Evening star., 1921-09-27


1--WE have some big men and some
EoCt foot ball players. continued
Exendine, but the squad as whole
IS not composed of as big men as
many think. There are half a dozen
big men in uniform, but in all prob
ability they will have considerable
dShculty making the team. All things
considered. though. we have the best
squad that has been on Georgetown
field since before the war. Any team
that beats s'will know it has been
through a real foot ball scrimmage.'
Does Not Fenr Lebanon Valley.
Georgetown does not anticipate
much trouble from its game with
Lebanon Valley Saturday at American
League Park. The showing made by
the latter with Penn State last week
is not Indicative of much strength.
and the Blue and Gray is figuring on
winning by at least four touchdowns.
And, in fact. Georgetown should not
have the least trouble anneXlnS all
three of its early season contests py
which comes here a week from Sat
urday-October Sis not strong
enough to offer much opposition. and
Westminster, which follows 1t Octo-
Der Is, is not rated asa hrst-class
power"
So the Blue and Gray probably will
not get dow nto grueling prepara-
1ion for a real gridiron struggle Until
yhe week before it faces Holy Cross
at Worcester on october ~. Ihat Is
pelled to muster their reserve
strength, as Holy Cross seldom has
a weak team and this year is SAID
90 possess one in the making that is
better than usual.
Two Face Real Games.
George Washington and University
of Maryland have in front af them
| .h,l fnr
| Einia's victory over Davidson is IN
tlicative of nothing if not of much
lbetter team than usual at CharlotteS-
willie; nothing if not that Virginia
this season is turning out the strohE
est eleven that has represented II
since the great Mayor starred at nan
back in winning game against 1ale,
and a no-Score contest with HarVaro.
All of which means that the datcnel-
ties must contemplate going against
a well drilled, fast. hard-playinS
eleven, composed of men who nave
been working hard to get in shape.
early that they might avenge a GER
tain early-seaSon defeat administered
to them a year ago.
Up Against Real Thing.
MaryIand's proposition at Rutgers is
much the same as that of George
Washington at Charlottesville; it Will
be up against the real thing in the
way of foot ball team. In twelve
years of coaching and writing for
newspapers the writer has seen many
foDt ball teams. but the team at Rut-
gers this fall, with one possible eX-
ception, is the most remarkable col
lection of gridiron mastodons he has
ever seen wearing the same colors in
the same season. And the fact that
the team wears scarlet jerseys and
stockings makes it seem even larger
than it really is. Unless something
happens between now and then. there
5is going to be a real foot ball game
up at New Brunswick Saturday.
Neither Virginia Polytechnic Insti-
tute nor Virginia Military Institute
showed enough strength in games last
Saturday to indicate that either is as
strong as it was a year ago. V. T. /.
barely won from Sidney by
two touchdownS to one. and V. NJ. |.
took the measure of Roanoke by only
touchdewnS to 0. V. NJ. j. eSpe
cially will have to "perk up Bit if
il is to maintain the brilliant record it
established in 1920.
A recent visitor from Lexington says
that V. NJ j. has ut little more than
100 men on its squad, but that they
are not SO experienced as those of
last seasons eleven. V. NJ. 1. lost near
ly it's entire team by graduation. V
z. /. is said to possess a squad which
should develop rapidly as the season
wears on.