The Washington herald., 1921-10-20
EXENDINE'S men
PRIMED FOR CLASH
WITH STRONG FOE
Blue and Gray Pins Faith
In Heavy Line and
Fast Backs.


serious aspect for the first time
. sInce the issuance OF the call for
candidates on September 81. For
on. saturday at Fitton Field, Wor-
cestsr. the Blue and Gray machine.
which In the past three weeks has
rolled UP a total of 121 points,
meets the strong Holy Cross eleven
which on October l held the big
HARVARD machine to a single field
goal. A squad of twenty-three
players with COACHES will compose
. the party.
This will be the first time in the
history OF the two Jesuit tnsntu-
lions that their football teams have
ever met and naturally the sport
world is eagerly awaiting results of
the outcome.
Georgetown enters the game
rated as the "underdog." On the
defence Holy Cross seems to have
the edge. This Is because Of her
showing against Harvard when the
Cambridge eleven was unable to
dent the Puppies 15-yard line.
Holy Cross is possessed Of veteran
team Nearly all the men on the
team are veterans of two years and
this fact is to be taken into con-
sideration as a real asset to the
strength of the team
Georgetown, however, has by no
means a glass line. The line that
will face the Worcester team on
Saturday will be the heaviest
Georgetown has had since her
> champion team of 1916 which de-
feated Dartmouth at the opening
OF the Haverhill High School
stadium.
From tackle to tackle the big blue
team will average 1873 pounds, and
from the past three games II has
been proved that this is not a him
drance to speed. Georgetown will
count on its superior weight and
strength to rip up the holes in the
Purple line. and from present in
dicatfons should have the edge on
the Purple line.
The battle between Capt. Dennis
Gildea, center of the Holy Cross
team, and Carl Werts, the George
town pivotal man. will be a merry
one. Werts, who is playing a great
game this year, will have one ad-
vantage over Gildea and that is
speed Carl can do the 100 in 10 is
seconds. and was a point winner for
Georgetown in the South Atlantic
championships held last May on
Varsity Field. Gildea will have the
advantage Of experience. as he is
now playing his third year for the
Worcester ,collegians. Butler and
Goggin will undoubtedly be Coach
Exeudine's choice to start the game
at the tackle positions. Both men
have been playing a fine brand of
football during the past few weeks.
Rudy Comstock, South Atlantic
guard of last year, and picked by
many sport writers for the mythical
All-American team, should prove a
big asset in Saturdays game. He
tips the scales at EOS pounds, but
he IS a fash on his feet. Jim
Sweeney will play the other guard
weight man is expected to be heard
from Saturday.
At end Paul Florence is certain
of starting. Paul. who is playing
his first year for the Blue and Gray,
Is easily the best of the ends of
either team 1t is hard to predict
.
as Coach Exendine has had a Job
in securing a man the equal of Ken
yon 70 play the wing position. Just
now Joe O'Connell seems to be lead
ing the trio Of wingmen in the bat
tie for the other position. and will
probably start the game. "wiggie"
King and Al Formosa have been
fighting hard during the past few
weeks for a regular berth, and it
would not be surprising IL Coach
Exendine selected either OF these
men IN place of O1Connell.
Cleo O'Donnell. the Purple men
tor, has two great backfield men
In Kenneth Simondinger and Har-
old (Chick) Gagnon and their work
in the Harvard game brought the
stands to their feet on more than
one occasion with their startling
broken field and end running. Gag
non II a yeritable whirIwind in &C
ton and once he gets started is a
hard man to bring to earth.
Though weighing but 153 pounds,
he, with Simondinger, are expected
to do the brunt of the work for
the Purple. Riopel will probably
start, at fullback for Holy Cross,
as he has been showing up well
Of late. Wallingford will be the
probable choice Of Coach O'Donnell
to call the signals For the HILL
toppers those that have seen the
Blue and Gray backs in action con-
slider them on a par with Holy
Cross. Capt. Jack F1avin, Bill
Kenyon and Johnny McQuade with
George Dufour at Quarterback form
a splendid backneld.
Favtn is now playing his third
year. in the backneld for the Hill
toppers and his end skirtine and
broken field running in the past
few weeks have stamped him as a
man to be feared by the Holy Cross
team Flavin was the choice of
many Of the leading sport writers
OF the country last year for ALL
American half. He will be fianked
by Johnny McQuade, who needs no
Introduction to Washington foot
ball fandom- McQuade, who re-
turned to school this year, is still
the same old football player that
was once the terror Of Georgia
Tech and Navy. Bill Kenyon, who
until this year has been playing
the end position, will be seen at
fullback for the Hilltoppers. and
Coach Exendine considers him the
real and Of the season Dufour, the
freshman from Dean Academy, win
start at Quarterback.
Georgetown win probably depend
on its kicking game at the start
: OF the battle as Capt. Jack Flavin
Is expected to gain many yards in
the exchange Of punts with Simon
Ginger. the Purple booter. Flavin
has been averaging wen over so
yards this season and should be an
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