Evening star., 1923-10-08

JeOTReIOWIl lOSI It's game Will
those in close touch with the eleven
looked for and prepared for hard
an exhibition as the Marines gave.
1t seems that the Hilltoppers 10
them i'll the type of game played, an
able abilities of Goettge, Marine ful
first two quarters, Georgetown wor
ganization, SO that when it came tim
to rush i'll their ace and deliver Il
strength in the Blue and Gray lines
The game showed just how valuable
one man can be to foot ball team
Without Goettge the Quantico men
might have won in that second half,
but they would have a hard time con-
vincing most people that such would
have been the case. Even in poor
physical condition, Goettge was
brilliant performer Two days be-
fore the game he could not stand
straight, because of unhealed broken
ribs, and he played that game Satur-
day, or part of 1T, with heavy band
ages encasing his body. =
1t is good generalShip to allow an
opposing team to rush itself out in
the early part of a same. and If the
test with that intention. as seems GER
tain, they were perfect in their
tactics. Two years ago the Uni
versity of Maryland defeated, 10 to Z,
60 per cent better Virginia Poly
technic Institute eleven by just such
tactics.
Incidentally, the game seems to
show that the Marines are stronger
than they have been rated. The addi-
ton of Hunt, former V. NJ 1. tackle,
and Beckett, former Oregon star, to
their lineup seems to have made al
most different eleven. Many were
the comments after the defeat by
" n. 1. and the comparatively poor
showing against Washington College
that the Marines had shot their bolt
and would get whipped badly by the
I'd Army Corps team. Somebody
seems to have been mistaken.
The one big upset OF games of Sat
urday was the downfall of Pennsyl-
vania at the hands of Maryland.
There is little need for comment on
the game. The result tells the story,
but If there was one feature of the
game deserving of special mention 1t
is what actually was the deciding
factor. No two foot ball teams ever
fought through a first half more
evenly than did Penn and Maryland
Maryland made three first downs
and Penn two, but SO evenly were the
teams matched that practically all
play was near the center of the field.
The third quarter was almost the
same and it became evident that II
both teams could hold themselves to-
gether as they had been doing there
would be no scoring. In other words
1t simply was case of two groups
of men fighting it out without quar-
ter; if both could hold out neither
could win, but If one failed to hold
out the other would win. 1t was Penn
that broke. The Quakers crumbled
under Maryland's attack and were
beaten back to their own goal line,
where Groves kicked over the win
ming points. In none too polite words.
but in the parlance of the athletic
field, Maryland won because it's play
ers had the "gutS' to win.
George Washington could not be
expected to win from Western Mary
land. Coach Quigley does not have
a third the material from which to
mold IL Sridiron machine for. the
Hatchetites that is possessed at
Western Maryland. Quigley's eleven
was against big and powerful team
physically, team far more expert
enced than that which wears the Buff
and Blue
Georgia Tech won from Virginia
Military Institute by the margin
which existed in the, alertness of a
defensive player who intercepted Il
forward pass on Georgia Techs own
20-yard line and ran 50 yards for the
only touchdown made by his team.
The moral to that is that am uncov-
cred forward pass is just about as
dangerous way down in the oppoS-
ing teams territory as it is any
where. incidentally all press reports
of that contest indicate that the
game must have been just about as
brilliant as even Atlantas foot ball
mad population seems to be.
University of Rfchmond probably
gave Virginia somewhat of another
scare such as it did last year. The
team from Richmond kept the Char
lottesville eleven from crossing it's
goal line, and lost only because Benny
4 1t -NI Nm a
field. Richmond plays the University
CT Maryland at College Park this
week.
North Carolina states showing
against Penn State was SO unexpect-
odly good that it seems to be bear
ing out what it's people have claim
ed--tlpt it will have an excellent
points for that Penn State team that
appeared at American League Park
last season. an eleven considerably
reinforced. in fact, to score against
South Atlantic eleven.
AsV. M. j. met it's undOing through
one of it's forward passes that was
intercepted, so did Virginia Poly
game with Davidson. An intercepted
pass was converted into touch
down and the subsequent goal after
touchdown
A first look at the score by which
Vale beat North Carolina indicated
that the Tarheels' vaunted strength
had not materialiZed and that 1T was
much weaker than anticipated, No,
body ever dreamed that Yale would
beat the Tarheels by such a count.
but another and later look at the
press reports showed the reason
why. without exception, not a name
of a man on whom Coach Bill Fetzer
depends to round up a good machine
appears in the line-uD. Fetzer prob
ably decided to send in a second
string outfit and let Yale win as it
pleased. so he could conserve his
best material for games which really
mean something to him. 1t Is
tends to come no farther north than
Washington for games after this
year. and probably FetZer did not
care whether the score against Yale
was five or Atty. knowing as he did
that he had little chance to win.
For the second consecutive we"lS
Pittsburgh has won because OF ex-
pert use of the forward pass. 1t
defeated Bucknell in it's opening
game last SATURDAY and took the
could pass the ball where there was
o man to receive 1t. Incidentally, if
LAFAYETTE is as strong this year as
last Pittsburgh's comparative show
ing Is such as to indicate that Glen
Warner is going to Wind up his
full season. Warner Is due to go to
Stanford in the fall of 1924.
wosbiuxtOn and Lees arrangements
with Washington and Jenerson seem
10 have been poorly managed. 1t
most assuredlv knew that w. and j.
=, feld co1ored AthletA