Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-25


many regrets. and all may look with
pride on at least a good deal of their
records And even those schools that
had teams in some sports that tailed
to reach heights in remarkable vic
tories still may find II good deal OF
satisfaction in having done their best.
Many of the colleges maintain other
sports, but as far as the general pub
lie Is concerned only four OF them at.
tain places of real worth--foot ball.
base ball. track and basket ball. Thesa
are the sports that get the headlines
throughout the newspaper world, and
usually headlines of that kind gen
orally are given because they are sto-
ries of things in which the public takes
greatest interest.
Foot Ball Biggest Sport.
And OF these four sports which prac-
tiCally all colleges maintain as their
major lines of athletic endeavor. foot
bali in the public mind reigns supreme.
A college may have great teams IN
other sports, but If 1t fails to turn out
a good foot ball aggregation 1t does
not get the credit 1t really deserves.
And so ii is foot ball that will be first
mentioned in this all too brief review
Of activities in local colleges during
the last year.
Teams generally were stronger than
In some years. Erratic foot ball was
played at times by all, but as whole
the elevens reached hitherto unat-
tanned heights. Georgetown had one
had spot in it's season. nothwithstand-
ing IL had the strongest eleven of the
group. 1t expected to defeat syria
cuse, but failed in its invasion of the
New York city. failed to win in game
in which 1t gained double the ground
its opponent gained. But barring that
contest with Syracuse, the Blue and
Gray was good all year. 1t defeated
West Virginia and Lafayette decisive
ly, it won from Fordham and Boston
College without difficulty. and actually
was much stronger than its own sup
porters expected ii to be.
1t would be difficult to pick any one
game in which Georgetown stood out
above the others. After it learned
its lesson at Syracuse. ii set an even
gait and held it, moving down all OPP |
position with consistent brilliancy
Considering everything, the season |
was one of the best Georgetown has !
had in its whole gridiron history.
Colonials Deserve Credit.
George Washington, notwithstand. |
ing il lost to Catholic University |
Thanksgiving, day, probably deserves |
greater credit for what it accomplished |
on the gridiron than any Of the other |
I'VE elevens. The Buff and Blue start /
ed with an exceptionally small squad. |
with even its own coach feeling blue, |
but came through with flying colors. |
playing through some OF its games |
without a substitution. George Wash.
ington had some experienced material.
hut what IL had in quality 1t lacked
i'm quantity. A defeat by Penn State
by Two fouchdowns and by Catholic
University by one were the only set
backs received. while the main vic.
tories were won over Fordham and
Rutgers.
Catholic University had a strong
eleven. It had a hard schedule for
which II got little credit for the good
showing IL really made. 1t played
Though a schedule against elevens
that II would have got little credit for /
beating, but elevens which were ex- |
ceptionally strong. st. Xavier. for IN /
stance. hardly is known here, yet out |
in Cincinnati everybody recognizes IL /
as q tough nut to crack. Yet Catholic /
University scored three touchdowns !
AGAINST that eleven. while the Marines
could get only two. only 10 lose BY |
four touchdowns TO three.
Two Others Handicapped. |!
gaIlaudet and American University |
struck some rough spots. but played |
through their schedules with great |
courage and credit. Gallaudet simply /
vent against teams that had better |
material and more experienced mate.
rial, and in sprne Of its games IL was
remarkable that 1t was able 10 do so
web.
- right AZ the he.
thinning Of the season and was handi-
"a uped thereby all year. That IL had |
the courage to enforce It's rules,
though, stands az a fine mark In It's
favor and win react for it's good in
coming seasons.
Maryland played very erratic foot
hall. II had strong team, team
that at times was good enough 10 hold
tss own against any opponent, but al
other times displa yed a brand OF play |
that was mediocre. II went through
al, exceptionally long. hard schedule.
nut physically seemed none the worse /
far il, Against South Carolina and i
virginia Polytechnic Institute. Florida /
and Vanderbilt. Maryland was al times /
brilliant, though IL lOrt 10 FLORIDA and |
Vanderbilt.
several Of the teams turned out |
,Iavers way above the average. |
ffE0fHGIDWu uGu LWO va pNf bpf itf' /
.srs 10 SaueF at tackle and GFigsby 81 /
Center. The latter WAS chosen on sew |
e,aI sIl. tiaEtern e1eseDs and wss men. |
,foned I'm other ali,star combinations. |
catholic University had In DuF0nr al /
tackle and Foley AZ quarterback two 1
,uen who would have been valuable .
ACQUISITIONS 10 any squad IN the |
south, George Warrington had n |
GOOD bAek in Stehnsn, while Thomas /
vas a star for Maryland. /
G.. T.. Five Was Brilliant /
Catholic Uniyersity's work on the /
basket hail court stood out. The /
Tsyosklanders had lye that was bsii /
Iiagt eli through The year and on the /
night il defeated Fofdhsm could have /
ysor, from anybody. Foley. besides be /
ing q star in foot ball, SLIGO was the |
main cog in that basket ball wheel
Georgetown had a Eesson that hard |
w measured up To the standard of ]
CeoygetoWn teams, sn1 MaTyianf |
y,isyed some excellent games and as 81
whole did just about as well ~ II ex
x<ciAd MaFylSnd's victory over
Peunsyiyanis at Philadelphia was the
LAST effort of It's season.
American University had fine
,ssYD. one far abpys the average u
srh00is it's slze. The team was Niade
,lp 0f former washington Mkb sTHo1f |
ls,ys. with one exception, ana was
good enough ~ best Maryland j0 IN.
rstter'e fret game Incidentally.
Rattle EWiBgeton deserves great
,sadit for having coa hed that t1ve.
fssliau1st and George Washington
ssso had teams better Than their over
.xe and one II the games played by
GenrKs Washing ton--sgaiDst Catholic
rfutver sit y~~WsE one III The nefcsHt
Taught snd hardest ia whicb Catholic
I;njyersity's brilliant aggregation i"pk
psTt.
d. e.. knpfeB,s On Track,