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M’COY NOT TO PUTDAZZLE STYLE OF FOOTBALL!itYVnt vi ville, Me., Sept. 22.--I (AP)- Kazzk dazzle football.? No I Coach \1 McCoy isn’t piomisingj anything like that lor his Colbycollege Si iil team t hi- season.U hasn't lost faith in the gen-i re I eilicacy of tossing the ball mound but he j convinced tnac it takes good passers to lay thepi opei groundwork for any sortof hocus-pocus. And pass throw ei are whal C olby lacks this yearLast fall when A1 came to Colbyfresh from a string of successesNortheastern university, be told all and sundry to expect the fancy doodads that go with tricky j football. Put the material on liana j wasn’t adapted to that type ol ,play. ih tried it for a couple of'games and gave the spectators nthrill or two but produced 110 verysolid result in the way of vie-J lories. ,This year, A1 ays, the Mule v ill be n whale of a lot bet ter without hocus-pocus than they wore last year..He' pinning his hopes on -iophoroores in a squad of !Ui men,a -ea'Oiled front wall which will I tip the sale: at an average of 17b pound: . a speedy hackfield. and a higher morale among the playersthan was evidenced a year ago. “The boys are going to be veryinexperienced and possibly wefii lo r some games due to that,” \l remarked. “Hut, we’re going to he a I'd. tougher to lick than we werelast, year.”Craduation practically wipedout last year’s hackfield, hut McCoy thinks the sophomores who replac'd them will he “a lot hotter” before the season is up. Five of t hem. Johnny I hoggett. of Water ville, Jimmy Cochrane of Brighton. Mass.. Paul Burnham of: ivBrattleboro, Vt., Johnny Hawes of Skov. began, and Harley Bil liard of Houlton, were frosh track stars. Three other candidates. Bob Bruce of Jamaica, LongIsland, N. V., Dick White of R»cere, Mass., and Clyde Hatch ofHowland were “regulars” lastseason.The line will be bolstered by tho veterans Bus Burrill of Fairfield, and Laurel Horsey of Pittsfield,at ends; Warren Pearl of Revere, Mass., and Carl Hodges of Winslow, at tackles.Temporarily, however, Mersey is subbing at tackle for Pearl, out for a week or so with a practice injury, and Charlie Maguire of Allston, Mass., is at end.Other linemen include Francis Allen of Newcastle, Mel Baum ofMalden, Mass., Prince Beach of New Bedford, Mass., a letterman, John Ooolidge of North Livermore, Dan Daley and Jim Daly, of Dorchester, Mass., Charlie Ferris of Waterville, Stan Gruber of Newton. Mass.. Krnie Harvey if Greenville, Abdo Hassan ol Quincy, Mass., Stan Kelley lt;f Fairhaven, Mass., Tim Moynihan of Madison. Myron Parker ol Searsport, Herbie Stern of Waterville, and George Young of Rutherford, N. J.What about the state seriesfootball picture?“Well.” McCoy drawled. “Bow-tloin still looks like' the team to heat.”He. also thinks 1J. of Maine will be better than las* year and Bates at least as good.The schedule: Sept. 24, atUnion; Oct. 1. Tufts; X, at Vermont; lf». New Hampshire: 22,Bowdoin: 21). at U. of Maine; Nov. r». Middleburv; 11. at Rates
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Biddeford Daily Journal

Biddeford, Maine, US

Thu, Sep 22, 1938

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