The Washington herald., 1920-10-28
Georgetown Can Claim 3
Brilliants In Ward, Malley
and Flavin; Leech, Faw.
cette, Mackert and 9th
ers Have Exceptional
Ability. 49,
BY JACK NYE-

Star backs appear TO be so plen-
tiful this season that Il almost sp-
proaches an epidemic.
II the disease is "catchin'. tho
South Atlantic section does not ap-
pear to be immune.
This locality may not furnish
many immortals for the mythical
all-American, but IL any coach were
lucky enough TO have all the lumi-
naries in these parts TO choose from
he should be able TO mold a back.
field organization with as much
speed, power and brilliance as any
in the business.
Take Georgetown az an example,
.EXendine is pretty well satisfed
with two such fiashy open-field run.
ners as Flsvin and Malley, and a
line smasher like this youthful
Hap" Ward. With the able Dutch
Leighty to round out the quartet
that's about as slick a baCkhelo
bunch as you could wish 10 see.
v. NJ. /. Has Real Stars.
There is another bunch Of hashy
performers at V. NJ. l., led by the
brilliant Leech, whose work againsi
Penn last Saturday caused the Qua
heEk 10 nominate nun AOA aAA-aAAAlEN
ican honors Leech's mates are
Bunting. whose effectiveness is only
second to that Of his captains, and
Dixon and Stuart. Heisman's men
will tell you that's about the best
backfieId in the business.
"Runt" Fawcette, the slender
quarter back whose forward pass
ing and broken-held running has
been sensational, is the brightest
light Of the North Carolina State
backheld. But he has little edge
over the speedy Johnson and Cur
Z ley. a powerful line plunger. Parks
and Hudson, full backs, are both
men Of more than ordinary ability.
Quarter Back Lowe is the main
cog in the University OF North
Carolina oftense. Terry. Phsrr and
spaugh are also men OF power and
} speed. They worried Yale consid-
erably in their early season game
at New Haven. and will worry any
/ body else who gets in their way.
Washington and Lees overwhelm-
! ing defeat at the hands OF Prince
ton was not due TO the fault Of the
veteran Silverstein, a line plungsr
I extraordinary. who aided in the de-
feat over Georgia Tech last season.
Mattox has also lived up TO his rep
this season as a spectacular back.
out at Maryland University Coach
Curley Byrd has a couple Of stellar
men who can be put in nomination
and win a lot Of votes. One Of
them is the bulky boy Roy Mackert
a terror whe- he hits the line, and
a defensiv man Of unusually high
class.
The other is ''Uutz" Brewer. a
lhashy half back, who has been laid
up with injuries since he dislocsted
his shoulder in the game with
Princeton. They are regular foot.
ball players, these two.
Ozark Horses at Virginia.
With Virginia's eleven gainine
strength with each week, more vii
probably be heard Of its backhelc
in the lsterSsmes. Against Rutgers
, Zundel showed class in batteriul
his way through the line, and Rus
sell and Rinehart bear all the ear
, marks Of half backs Of ability. Il
> the games with Georgia Vanderbilt
and North Carolina a better lin
may be had on their ability.
The situation that prevails in thi
section is duplicated throughout IN
l country. The South. for instance
: can present some brilliant backs o.
e . Mcmillan, Flowers. Whitnell, Bar
t ron and Harlan, but II they hav
= any superiority over these Sour
= Atlantic athletes, as a whole, il
mot apparent.