Evening star., 1924-10-31

Iol spirited action, II would be
Engagements involving Catholic U
iations between the two institutions
a merry nature and there is every rea
be well-fought one. The Marines
appears to be a habit of service t.
the Fort Benning outfit. The inte-.
Catholic University has rebuilt it.
team for the tilt with the Old Liners
rebuilt it hurriedly. but it bl,
will be team capable of rlayine
much good foot ball. One thing is Ger.
tain. and that is the Brooklanders
Will place on the field one of the besr
backfields that have worn their
colors in years.
Has Capable BackHeId.
De Nault at one halfback has beer
star behind the Brooklanders' line
for three years, Garvin is 1TG-
pound halfbaCk. who ran go yards
for a touchdown against Maryla ni
last year, and who has had the
perience and possesses the physical
ability that make him capa BILE, and
Brennan at quarterback is an eXcep-
tionally elusive runner.
Connell at fullback is the l90-
pound player who last year was eX-
pected to be the stellar light behind
the line, but who broke his shoulder
almost at the beginning of the sea
son. He was expected to be a better
fullback than Ed Lynch, and would
have played the position with Lynch
somewhere else had not he been in
jured.
Maryland viii go into the game
certainly without the services of two
of it's regular backs, and quite likely
with three of them out of action
1iE-t
not having reported for practice dur
ing the week. while Hall has a bad
ankle. Pugh and Osborn have beer
in uniform a the College Park drills
the past few days, but have done nc
strenuous work.
Maryland's game with Catholic
University is one of the only two
strictly all-local varsity games sched-
uled here this year. Catholic Cniver-
sity also is involved in the other all
local engagement. being listed TO face
George Washington on Thanks sgivins
day.
Foot ball followers eagerly awGit
the meeting of Frank Goettge of the
Marines and George Smythe of Fort
Benning on the gridirop. Thousands
here recall the doughty deeds of
Goettge in Clark Griffith Stadium last
Fall. when he ran roughshod over the
Georgetown eleven, then practically
battered the way to a Marine victory
over the Sd Corps team.
But comparatively few have seen
Smythe in action. The back who
won his spurs while at West Point
and who last year played such fine
game for Army that he was named
for Walter Camps All-American
squad ought to give the lovers OF
the great Fall sport here treat
He is a versatile back, being a splen-
did broken field runner, a consistent
line plunger and an expert forward
passer.
So far this year Goettge has not
been particularly impressive in his
play, but Goetrge was too good last
year to have lost all his foot ball
cunning He may not have been in
particularly good condition for the
Georgetown fray, but it is quite GER
tain that he will be at or near top
form tomorrow and ready to give a
remarkable account of himself.
Smythe demonstrated clearly in
Fort Benning's scrimmage with
Georgetown Wedn nesday that he is
wonderfully fit right now. His spec
tacular broken field runs were the
high lights of that brisk drill, while
his forward passing even when st en-
ingIy thoroughly covered by Blue
and Gray men, was exceptionally ac-
curate. 1t will be treat indeed
when the powerful Geottge and the
agile Smythe oppose on the gridiron.
Each service team has built around
these men good elevens, and ne!the r
Geogette nor Smythe is by any
means the only back of his eleve n
who will bear watchin@ McQuarrie,
of
ming are very able men, as are Neal,
Groves, McQuade and Henry of the
Marines.
Georgetown and George Washington
will get their competition abroad
tomorrow. A Georgetown team
thought to be much better than the
one that faced Bucknell last Sat
urday will encounter Furman Uni
versity at Greenville, S. c., while the
Hatch cities, somewhat the worse for
wear, will tackle Johns Hopkins at
Baltimore. Gallaudet has no game
scheduled, but may indulge in a
practice scrimmage if it's manage
ment can find an opponent for Satur-
day afternoon.
tomorrow play the most important
game of the week in the South At
iantic section. Neither eleven has
been defeated by South Atlantic op-
ponent, although Washington and
Lee was tied by Virginia Polytechnic
Institute. If Washington and Lee can
win. it will stand an excellent chance
of being rated at the top of the South
Atlantic heap at the end of the sea-
son: if Virginia is victor it still will
have a hard row to hoe before it can
attain the coveted honor
Washington and Lee went through
a tie game with Virginia Polytechnic
Institute, thereby getting by fairly
well about the most difficult obstacle
In the pathway of any other eleven
If it can defeat Virginia, the Lexing-