Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-21


on performances of recent years. bo
If recent years III foot ball has COZ
Of its offness Which is remindful
university who had scheduled gar
Nebraska. This coach was asked
play for your first game; do you THU
replied III astonishment Beat them
or | wouldn't have scheduled them"
that game and also that it was not SC
SO once in while the team that
is figured a good opener proves any
thing but a good opener. In the par
ticular cases of Washington and
Drexel they are two teams that
Georgetown and Maryland scheduled
because it was thought they could be
beaten by q touchdown or two in the
opening game with rushing the de-
velopment of the teams. But 1t may
he that Georgetown or Maryland has
"A. rude surprise awaiting this week
end.
But whatever may be the result of
the games, Georgetown and Maryland
players will welcome them with great
Joy, because the hardest part of the
foot ball season for the average play
az is the first three weeks Of practice
without anything in the way Of
OF daily routine practices in what
usually is hot, sult1y weather.
Not much is known of the Drexel
and Washington College elevens.
Last year Georgetown beat Drexel In
stitute, % to 0, and Maryland won
from Washington, Is to 0. DreXel
had a fair eleven, about evenly bal
anced. while Washington put on the
field about as heavy combination as
could be found, four of the five center
men weighing 200 pounds and the
fifth one 800 pounds. It is said that
the majority of these men are back
now.
However they may come out in
their opening games both Georgetown
and Maryland have their work cut out
for them for the following three weeks.
In that time Georgetown meets Pitts
burgh and West Virginia, while Mary
land faces South Carolina, Chicago
and Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
Probably no other school in the
South has lost two more valuable men
than the University of Florida. Gold
stein and Jones stood among the
topnotchers in their respective posi-
tons. For three years Goldstein was
all-Southern choice, twice as a guard
and the third time as tackle Some
halfbacll may be realized when 1t is
said that while he took part in only
Of the 10 games played. he was sec
ond to F'lournOy of Tulane in the
number of points scored and F'lOurnoy
was picked by many persons as an
all-America back. Florida beat
Washington and Lee by II to IA. and
Jones scored every point He also
scored every point in the games with
Mississippi A & NJ. and Wake For
est, which were II in the former con-
test and "a in the latter.
Last year Florida lost to Georgia
Tech and to Alabama, but won from
all the other schools it played. Most
noteworthy of its victories were those
over Washington and Lee, Clemson
and Mississippi A. & NJ, especially
the victory over the Generals, as the
latter had, prior to the meeting on
THANKSGIVING day. won from every
conference eleven it played.
The main games this year are with
Georgia. at Athens, on October 80:
Alabama. at Montgomery. Ala, No
Nemher 13; Kentucky, at Jacksonville,
October %, and Washington and Lee.
pt Jacksonville. November %, Thanks
giving day.
About the best men Florida has for
this year are Bishop at fullback and
Sara at center. Both are said to
he excellent performers, and to have
p chance to make any mythical all
southern eleven that may be picked.
Beck at halfback, and incidentally an
all-rOund star in athletics, is also
worthy Of serious mention. Notwith
standing that Florida has three such
good men, it generally is felt around
Gainesville that If the Gators win
six Of their ten games they be con-
Sidered to have done exceptionally
well
Mississippi A. and VI. plays a foot
ball schedule this Fall that is not to
he made light of by any means. Up
this wav one seldom hears of this
school, but it is we'll said that any
time any school faces it III any sport
q tough afternoon Is in store. Ala
hama. Louisiana State University,
University of Tennessee. Tulane, In
diana and Mississippi University are
the main contests, and any one OF
them is a worthy opponent.
George Washington went through
an hour and a half of defensive scrim-
mage Yesterday against Maryland.
and both squads suffered considerably
from the sultry weather. Maryland
was trying TO perfect enough of an or
tense TO enable IL 10 gam Some SIcltllu
against Washington College, while
George Washington sought to build
ND its defense. George Washington
IS to take try at the offense in this
afternoons scrimmage and Maryland
the defense.
Despite the fact that George Wash
ington and Maryland have treated
their men to some rather rough work
daily. there are comparatively no in
turies on either squad. Two or three
have sore legs, sore shoulders or sore
ankles. but there is nothing that a
Couple of DAYS of rest should not bring
around.
MARYLAND had SO freshmen report