Evening star., 1926-08-22

Catholic University. American Univ
their home fields here.
New York with all IT, s'zc ar
playing foot ball. and if BROOKLYN
possesses three colleges. Harvard, 3
Baltimore has two. Chicago three.
delphia three. New Orleans two, II
just about covers the field of cities
college or university.
Washington has more foot bal
For instance. on October g. four c.
OF late the public, generally. is beglnl
If it is not the best foot bal.
American University probably lie
serves first mention in connection with
schedules, not because of the big
games it is to play, but because it
practically marks the beginning OF its
activities in organized athletics. Not
the beginning exactly. because during
the war il had team of Army officers
who were located there in unit OF
the Students Army Training Corps
and that team was strong. 1t gave
some of the colleges in this section
more than they wanted III the way
of connection and one of the Students
ARMY Training Corps units it trimmed
was the one located at University oil
Maryland American University starts
it's schedule is sensible, modest way
that indicates it expects to build on
sound basis and not as mushroom
grows.
Play Difficult Schedules.
-Four Of the schools will play the
most difficult schedules they have AT
tempted in years. especially George
town and Maryland. The Blue ana
GRAY for the first time in quite a while
has u schedule commensurate WIN
what has been desired for 1t ana
Maryland not only plays its usuau!
difficult schedule. but has addeu 10
il q good deal of travel. -.
Georgetown's main games are Wlth
Pittsburgh. West Virginia, Syracuse
and Navy. Pittsburgh is to be met
October . at Pittsburgh. West Nlr-
sinia comes here on October 10. III
the only really big game the Blue
and GRAY has at home, Syracuse Is
to be played at Syracuse OCTOBER oo'
end Navy at Annapolis. November 10.
The usual game with Fordham Is 70
take place in New York the Saturod!
before Thanksgiving day.
Particular interest will attach 10
,he games with Pittsburgh, West
Virginia and Syracuse. even more
than to the one with Navy. These
three schools have been among
the hest in foot ball for so long that
Georgetown feels that, il it can 40
what il expects to do. these games
are the vehicles on which IL may riue
10 greater prominence in the Eastern
foot hall world than II has known IN
xe.rs greater perhaps than II mas
ever known.
M doubt its schedule offers George
town far greater opportunities thah
q has had since it held places on
Princeton's and Army's lists Nopoay
doubts the strength of West Nlrsimd.
Pitt and Syracuse, and II the Blue anu
Gray is successful In these contIss
the results will be even more thah
nleasing to those that follow the Blue
and Gray banner.
Maryland Has Big Games.
MARYLAND also has an opportunity
%o make a name for itself, especially
as this is the first year 1t has playeo
game in the Middle West with one
Of the Western Conference schools. On
Octoher 9 1t Journeys to Chicago to
meet Stages eleven, and what 1t may
accomplish in it's showing there VIII
affect considerably it's future relations
with universities in that section.
As far as travel is concerned, Mary
land will have it's troubles In three
consecutive weeks. when 1t goes 10
Columbia, S. c., to Chicago ana 10
Norfolk on consecutive SATURDAYS In
addition to these games the Mary
lapders plav their annual contest with
Vale at New Haven the first Satur'
day in November.
Two home games the Marylanders
are looking forward to are with North
Carolina 'on October % and with
Virginia November 13. Considerable
comment has been occasloned to the
effect that these games shouid be
played in Washington, but so far as
ts known nothing definitely has been
done toward that end.
Others Have Hard Lists.
George Washington is not to be
outdone this Fall in jumping out TO
nlav big schools, as it goes to State
college Pa. to meet Penn state. Ana
in picking Penn State George Wash
tngton has not tried to avoid the
strong elevens, as few schools are
more difficult to tackle than that
coached by Bezdek.
Catholic University not only has
an exceptionally hard game at home
with Marines on October %. but also
takes three long trips. at the end OF
which are games not much easier.
II goes to New Orleans to meet 10y
ola College of that city on October
so. November 13 goes to Worcester,
Mass. for a struggle with Holy Cross.
and October plays Boston College
al Boston.
The BroOkland eleven has one open
date. having no contest listed for
November 6. Ii probably intends to
leave that date open because of the
long trips on the Saturday before
and the saturday after.
Whatever the kind of teams de-
veloped here this year and whatever
the results of the games, nobody viii
ever he able TO say that these schools
Georgetown. George Washington and
Catholic University and Maryland
Stunned hard competition. II GER
tsinlv cannot he said OF them that
thev earched the country for easy
spots. and for their deliberate efforts
to enter into the best competition
they deserve real credit. win. lose or
draw. as the saying goes.
Following is a list of the games
scheduled by local schools:
SEPTEMBER IS.
Maryland VS.. Drexei. att Wash
Maryland VS.. Washington College,
nj College Park.
October ..
Catholic University VS.. Boston COI-
lege, at Boston.
Georsetown VS.. Pittsburgh, at Pitts
burgh.
George Washington VS.. City College
OF New York, at Washington.
MARYLAND VS.. South Carolina, at Co
l,imbia.
OCTOBER 9.
George Washington vs.. Buckneh,
NJ IeWisburg.