Evening star., 1925-11-12

September, probably IS much stron
contests indicate.
AS a matter of fact, Centre this
this year is something of a mystery.
1t is known that its record is not
commensurate with that cf former
years, but just who are its stars, who
is on the team from last year, what
kind of kicking it has, and other kin
dred bits Of information usually avail
able about foot ball teams notable
are lacking in Centres case.
All that is known about II : that II
has been a much feared eleven for
several years, has played wonderfully
good foot ball at times, and this year
has not been soft" for any of it's OPP
ponents.
Georgetown is picked to win and
should win, not because Centre is
particularly weak, but because the
Hilltop would be picked TO win in
any game in which it might face any
Southern eleven, with the possible
exception OF two.
Generals Are Strong.
Washington and Lee Ill bring to
face Maryland a team that is one of
four of the % in the Southern Con-
ference which has yet TO be defeated
by a conference eleven. Alabama,
$ulane and North Carolina are the
other three. No doubt the Generals
have one of the strongest combina-
tions in the South, and one that can
hold its own with many big Northern
elevenS. Princeton barely defeated
them, 10 to 6, in Il game in which
they gained just about as much
ground as did the Tigers And
Washington and Lee is not holding
back any sentiment that it figures
the Maryland team to be fairly easy
meat for it.
Washington and Lee has in its
squad-one of whom is playing regu-
larly and is n backfield star-two for
mer Washington high school boys,
Ty Rauber of Central and Harry
Dawson of Western. Rauber is one
Of the halfbacks and his work in
every game has been brilliant He
knocked the Virginia line to pieces
and scarcely ever was kept from
gaining from two to five yards
through it. He also is q fine punter.
With Washington and Lee depend
ing to a great extent on Rauber, the
game will be something of a battle
between former Washington high
schools. MaryIand'S mainstays former
ly played for local high schools,
Thomas. Pugh. Stevens, Stephens,
Parker, Whelchal of the backfeid men
having come from local schools. and
Supplee, Bonnet. Rothgeb. Cardwel,
HerZog, Adams, Waters and others OF
the inemen got their entrance credits
from the District of Columbia schools
Thomas, Pugh, Parker, Supplee and
Adams are from Tech Stevens. She
phens and WheIchel from Western
and Bonnet and Rothgeb from Central
and CardWell and HerZog from East
ern.
Maryland Is making the Washington
and Lee game its homecoming and
has arranged a program Of events
The days program will wind up with
dance beginning at $50 o'clock anG
ending at IL. Washington and Lees
squad will be guests Of the M club
a this.
Has Star Ball Carrier.
Despite the fact that Muhlenborg
has q strong team and on it a. half
back who is said to he of all-American
caliber, the Brookianders expect to
win. Their performances all season
have been excellent and there is hardly
a place IN the whole Brtokland sched-
ule at which 1t can look back with any
serious regret. The game with the
Marines was we'll played and the team
is deserving of the highest praise for
its performance against them.
While the great majority OF cities
nave only one college within their
borders, Washington has five. all sup
porting foot ball teams 1t is un-
fortunate that there are conflicts in
games such as occur tomorrow, and
it is equally as unfortunate that of
the five schools only two play each
other in foot ball. The game tomor-
row between Georgetown and Center.
the one between Catholic University
and Muhleuberg. and the other be
tween Washington and Lee and
Maryland all will be worth watching.
but all are to be played at the same
hour. 1t IS almost impossible for the
general public to select the game that
will be the best
It would he difficult of course, for
the local colleges to get together and
try to arrange their schedules so that
there would not be 50 many con-
ricts, because the schedule problems
of other schools might not permit an
arrangement that would provide for
no conflicts, even if local schools de-
sired to have things that way. But
no real effort to accomplish that has
ever been attempted.
An instance of real courtesy in this
connection was given in the cases of
games between Virginia and Washing
ton and Lee, and between North
Carolina and Virginia Military Insti
tute. V. NJ. 1. and North Carolina
scheduled their game at Lexington
but when Virginia and Washington
and Lee made known that it was Vir
ginia's turn to play at Lexington
then North Carolina and V. NJ. L
agreed to shift their game to Rich
mond. If it were mentioned to one
of the local schools that it shift one
of it's games so as not to conflict to
another probably somebody would
drop dead at the effrontery of such a
suggestion. Georgetown and the
Marines, Catholic University and
George Washington are going to pro.
duce keen competition in their games
Thanksgiving day afternoon, but if it
were suggested in either case that
either game be played in the morn
ing, it probably would be a waste of
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