Evening star., 1927-11-22
FINE c. v. RECORD
"a
NOT Worrying c. j.
BrookIanders Do Not Fear
: Colonial 0ffense and
Figure to Gain.
RN Ill & BYRD.

~ ATHOL1c UNIVERSITY, de
spite the fact that George
Washington has lost only
~ one foot ball game, expects
80 win the annual struggle
THANKSGIVING day afternoon, In the
Catholic University stadium -
The Rrooklanders are saying llttIe
for publication. but one of the men
Identified with their sports made the
fiat statement this morning that
George Washington has great ue
fens,vc line. but we are not worried
about its offcnse, which we Will stop
and | think we shall he able to pehe'
trate its strong defense for enough
points to give Us victory.
George Washington has an I'M
pressive record. 1t started the sea-
son with excellent material, AS far
as its trst-string eleven was con-
cerned. and has made good. Only one
defeat is charged against the team,
that at the hands of Penn state, ana
several elevens have been sent down
10 defeat by big scores. No doubt
George Washington has one OF the
strongest teams in its history, ana
the strongest eleven that has worn
its colorS since 1908.
In the light of the excellent record
George Washington has made, Catho'
I
is more or less surprising. AT first
thought it would seem that the Brook
landers' record would not compare In
any way with the Buff and Blue. but
when the season is considered in its
whole aspects the Brooklanders have
done just about as well.
Cardinals Not Weak.
Catholic U. has played through a
- lnt Af
teams that have been anything but
easy marks, and. while it has lost
some games. has scored many points
and has played consistently good foot
ball.
Take it's game against st. Xavier
out in Cincinnati, as an example.
c. L. scored IS points in that contest,
but was beaten. 26 to IS. yet the
Marines barely won from st. Xavier
by Il to IS.
Were it not for the fact that
Dufour, Catholic University's great
tackle. probably will not play because
of an injury. the Brooklanders would
be favored to win. AS it is. it seems
that they should have at least an
even break, despite the more impress.
sive record possessed by George Wash
ington. and probably if those that
know the two elevens well were COM
PEELED to make a choice that choice
might rest on Catholic L.
- At any rate, the game should be
well played. as both teams undoubted.
ly are strong. The contest probably
will be the best that has taken place
between two local elevens in many
years.
Georgetown wound up its season
last week with brilliant victory over
F'ordham, and while it had offers of
several post-season contests, finally
decided not to play. Only one defeat
was charged against the Blue and
Gray, and that in a game in which it
Dutgained its opponent and generally
seemed aNStronger. eleven. Syracuse
ss the only team which winds up its
season with Georgetown's scalp at its
belt.
Maryland has two more games on
its schedule. one Thursday in Balti.
more with Johns Hopkins, the other
with Florida in Jacksonville. Decem-
Der 3. The Marylanders right now
are bending their energies toward the
contest with Hopkins, as the latter has
about the strongest eleven in it's his.
tDry. A big mass meeting is to be
held at Maryland tomorrow at IL
O'Clock, at which Senator Tydings and
other alumni will spea'-
!. Hopkins expects to win from the
Old Line eleven. 1t figures that it
has fine record, having lost only one
contest, that to Syracuse by the same
score by which Georgetown lost to
the Orange, and that it ought to have
the offensive and defensive strength
TO more than hold its own. Maryland
has won only four out of nine games.
while Hopkins has won all except
that with Syracuse and the one in
which it tied Columbia.