Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-10-03
ERRORS COSTLY In TWO r
: Rig SOUTHERN CONTESTS
causc VIRGINIA and North Carolina to Be Beaten by
Scores That Are Deceptive-Local Teams DO
Well in Saturdays Clashes.

more decisive score against South
Carolina than anybody looked for.
| Maryland's victory over South caro-
| lima by four touchdowns was uneN
pected. although some OF the Old
Lines supporters felt it had slight
margin. Even now the Old Liners
DO not know whether they have
| really strong foot ball team oil
whether the decisive defeats admins
| tered to two opponents were due II
! large measur to weakness of those
opponents. Washington College un
| doubtedly was very weak, and. while
South Carolina certainly had an eX
cellent lot Of material, it did not
appear like a very good foot ball team
| On defense. at times, its work was
superb, but on a good many occasions
| it seemed to lack cohesion and ap
parently was unable to show the
| strength as team that it should have
shown. considering the men in its
| lineup.
GEORGETOWN started the season with
many gloomy opinions about its lack
of backs and scoring power. but moth
ing in the two contests it has played
gives any evidence that it is lacking
in these essentials. In two contests
the Blue and Gray has run up total
of 1877 points. and while neither team
il faced was strong, still il had to
have some scoring power TO set across
the goal line so many times.
Catholic University has had many
good things said of it this season and
its game with Mount ST. Mary's seems
to bear out the prediction. Mount st.
AarHfS with nnifA SfFnnC
scored first against the Brooklanders
last week, but the latter came
through and cleaned up the game de.
spite the handicap. When a team
does that it accomplishes something
really more valuable to 1t than the
average victory. because it gains con-
dence in its own ability to overcome
handicaps.
George Washington's success In
New York was hailed with delight by
Hatchetite supporters, because i'm II
was news that their team again is
strong enough to give worthy OPP
ponents some foot ball games worth
Coach Crum has developed another
team In which the downtown uni
versity may well take pride.
Comment about last Saturdays foot
ball games should not pass without
mention Of the eleven representing
Duke University. That eleven went
North and gave Boston University an
excellent beating. In its first game
Duke lost to Furman by a one-touch.
down margin and nobody paid much
attention to Duke. But since that
Furman scundly whipped North Caro-.
lima State. and Duke has given Bos.
ton College a lacing. This il an in.
dication that Duke has one Of the
best elevens in the whole section, and
inasmuch as the team is made up al.
most entirely of sophomores, 1t should
for the next two years take its pla &c
among the strongest Southern teams
In the Far South it seems that Ala
bama. Georgia. Georgia Tech and Tu.
lane stand out as the strongest teams.
This does not take into consideration
Tennessee and Vanderbilt, both of
which have fine elevens It is said
that Alabama will be just as capable
as it was last season and the season
before. Tulane gave Mississippi a
beating and the latter was expected to
be exceptionally strong. A man who
watched Tennessee beat Carolina last
week is authority for the statement
that Tennessee has the sweetest look
ing foot ball team I've seen in a long
while and that goes for Northern as
well as Southern gridirons. II it is
not up fighting for the Conference
championship this year, then it will
not make the best of its opportunities -