itself is the leading point scorer in the East, which is indication that it also has something when it comes to getting ‘points. However, making points against the kind of teams Georgetown has play- ed so far this year and making points against the kind of team wearing New York University’s colors are two entirely different things. Coach Little indeed would add a real feather to his cap if he could beat the New Yorkers. Not only would a victory put Georgetown right up_among the foremost elevens of the East, but it also would establish Little as one of the most prominent coaches. The Blue and Gray is running a spe- cial train to New York for its students and followers. It hopes to have a big rooters’ section in the stands when the whistle blows Saturday, and it might be that the inspiration that could come from such support would be the decid- ing factor. Clemson College is said to have the fastest back in the South in Justus. Be- fore the season began, Josh Cody, coach at Clemson, told the writer that he had in Justus a back whom he believed ) would be one of the outstanding play- ers of the South. It was Justus who sprinted nearly the whole length of the field to beat North Carolina State, and in the other games Clemson has played it has been Justus who provided the punch at the right moments. Jus- tus is said to be very fast, a good punt- | er, a good passer and also an excel- lent defensive player. Incidentally, it might be meptioned that Virginia Military has a whole back- field that may be compared very fav- orably with most of the schools in the South. Barnes, Harner, and McCray form a combination that can do almost anything and every- thing to be done on a gridiron. Barnes generally is credited with be- | ing the star of the quartet, and he | the comes pretty near being just that. Weighing 170 pounds, he can punt, throw passes nearly half the length of the field and is just about as danger- ous a man in the open as could be found anywhere. Hawkins is not far behind Barnes in general ability, though he cannot punt. Hawkins generally is on the receiving end of Barnes' passes. McCray is a fine defensive fullback and punts more than half the length of the field about four times out of five| FORMER RESERVE MEN TO FACE IN BIG GAME SOUTH BEND, Ind., October 31 (#). —Two tackles, each of whom got his start when a first-stringer was injured, will face each other when Notre Dame meets Penn States at Philadelphia Sat- urday. Fred Miller, millionaire captain of the Notre Dame eleven, will be pitted against Tony Panaccion, right tackle of the Penn team. Miller as a sophomore got his big chance when Joe Boland’s leg Hawkins | LEO KoLp- INDEPENDENT TEAM SEEKS GRID RIVALS Press Building Cards Find Success Makes It Hard to Get Games. INNING foot ball games has its handicaps as well as ad- vantages in local sandlot ranks National Press Build- Cards have learned. Too many victories make it difficult for managers to book games. In three starts the Cards have run up 64 points without being scored upon. Manager L. B. Johnson is making a futile effort to schedule games with 125 and 135 pound teams. Most teams want to meet teams they feel pretty sure they can beat, Johnson says. He would like to hear from some teams in the Cards’ class at Cleveland 4831. Cards will meet tomorrow night in suite 1170 of the National Press Build- ing at 7:30 o'clock. Coach Hoover plans blackboard practice. St. Mary’s Celtics will be out for the Mohawk_scalps Sunday at American League Park. Four outstanding former college stars have been added to the Celtic roster for this contest. Rube Hayman, Alexandria product and for- mer Virginia lineman, is the latest to sign with the Celts. Babe Connaughton, Dud Saur and Hayman will be seen in the Celtic line and George McCabe, who starred at Georgetown with Babe and Dud, will perform in the backfield. Bill Supplee, Apache coach, will take no chances Sunday when his team meets Reina Mercedes at Union League Park. Last year the Sailors invaded the i Little Indian camp and upset the dope, so Bill plans to send his best against Annapolitans, Mat Twoomey, Apache back, who has been out with injuries, is expected to return to action Sunday. Encouraged by their showing against Apaches last Sunday, Northerns will take the field against Virginia A, C. at Alexandria Sunday confident of adding a victory. Coach Heard has scheduled drills tomorrow and Friday nights at 7:30 o'clock on Park View playgrounds. ‘With an important Capital City League contest carded for Sunday, St. Stephen’s players will drill tonight at 7:15 o'clock on their field. All men are asked to be in uniform. Sunday’s game with Janney A. C. will either make or break the Saints chances of copping the 150-pound title. Lee Deeton, manager of Alexandria Firemen Preps, wants to schedule a team for Sunday. Call Alexandria 1774 after 4 o'clock. ARLINGTON GRIDDERS IDLE. was broken in the game between Notre Dame and Minnesota. Panaccion broke into the Penn State line-up in the first game of his sopho- egupr more year, aff J¢ re m‘w.p oe Krall, r Arlington A. C. foot ball team wishes to schedule a game Sunday with a'125 or 135 pound team. Call Clarendon 321 between l’qd‘ o'clogk for ar- CITY BASKET LOOP WILL MEET FRIDAY Officials of Washington City Basket Ball League hope to complete all plans Friday night, when team representa- tives gather at the Y. M. C. A. at 8 o'clock. Eight teams have definitely entered and others will be granted frapchises Friday night upon application. An ef- fort is being made to have two eight- team circuits. All teams interested in the league are asked to send representa- tives to this meeting. Company I basketers of Fort Wash- ington, who copped the post champion- ship last year, are preparing for an ac- tive campaign here. Sergt. Hershberger, coach, is drilling his candidates for an early start. Lieut. McNair, Fort Wash- ington, Md., is arranging the schedule. Woodside A. C. has prospects of a crack court team this year. Players signed include Ray Williams, Mark Coughlan, Harley Prentiss, Dick Now- lin, Lowell Hendricks, Dick Reinohl, Harold Newell, Jack Christie, Paul Kreh, Charles Taylor and Reds Mulligan. Vic Kreh, who starred at forward alongside his son Paul last season, will probably be lost to the team this year. ‘THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. Six Southern Teams Have Fine Records : Many Intersectional Frays Saturday GeNE AUGUSTERFER. From Grid Camps By the Associated Press. BLACKSBURG, Va, October 31.— Andy Gustafsen, head coach at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, is working his Gobbler squad overtime this week look- ing toward the Tidewater classic with Maryland at Norfolk next Saturday. In a long scrimmage yesterday two freshman teams furnished opposition for the regulars in one of the hardest work- outs of the season. CHAPEL HILL, N. C., October 31 (#). —Spaulding, after running at right First practice is scheduled next Tues- ! halfback all season, scrimmaged at full- day at Kensington Armory at 8 o'clock. A benefit dance is listed for Saturday night at Masonic Hall, Silver Spring. Woltz A. C. courtmen would like to engage in a practice game Saturday night. Games with unlimited teams are now being carded by the manager at Cleveland 2651-J after 4:30 o'clock. WOLVERINES TO OPPOSE IN NAVY-MICHIGAN GAME ANNAPOLIS, Md, October 31— Navy's foot ball team, as it started last Saturday against Pennsylvania and as it probably will start against Michigan in Baltimore on November 10, contains four members from Wolverine State. Big Tom Wilson, right tackle, is right from the lair of the Michigan team, his home being Ann Arbor. Bob Bowstrom, the other tackle, is from Grand Rapids. The other Michigan boys on the Navy team are also linemen. They are Paul Moret of Jackson, left end, who caught the pass upon which the only score of the Navy-Penn game was made, and Lawrence Koepke, chubby right guard, who is from Flint, BIKEMAN IS PARTICULAR. CHICAGO, October 31 (#).—Franco Georgetti, motor-paced champion bi- cycle rider of America, has refused to ride with Reggie McNamara, known as the iron man of the six-day bicycle riders, in Chicago's twentieth interna- tional six-day race, which starts in the Coliseum Novegnbér 10. '‘Georgetti tay again team with Debaets, with whom ‘ammunuum:gumw back yesterday with the second back- field of North Carolina. Maus, sopho- more, appears to have earned a mo- nopoly on the right half assignment. This shift may strengthen the Tarheel sec- ondary, for the big Pennsylvanian is playing well, LEXINGTON, Va., October 31 (#).— Injuries are still playing havoc with the Washington and Lee outfit. In yester- day’s scrimmage, which lasted until darkness called a halt, six reserves ran on the Generals’ first team, as the squad knuckled down to a hard grind for the Virginia game Saturday. s&roul and Day were at the ends, ordinarily held by Towill and Williams. Hostetter and Tillar occupied the tackle berths of Capt. Fijzpat: and Haw- kins, Taylor was one guard in place of Groop and Raynor replaced White and Barnett at fullback. COLUMBIA, 8. C., October 31 (#).— One day before the Citadel game the South Carolina Gamecocks faced the prospect of going into tomorrow’s bat- tle minus the services of Zobel and Boineau, Zobel, whose ankle was hurt in the Clemson game, was hobbling, while Boineau also still felt the effects of a leg hurt in that game. Matheney, who had been mentioned to start for Zobel, also has an injured hand. CLEMSON COLLEGE, 8. C., October 31 ()--General practice today and to- morrow at home remained for the Clem- son ’nfeu as they turned toward their first grid game ever to be Pluyad with the University of Mississippl. Thirty men will leave here tomorrow nl‘hb stop= ping for a workout at Tupelo, Miss LIS, Sopn Gagpen Mg b RAY BEATS EL OUAFI IN 16-MILE CONTEST By the Assoclated Press. PHILADELPHIA, October 31.—Jole Ray, veteran American runner, was back at the head of the class today and with another record tucked away among his souvenirs, El Ouafl, the slender French-Algerian marathon winner at Amsterdam, fell victim to Ray’s flying feet last night in a 16-mile indoor race which the Ameri- can clicked off in 1 hour, 27 minutes and 18 1-5 seconds. Ray’s time for 15 miles was 1 hour, 22 minutes and 5 seconds, which was announced as a new indoor record. El Ouafi was four and one-half laps Ge- hind Ray at the finish, approximately one-third of a mile. Ray's victory was mnot unexpected after the first few miles had slipped away under his pattering feet. “Chesty” Jole, beaten in New York two weeks ago on ap indoor track, was out to run his two-time conqueror into the ground. As early as the second mile, which he covered in 5:02, he lapped El Ouafl. Three other times he lapped the mara- thon king and then, to show that he had plenty in reserve, he stepped the fifteenth mile in 5:05, the second fastest of the race. Ray said that his desire to meet El Ouafi at the shorter distance having been gratified, he now wanted to take on the Olympic champion again over the longer distance. Ken Mullen, who recently turned pro- fessional, finished third in the race and ‘Willie Kohlemainen was fourth, —_— HYATTSVILLE HIGH GRADS BEAT SCHOOL BOOTERS HYATTSVILLE, Md., October 31.— In their annual game the alumni soc- cer team of Hyattsville High School de- feated the regular school combination, 1 to 0, in a stirring battle yesterday on the school field here. Charles Bailey, now a student at the University of Maryland, scored the lone goal of the match in the last period. Others in the alumni line-up were Wright, Cohan, Lyons, Spicknall, Shafer, Meeds, Wilson, Brown, Gay- o £ team, salessed ‘tha SULLIVAN- ALABAMA TO TRY 10 UPSET BADGERS Dixie Eleven’s Invasion of Big Ten on Saturday Holds Interest. BY ORLO L. ROBEGTSON, Associated Press Sports Writer. CHICAGO, October 31 (#).—The crimson tide, that globe-trotting eleven from Alabama, will receive its first taste of Western Conference foot ball Satur- day when Wisconsin and Alabama clash at Madison in one of three invasions of Big Ten circles by non-conference teams. The game will be Wisconsin's first intersectional game since 1912, when the then championship Badgers routed Arkansas, 64 to 7. ‘The Princeton Tiger will stalk into the lair of Ohio State and the Pennsyl- vania Quakers will come West to meet the downtrodden Chicago Maroons. Neither Princeton nor Ohio State has been defeated this season. Ohio has shown noticeable improvement in every struggle, and the team came out of the Indiana fray in excellent physical shape except for Raskowski, veteran tackle, whose ankle was injured. Bar- ring other injuries he probably will be the only regular not starting Saturday. |in Despite four defeats optimism reigns at Michigan, where the Wolverines are prernlnz for Illinois, so far unbeaten. Fielding Yost appeared on the field yes- terday and shouted his famous “hurry up” as Tad Weiman worked to get more punch into the backs. Illinois Seeks Punch. A search for Illinois’ missing punch, apparent in the Northwestern game last week, has been made by Coach Zuppke this week. The Illini have been accumulating great amounts of yardage, although counting comparatively few touchdowns. A. A Stagg's thirty-seventh Chicago foot ball team may be down, but it is never out. The “old man” is preparing for the Pennsylvania Quakers as if his Maroons were on top of the conference instead of at the bottom of the per- centage ladder. The hospital squad has been reduced to four men and two of these, Van Nice and Leyers, are ex- pected to be in shape for action Satur- day. Northwestern will introduce two Dis- trict backfleld units Saturday in its at- tempt to break through Minnesota’s powerful line at Dyche Stadium. Coach Hanley intends to start one combination of regular backs, then relieve them and give another set of erstwhile n:ulnn a chance. Bill Griffin, 155-pound sopho- more, whose work against Illinois was worthy of mention, probably will get & selection on the regular quartet. “Doc” Spears is trying to find a suit- able substitute for Bronko Magurski, his crippled fullback. It is doubtful if Minnesota’s giant will be able to play, and Coach Spears will then probably rely upon Pharmer, Westphal or Arende. TIP FOR FISHERMEN. HARPERS FERRY, W. Va., October 31.—The Potomac and Shenan Rivessawere cloas this morning, SPORTS," BUSINESS NOW 0UT OF RACE FOR TITLE Central Eleven Shows Much Improvement to Win Over Stenogs. With virtually half of the public high school foot ball championship series completed, the race is beginning to nar- row. Business, by losing to Central yesterday, 0 to 18, was all but put out | of the running. If Western bows to Tech Friday in the next title match it will be the second defeat in as many starts for the Georgetowners and will virtually remove them as contenders for the crown. In trimming Business yesterday Cen- tral exhibited marked improvement over its losing 6-to-0 performance against Eastern in the opening match of the series October 19. After more or less of a mediocre start, Central came back in the second period to score the first touchdown of the game and added one more each in the third and fourth sesssions to put the game in the bag. Capt. Stevens, Central left halfback; Plumley, right halfback, and Ross, quarterback, were the stars of the Cen- tral attack. Rechardt, Business full- back, gained much ground for the Stenogs and Capt. Jakie Lewis also played cleverly for Business both in carrying and passing the ball. Punting Is Good. Punting was better yesterday than in the preceding title games, the boots of Ross and St. John for Central getting consistently good distance. Business, bolstered by several play- ers who have heretofore been ineligible, started impressively and was the ag- gressor virtually all the way in the first_period, which ended with the ball on Central’s 20-yard line. Reichardt’s 35-yard run put the Orange in striking distance of a touchdown, but their hlopes ‘were crushed by a 15-yard pen- alty. After the Stenogs had contrived to work the ball to Central’s 10-yard line at the start of the seeond period, they were held through failure of several forward passes. Capt. Stevens then staged a nifty 30-yard run to begin a Central drive which shortly culminated in Right Halfback Plumley plunging over for the Blue and.White's first touchdown. Ross’ dropkick for the ex- tra point was blocked. Continuing to carry the fight to its opponents, Central added its second touchdown in the third period when Ross intercepted a pass from Capt. Lewis of Business and streaked 40 yards to score. Again Ross’ dropkick for point went awry. Central scored its third and last touchdown early in the fourth period. Holding Business for downs deep in its own territory, Capt. Stevens twice hit the line for Central, going over the Stenog goal line on the second thrust. This time Ross’ dropkick for the extra point was blocked. With the game in the bag, Bert Cog- gins, who is coaching Central during the absence of Ty Rauber because of his father’s death, sent many substi- tutes in, including St. John and others who have heretofore been ineligible. ‘Work of St. John at fullback was espe- cially noteworthy, as was also his punting. Line-up and Summary. Central. Position. Stephan 2 Stephar Left end 'E Duryee Reichardt 6 6-18 Business 0 0 00 Touchdowns — Plumley, _Ross, Stevens. Points after touchdowns—Ross (missed 3). Substitutions: an for Hoch- baum, Wilner Zimmisch, Olsen for Hochbaum for Mirman. Stephan Zimmisch for Wilner, Wilner for Zimmisch. Johnson for Hanley, Lamond for Mehler, St. John for Plumley. Shriver for Ross. , O'Loughlin for Beazley, icholiz, tephan, O'Loughiin, thal for. St. Manchester _for for Mahoney, Central e el s bers. Mahoney for Miller, Mahcne: feree — Magoffin Umpire — Towers _(Columbia). Daniels (Central Board). SERIES STATISTICS. (Michigan). Linesman — Western Business Team Standins. Eastern 2 0 1000 Tech 1 0 100 Centrai 3 | 500 L 000 Yesterday's Result. Central, 18; Business, 0. Results of Other Games. Central, 0. ; Business. 0 (forfeit), , 6 Western, 0. Friday's Game. Tech vs. Western, Central Stadium, 3:15 o'clock. Other Future Games. November 6—Business vs. Eastern. 9—Central v: Paul Hinkle, promising Central back, has been lost to the team at least for several weeks and perhaps for the sea- son as the result of a broken bone in his ankle, suffered in the game with Eastern. The injury did not become known until yesterday, when Hinkle re- turned to school after an absence. Hanley and Hochbaum, Central line- men, were both hurt yesterday, the former’s bad leg being again injured and the latter sunefln‘fi a cut about the eye. Whether they will be able to play Central's next game November 9 against Tech is not certain. Devitt has scheduled a foot ball match with George Washington Freshmen for: the Tidal Basin fleld Friday at 3 o'clock. Devitt was to meet Alex- andria High Priday, but the latter was forced to cancel so that it could meet w:lmmmn-ue High in the Virginia series. VIRGINIA TO HUDDLE AGAINST GENERALS UNIVERSITY, Va., October 31.—Vir- ginia will use the huddle system in the game with Wasl on and Lee on Lambeth Field Sat: y. ’C’:lch“}:e:lo h:: decided that Vir- ginia’s attack needs speeding up, espe- cially with some of his best men kept on the bench through injuries. And he believes that the running start from the huddle will be what is needed. Viry 's game with Washin, and Lee next Saturday is to be the four- teenth in the series which started back in 1890. Of the thirteen games that the two teams have played the Cavaliers have won nine and lost four, and have scored 228 points against 65 for the Generals. During the last flve seasons Wash- ington and Lee has won three out of the five games. Scores of past games are as follows. e oBaS35888 'y SgsssaaE gggedassgdnas rrerRrREEETe walBaaacosccs Egss Foon B.U-N.Y. U GAME ONE OF TOPLINERS Comparison Shows Blue and Gray and Gothamites Well Matched. BY HERBERT W. BARKER. Associated Press Sports Writer. NEW YORK, October 31.(P.—The intersectional flavor is pronounced in next Saturday’s Eastern college foot ball schedule. The Princeton-Ohio State battle at Columbus and Notre Dame's effort against Penn State at Philadelphia will share the spotlight with such affrays as Georgetown-New York University; Dartmouth-Yale, Syracuse-Pittsburgh, Cornell-Columbia, Holy Cross-Brown and Lafayette-Washington and Jeffer- son. Army and Colgate will be at home to De Pauw and Wabash, intersectional foes, who on their records, at least, ap- pear to rankq some notches below their prospective Eastern rivals. Pennsyls vania, despite a 6-0 defeat by Navy, should carry too many guns west for Chicago, now in the midst of an ox- tremely unsuccessful season. Clash of Unbeaten Teams. New York offers the only struggle of the team between undefeated and untied teams—Georgetown and N. ¥, U. at the Yankee stadium. George- town has scored 240 points against Mount St. Mary’s, Susquehanna, Lebanon Valley, West Virginia Wesleyan and Duke. N. Y. U. has scored approximately 70 fewer points against stronger opposi= tion that included Niagara, West Vire ginia Wesleyan, Fordham, Rutgers and Colgate. Comparative scores, based on the West Virginia Wesleyan games, reveal how evenly matched the teams really are. N. Y. U. defeaied the West Virginians, 26-7, and two weeks later Georgetown turned the trick, 34 to 7. Yale and Dartmouth cannot take un= blemished records into the Yale bowl for their clash but that will remove little, if any, of the usual interest. Yale, in advance calculations, figures to win against a Dartmouth team crippled by injuries to Marsters, Breithut and Wolf, backs, and Booma and Swarth- out, ends. The dispute between Cornell and Co~ lumbia has the so-called experts run« ning around in circles trying to pick & winner, Cornell put up a gallant fight against Princeton, but lost by & field goal. Columbia was beaten Dartmouth but has shown stren; against the other opponents. Syracuse Favored Over Pitt, Syracuse undoubtedly will be a slight favorite over Pitt at Pittsburgh but the Panthers have a formidable team that West Virginia could beat by no more than three points and Carnegie = Tech by six. Syracuse’s lone defeat was a one-point heart-breaker by the pow= erful Nebraska squad. Lafayette figures to whip a green and crippled Washington and Jefferson team, but this particular rivalry has always been marked by close, hard- fought, evenly-matched struggle in pros- pect at Providence when Brown en- tertains Holy Cross. Navy, Harvard and Boston College, among the other leading teams, have %cihe:!uad mgon#n:k of lesser rank in esf rgi e , Lehigh Manhattan. i od RIS S A e =it NAVY TEAM LINE-UP IS LIKELY TO STAND ANNAPOLIS, October 31.—While those members of the Navy Academy team who started against Pennsylvania have a strong hold on regular places on the varsity, Coach Ingram has in mind a number of others whose chances are noltm:‘el: elxl.mlmtzd.m of those who started played to theendufthenme,ubuv,tgmmb- sfigluohx;s were made. lughes, center; Koepke, right guard, and Bowstrom and Wilson, tackles, seem quite certain of being with the first line-up at any time when Ingram wishes to muster his greatest strength. It also looks as if Capt. Burke has won back a guard position, though he has been shifted to the other side of the line after Koepke had developed so much strength. Ingram used Moret at left end during the entire game, and Morton and Bynj on the other side. He is very mucl pleased with the work of all three ends. In Whelchel, Gannon, Castrec and Clifton, the Navy appeared tu have found the only backfield combination which has co-ordinated this season. Still, there are some very strong back= feld players in reserve, and they will not be left out of calculation. The only flaw in the game played by Navy Saturday was some weakness in handnntfi punts by Whelchel. Ingram sent Miller into the game, but later, re- turned Whelchel, who still is the choice for the position. Of a large array of backs who have done good work in the past or who give promise of it in the future, Spring and Liloyd are the most likely to break into the game. Spring, handicapped by in- juries, has run brilliantly whenever given a chance. LINEMEN NOT GIVEN THEIR JUST DESSERTS BY WALTER TRUMBULL. The foot ball lineman has a hard life. Unless he blocks, his backs never get started. Unless he opens the way, they never get out of their own back yard. If, on defense, he crashes through and guards his lane, the opposing backs get nowhere. The lineman is in every play. Space a line improperly, or let linemen be drawn out of position, and you will sei s?me Llon runs. Yet, not only does the average reader and rooter look only at lherzgclfl, but the average writer expends all his ad- Jectives and similies on these favorites of fortune. You never see much in the headlines about the man who made the opening. The name there is that of the man who carried the ball. Look through the accounts of last Saturday’s games and see how much you find concerning the work of the forwards You may discover a bit about the ends, because they catch forward passes and get into the open, but look for any words of commendation directed at individual tackles, guards and centers. You probably will read that “the line was weak:” or that “the line played well.” When a man goes into the. line, he gets a job in the great unknown. (Copyright, 1928, by North 3 Daver Allancey crican News CATHOLIC U. GRID TEAM HARD HIT BY INJURIES ¢ %mvu:cy“gu}klfi'g inactive list with the chance that t}:ey might not be able to get in shape for the game Saturday with Rutgers at New Brunswick, N. J., Coach Jack Mc~ [Ahuenfl’%hha? en'l-‘yl “c“;st::y players on for the Cardinals’ yesterday. s Of the trlo, Champa is the least likely to be ready by Saturday. He has a bruised shoulder, Murphy and Healy have heavy colds. p