Evening star., 1925-10-05

AT the beginning OF the year, L
Gray, unqualihedly came out with
gong to have a fine team.
Whether the players took it for
granted that the team already was
made and that nothing further was
necessary. or whether conditions have
been such that it has been impossible
TO put In the best lickS, or whether
some entirely unknown factor is back
of the failure of the squad to advance
as rapidly as II might have. II seems
70 be a fact that the showing of the
team last week was a distinct dlSap-
pointment to its followers.
And this should not in the least be
construed as a knock at the squad.
but rather as something a little diff
ferent from the continued encomfumS
that have been heaped upon it from
the moment II started practice in the
hope that 1t will serve in some meas
ure TO make the players give them
selves q good shake and deliver the
kind of foot ball of which they un-
doubtedly are capable. To do a half
way Job Is to fail, consciously to do
worse than one IS capable of doing is
worse than failure Neither is char
acteristic of Georgetown
Saturday the University OF Virginia
established just what has been claimed
for it by its SupporterS-that 1t has
one of the best foot ball teams in the
south Its victory over the Cniver-
Sitv of Georgia on the latterS own
stamping grounds is all the evidence
needed in the case. Georgia was hailed
by Southern papers, before the season
began, as probably the strongest
eleven in Dixie, and even was pro-
claimed by some as almost certain TO
win the Southern title. Virginia was
placed about fifth in the conJectured
standing. But Virginia right al the
beginning of the year has disposed Of
that by handing the Crackers the
short end of a score.
Earle Neale evidently has put Eir-
Cinia back on the foot ball map. II
has been about 10 years since Virginia
had team as strong as the one that
now carries its colors. For the last
Two or three years the orange ana
Blue has taken it's beatings and said
nothing. but sawed wood. Today none
will begrudge the success that has
come to 1t as a result of victory IN
its first big game, attained at the ex-
pense of what was hailed as Inc
strongest eleven in the South.
That Red" Grange is not invinc-
ible was proved by the University OF
with the man hailed as the greatest
haIfback in the country behind Its
line, to go down before the Corn
h1skers, But the IA TO . by which Ne
braska won is just further indication
that no one team and no one man
is going to continue 10 monopollZe the
foot ball calcium.
From accounts of the game. 1t
seems that Grange could not get
started, which, after all. is indication
that one of the reasons why he was
so great last Fall was that Illinois
had a wonderful line. Many half
back has made a brilliant record be-
cause in front of him he had set
of forwards who could clear his path.
Oranges path was not cleared so we'll
last week AS soon as Illinois hits
team where its line Will have d
marked superiority it is likely that
Grange again will run wild.
George Washington again proved
that it has the best team it has turn
ed out IN years when it Walloped .Iu-
niata, 50 10 o, an eleven which won
from the TEatchetites a year ago. The
local school is going TO be tough
proposition for any eleven to whip.
If it can get by this week without
injuries of any kind. the team should
sail through the remainder OF the
schedule However. the Buff and
Blue has it's work cut out for It this
week, when It meets Bucknell at
Lewisburg. Bucknell will be an en-
tirely different type of team from any
thing met so far this year, and if the
Hatchetites succeed in holding the
PennsylvanianS to a couple of touch
downs they may consider themselves
TO have done well.
Catholic University may also pride
itself on the showing it made against
Boston College. TO lose to the Bean
eaters by Il margin nf only e points
is indication that the team is strong
er this year than last. that il is well
coached, and has the spirit to play
real foot ball.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute seems
to have trouble getting started this
year. The BlackSburg collegianS have
about the same team that represented
them a wear ago, with two men addi-
tional who were supposed to be far bet
ter than those lost by graduation. but
for some reason the team has not been
phlo TO show at its best. Held to a
tie by Roanoke, and last week played
y hard game by IIampden Sidney. the
team is not making the showing eX-
bp'IeH OF II. however, '. l. |. prop
Rhlv will get under way soon. as 1t
really has material for a fine eleven.
Princeton. Yale, Harvard won their
opening games. as everybody knew
they would. Little in the contests is
worthy of comment. unless it be that
;f Middlehury is as strong as it was
g. year ago Yale's hig score against
it would indicate that opponents of
the Dark Blue had better take to the
tall timbers to begin a guerrilla war
fare instead of appearing in a trap in
Yale Bowl.
North Carolina came hro ou < II
against South Carolina by { 10 0, not
withstanding the latter is said to have
an exceptionally strong eleven. The
victory at Columbia serves as Il very
aDpetizing meal in view of the unex-
pected triumph South Carolina scored
at Chapel Hill last year.
Some time ago 1t was printed in this
column that Washington and Lee
probably would get noe than it bar
gained for when il faced I'urman in
its second game. as a rumor had it
hat the South Carolinians would have
Il real eleven. The final result was
against Washington and Lee. That
result, attained as 1t was. proved more
than anything else that Furman is A
good foot ball team. Furman went
into the second half with the score
standing 10 to 0 against 1t. 1t came
through with 20 points, and held the
Generals scoreless in the last 30 min
utes of play. ANY college foot ball
team that does that has some real