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Central Squad Strong, but Coach Pearce Expects Tough Going on High Grid
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Line to Be Rebuilt
With Blue's Stars
Of 1938 Gone
Mentor Makes Strategy
Quiz of Scrimmage
With Anacostia
By ROBERT HENRY.
Among other things. Hardy
Pearce expects his Central High
School footballers to think a little
beyond generally accepted gridiron
lines and also accept weather as it
is. This was revealed yesterday as
he coached his large squad through
a practice scrimmage with Roland
Lund's Anacostia outfit at the Co
lumbia Heights stadium.
Benny Steiner. Central's all-high
quarterback, had just won the toss
and elected to defend the west goal.
Pearce called him aside and asked
what he had done and why.
“So we ll have the wind in our fa
vor in the last quarter,’’ Benny an
swered.
Now, listen.” said Pearce pa
tiently. suppose the wind shifts be
fore then. That would be bad,
wouldn't it?”
Benny agreed.
Pearce "Plays 'Em Safe.”
••Why, then,” continued Pearce,
•'shouldn’t we take advantage of it
now? It changed one day five years
ago when I was coaching Eastern
and it helped us protect a 6-point
lead against Tech. Joe Moran—he’s
• with Georgetown now—outkicked
the Tech boy in the final quarter,
thanks to the wind, and we won.
That’s something to remember.”
Benny thought so.
It became apparent a few minutes
after scrimmage got under way that
Hardy Pearce is no gambler. Some
coaches might not have minded
when the acting Anacostia quarter
back called for a running play in
midfield with a yard to go on fourth
down. But Pearce minded. In fact,
he stopped proceedings and called
his players around him.
“What would you fellows do now?”
he asked. The answer came quickly,
a loud "kick.”
“Right,” the coach agreed, “and
here’s why. There's no sense in
taking a chance early in the game,
and should you run the ball, you
might lose the game right there.
If you fail to make that yard, the
other team has the equivalent of a
long run and first down. Of course,
If it's late in the game and you’re
tied or on the short end, that’s a
different story.”
Bothered About Line.
The Anacostia boys were begin
ning to break through Central's line
now, and Pearce viewed with alarm.
Although his team has finished first
twice and second twice in the high
school race since he took over four
years ago, he seems worried about
the present outfit. It’s every
coach’s privilege to moan, of course,
* and one most take advantage of,
but this former George Washington
tackle appears genuinely concerned.
“Can't tell how my line will hold
up this fall,” he said. “Last year
we had three all-high men in there,
but they graduated and I'm not
sure who is going to replace them.”
Coach Lund dropped by in time
to overhear. “Listen to him,” he
said. “He’s got a swell group here
and he'll probably end up with a
perfect season, yet he's worried.”
“That's the trouble with every
body,” Pearce came back. “Were
the champions, and naturally you
, fellows expect us to keep on win
ning. but did you ever hear of a
champion that didn't get bumped
off sooner or later? I think we have
a fine bunch all right, but there's
more than one hole to fill before
we may talk about winning again.”
Fears Squad Overconfident.
Out on the field the teams were
getting warmed up, but making little
headway. Finally a Central back
tore through an opening big enough
for half the team. Pearce bright
ened.
••Blocking." he said. “You can’t
win without it, but it's the hardest
thing to teach a schoolboy. He
usually doesn't follow through.
There're some hefty dummies inside,
though, and these lads will get
plenty of practice at smashing them
to pieces after I cut the squad in
half the next few days.”
A big, thick-legged player trotted
bv and the coach watfehed him on
down the field. "That boy might
help plug the line,” he ventured. It
was Dan Magnuson. “He played a
little backfield last year. He’s really
too slow there, but I think his size
and strength will help plenty in one
of those empty tackle positions. I
hope so. anyhow.”
He didn't say it in so many words,
but Pearce left one with the im
pression that he believes his squad
Is overconfident and that a good
pushing around would prove bene
. ficial. “It's going to be tough sled
ding this year,” he warned as he
led his squad to the showers "and
were in for plenty of competition
from all the schools. The team that
wins will have to show plenty of
fight. Don't forget that.”
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edgemoor. Army Navy
In Deciding Tennis
Match Sunday
Army Navy Country Club's tennis
team's last chance to catch the pace
setting Edgemoor netmen in the
Interclub League will be given next
Sunday when the leader and run
ner-up clash in the feature of three
matches.
Having decided to resume where
they left off at the start of the sum
mer, the six clubs will play each
other for five successive Sundays
ending on October 22.
The standings and schedule:
Won. Lost. Pet.
Edgmoor _25 9 .755
Army Navy_ 25 9 .719
Argyle _22 22 .500
Kenwood_ 15 22 .571
Columbia _11 IS .282
University _ _ 7 24 .229
September 24—Edgemoor vs. Army Navy.
Argyle vs. Columbia. University vs. Ken
mood.
October 1—Edgemoor vs. Columbia.
Argyle vs. Kenwood, University vs. Army
Navy.
October 8—Edgemoor vs. Argyle. Army
Navy vs. Kenwood. University vs. Co
lumbia.
October 15—Edcemoor vs. University.
Army Navy vs. Argyle. Columbia vs. Ken
wood.
October 22—Edgemoor vs. Kenwood.
Army Navy vs. Columbia. Argyle vs. Uni
versity.
BACK ON THE JOB—Right Halfback Harry Martin (left) and Quarterback Benny Steiner are
two of the holdover stalwarts Coach Hardy Pearce is depending upon to land Central at the
top of the high school gridiron heap this fall. Steiner was all-high quarterback last year.
—Star Staff Photo.
I
How to Hold Football
Impressed on Skins
In Daily Grind
Coach Flaherty, Hoping
To End Fumbling That
Marred Opening Game
By BILL DISMER, Jr.
“How to Hold a Football.“a two
weeks' course under the direction of
Prof. Ray Flaherty, might be the
collegiate catalogue description of
what was starting today at Fair
lawn Field as the Redskins began
preparation for their next “exam
ination'’ in the National League
curriculum.
If marks were distributed a pro
fessional eleven in every depart
ment of play, there is little doubt
the Redskins would have flunked
“ball holding" for *he first semes
ter, or rather their first league
game. And the main reason they
didn't whip the Eagles by more
than 7-0 at Philadelphia Sunday is
due to four disheartening fumbles,
two of them in pay dirt. All were
made by established veterans.
Filchock Worst Offender.
Frank Filchock was the biggest
offender with two. although he re
covered the second one—for a 9
yard loss. But the Eagles' recov
ered Frankie's first bobble when
he juggled a punt on their 41
yard line early in the game. A
moment later, Capt. Turk Edwards
intercepted one of Davey OBrien's
passes only to fumble as he started
to run and lose the ball 35 yards
from Philadelphia's goal.
The Redskins would have had a
touchdown in the second period if
the usually reliable Wayne Millner
hadn't dropped Sammy Baugh's
perfect heave in the end zone,
although there was a question of
interference on the play, while their
lone score might have come mo
ments earlier if Don Irwin hadn't
lost the ball on a line plunge on
the Eagles’ 8.
Other Side’s Fumble Helps.
At that, the Indians have cause
to be grateful for fumbles, for had
not Dave Smukler fumbled after
being tackled by Micky Parks and
Jim Karcher in the first quarter,
that 55-yard drive might not have
ended on the Redskins' 18. where
Clem Stralka grabbed the ball for
his team.
The Indians will have an oppor
tunity to see themselves as thou
sands saw them Sunday when mov
ing pictures of the game are un
reeled tonight at their new quar
ters in the Fairfax Hotel.
Louisville Is Leading
As 'Trailers' Fight
For A. A. Honors
By the Associated Press.
INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 19—Those
red-hot Louisville Colonels, who
barely got into the American Asso
ciation playoff, still are on fire in
their' mad rush to play in a “little
world series" for the first time since
1930.
Indianapolis’ Indians were sizzling,
(oo, in the first half of the playoff
to determine the association repre
sentative in the series with the In
ternational League winner, but
Louisville chilled them last night,
5 to 1.
Yank Terry, who hails from In
diana. set the Tribe down with
seven hits.
Louisville finished fourth in regu
lar season play, 31 ^ games back of
first-place Kansas City. Indianap
olis was third. 25 games out of first
place.
In the first round of the playoff
Louisville eliminated Minneapolis
and Indianapolis dropped Kansas
City.
Skating Lessons Free
Free individual lessons in ice skat
ing will be offered novices at the
Chevy Chase Ice Palace on Mon
days and Tuesdays. Afternoon ses
sions on both days, from 2:30 to
5 o'clock, will be devoted to chil
dren. while evenings will be re
served for adults. The course was
to start today.
Shorn of O'Brien and Aldrich,
T. C. U. Struggles Like Rest
Of Southwest Elevens
By FELIX R. McKNIGHT, !
Aisociated Press Sports Writer.
FORT WORTH, Tex., Sept. 19.— '
Shorn of a few ornaments—trinkets
like Davy O'Brien and Ki Aldrich—
Texas Christian's football warriors,
the Nation's No. 1 college team of
1938. will be struggling with the rest
of the boys.
The stormy team that powered
through 12 straight victories last
fall, ending up with the slaying of
Carnegie Tech in the Sugar Bowl,
won't be bad. It will be just where
cycles eventually leave wonder
teams—back on level ground with
the remainder of its Southwest Con
ference playmates.
"We just don't figure to have our
hands on the ball as much as we
have in the past,” summed up Coach
Leo (Dutchi Meyer. "And you don't
do much good at this game unless
you can march.”
Odle Is Big Hope.
He believes he has a quick remedy
for the gap left by O'Brien's de
parture.
He's big Jack Odle. a junior who
understudied O'Brien last year.
“I’d say that Odle. as a sopho
more.” remarked Meyer, ‘.‘showed me
just as much as Slingin’ Sam Baugh
and O'Brien did in their sophomore
years. He's a good passer, a dan
gerous, quick kicker and he can run.”
But T. C. U. already has suffered
another shock. Bob Cook, giant
tackle who alternated with I. B.
Hale, the 245-pound star last year.
probably is out for the season—at
least, not to be counted upon.
He suffered a severe shoulder in
jury in practice and will be playing
in a harness, if at all.
"However, I feel our kicking game
should be good, with Odle, Connie
Sparks and Kyle Gillespie doing a
swell job. Good offensive blocking
should make our running game
stronger than last year. You know
Earl Clark can carry the ball with
anybody, and Logan Ware, my other
halfback, and Sparks, the big full
back. are experienced and capable
boys."
Flankmen High Grade.
Two great ends. Veterans Don
Looney and Durwood Horner, relieve
Meyer of many worries. They are
tops at snatching passes, a very
standard requirement around a T.
C. U. football team. They carry
most of his hopes for scoring—if
Odle comes through as the passer
Meyer things he is. If he doesn't, a
cotton-topped rabbit back, Rusty
Cowart, will pass.
Veterans Bud Taylor and Fred
Sherrod form a fine guard com
bination, while Ray Stanley, un
proved, has been moved into Cook s
tacle, along with Ennis Kerlee, let
ter man junior.
The man who inherits the moun
tainous task of succeeding Aldrich
is a boy w-ho just didn't get his
sweater dirty last year—Lefty Alex
ander. Ki's fiery love of the game
kept him in there 60 minutes—but
they do say Alexander learned a lot
by watching Aldrich from the bench.
A Dog's Life
By R. R. TAYNTOX.
This is National Dog Week. Has your dog a good home? Is his
kennel snug and dry and clean? Is he allowed in the house occasionally?
Does somebody pat him on the head every once in a while and tell him
what a good dog he is? Is he fed regularly? Does he have access to
fresh water at all times? Is he kept groomed and clean?
Have you added to the stray dog problem by turning your dog out
of the house to wander at will? <•
While you may purchase a license
tag for Rover, which technically re
moves him from the stray dog
category, if you just shoo him out
of the house in the morning and per
mit him to roam wherever and as
long as he pleases, for all practical
purposes he is a stray dog. He is
at the mercy of any rabid animal
that comes along, and if bitten by
such an animal adds to the menace
more than an ownerless dog, for
being known he is not suspected.
Some People Don't Love ’Em.
Being a dog lover, you are sure
that no dog can be a nuisance. But
how about the many people who are
not dog lovers? Is your dog so well
trained that he does not antagonize
people who do not own dogs?
Is he so well-behaved that
he is a credit to you and a
living advertisement of the
pleasure and profit one may
get from dog owning?
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and other animals are sensitive liv
ing creatures? Do they realize that
kindness and consideration for ani
mals are positive virtues, not merely
negative ones. Kindness and con
sideration imply not merely re
fraining from hurting the animals,
but also means active care of them,
which includes regular feeding,
grooming, etc.
Do you know the local laws and
ordinances relating to dogs? Are
they just? Are they fair to non
dog owners as well as dog owners?
If not, what are you doing about
them?
The John Herricks are perform
ing the rather difficult feat these
days of walking on air and touch
ing wood at the same time. But
then, breeders who gain two cham
pions in a first litter, and have the
two dogs complete their champion
ships in one day. might accomplish
anything. At the recent West
chester show, which is a specialty
show for Scottish deerhounds. Maida
of Twelfth Night went to best of
breed, while her litter brother, The
Abbot of Twelfth Night went to
winner’s dog. Both of them made
the necessary points at the one show
to complete the title.
Fight on Tick Relentless.
The tick season happily is over
for the year. However, there is one
organization which maintains its
interest in ticks the year round, and
spends much of its time in breed
ing the pesky things. That organ
ization is a department of the
Public Health Bureau which main
tains a* laboratory in Montana de
voted to the study of ticks. Rocky
Mountain fever, and the manu
facture of serum with which to com
bat the fever. Every spring thou
sands of ticks are gathered from
' the woods. The females lay from
5.000 to 8.000 eggs which are kept
in special trayS and are incubated in
; the laboratory. Special apparatus
permits the hatching to be hastened
or retarded to meet the demand
for serum.
The vaccine is sent to all
parts of the country, and has
been doing efficient service in
preventing and curing the
dreaded fever.
The Public Health Service has
found that even in the most infected
areas only about one tick in 300 is
infected. Furthermore, if the tick
is removed two to four hours after
he has begun to feed, the danger of
infection is slight.
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A superabundance of moisture is
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Foils Lip-Reading
Hoya Guard
There will be no more lip-reading
at Georgetown, Head Coach Jack
Hagerty decreed today after a most
unusual experience with the science.
Yesterday the varsity ran a play
by a burly freshman tackle, opening
up a hole large enough to run an
auto through. Subsequent interro
gation of the culprit revealed that
he is an exponent of lip-reading
and was practicing the art during
scrimmage.
“Heck, coach,” he explained, “I
could see McFadden in the huddle,
and I’d swear he called a play for
the other side of the line, so I was
just trying to be smart and get over
there and stop it.”
McFadden, it was revealed,
munches gum while playing upon
advice of a physician, who recom
mended the practice as guard
against tongue-bite while carrying
the ball.
Official Score
DETROIT. AB. R. H. O. A. E.
McCosky. cf._ 4 1 12 0 0
McCoy, ss. _ 4 0 2 4 2 0
Gehringer. 2b_3 0 1 2 5 0
Greenberg, lb._ 4 0 0 4 2 1
York. c. _ 4 0 0 4 2 1
Higgins, 3b. _ 4 0 0 10 0
Pox. rf 4 0 2 1 0 0
Clillenblne. If_ 3 1 0 2 0 1
Bridges, o. _2 0 10 10
•Averill _,_ 1 0 0 0 0 0
Benton p. _ 0 0 0 0 0 0
tTebbetts _ 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 7 24 11 2
•Baited fnr Bridges in seventh.
tBatted for Benton in ninth.
WASHINGTON. AB. R. H. O. A. E
Welaj. rf. ----- - 3 0 o 3 0 0
Oedeon rf. _ 10 0 10 0
Lew's. 3b. 4 0 0 0 1 0
West. cf. _ 3 0 O 2 0 0
Wright, If. _ 2 2 13 0 0
Travis ss. _4 12 12 0
Aderholt. 2b._ 3 10 3 0 1
Vernon, lb._ 3 0 2 10 o O
Ferrell, c. _ 3 0 0 4 0 1
Leonard, p_ 3 0 0 O 2 0
Totals _ 20 4 5 27 1,1 2
Detroit _ 001 010 000—2
Washington - 000 301 OOx—4
Runs baited in—Gehringer Vernon <31.
Bridges. Two-base hits—McCosky. Bridges.
Stolen base—Fox Sacrifice—Gehringer.
Double play—Aderholt to Travis to Vernon.
Left on bases—Detroit, T; Washington. 5
First base on balis—Off Bridges. 3: off
Leonard. 1, Struck out—By Bridges. 4
by Leonard. 3; by Benton. 1. Hits—Off
Bridges. 4 in O innings: off Benton. 1 in 2
innings Hit by pitched ball—By Bridges
(Wright i. Losing pitcher—Bridges Um
pires—Messrs Basil. Pipgras and Summers.
Time—1.47.
Intersectional Battles Crowd
Grid Schedules of Dixie's
Two Big Conferences
Bj the Associated Press.
ATLANTA. Sept. 10.—Dixie’s two
major athletic conferences—the
Southeastern and the Southern
will get a thorough test in inter
sectional competition during the 1939
football campaign.
These two conferences, numbering
28 ranking teams, and the University
of Virginia, standout school which
dropped out of the Southern loop,
play a total of 40 engagements with
“foreign” foes. Of these, 22 have
been scheduled by the Southern
Conference.
On the program sheet it looks as
if Wallace Wade's Blue Devils at
Duke have taken on quite a difficult
assignment, what with intersec
tionals scheduled on successive Sat
urdays in order against Colgate.
Pittsburgh and Syracuse.
Three other teams have a trio
of intersectional combats listed, with
Auburn's plainsmen catching tough
foes in Manhattan, Boston College
and Villanova. Maryland plays
Rutgers, Penn State and Syracuse.
South Carolina tackles Catholic,
Villanova and West Virginia.
The first "big” Saturday in the
season, September 30, has no less
than seven intersectionals on the
menu. The high light attractions on
that date are Florida-Texas, Missis
sippi State-Arkansas, Vanderbilt
Rice, Rurman-Army, William and
Mary-Navy, South Carolina-Catholic
and V. P. I.-Marshall.
On the following Saturday.
Georgia Tech plays the second game
of a renewed series with Notre
Dame, meeting the “Irish" at South
Bend in the opening contest of the
year for the Georgians. Alabama's
highly-ranked Crimson Tide goes
east for a tussle with Fordham and
Louisiana State is the guest of Holy
Cross.
Duke's Blue Devils catch Colgate
that same Saturday, Virginia plays
Navy and South Carolina tackles
Villanova. Other ranking intersec
tionals late in the season for South
ern Conference clubs, aside from
those already mentioned, include
Clemson-Navy, N. C. State-Du
quesne. V. M. I.-Columbia and Vir
ginia-Chicago.
Tulane’s Green Wave has dates
with Fordham and Columbia,
Georgia catches Holy Cross and New
York University, Kentucky meets
West Virginia, Louisiana State
tackles Rice and Florida plays Bos
ton College in other games for
Southeastern Conference teams.
In addition to the Notre Dame
game, Georgia Tech has California
scheduled for a holiday struggle on
December 30. This date is tenta
tive, however. If either team is in
vited to play in the Rose Bowl, the
contract automatically is canceled.
Inter-conference games between
teams of the two major Southern
Conference number 14. Principal
among these are Georgia Tech
Duke, Tennessee-N. C. State. Tu
lane-Clemson, Tulane-North Caro
lina. Florida-Maryland, Georgia
South Carolina. Kentucky-V. M. I.,
Vanderbilt-V. M. I. and Florida
South Carolina.
Easy Money, Gates Bird,
Wins 100-Mile Race
Easy Money, a bird from the loft
loft of Edward Gates, captured the
fourth race of the young bird series
of the East Potomac Pigeon Club.
A Gates bird also finished third in
the race, a 150-mile affair flown
from Lynchburg, Va. Following is
the average speed shown in yards
per minute.
Gates. 1.220.OH: King At Howlin.
1.225 03 Gates. 1.224.80. King At How
lin. 1.224.43: Higgs. 1.222.43: Haller,
1.210 08: Harper, 1 2*17.00, Reinhardt
1.217.03: Christy. 1.213 08 United Loft.
1.212.08: Clark-Darnell 1.211.03: Haron.
1.200.70; Cook 1.208.20: Horan, 1.207.20:
Tucker. 1.204.00: Forsythe. 1,100 50:
Gavior 1.107: PhiPDs. 1,104 00: Nalley.
1.101.25: Happy Landing. 1.183.70: Med
ding 1.1R2.35: De Totn. 1.180.83 Bur
dette 1.170,30: Gray. 1.108.70: Moran.
1.107: Schmidt. 1.153.00; C utshaw.
1.145.45; Jenkc A- Tight. 1.110.20: Zent
graf, 1.134: To Bono. 1.115.75: Robert
son. 1.108.03: Barr Wever. 1.105.28: Morg
A: Jacobs. 1.000 28. Jackson. 1.097.55.
Boswell. 1.083.78; Thomas. 1.023.09.
Tigers Best Colesville
Jim McGinnis won a pitching duel
with Bill Helmer as the Takoma
Tigers beat the leading Colesville
Cards. 2-1, in a Montgomery County
League game.
Antique Gray Fedora
Gone, All Is Gloom
To G. W. Coach
Call out the bloodhounds, sheriff,
Botchey Koch’s battered gray fedora
is missing.
“Had that hat nine years,” la
mented the gent with the beach ball
architecture, "and was just getting it
broken in properly when it disap
pears. I'm telling you I can’t coach
without it.”
Mr. Koch, who is assistant to Bill
; Reinhart, George Washington coach
I ing chief, cast a suspicious look at
I the boss, who also wears a slightly
j dilapidated gray chapeau while
coaching. Did Mr. Reinhart have
j his hat?
"Naw.” sighed Botchey with a sad
wag of his head, "that thing he wears
is only four or five years old. Mine
was a genuine antique, and I was
greatly attached to it.”
Members of the Colonial squad
emphatically deny burning Mr.
Koch's old and trusted headgear.
Five years ago—East defeated
West, 10-8, in first game of in
tersections 1 polo series.
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