Evening star., 1927-09-30
MARYLAND WILL FIGURE
y, IN HEADLINE STRUGGLE
Old Liners to Entertain South Carolina-Cathoc u
sa es to Be Host to Mount ST. Mary's, While G. U.
:.
Plays Susquehana-C. W. Is Away.

opportunity to compare South 1t
lantic foot hall with food ball of other
sections. There will he four compari-
sons of South Atlantic elevens with
farther south teams, Virginia. Y. NJ.
l., North Carolina State and Maryland
meeting four elevens from Georgia
and South Carolina; and two compari.
sons between South Atlantic teams
with teams from beyond the noun.
taifs will he had in the games In
which North Carolina and Washing
ton and Lee are to play.
Those elevens that did not open
their schedules last week swing into
action tomorrow. In the East this in
cludes Princeton, Yale and Harvard.
and in the West all members of the
Western and Missouri Valley Confer
enoes. All have contests they should
win without much difficulty.
Princeton opens with Amherst. Yale
with Bowdoin and Harvard with Ver-
mont. Three games scheduled in the
big Eastern elevens. Army may not
have walk-away over Detroit.
Pennsylvania may find it's going
against Swarthmore rather rough.
and Washington and jefferson may
hit more of. a snag with Western
Maryland than it expects. At least
these seem to be the contests In which
there is the best chance of upsets.
This Western Maryland eleven is
going to be strong. 1t may not he
strong enough to beat Washington
and Jefferson, but it is going to be far
stronger than the average college of
its size. IT has a fine backfield and
a strong line and excellent coaching.
In Neal and Long, the former the
famous Greasy of the Marine
Corps. the back who starred against
Georgetown two years, it has two
backs comparable with the best.
Practically all the college and high
school coaches and foot ball officials
located in the District Of Columbia
were present last night at the meet.
ing held in The Evening Star Build
ing: for general discussion and in
depreciation o. the rules. About 40
persons took part in the discussion.
which was led by Paul Magoffin,
former Michigan man and the South's
leading referee. Capt. Jerry Land of
the Navy Departemnt, Coach Lou Lit
tie of Georgetown, Coach Tom Ready
Of Marines and Lieut. Harmon of
Bowling Field aided Magoffin in offer.
ing many helpful suggestions.
Three points especially were dis
cussed. and with great vigor. One
was whether or not a stop Of a full
second should be enforced on a team
after 1t lined up out of a huddle be-
fore any other shift be allowed, or
whether a team might start shifting
Immediately after coming out of a
huddle without any stop. 1t was de.
cided that the full seconds stop be
enforced.
Another point was whether or not
a man would be allowed to be in mo-
ton paralleled to or toward his own
goal before, during and after shift
without coming to the full seconds
stop as provided in the rules for all
others who might be in motion on the
shift. There was so much disagree
ment on this point that it was decided
to query the rules committee and an
nohnce. the decision through the col
ums of The Star. The other question
on which there was considera BILE doubt
was whether or not, il three men in
a backfield shifted and the fourth man
remained still, IL the fourth man in
the backfield started before the full
second stop the 15-yard penalty for
violation of the shift should be given