The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-11-03
CEORClANS FACE
TASK OF STOPPING
FLAVIN and MATES
Exendine's Backfield
Quartet Among Most
Versatile in Land.
BIZ JACK WYE.

vasion of Georgia by Col Albert
Exendine's battalion of storm
troops almost as memorable as that
engineered by the late Gen Sher-
man
Instead of an army of blue de-
bouching on the streets Of Atlanta,
next week will see a bunch of gray
clad warriors stamping their
cheated hoofs over the battle ground
of other days
Whereas Sherman's men not only
removed all valuables from the
Southern town. but wiped II on the
map. the Hilltoppers have no sucn
heartless intentions The main
thing they seek is a bloodless VIC
tory, though IL that Objective is
achieved they will probably return
Northward with most OF the boarded
savings of the Cracker clan
Thus a victory will serve two
commendable ends. II will increase
the teams prestige and give the
rah-rah lads on the Hilltop some
Christmas shopping money
This may embarrass the South
erners, but Il will not be fatal, as
they have been providing holiday
Joy for the past two years on
Georgetown sneheis-
surprise Party Planned.
November IL may provide gen
eral surprise party for the Goideh
Tornado.
n scouts from Georgia Tech have
been spying on the Blue and Gray
they have seen enough TO cause them
to cogitate. But information trick-
ling from the Hilltop indicates that
what they have seen will not hoIo
a candle to what they will see next
week.
The Hilltoppers are loading up In
secret for the memorable occasion
which may wipe out the memory OF
their past defeats
Georgia Techs line was outplayed
nv Penn State and there Is reason
m believe that the same Will De
said of IL after the clash with
GEORGETOWN. From end to end the
Jilltoppers carry a bit more pound
are than the Nittany Lions and ap-
pear to be as rugged a set OF atm
ietes as one could hope to see
Penn states ends stopped Messrs.
Barron and Ferst on their attempts
To skirt the TANKS, but II Is haro
10 believe that the Staters nave a
better pair of terminal guardians
than the renowned Paul Florence
and Joe o'Connell. These boys form
about the heaviest and fastest pair
of the ends in these here unitea
States. .
plenty of work mapped out for the
Tornado boys.
Back Field Duel slated.
The most serious jolt for Atlanta
fans NAV come. however, in the per-
formance of the Georgetown oack-
field. 1t has been yeahs and yeahs
since an opposing set of backs mas
held its own with the pigskin toters
~ the Southerners Some time back
II was Guyon and Strupper, then
Flowers and Barron and now Bar
ron and Harlan. It's a por year
when the Yellow Jackets fail TO
advance a prominent candidate Tor
all-American honors and quite often
they get him across.
There is no disputing the ability
of the Georgia Tech offensive stars,
hut neither is there any question
Of the speed and power and versa
tility Of the quartet in the George
town backfield.
To offset the speed of Red Bar
ron. Exendine has the long-legged
Jack Flavin. a holy terror in
broken field and one of the best
punters in the country.
Mr.. Harlan can hit a line. but
so can the bulky Johnny Mcouade'
who thunders along with remarkable
power and speed.
Frank Ferst is a fast running
back for Tech, but wild Bill Ken
Won is also a shifty party with the
haII in hand. Kenyon doesn't look
so good till he gets started. snort
q, height Bill has a wonderful pair
Of legs and can buzz around an END
with as much zip as any party in
III. south. He is also a hell raiser
as a line plunger.
Du Four Also Capable.
MeDonough. the Georgia Teen
quarter, has not yet reached the
heights of stardom, but is a capa-
Bile field general and fast one on
his dogs. He will have to travel
rapidly, however. to have an edge
over the chunky "Pag" DuFour, u.s.
pound field general of the Blue and
Gray. Pug" has been devoting
most of his time to running the
team so far. and is doing 1t ex-
ceedingly well. He also has a
happy faculty of diving through the
line when a few yards are badly
needed, and can handle himself we'll
in the open.
For versatility the Georgetown
backfeld has few superiors this
season. Flavin, McQuade and Du
Four are all adept forward passers.
Flavin is a fair drop kicker, and
Kenyon is a sure man on goals from
placement In addition, Happy
Jack" is a wizard punter. and Ken
yon is only a few strides behind
him in that line of endeavor.
Speaking of triple threats, all
kinds of dire disaster is contained
in the Blue and Gray backfield.
uGeorgetown's backs have a de-
cided edge in weight without losing
anything in speed. DuFour. Nc
Qnade and Kenyon all weigh IT'S
pcunds, while Flavin strips at $50.
This gives the local backs an aver
age of 176. Georgia Techs four
men behind the line of scrimmage
average 166. Harlan is the heaviest,
Weighing $50. Barron scales 176,
and Ferst and McDonough. $50 and
$50. respectively.
Those who attend next weeks
game will probably view the great
est backfield duel the South has
seen in many seasons