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1941-08-31 [P A-13] Farkas-Baugh Combination Indicated as Redskins Split for Intra-Squad Play !*- JIM BERRYMAN More Strength Seen Hoyas Sure to Have Ponsalle PIGSKIN PREVIEW —By Terp Gridmen to Rely In Backfield With For Grid but Audet Being an attempt to portray On Season, GRAPHICALLY THE 1941 FOOTBALL 3—IT IS DELIVERED Speed, Passing MODEL_/VOTHER WORDS.... A 2 ball is taken To *2 OF THE to * Todd, Filchock Not Planning Return SNEAK-PREVIEW OF ONE OF THE "'By t MAN Of R.T'S. WHO. And Hocus-Pocus 0 COMING SEASON'S SIMPLER PLAYS! ROVING TWINS.. Georgetown's perplexing reserve strategist of first water, has figured ..AND,WITH A an even rounder a of Rube com- Clashes Next Saturday question became out couple Goldberg TWIST OF THE Short on Beef, With Only question mark yesterday when it binations he figures will have the _ WRIST- And on September 20 was reported that burly Earl Audet, enemy running in circles and is Three Dependables in 240-pound tackle, was seeking entry anxious to have them tried under To Be Grim Tests into Southern California rather than actual conditions. Dubofsky 200-Pound Class game r 1 g-lMCH PASS IS MADE return to the is ready to wrestle with the prob- w Hilltop. BACK-A By BILL Jr., lem of move FROM BACK To No blue book of etiquette lies on D'^MER. The rumor, for it is merely that, making young giants P Star Staff Cor. Fspond^nt. S MODERN STREAMLINED A AMD FLOATING Jack Faber’s desk, but he doesn't was information fast enough to at least get out of — counterbalanced by A SAN DIEGO, Calif., Aug. 30 for I VERSION OF THE OLD A TACKLE SINKS want Maryland's gridders that Tom Ponsalle, promising soph- the way the Hoya backs. mingling That Andy Farkas will pair with is Traveler. fcSTATUE-OFUBERTy SHORT PUTT TO— too freely with their 1941 football omore guard, had escaped call in Schwagel Sammy Baugh in the Redskins' j the the national draft and definitely Meanwhile. Rome Schwagel, -<-v opponents. starting backfield this year while man The more aloof the better because return to school. most travelling Georgetown has and Dick Todd work would Frank Filchock | had as director of athletics, is in Maryland is short on beef this sea- Ponsalle's number came up and together in the second and fourth- New York and will remain there son and must rely on Its nimble- his local draft board excused him period combinations was indicated until after the Eastern all-star footedness. hocus-pocus and passing Coach Flah- long enough to guarantee his pres- here today when Ray game. At his office it was reported 4. FAKES IT to avoid too much year and tear. of his ence at for one semes- erty announced the division Georgetown that the idea of season tickets has Of the 45 candidates invited out ter at least. ToCUTTIKJG-IN 46 players for their two intrasquad | caught the alumni’s fancy and re- for hard labor beginning END WHO Tuesday games—the first here next Saturday Hagerty Gets on Job. quests have been received from such only three who figure prominently at Colorado DOESN'T KNOW night and the second Back from New York .where he towns as Waynesboro, Martinsville, in Faber's plan send the arrow 20. WHETHER HE HAS Springs on September delivered the closing lecture at the Hagerstown and other nearby points MEANWHILE,A 1 above the 200-pound mark. the of exhibitions which, IT OR NOT. For pair Herald-Tribune coaching school, de- as well as cities w'here the Hoyas SSjOUABD, CAUGHT 1 Jack Wright. 206-pound sopho- for are being publicity purposes, voting himself to a dissertation on have heavy followings. (usually A ^Of F GUARD, HAS M more back, is the huskiest on the billed as "East-West” struggles, Wt j spread plays, Head Coach Jack Hag- New York and Philadelphia alum- SOPHOMOY&) RUN HIMSELF squad and, we may point out, the and Farkas will for the I_*1_I_ _M Baugh play a train -MUVVUV. AAV. *> UV Kill. >11 lV.it erty rolled up his sleeves and ni have chartered special DOWM,..*i ill which will be handled West team, plunged into the task of getting the for the inaugural with Mississippi the. Terp cannon unless Faber's Assistant Coach Turk Edwards, by season underway Tuesday morning. and will stay over the next day to plans go awry. Ralph Burlin, vet- while Filchock and Todd will lead All players have been requested to see the freshmen open against Navy eran tackle, and Johnny Morton, ’'Easterners.” who will be di- the check in tomorrow night to be ready plebes at Annapolis. senior guard, are the only other rected bv Flaherty. Two veteran for the opening whistle early Tues- Bill Deegan, former sports editor members hitting 200 and both some- ends will act as field captains, day. of the Hoya. student camous weekly, [^/.REJECTED times drop below that figure. Millner for the West and DRAFTE£...WHO' Wavne Both George Murtagh and "Mush” will assist Schwagel with publicity In the backfield George Barnes, Masterson lor the East. PUCKS OUT OM Bob Dubofsky, Hagerty’s assistants, are at the Hilltop this year. He is a four SINGLE fast sophomore, is the only other The division oi the Redskins’ anxious to who in yf8_To WINGBACK., S PLAy By FLIPPING.... ready for the gong and Washington boy graduated WHO EXPECTS TO MARR/ player to hit 190. Most of the others main offensive threats thus provides get back in harness. Murtagh, a June. RAISES SALARy..,, go a little above 170, although they s passer, runner and kicker for each IF ALUMNI are wiry and durable. Tommy team. Baugh, of course, will pass Mont, another soph; Elmer Rigby and kick for the starting aggrega- 10... SECOND-STRING and Bernie Ulman fail in this tion. which will depend chiefly upon as L QUARTER, WHO Farkas for while Grid in category. ground-gaining, Mulvey's Appointment -v ties right with In this situation Faber Todd will run and kick for the other naturally T“E t>Lly-. will rely a great deal on passes and team, on which Filchock will call Coach at Features §? is well supplied with capable chuck- signals and pass. Weston ers Mearle Du Vail, who did the Delights Flaherty. Quartet bulk of passing for the last two For all-around strength, however, Changes at High Schools years, will have a time keeping the one must choose the Filchock-Todd assignment. Not only can Wright which will be backfield, completed By GEORGE HUBER. In his high school days he was one and Mont throw the but Wilbur Moore and Bo’o Hoffman. pigskin, by Fred All-District end In of New England's best runners and Jack Brenner, another Hoffman are Mulvey, youngster, Undeniably. Moore and a record of 50.6 sec- 1932 with the George Washington set quarter-mile and Riby, a dangerous southpaw. the best wing and inside blocking and 9. BUT TAU.BAC.KV eleven, was named foot- onds that stood for several years This of will on the yesterday HIS HEAD > squad sharpshooters backs, respectively, squad still is better than the District mark. USES ball coach of Western's Red Raiders, have an array of end targets rang- and Flaherty exhibits unconcealed AMD LATERALS t District schoolboy champions for Mulvey All-around Star. ing from 6 feet 1 inch to 6 feet 5 delight whenever this quartet is Tej.... the last two seasons. noted inches at which to aim. and that working The veteran Ed Justice Mulvey, too, was a high He succeeds Dan Ahem who re- on to a doesn't figure to lessen the attack's Will serve as wingback for Baugh's school athlete before going signed last spring to take charge career. Now he potency. team, with a rookie. Jack Guthrie brilliant college 31, of the Industrial Home School. R. I. What Faber needs most of all and of St. Mary’s, being tried at the was born in East Providence, Mulvey in addition probably will from will be pressed to uncover is an able No. 2 backfield spot. When he was graduated high coach track since Ahern also han- at to Joe Mont the was divided school he had 12 major sports let- >' this punter replace Murphy. Although squad Western's thinclads. tn,. L dled to be the candidate ostensibly only for the two games ters, three each in football, basket BALL appears leading was one of VAH,sLp>A/r V off Ulman which will determine which 33 play- Mulvey’s appointment ball, track and baseball. At George spring practice showing. several made public by Hardy A LAPSE OF also is ers are to stick and which 13 will Washington he was an outstanding adept. head the yf'''-4F/i % Pearce, acting of Depart- football for three ir Here’s the meat menu at Mary- get the ax. the present segregation player years, EWD ment of Health and Physical Edu- II.. AS SUB J?e-af>f>£A/?z ^ccu* f land: is sure to form the basis earning varsity letters in 1930, 1931 F/1 pretty cation for public schools. New UIVES_AsjD-- for the Redskins’ alternate-team and 1932. He was on the 1932 grid- 1940 Leftovers. coaches are being put in charge of jz/ ^ system this year. Thus. Baugh and iron team with Pearce, now his boss Ends — three of the four high school teams Larry MacKenzie, 177; Farkas almost always are certain in the physical education depart- •Jack which won scholastic sports Gilmore.
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