Evening star., 1921-10-24


Virginia Military Institute and Nor
On the comparative showing of the
two teams, Georgetown should wall
lop the life out of George Washing
ton. but in reality the Hatchetites
probably will make much better
showing than even their own sup
foot ball parlance. was "all popped
up for it's game with Holy Cross.
and undoubtedly there will be some
thing of a relaxation this week. And
nothing is impossible in foot ball
as 1t is played today, because almost
anybody would have been willing to
bet his last cent that Syracuse would
win from Pitt. yet the latter was
victor by 35 to 0.
VIII Attract Big Crowd.
Maryland's game with North Caro-
lima in Baltimore is fairly sure to
attract a big crowd and prove popu-
lar with Baltimoreans. Maryland it
self has three. thousand alumni IN
that city and twill be the first game
in which any team representing the
state has taken part in Baltimore in
q game with team representing an
other state. Incidentally, the game
probably will be mighty interesting
from a standpoint of the game ITSELF
because North Carolina has a heavy.
strong and well coached team and
Maryland will be in better shape
next Saturday than it has been for
any contest since it met Rutgers in
tine opening game of the season. Last
year Maryland won at Chapel Hill
from Carolina by 13 to o.
North Carolina State has a Ito 4
defeat at the hands of Virginia Mill
tary Institute to wipe out-if it can.
A year ago the cadets defeated the
Raleigh players at Lexington by TWO
touchdownS to Il safety, but this week
In their home town the Raleigh men
20 of hno
On the showing of the teams 50 far
there is not much difference in their
strength.
Down at Lynchburg the Virginia
,Polytechnic Institute will attempt to
wipe out it's defeat of last week Dy
trouncing Washington and Lee. Ana
Washington and Lee seldom is in
mood to allow v. r; i ito to 90 90 any any
sibly be helped. The rivalry between
Washington and Lee and v. +. l. rs
not less bitter than that when uSed
to exist between Georgetown ana VIZ
ginia.
Perhaps the crOwninE surprise OF
the foot ball season so far was the
one-sided victory over syracuse OF
Pittsburgh last week. NOT mucii
can be thought of the contest from
this far except that Syracuse blew
probably due to too mucn cary!
season development. 1t Will De re-
membered that once before wnen
Syracuse had great eleven ana
everybody expected 1t TO WIN sIas is1m.
Pitt Warmers men turned the tables
and won 33 TO 0. With the men
syracuse had on the field Pitt should
not have won by any such score as
II did.
c.or<etovn's brilliant showing at
Worcester, when X completely out
PLAYED Holy Cross. was exceptional
even in the estimation OF It's own
followers Georgetown men expected
the hardest kind of a game. ana
probably would not have neen sur
feated. However, Exendine's prote-
ges performed in way wnich musl
have admitted of nothing other than
almost complete annihilation for their
opponents.
And alsO It In doubtful If more
than few Washingtonians thought
for the remoteSt part OF a SecoHo
that Maryland would finish win tne
long end of the score in lts game
with Virginia Polytechnic INSTITUTE.
hut by dint of almost supernuniah
afyort on the part of linemen playing
nractically their first college game II
did lust that. v. p. l. brought mere
a team that justified all the soou
things that have been sald OF IL. ~
had an offense. something tne ivI nS
p I. eleven did not have. ana
ouarterback Wallace knew how 10
i,ae n V. P l. threw against Mary
land. in the dying moments OF "hat
must have been wonderIui stTussie
from the view OF the stanuS, an
offense that for dramatlc poa possLoi az
never had a superior. 1t carried tne
ball to the S-yard line. ana WIN
only seconds to go anu only one
NAV in which. to attempt that re-
manning distance a forward pass was
tried. 1t grounded and enaeo q salne
Witch will go down in washington
foot ball history as one OF the great
est struggles ever staged.
Lack FIayin's kicking was not an
unimportant. factor in Georsetowns
victory at Holy Cross. He is SAID 10
have got off one of the most remark
able punts in years. reports statlns
that the ball carried in the air sew
enty Yards and rolled benlnd Hoiy
Cross goal line. The feat was all
the more remarkable when II Is un
derstood that Flavin was standing
mack of his own goal line. The pan,
with the distance it rolled. covered 1l0
Yards. which is longer than any other
kick the writer has ever heard OF.
PENNSYLVANIA did not get such an
overwhelming revenge on the Vir-
einia Military Institute as man!
thought 1t would. The Quakers were
rari nut to get across three touch
downs. while v. NJ. 1. scored once.
virginia showed something OF
slump in its game with Johns HOP,
s(,tns. as might have been expected
Following its clash with Virginia
Military Institute the previous sat
.urday. 1t was only natural that the
Charlottesville men should show
falling off in their play after having
pulled well up to the high-water
: mark to make sure of winning the
contest at Lexington. Virginia not
only has a much better foot ball team
than represented it a year ago in the
matter of experience gained by the
men. but it is playing better grade
0f foot ball. Reports from games
eiindicate that it has more compre-
ihensive system of offense and Is more
/ versatile on defense.
Illinois In out of the race for the
! Western Conference championship.
having lost its second game last
week. Iowa first took the measure
of the Urbana men. and last Satur-
day Wisconsin was victor over
them by 20 to 0. On the contrary,
Ohio State, which lost it's opening
game to Oberlin rather unexpectedly,
10 marching steadily toward a title.
Minnesota fell a week ago before its
attack. and Saturday Michigan went
down before 1t, IA to o.
George Washington simply wallowed
the Drexe1 Institute team around in
tho dust at Philadelphia, showing an
offense in front of which the Drexel
eleven crumpld like a wheat field
in front Of q cyclone.