Evening star., 1926-10-04

South and gave Virginia a lacing
% to Z. That doesn't leave much doubt
which was the better team. North
Carolina went down to Tennessee and
took a 34-to-0 drubbing. Virginia Mill
tary Institute went down to Georgia
Tech and got whipped by two touch
downs. Maryland dropped down to
South Carolina and had it's measure
taken by the university of that State.
North Carolina State College had its
Raleigh precincts invaded by F'urman
University and finished on the wrong
end of 41-to0 count. And while it
did not lose to a. far Southern eleven,
Washington and Lee did take a whip
ping at the hands of West Virginia.
IS to 0.
Such results indicate nothing other
than that for this year at least. far
Southern foot hall is on far higher
plane than the South Atlantic brand
IF all the games had been lost In the
far South the extreme heat might have
been blamed for the differences. but
Georgia came north to Charlottesville
and North Carolina, was beaten in the
mountains Of Tennessee and North
Carolina State was drubbed on Its
own field.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, by vir-
tue Of it's one-sided victory over Hamp-
den, Sidney. after the latter had held
Virginia to g. scoreless tie. indicates
that it has just the kind of powerful.
versatile outfit that was claimed for
It at the beginning Of the season be-
fore 1T ever played a game. And
Frank Dobson's eleven deserves great
credit for putting over a 9to-7 vic
tory on Jimmie DeI1art's Duke Uni
versity team.
Georgetown got tie in its game
with Pittsburgh, which probably was
not as good as it expected, but never
theless was highly creditable. Any
time any eleven from this section ties
Pitt, or ties any of the big Northern
schools, it does something that is very
much worth while. That Georgetown
did not win from Pitt when 1t ex-
pected to should not detract in the
least from what ought to be considered
by everybody great showing.
While Georgetown began the sea
son with what II thought would be
backfield far lower in standard than
the one of last season, it seems
that the quartet measures up eX-
ceptionally we'll OF course, there is
no real gauge by which to measure
the comparative abilities of two
separate backfelds in two different
wears, but if there were the present
four might not fall so far behind that Of
1925 as was expected it might before
the first game was played.
One thing that the game with Pitts
burgh established that should be
pleasing to Georgetown people is that
the Hilltoppers are strong enough to
play about even terms with any
eleven it faces. When 1t goes against
West Virginia, Syracuse and Navy 1t
will give those teams battles and prob
ably will enter such contests consid-
cred to have about an even chance
to win.
George Washington had difficulty
winning it's game but finally did SO.
and after all a race won by an inch
IS Just as good as one won by mile.
Catholic University either over
rated its own strength or greatly un-
derrated Boston College. Certainly no
sentiment that came from Brookland
indicated that a defeat by any such.
score as % to 0 was remotely eX-
pected.
Maryland ran into a good foot ball
team at South Carolina. one that should
give its opponents some battles
worthy of more than passing note.
South Carolina had older and more
experienced men and n more versatile
q.
and some of its supporters tried to
blame the defeat on the intense
and depressing heat. but if heat was
responsible for the result then it was
strange indeed that III the second hal1
Maryland was far and away the pet
ter team. If Maryland had been bet
ter in the first half and had TWO
touchdowns scored against 1t in the
second half then the heat alibi might
main
facts are that Maryland'S green out
fit. and il probably is the least eX-
perienced college foot ball squad in
the country, barring none. made just
such mistakes as it might have been eN-
pected to make against a more eN-
rerienced combination, and two OF
these errors practically gave South
Carolina its two touchdowns. Mary
lands own blunders turned what
should have been a comparatively
easy garle for it into defeat.
Saturday was another extremely
unsatisfactory occasion for Harvard
alumni and students. To reVamp lts
coaching system with the expectation
of betterng the unsatisfactory condl-
'ions Of the last two years and then
10 have in the first contest with
small school to suffer a defeat OF 10
To certainly could not he ConSld-
cred ANYTHING but the extreme OF us
appoiNtment. 1t was the FIRST tlnF
in the ken Of present-day mortals that
Harvard has lost an opening foot hai
contest However. the CRIMSON ma
n whole season practically IN Which
70 rectify whatever is wrong win the
system which is not working well
enough To win games despite all the
ADVANTAGES Of tradition and morale
that are supposed TO he on the side
of a school of Harvard'S 5 worth.
Yale ronped i'm with its first game
and probably showed enough TO con
vince its adherentS, and opponents
TOO. that il will be a thorn in the
side Of more than one ambitious team
It is to meet. Princeton had a DIM
cult time winning its first game. ac-
cordflg to the press reports, but prob
ehlv il was not such difficult affair
as Princeton coaches would have the
public and its followers believe. AS
"A matter Of fact. Princeton usually
seeks deliberately not 10 make TOO
good a showing in its first two or
three games Just TO win is about
all that Princeton desires TO do. so
that il may throw much greater
strength into its big contests than Its
main opponents look for.
University of Florida made good
showing against the University or
chicago in the opening game for the
latter, Each team got touchdown,
Inn in addition 10 that Chicago made
two field goals. And. contrary TO
what everybody looked for. Chicago
onened IN with regular forward
nassing offense. Usually ii has been
a plugging team. running 90 per cent
of its plays between the tackles.
Michigan opened its season with
every indication that it will have an