Evening star., 1924-10-14

aroma ana -\OIlil NdfOIilla >titC
tween North Carolina aud No.;h {
the big fair week contest at Ra 'cigh
>jty OF Maryland and Virginia Pol.
Washington and Lee and University
Beside, the contests III which ca
other. two other games OF great Intc
appear are Georgetown v. Marine,
at Tampa.
IT is unusual Tor 50 many games Of
high ralib"r To be scheduled so earl.
in the same SECTION. and = only mad
possible hy the eligibility rules o.
th" South Conference. which settled
many of the diff, renceS which eN-
listed between South Atlantic insti-
tutionS. Probably there j. no Other
section Of the country IN which all
the Stron" teams are :, heduird foi
games with rlrvrns just ~ strong.
the Western Conferences possibly ~
crpted
Another angle 10 strong: teams play
in% strong teams was brought our
some time ago by Fl J. Stc%rmau
head of athletics at the University of
Georgia. in - letter 10 the writer. H.,
said: The general trend toward play
ing representative games each week
and getting away from 'Sct-up' Sched-
UieS is more evident with each sue
ttNSINr season, ana DriitNt lhdl
this is the main reason why foot BAN
is compelling greater interest with
each passing season. TAKE our Schcd-
nlr. for instance: it is impoSs BIZ, for
Us To point for any particular game
because have games all Satur-
GAYS Of practically the same impor-
tance. This requires CO. ordination and
spirit on the part "t coaches and
players that setup' schedule does
hot
While J"auny Groves. former Uni-
verSity of Maryland quartz rbacl. has
h"en charged with having given VAN
d"rbllt touchdown by reason of a
tumble on the S-yard line which
Eomar picked up and ran - yards for
d score. thus enabling Vanderbilt 10
tie the game. il j. said authorita-
lively that III" tumble was not his
fault. but the result Of a mistaken
signal and had pass from center.
Backs in many cases are bia med for
fumhleS and failure To handle ban
property when in reality the action
was the direct result of poor passing
from center. According To a man who
was in position to know. this case
~ Groves tumble was just such an
instance. Usually the man writing
the story of a game sees back fail
10 get the bali and sees nothing of
" lIS.A 'duS"b lfltl ld!luTt.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute has
In Rutherford probably the best drop
ECKER in the south. Last wear he
was one of the leading scorers in the
country in this style Of play. and
against the University Of Maryland he
was the margin by which V. T. l.
won. Probably his feat of last year
never was duplicated in a foot bail
Eame-that Of kicking three drop
Kicks in the first eight minutes Of
play. For a dropkicker to give his
team nine points within eight min
uteS after d game is started is some
thing almost unheard Of, and Yet that
is just what Rutherford did last year
That he is one of the factors with
which the University Of Maryland
viii have TO reckon Saturday goes
without saying.
The other man in the V. F. l. line
up who really is dangerous anywhere
and any time is Roberts. Exception
ally fast, he is d brilliant ball car
rt"r and likely to get away for long
gains AT any time. He is said to be
the peer Of Sutton. the star back who
graduated last year.
MTrineS will have in their backfeld
against Georgetown two men OF the
same type as Rutherford and Roberts
Groves is drOpkicker, though not as
good as Rutherford. and Neal is d
brilliant runner in open field.
Groves also is a good man carrying
the ball. V. =. J., though. will not
have any man behind its line as
capable as Goettge, though Eseeck
is d fine plunging back and has been
giving great service to V. =. /. in
ripping up opposing lines.
Marines will have three men who
formerly held down positions on Uni-
vcrSity Of Maryland elevenS. Bailey
will be back at his position at center.
IS he has entirely recovered from his
attack Of tonsilitis, while Groves is
sure to start in one of the backfeld
positions. McQuade may not be in
the game when it opens but is Ger
tain to get in before the end. Groves
and McQuade graduated at Maryland
last Spring. while Bailey wound up
his career d year before that.
Catholic University has an open
date this week. The date originally
was expected to be held by 3D. Army
Corps but the final decision was not
to play the soldiers.
GaIIaudet etnertains Lynchburg
College at Kendall Green. The local
school expects to duplicate its per-
formance of last week when it de-
feated st. Johns.
George Washington goes to Phila-
6dlbfia for game with the DreXei
Institute. The HatchetiteS also ex-
pect another victory, their showing
against Western Maryland last week
having encouraged them greatly.