Evening star., 1927-10-17

SHY plans to bring here
wv this week to meet George
town an eleven fully cap
able of holding its own
AGAINST almost any opponent. At
least, that is the word that comes
from Morgantown.
A little more than a year ago. when
Pittsburgh simply swamped the
Mountaineers, it seemed that George
town might have rather an easy con-
test for its homecoming day, but the
7to-7 tie in the contest with Lafayette,
undoubtedly one OF abe most powerful
teams in the East, indicates that
Coacn Rogers has successfully re-
vamped his lineup.
At the beginning Of the season West
Virginia felt it would have great
team, and victory by a wide margin
in its first game indicated as much,
but then came a tie with Washington
and Lee and right after that a 40-to-0
defeat at the hands of Pittsburgh.
Then Coach Rogers began shifting his
men, and Saturday faced Lafayette
with almost a completely reorganized
lineup. That his efforts to bring
order out of chaos were successful is
shown by the fine game played with
Lafayette.
West Virginia is likely to have on
the field against Georgetown a typi-
cal West Virginia eleven. That means
an alert, capable, experienced and we'll
. balanced hard-playing combination. In
short it is likely to have a team good
enough to be worthy opponent for
any school.
Georgetown plans to make it's home
coming day big affair, the biggest
of the knd the university has held 1t
is expected that alumni will come from
considerable distances, and certainly
practically all Georgetown graduates
in Washington are certain to be on
hand. Some festivities in the shape
of smoker and general get-together
are to be held Friday night and a big
dance Saturday.
Last week Georgetown had its string
of victories cut short by the defeat
at Syracuse, and more or less uneX-
pectedly, too. Foot ball men who had
watched Syracuse ~ were of the
opinion that Georgetown should win
by three touchdowns. One foot ball
coach told the writer last week that
Syracuse had poor line and George
town ought to make it resemble a tar
get after a group of sharpshooters
had been pecking away at it for half
an hour. Georgetown lost because it
apparently was outplayed in certain
respects and because it could not keep
its attack going down inside the 20
yard line.
However, that defeat at Syracuse
should not prevent Georgetown play
ing good foot ball against West Vir-
ginia. The Blue and Gray always has
been noted for its ability to rise to
an occasion, and some really wonder
full games have been put up by poor
Georgetown teams, and Georgetown's
team this year is far from being in
that class.
The Blue and Gray did not fare so
well at Syracuse, but Saturday before
a returned throng Of its own grad
yates another story may be told.
George WasIlingtOn's victory over
Rutgers is quite star in Coach
Crum's crown. The New Brunswick
eleven is not SO strong this year, but
nevertheless any time team like
that which represents George Wash
ington goes up there and brings back
the long end of the score it is an ac-
complishment worthy of notice.
AS a matter of fact, though, George
Washington has more experienced
and better foot ball team than it is
being given credit for. And in addition
to that the team is well coached, so
there really is no reason why it should
not be playing good foot ball. Steh-
man, playing in one of the back posi-
tions, is big, fast, and a clever ball
carrier. And the other backs are not
back numbers either.
Everybody who knows athletic con-
ditions here in the District would like
to see George Washington come to
the front 1t has many difficulties, it
is true, but it also has many ad-
vantages. Whatever measure of sue
cess the Buff and Blue may attain in
it's season, nearly everybody will be
wishing it well.
Catholic University won its fourth
straight game by trimming st. Johns
of Brooklyn two touchdowns. The
New Workers had a good foot ball
team, but were never able to get
across for a score. They presented
a forward pass attack that was good,
and three times carried the ball al
most to the goal line, where valiant
stands by the Brookland players pre-
vented further advances. In reality
II was in these tests on defense that
e.. u. did it's best work. Probably the
outstanding part of its play was in
the fact that it proved able to stand
up under emergencies of this kind.
Maryland beat an exceptional foot
ball team when ii won from Virginia
Polytechnic Institute at Norfolk.
When the Blackburg eleven took the
field expressions of admiration for its
appearance went up even from the
Maryland bench, because its eleven
presents and appearance just about as
fine az any college team anywhere.