Evening star., 1928-11-02
HOYAS ARE PR|MED
FOR VIOLET HORDE
HiIItoppers on Short End of
Betting, but Are in a
Fighting Mood.

clean 1928 foot ball record
Nj seems in for a fine Smearing
4 here tomorrow afternoon. Up
this way folks are loudly de-
claring it will not be that OF the New
York University eleven. But the many
followers of the Georgetown varsity
team at hand seem to feel that the New
Yorke will be surprised when Lou
Little,S athletes tackle Chick MeShan'S
huskins in Yankee Stadium. They have
great faith in their team, these George
town followers, and the stories OF the
great gridiron prowess of the unshrink-
ing Violet they are hearing from every
side isn't diminishing that faith.
Be that as it may, it does appear
right now that Georgetown is in for its
toughest tussle of the campaign. The
Hoyas. unbeaten and scoring leaders OF
the Nation will bump into another un-
beaten team that has everything IN ltS
favor to continue its victorious stride,
past performances and present condl-
ton indicate. New York University
will outweigh Georgetown, VIII nave
more and reputedly better substitutes
available and will enter the fray with
whatever advantage may come from
having played teams of stronger calloer
than those the Hoyas have encoun-
tered
New York University Is FavOrite.
Consideration of New York Univer-
sityS accomplishment to date and a
look at its squad of behemothS leaves
no doubt as to why the Violet Is Dig
favorite over the Blue and Gray. One
can't laugh away New York University's
wins over Fordham and Colgate, eSpe-
cially the signal triumph over the up
staters, and again one can't laugh away
that New York University squad. It's
about the best looking collection OF hui
man foot ball material to be seen IN
the East at least and 1t knows its stuff.
Coach Meehan has seen to that, and
when Meehan sees to anything IN loot
ball way he makes thorough job Of 1t.
This doesn't mean, Of course, that
Georgetown hasn't chance. That
would be foolish to say in the face OF
what the Blue and Gray has done this
season. Any team that can roll up a
total of 240 points in five games must
be something of scoring machine,
even though its opponents perhaps were
not of very high grade. At that, West
Virginia Wesleyan and Duke, the last
two teams faced by Georgetown, were
not weaklings.
There's much to be said of George
towns defensive ability, too. But seven
points have been registered against it
| in its five engagements. And those
points were made late in the West Vir-
| ginia Wesleyan clash, when an alert
Bobcat Scooped up Hoya tumble and
raced from midheld to goal. Several
times foes have gotten within George
towns 20-yard line, but always found
stone wall blocking further progress.
Thus far, Georgetown seems to have
been as thoroughly coached in defense
as in attack, and that's saying great
DEAL
Coach Little Of the Hoyas has said
that New York University may have
been hurt to some extent by banking
too heavily on last Saturdays tilt with
Colgate, that the Violet might have
pointed so carefully for that clash that
a natural reaction might find it bit
off color for the Georgetown test.
Hoyas VIII Not Wait.
But Little isn't figuring greatly on
such o possibility. Instead he's i'm
pressing upon his charges at the last
minute, as he has for the past two
weeks, that what Georgetown does to-
morrow will mean much more than any,
thing New York U. doesn't do. In other
words, he has endeavored to make his
| gridironers realize that they must make,
not wait for, New York U. to break.
Tomorrow will show how well the Hoyas
have learned their lesson.
Georgetown is to enter the fray prac-
tically starless aggregation. so well
balanced has 1t been in its recent en-
gagementS. On the other hand, New
York U. seems to be a collection Of
stars with the redoubtable Ken Strong
the brightest of the cluster Already
this remarkable back, who is the leading
scorer OF the country, Is hailed as GER
tain all-America timber. With Strong
in the regular backfield are Hill, de-
pendable interferer; Follett, rangy full
back, and O'Herin, who directs play.
Capt. LaSSman of the Violet is report
ed one of the finest tackles of the year,
and Schneider is said to be as powerful
center as a coach could desire. The
other members of the varsity are not
far from stellar ranking, according to
the ballyhooing New Yorkers. Quite a
formidable array and one well coached,
it would seem.
Those who have watched the Violet
in action declare that few foot ball
teams display the thorough drilling it
has shown in its games. The rhythm
Is there, the teams purpose is decisive
and its tactics are sound, say these OBJ
servers. The huddle from which the
team swings into action is carefully
timed and works with astonishing
smoothness, they add IT'S said there is
unity of action extensively and defen-
sively which is highly diSconcerting to
teams of equal power, but with lesser
degree of careful drilling.
Sounds as though New York Uni
versity is just about good enough to
romp to victory over any team that
opposes it, doesn't it? Well, George
town may have few trick up it's sleeve
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