The Washington herald., 1920-11-20
Southemers Appear to Have
Good Chance to Trim Lo-
cal CoIlegians-Exendine
Silent on Makeup Of the
Georgetown Team.
By JACK NYE.

By JACK NYE.
! There was a feeling OF uncertain
ty in the air as Georgetown ana
!, washington and Lee men rested ON
their arms, SO 10 speak. on the eve
Of their big battle at the Amer'-
can League Park. .oc
Both teams have been Of the on
and ON" variety all season ana she
main question now Is whe'"
eitber will be "od' today OF
whether both will be "on- The onisi
sure thing Is that both are p,lnto 80
for a hectic battle In an enoI.
regain some OF the presuse LII
recent defeats. A victory .ouA'
mean alot for either team
After the Generals, who arrived
early Yesterday morning, haa oone
.ome limbering up and signal MoLN
at the American League
cos.h w, g. Raftery declared ne
was in the dark as to his 0Dfnins
lineup. On the
,,iursa LIST that / haven't been aple
10 decide the best combination
eonfided. ,,or much
experimenting. may have oeS'u viii
the eleven Hiiltoppe nrob-
start hcstilities, out tns a ~ onen-
ably won't leak out Until 'ne
{ ing whistle sounds
G.,.r.,. Not Exeeptienaiiy heA''
| The Generals appeared 70 .i.e o
healthy looking crew IN - moi
though they were sppsre nrsss
carving as much beer as PEE
lent reports had declared. bar
- IA the heaviest man on IN
team He weighs an even
Tbe next in the matter OF aNoiroe
noi. According to Coach Kaite.y
e~ur.. is Paget, q 1ss-pound tackIe,
Ne NAV. alongside of Barrows anu
they should make a healthy cum
Coach R.ftery outlined a few OF
the injuries that had put ms team
on the blink .o.Ia
- Rains. were knocked out" ne
ssid "and in the scrap with ". r.
Paret was the chief Casualty.
xx.Inst West Virginia. when we
pIayed our best game OF the year
and were beaten by Q l4-to-lo scoIs'
Moore and Silverstein were injured
II the Auburn AFFAIR Cogbill was m
tured and Moore got bumped again
Henderson. center, also got ms ~.
Iarbone broken and is out lot tn. ,.,
season. How Is that for INJURIES
I,iured stars May start.
Tb.re is a chance that Cogbih.
the IsT-pound held general may
tart this afternoon. II he does
not silyerstein, who has peeh
capable fullback, will probably car
the signals. 1t salso questionaoie
. according to Raftery. whethsr Cap.
Moore at tackle or Paget at eeh.et
will get in the game. Hernooh
|, right end In also declared So -ee -
poor shape. ., ths
Generals are undoubtedly in prime
condition. And, despite the gloom
hsin1 spread by their foxy coach'
there In a feeling that they are so-
tn1 10 spring a surprise this art
.-1oon- They didn't look like men
At for a hospital ward IN practloe'
Inst because the Generals lost 10
Anhurn by 77-to-0 score, dont
think for a minute that they are
NOT dangerous. Glance over tneir
showing against West Virginia
In that game, though beaten the
yirgfnians made sixteen nrst downs ;
70 ten for their opponents, anu
rushed the ball for 4sI yaros'
compared to 2s3. That looks as :.
thew were playing football Losihs
to the Mountainsers by mar "
,oints Is no disgrace. They
arovs that they have a lot OF pow
vben right. II they are rlgn'
t,day it's going to be hard shedding
for the Hilltoppers.
The debacle in the game with Au'
burn at Birmingham is explained oS
the statement of Coach Rattery ina
n. bad an entirely new team In pc
tore the second half was over. h'
.S,,Its however, that Auburn
sw.rfuI line attack had the best oi
= his strongest lineup. You ought t'
h.ar his discourse on that steam
roIIer, Il made a deep impression
ON him and a deeper one on th'
players
HiIltsppers n Mystery.
GEORGETOWN il expected to show
marked Improvement today. 1t ha'
heen shaken we'll before using. Tho
onening lineup still remains mys'
terry.
Rill Kenyon may be shifted back tc
.nd. with Buck Wise as his running
mate. Quinn will probably start al
rfght guard In the place of O'Connel
and Metz Smeach will take care oi
the tackle position on the side oi
he line.
In the backheld we are authorized
to state that Jack Flavin will hold
forth from beginning to end, barring
accidents. He will probably be seer
at half, with Al Leary In the quarter
back role.
The other members of the back
heId quartet will be- chosen from
Pete carIin, Cronin, Dutch" Leight!
and Hap" Ward. Gus Malley hai
little chance of taking part in tn
hostilities.
tentative line-ups of the tw'
- sIevens as given out last nigh
y follow:
washington and Lee-Left end
Leake; left tackle, Moore; lef
\ zuard, Patterson: center, Paget
Fight guard, Barrow; right tackle
sanford; right end. Herndon: quar-
terback. silverstein; left half, Tuck
sr; right half. Mattax; fullback
Raines.
Georgetown@Left end. Kenyon
left tackle. T. Sullivan: left guard
comstock; center, Anderson; righ
guard. Quinn; right tackle, Smeach
tight end, Wise; quarterback, Leary
left half. Flavin; right half. Carlin
,ullback. Ward.