The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-10-22
COLLEGE PARKERS
FACE HARD FIGHT
WITH V.P.I. TEAM
Elevens Evenly Matched
For Battle at. American
League Park.
by JACK NYE.

VI sinia Polytechnic Institutes
squad of raw-boned football war
riors detrained in this city yester-
day morning. INDUCED in a work
out at Catholic University in the
afternoon, and hit the hay last
evening confident OF taking the
number of Maryland University at
the American League Park this aft
ernoon.
The confidence was not expressed
in words. Athletic Director Miles
specifically denied that he was
overly optimistic.
That's some of Mr.. Byrd,s prop
uganda" he volunteered when con-
fronted with the rumor that he
had predicted lopsided victory for
the Virginians-
But money talks; and quite a bit
OF coin has been .trickling in during
the past few daXs from VirGiniR.
One telegram was flashed in this
office from a V. P. I. follower seek
ing to get $500 covered at even
money. BY this time the Maryland
cash has probably been put up. for
you cannot accuse the College Park
ers OF being backward in support
ing their team.
Mr.. Miles was very anxious to
know about all these injuries to
the Maryland players.
This Mr.. Byrd is a tricky guy"
he unused Maybe all those men
were hurt, but l wouldn't be sur
prised to see them all in the game
tomorrow"
This was not said behind any
body's back. as Mr.. Byrd was right
on the scene. In fact, the Mary
land mentor and the V. =. l. ath-
letic director are old friends and
refuse to let a little thing like i
football game stand between them.
Teams Evenly Matched.
Everything points to a tight
game when the two teams swing
into action at o'clock. In weight
there is little to choose but in the
matter of condition the edge lies
with the NiEginians, for the bear
stories from the Maryland camp
are amply backed by facts. There
is Mr. Bailey with a busted jaw
and there is Mr.. Clark with a
twisted knee. Neither will be in the
lineup today.
Maryland. however, will welcome
the return Of Eddie Senior, a very
shifty person in a broken field, who
was injured in early practice and
has not yet played in a regular
game. Eddie will be the field gen.
eral, with the noted UntZ Brewer,
Paganucci and McQuade making up
the rest of the backfield. Ed Pugh,
Washington High School product.
who was expected to start in the
backfeld. is out with a bum prop.
The Virginians will find more
weight in their backfeld. Wallace
and Sutton, two brilliant offensive
men. don't scale so much, but look
at Hess at fuIlback and Gettle at
half, weighing 1SS and 1871 respec-
lively. They ought to do a lot OF
damage. McQuade is the only Mary
land back who can compare with
them. stripping for 1s1 when asked.
V. lis strength is best deduced
from the game with Centre College,
in which the Praying Colonels
won in the last period by two
touchdowns. II you don't believe
Centre is strong this year, ask any
of the virginia men. 4 whale of
team. is what they will tell YOU
But V. P. /. put DO" Mcmillan
temporarily out of the running and
feels that il accomplished a good
deal.
Outside OF that game, the Vir-
ginians have had easy pickings I'M
til the present. They hope to keep
their slate clean for the remainder
Of the season and hand a double
listed wallop TO the Flying Ca
diets" of V. NJ. !. on Turkey Day.
That is their big game. the one
that counts more than all the rest
ID. &. Boys on VI. L. Team.
washingtonians will turn out in
force for today's game in the ex-
pectation OF seeing a great game.
Also there will be the added at
traction of seeing a bunch OF
Washington boys in the Maryland
lineup. Mr.. Brewer, Western
High graduate. is expected to cut
quite a part in the performance
with his widely known toe, which
beat Rutgers this year and jolted
Syracuse last season.
Lineup In Game.
Here are the lineup and weights
of the teams: