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Gary Coach Singing Blues [ As New Grid Season Opens rCoach Kennedy Pessimistic As He Goes About Task Of Preparing Squad For Gruelling Campaign;Many Stars Of 1934 Missing(Note—Thin is the sixth of a seriest of articles dealing with football prospects of high schools and col* leges of the section, written after n personal tour of the training bases bv .Stubby ('urrence, l»1ly Telegraph sports editor. Tomorrow — ; BUiefield, Va.Coach Hopper Kennedy had out the weeping tdwel as we pulled Into th» training grounds of the Gary btgh school Coaldlggers yesterday niternoon on our annual inspection tour of the gridiron training camps of the section.“It looks mighty tough this year, ft sure docs. Just take a look at j those kids out there. We may have I a fair line, and heavy enough, hut j rounding out a brickfield Is going to !*» plenty tough.” sighed Hopper.For a minute we thought another; child burst had descended upon t hat ^ Immediate section, hut Upon close inspection ft could very easily he seen that It was only the tears from Coach Kennedy's orbs as he scanned the 19715 Gary high school footbollj squad in action out ther on the play-! fpg field.Hut Hopper usually greets us In that manner. Some think that per- j haps he might he trying to work up enough sympathy to get us to ad-1 venee him a loan, or use Colonel Charley Farrington’s Influence to hare him made a Kentucky colonel. J Who knows' These football coaches are a peculiar species.Tough Job AheadBut seriously. Kennedy has a tough Job on his hands. He lost a lot of good men from last vwir, and must replace many of them with green material. And he must find some sort of replacement for Andy! l.assak. brilliant punter nnd all r round performer of COtldigger tr.ims for the past three seosons Filling Big Andy’s shoes is going to; be a difficult task. Hopper will have trouble finding anyone who can kick with Andy. In fact. It is highly probable that he won’t do so.The Gary Coaldlggers are sche-l duled to play nine games, and that program includes contests with most I of the leaders in southern West Virginia. In addition to n launt out into th coal mining territory of Illinois, where Georgetown, til., will he played at that place. The Georgetown Inns opened relationship by coming, to Gftrv Inst reason.Coach Kenncdv has seven letter- j men on hand. Two are backs and five are linemen, lie lost about ten leltermen. The experienced players on hand ere Basham, l.efler. Kush. Law.son. Taylor. Sullivan and Shlrko.Inwson Fine BitckTo our unskilled eye it looked very much as if Hop tier was planning on building his hackfield; around John Lawson, an all around star Rt the Coahllgrer Institution v. bn will hold down the full lock post, and share the punting ami passing chores with Jack Sullivan, another very capable little back. lAwson is a wiry loking youth who has n lot of spring m his legs an unless e guess is missed, h® should develop Into one of the best backs In tiie section, IAnother standout on the Gary squad Is Zach Kush, iso pound tackle playing his third year. This Kush lad is a bruiser, plenty able to take It and dish it out.Coach Kennedy la not worrying much about his tackles He has Harry Basham and Joe Taylor, two more lettcrmen. to help Kush. In addition to Steve Larar, another good boy. hut green. Steve weighs 1S5 pounds and it is his first year on the squad, He will no doubt see a let of service. It may be that Hopper will shift some of his tackle crop to other positions.Lcttermcn At Guards One starting guard will tie Lacy l«efler. who played regular a year ago. He weighs 170 pounds nnd itIs hts second year on the squad. The «'other starter «t this position, no doubt, will be John Shlrko, another Irttermen but light at 145 pounds. Charles Cook Is another good prospect at guard.The end positions will be manned i.v Howard Sprars. Pete Kush and! 'j' Alex Kovach. John Switch will most} likely get the nod at center.John 1[ aw son Is a cinch to open et! f.’Iback and Jack Sullivan Is almost equally certain to start the season at the slgnal-lmrking position of quarterback. Both are triple threat per- ci formers Sullivan Is a lefthander ! YThe halfbacks will probably be; V selected from Joe Luetic, Billy Vincent, Stanley Lassak, and Louis el For ray.Joe Friel Is again assisting Kennedy In the coaching.70)5 Gary ScheduleSept'trh#.r 3ft—MeOornaa, home.September 27— Beaver* home.October I -Princeton, owa\.O.tober li-Opet).October 16—North fork, home.October M—Georgetown (It! away |November I—Klkhorn. «««,November 5—War, home.November 16—Mu'lens, anuyPusXV tA *•Yrsonbud•Harr) Bn sham .,t153172•!«*' Lcfhcr .....KliftISe•7.ick Kush ......t15b173•John I awson ....fb134153•Joe Taylor .....t173172•Tach Sullivan ...ftb7 *- •171John Switch ......«■1 lt;2173.Too Letstic .......hb15516ftHowe,rt Spears ...#*1.13IS2Bitty Vincent , ...bb1 to16iJoe Ora sao ......ft.llo152Charles t 'ook......e1*315iJohn llt;a-*ak ......,*1(0! 5iMike Yokosuk . ..hb1(517»Stanleyhb1 1316t1,00is ftarta ......lt;13,317i(’• le Kuril ........e13ft16iBit’) Ktt'.hkoc1(516tJl.v’ph La ton .. ,,t13.317JSteve 1a«*Hr . ....t1X315lSteve Suited) ....e1(017iJack Watson ......t16o172tool- Wasjrn . ..hb11617ftJoe Radnnxhy ....Hb13«t17IBlok ('after .....hbllo151Troy l,etrier ......t170i i1Vlrx Kovach ......t113171E *r 1 Blevins ......e1)016i 1Oldie KwhaUiwsklbh133161Loula For ray .....hb! 3ft171Toni .Nunnauy ....e13ft151Mike Fulchsno ...t13517n•John Shlrko.....*1(5172Tlantond Murpbv ..hh112161Harold Dtbktna ...lt;ib13o171Dave Kd wards .... t 13.'. Junior Van Dyke, M longer.Claude Walker. Manager. • Demoes letternieii.171i ji
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Bluefield, West Virginia, US
Wed, Sep 11, 1935
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