Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-11-08

1t is not going to take chances with
us best players. George Washing
ton real test Will come in its two
hnal games with Catholic University
ana Fallaudet. The Hatchetites are
/ than take a whipping from the
Gotham and the Annapolis teams.
catholic University will have to
; put up a brilliant game of foot bali
10 check Virginia Military Institutes
undefeated eleven. Coach Robb has
developed al Brookland a team which
blnatlon which lacks only capable
! substitutes to give il much higher
standing than il has. Down at Lex
: lngton the team is TO face an eleven
winch has in turn conquered Vir-
ginia. Pennsylvania. North Carolina
state and University of North Caro-
lima.
University of Maryland. according
to reports. Will face a team of Co
! liaths at Syracuse. Claim has been
made that the syracuse line averages
close to 200 pounds. and that the
backheld is heavier than the average
quartet However, Holy Cross, fif-
teen pounds lighter to the man than
the New Workers. won. 3 to 0. which
may We Spillt plt-Sdtne consolation
for the Marylanders. At any rate.
it is certain that the College Park
school IS going through at least one
more grueling battle before it travels
| to Baltimore Thanksgiving day for
its annual set-to with Hopkins
Gallaudet is the only local school
which stands much of a chance to
win its game this week. and it should
take the measure of Drexel Institute
at Philadelphia without trouble.
Drexel has been defeated by Western
Maryland, which Gallaudet whipped,
81 to Q.
Georgetown's game at Annapolis
demonstrated that the Navy gradually
is rounding out powerful eleven.
month ago. following the defeat of
subsequent victory Of Georgetown
over the Raleigh eleven, it was point
ed out that the Blue and Gray would
face far different midshipman team
from that which at that time seemed
weak in comparison to IL. The game
of last week brought out strongly
the accuracy of the prediction. And
it was in improvement in line play.
the department in which Navy was
weak against Carolina State, that
proved Georgetown's undoing. The
writer had not seen the Annapolis
team, but knew the kind of line
Princeton had, and Nays line on
october %, according to Princeton's
own estimates. had outplayed the
Tiger forwards That was sufficient
/ reason for believing that the Nays
! line would be enough stronger than
Georgetown's to enable il to win, and
I it was. And. though ii started the
year as if ii were in for a severe
kicking at New York the last Satur-
day in this month by the Army mule.
matters now begin TO shape up in such
a way that Nays adherents may well
feel somewhat optimistic.
Phil Robb has done good work with
Catholic Cniversity's squad. Under
very Instantaneous conditions the
former Penn stat. star has turned
out an eleven capable of holding it's
own with the best in its class. The
team played fine foot ball last week
against University of Maryland, and
uncorked two three clever trick
plays. one of which worked perfectly.
The short kick attempted by the
Brooklander. at the beginning of the
second half could not have been more
perfectly executed If the actions of
every player had been made to order.
Also Robb used forward-pass play
along the side line which probably
not one person in the stands dag
nosed. but which was well thought out
and fundamentally good. While this
Is fSODD > UTSl year Jul VI oSHooi. IL 10
not his initial attempt at coaching. as
he tutored and played halfback on
the Columbia University S. A. T. c.
eleven.
For the second consecutive year
the University of Virginia played q
tie game with Georgia. Last season
the two teams fought through a game
in which each made a touchdown,
while last Saturday neither was able
to score. Virginia is making a much
better record than North Carolina
and il begins to seem that il stands
an excellent chance to wipe out the
defeats il has suffered in the last two