Evening Star Newspaper, September 26, 1929, Page 50

50 BALANCE ESSENTIAL FOR WINNING TEAM Too Much Confidence or Lack of That Quality Offer Big Problems. BY HOWARD H. JONES, Foot Ball Coach. University of Southern California. HE subject I have chosen for this dispatch deals to a great extent with the psychological element in foot ball. It is common to pick up & newspaper in any college community at the beginning of the foot ball year and obeerve the air of optimism prevailing. Only when there has been a great loss by graduation and through other causes 4% it possible to check the overoptimism and overenthusiasm of the inter- ested fans and followers, If this at- mosphere prevails at the beginning of a season it makes a strong impression upon the candidates for the team, and presents an immediate problem for the coach. Few coaches are subject to over- confidence, but to a great degree they are powerless to stem this among the players, unless they desire to be termed gloomy coaches. A sound defeat is many times the only remedy for this undesirable situation. Egotism Is Costly. Then. perhaps in the early stages of a foot ball season, the idolizing of pro- spective stars brings forth even a worse situation. A boy will sometimes be- come so imbued with the idea that his place on the team is certain that he will offer suggestions regarding the qther positions. This idolizing many times ruins the efficiency of a player, for he thinks he has reached the pin- nacle of success. The problem can be overcome by the coach, if he has epough competition for various posi- tions, by simply demoting a player to the second team until he shows a bet- tor_ attitude. #On one of my teams I learned that A'star had put on a little dancing ex- hibition before the other players the morning _before one of our biggest games. The game was lost. Later the player began to take things more seri- ausly, and consequently he developed into a real star. The loss of the game could not be whelly attributed to this one player, because the superiority cbmplex had probably seized other vic- tims, I recently had a team which was playing its last conference game against an opponent with a poor season behind it, I tried to impress my team with the fact that an opponent's ness did not necessarily mean it could not be a dangerous foe. Words sometimes prove futile in the face of general opinion, and this opponent held our téam to a scoreless tie during the first half. I have heard expert coaches sav a team will not play foot ball unless it thinks it has to. Must Have Confidence. ‘The coach also has his problem in dealing with the factor of lack of con- fidence. He encounters this problem both individually and collectively. We have heard the expression, “When they found themselves they were a team.” Lack of confidence is much easier to overcome, becaus: one might say that progress is a stimulant to further de- velopment. An individual player who comes out for a team with little ex- perience can develop & spirit of con- fidence as he learns to play. Some boys will stand back because they are afraid they are not good enough, and a coach sometimes wonders why they even come out. One readily can see that a coach. in having to deal with the psychological factors, has no easy task. To be abl to instill and control the amount of confidence in players and teams is a task in itself. I am not sure that these factors do mot play as important | a part in the failure or success of a team as anything else. COLEATE TO GET TEST. Colgate, never beaten by a Big Ten team, plays Wisconsin and Indiana on successive Saturdays, in the enemy'’s camp. Cut Backswing on Brassie or Spoon BY SOL METZGER. SPORTS. THE EVEN For Opening EAD COACH LOU LITTLE of Georgetown’s foot ball squad probably will decide the e- up which will start inst Mount St. Mary's in the Hoyas’ opener Saturday afternoon at 2:3I o'clock on the Hilltop fleld, following drilis today and tomorrow. ‘There a chance that Gardner, Scalzi, King or Bozek, backs, who show- ed well with the second team, may break into the game against the Moun- taineers, and Parlette and Donaldson, ends: Katalinas and Dubofsky, tackles; Brickman and Walsh, guards, and Mor- s, center, are others whose work be- fore Saturday will determine whether | they will be given opportunity of show- ing their wares against Mount St. Mary's. Ed Leary, quarterback; John Hudak and Bill Maczees, halves, and Ben | Schmid, fullback, heretofore have been considered sure to start Saturday. Yes- terday, however, they did not flash the | co-ordination of play sought by Little, matter. Ken Provincial and Bob Bren- nan. ends; Capt. Jim Mooney and Sam Cordovano, ckles; Gene Driscoll and { Paul Liston, guards, and Chink Wyn- koop, center, are others who have been | holding forth on the first eleven. ‘While Georgetown is not underrating Mount St. Mary's. it is the battle here | October 5 with Western Maryland that is giving Little the most concern now. Maryland, which plays Washington | Coliege Saturday, scrimmaged with the | Marines for the fourth time this sea- son at College Park yesterday. Each side used two full teams, their first and second combinations being sent in intact. It was an even battle between the first elevens, but the Old Line sec- ond team was better than the Marine Teserves. Maryland indicated it would have two teams ready for sction against Wash- ington College, & senior and a sopho- more outfit. The senlor team was made up of Dodson and Heagy, ends; Lombard and Ribitzki, tackles; Heintz and J. Mc- )Donnld‘ guards: Madigan, center; Evans, quarterback; Roberts and Warcholy, halfbacks; Radice, fullback. ‘The Soph line-up was: Berger, Pease and Rooney, ends: H. McDonald and Carlis. tackles; Wilson and Krajcovic, guards: Faber, center; Settino, quarter- May, fullback. Catholic University’s foot ball squad will entrain tonight for Boston, where Saturday the Brooklanders will engage Boston College in the opening game of the season for both elevens. The C. U. | squad will work out tomorrow at Bos- 7 on. ‘Though the Cards doubtless are | stronger than last season by reason of | the acquisition of several clever mem- bers of the 1928 freshmen eleven they will be stacking up against a strong op- ponent in the Eagles. The Boston team downed C. U. 38 to 6, last season in the first game for both elevens, and went on | to finishe the season undefeated and | untied. Should Boston gain a commanding early lead Head Coach Jack McAuliffe HAT'’S a strong statement, but we have two reasons why | our claim is true, | ALL WEATHER tread. The other is the elastic shock-ab- sorbing strength of the Goodyear SUPERTWIST tire car- | cass. Every day we sell new customers Goodyear tires. We demonstrate their superiority, proven by the fact that Good- year builds almost twice as many tires as any other company. Yet Goodyear tires cost no more. The best is none too good for you—especially for Fall and Winter driving. Come in to see us. | | Local Elevens Polishing 0 | bocause of a back injury. | nor did the squad generally, for_that | gr back; Miller and Chalmers, halfbacks; | Up Games Saturday probably will give s majority of the 28 players he will take on the trip a chance to play. Gene Murphy, quarter, and clever forward passer, may not be able to play The starting C. U. line-up bably ‘#ill be Gerth and Zeno, ends; O'Connor and Raiche, tackles; Menke and Monaco, guards: Ambrose, center; Oliver, quarterback; Kane and Champa, halfbacks, and Capt. Malevich, fullback. However, O'Connor may begin at end instead of Gerth and O’Brien may take O'Connor’s tackle post. Mullen, Mc- Cabe, Blasi, Campbell and Collins, line- men, and De Mello, Martin, J. McGrath, and Bonnetti, backs, are other Cards who may see action. Several positions on the American Univereity eleven appear to be clinched. Backs who have virtually a strangle hold on their jobs are Capt. Crist, quar- terback; Red Olsen and Orville Targee, halves, and Leland Pield, fullback. ‘Targee is the only newcomer in the oup. Several line candidates also have | all but earned their posts. - INGRAM NAMES MIDDY LINE-UP FOR SATURDAY ANNAPOLIS, Md., September 26.— The official line-up of the Naval Acade- my team which will face Denison here in the opening game Saturday has been announced by Coach Bill Ingram. The line-up will be: Left end, Crane; left tackle, Bow- strom; left guard, Eddy: center, Hughes: right guard, Koepke (captain); right tackle, Bryan: right end, Beans: quar- terback, Kohlhas: left half, Spring: right half, Joe Bauer, and fullback, Tschirgi. The only change from the expected was that Tschirgl was substituted for McCracken at fullback. Clifton, Mauro, Antrim, Toth, Dale, Bauer and others are likely to get a chance in the backfield. | FOUR CONTESTS LISTED FOR G. U. FROSH ELEVEN ‘Though the squad appears to ad- vantage on defense, Georgetown fresh- men gridders are not yet showing satis- factorily on offense. However, Coach Bill Dudack expects an early improve- ment. Four games so far have been sched- uled for the Hoya yearlings and one with the G, W. freshmen is pending for October 4 as the opening game for both elevens. A game also may be added for November 23. The G. U. frosh schedule as it now stands follows: paCciober 19—Wyoming Seminary, at Wilkes- | ” October 26—Western Maryland freshmen, | at_Westminster. November 1—New York U. freshmen, at New York. November 9—Navy Plebes at Annapolis. | TO GIVE WATER EXHIBITIONS. Under direction of Florence Skadding an_exhibition of swimming and_diving | will be held tonight at 8:30 o'clock in | plonship are Maj. Earl L. Naiden, Maj. the Ambassador Hotel pool. “I You Buy the Best | When You Buy Goodyears One is the gripping Big Husky COo6DSVEAR | Pathfinder Tires For Safer Travel on Slippery Streets YOU can trade in YOUR STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE Miller B. Stevinson, veteran golfer of Columbia, was an odds-on favorite to retain his title over the stretch drive of the last 36 holes in the final day's play of the District amateur champlonship at Congressional today. Tied with Jhun C. 8horey of Bannockburn and J. Monro Hunter, jr., of Indlan Spring at the close of the first two rounds with a card of 149, Stevinson's greater stead- iness and golf tournament experience was expected to count him good stead In the final dash to the wire in the 72-hole competition for the title the Columbia star won last year over his home course. Shorey went into an early lead in the title chase yesterday with a 73 for his first round, which is exactly par for the Congressional layout, but only ons shot behind him was young Hunter and Stevinson, while two strokes back of | this pair was Charles W. Cole, jr., of | Indian Spring. Shorey took a 76 for his second round, while Stevinson end Hunter did 75s to get in a tie with the youthful Bannockburn and George ‘Washington University star, and Cole did & 75 to end only two strokes back of the leaders, Harry G. Pitt of Manor redeemed his bad 78 over the morning round with a fine 75 in the afternoon to finish with a four-stroke deficit to the threé leaders, while Walter R. Mc- Callum of Washington shot two 77s for a 36-hole total of 154. The champion- ship virtually lies between this sextet, for the next man at the end of the first two rounds was Page Hufty, at 155, and Frank K. Roesch, the Wash- | ington Club champion, who had 157, which is too much of a handicap unless they play phenomenal golf today and | the leaders crumple. ‘The short holes took their toll at Congressional yesterday, those difficult one-shot affairs, of which there are five at Congressional reaching up to snag all the leaders. Not one of them played all the holes in par on both rounds, while at least one of the six in front ‘was five above par for the 10 holes. Stevinson was playing his final 36 holes today with Cole, while Shorey was aired with Hunter. Pitt and McCal- lum were paired wfielh!r and Hufty and | Roesch were matching shots down the stretch drive. Miss Susan Hacker is the first winner | of the Corby Cup, presented to the woman golfers of Washington by the president of the Women's trict Golf Association. Miss Hacker led the largest fleld ever to compete in & women’s event about Washington yesterday in the 18- hole handicap competition at the Co- lumbia Country Club with & card of 89—7—82. In second place was Eliza- beth Brawner, a lass whose game has improved very materially this year, who registered 99—15—84. Mrs. Stephen F. Colladay was third with 89—4—85. Mrs. J. M. Haynes, Mrs. P, B. Hoover and Mrs. R. L. Rose tied for fourth with net cards of 86. Mrs. Haynes shot the low gross of the day, an 86. Semi-finalists in the Army golf cham- O. N. Bradley, Maj. O. H. Saunders and Lieut. E. A. Baldwin, the latter the d fending title holder. Naiden was play- ing Bradley in one semi-final today, while S8aunders and Baldwin clashed in the other semi-final. None of the semi traction of the Trade In finalists had any particular trouble win- ning their matches yesterday, although Baldwin was carried to the last hole by Lieut. C. A. Crowley. Today's matches are at 36 holes, as are the finals to- morrow. Entries for the Manor Club invitation tournament, the last big affair to be held by a Washington club this year, will close with the golf committee of the club next Monday. A dinner will be held at the club, to which all tourney participants are invited, on the Priday night of the tournament week. Fred McLeod, colorful and popular pro at Columbia, and A. L. Houghton, who became a professional golfer only last year and now is located at the ew Harper Country Club, will represent the mid-Atlantic sector in the Bronx match play championship of the Pro- fessional Golfers’ Association in Cali- fornia in December, Outscoring a stellar field in the local section quali- fying round yesterday at the Rolling Road Golf Club of Catonsville, Houghton registered consistent rounds of 74 and 73 to lead the field with a total of 147, while McLeod had rounds of 75 and 75 to win the second place. Roland Hancock, the much- professional from Lynchburg, finished far outside with rounds of 77 and 78. Only one stroke behind McLeod were | Ralph Beach and Glenn S. Spencer of Baltimore, who had totals of 151, while Bob Barnett of Chevy Chase had 1 scoring a 78 after a fine 74 in the open- ing round of the 36-hole event. But it fell to the lot of Arthur B. Thorn of the Town and Country Club to have the hardest luck story to relate. At the | fifteenth tee Thorn could lose a stroke to par over the last five holes and still beat McLeod. But he took a 4 on the short fifteenth, a 5 on the tricky six- teenth and a ghastly 5 on the par 3 seventeenth to wipe out his chances entirely. Gene Larkin, assistant pro at Chevy Chase, also registered a fine 74 in the morning and went up to 79 in the aft- ernoon. Mel Shorey of East Potomac Park, Sandy Armour of Congression: J. Malloy of Columbia and Walter Cul n‘lémmm of Burning Tree were far out- side. Finals in both the championship and consolation flights of the Army golf champlonship tournament at the Army, Navy and Marine Corps Country Club Md., | ared ‘V 2,| a.m. on G STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1929. SPORTS. Psychology Plays Telling Part in Foot Ball, Coach Howard Jones Declares ARLINGTON GRIDDERS T0 DRILL TOMORROW| Candidates for the Arlington, Va.. foot ball team will hold their first drill | tomorrow and thereafter will practice each Priday and Sunday. McPherson will captain the eleven this year, which | has been strengthened by the addition of several players who have had col- lege and high school experience, Among | these are Charlie Scheffel, formerly of Alexandria, Va., High. Games_with elevens in Washington and nearby sections are wanted, Tele- phone R. McPherson at Clarendon 1266-W-2 or write him at Claren- don, Va. Winton and Seat Pleasant grid teams have decided to merge and Bill Gold- berg, who will act as business manager of the combined eleven, has called a business meeting for tonight at the Seat Pleasant firehouse and a practice will be héld Sunday. Bill McCathran will coach the eleven. Bill Hammond's Janney A. C. grid- ders are to meet tomorrow night at 7 o'clock at 4430 Grant road. Janneys | have entered the 135-pound section of | the Capital City League and are work- | ing hard in the hope of making a strong | showing. Natfonal Press Building Cardinal foot ballers * will meet tonight at 8:15 | at sulte 1170 of the Press Bullding and Sunday will hold a practice at 11 No. 9 Monument field under direction of Coach Hoover, | A game with a 155-pound eleven of this city is_sought by Councilor A. C. | | gridders of Richmond, Va. Sam Green- berg, 410 North Addison’ street, Rich- mond, will receive challenges. | St. Stephen’s gridmen will drill to- | | night ‘at 8 o'clock and the following | players are asked to report in uniform: | _ Bromley. P. and R. Curtin, Dalglish, | | Devlin, Fitzgerald, Flannigan, Garrison, | | Girtin, Harrison. Kettner, McMahon, | | Miller, Morse, Niland, Nealon, Parrott, | T. and L. Pettitt, Rodier, Snoie, smau- wood, Smith, Wallace, Walsh, Warring and Zumbo. G. W. U. T0O HOLD RALLY. | An athletic rally will be held tonight |at 8 o'clock by George Washington | University students when President Clovd Heck Marvin, Dean Henry G.| | gre O those who are not strictly in the swim at Indian Spring—not in the top flight of the golfing elite, so to speak-—may we be permitted to give the advice that to be in the select nowadays at the Four Corners Club one must be able to play a new kind of golf? In some quarters it might be called “monkey golf” or “squirrel golf,” but to those of a more mundane.disposi- tion of mind it can go by its real name, which is nothing more nor less than “tree golf.” To obtain admission to the select group of those who have indulged in this newest golf wrinkle, it is only nec- ssary to contrive to hit a golf ball so that It sticks in one of the few trees that infest the Indian Spring course. ‘The social leaders in this new golf- ing blue blood are J. B. Herron and Dr. E. R. Tilley. Both are full fledged members of the tree golf society and both recommend it highly as a means of decreasing waist girth. But it is not so good for dispositions. It seems that Herron sliced a ball from the tee at the eleventh hole. He | couldn’t find it on the ground or in one of the bunkers that are supposed | to catch a clise. So the next natural | thing was to look in one of the cedar trees, and sure enough—there it was. He took a swipe at it, and it failed to | come out of those branches which | clustered about the pellet with such | loving faith, He took another swipe |and failed to dislodge it. Another wallop finally dropped it at the foot of the tree, and he knocked it on the een. Tilley had his initiation into the new society at the first hole, but his debut in the lodge was somewhat different. Tilley hooked a ball from the first tee which wound up in the embrace of one of those cedars that fringe the left side of the fairwa; But Tilley took no conciliatory easures with his ball. He took a driver. where Herron took an iron, and hit that bail a lusty blow. “It was a good shot, t0o0.” Tilley said, | “although I did play it from over my head. But the darned thing hit an- other tree in tront and bounced back 100 yards behind the first tree, leaving me almost as far away from the green as_when I first hit it.” We must draw a veil over the sub- will start tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. and| Doyle and Director of Athletics James | sequent proceedings, for they are too 1:30 p.m. | E. Pixlee will speak. | painful to relate, but in any event Her- \Tree Golf Society Is F ormed By “Selects” at Indian Spring ron and Tilley are the leaders of the new social clique at Indian Spring. ‘Tree golf has arrived and apparently has come to stay. U. S. WOMEN SHADE CANADIAN GOLFERS By the Associated Press. | ANCASTER, Ontario, September 26. | —Three Canadian woman golfers begin | their last stand today against the in- | vaders from the United States in the | quarter-final round of the Canadian | ladles’ golf championship. Only three i players from the Dominion are left with five Americans. | Mrs. E.W. Whittington of Toronto i plays Helen Hicks, stocky Hewlett, N. Y., star, who is favored to reach the final round. Miss Hicks yesterdav eliminated ‘lhe defending champion, Virginia Wil- | son of Chicago, on the last green. | Mrs. F. J. Mulqueen, who had the | honer of eliminating another former | champion. Helen Payson of Portland. Me., the 1927 title holder. in her third {round match, meets Edith Quier of | Reading, Pa. | _Mrs. R. B. Pellenz. Maniioba cham- | pion, engages Mrs. Stewart Hanley of Detroit. Glenna Collett. goes countrywoman, Mrs. H. C. Higbie of Detroit, in the fourth quarter-final match. 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