Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-10

Meeting one of its best games
of the wear when it faces Villa
nova Saturday afternoon at
Brookland. 1t will be the Car
dinals' big home contest OF the year
and despite the known strength OF the
Pennsylvanians. the local sc h o Q
thinks it has about an even chance 10
win. Coach Jack McAulltte, WnAe not
outin1istic. is not pessiinistic over the
rrobable result. and looks for g. great
battle. with c. u. having fair chance
for victory
Since early in September McAuliffe
has been working with only tar
SQUAD in an attempt to round out
varsity team that would make a GOOD
showing, He has been bringing his
men along gradually and on sound
lines. and they are beginning to show
the effect of good coaching.
Saturday against Vill3nova the team
may be defeated but it will not be be-
cause Villanova has played better or
sounder foot ball. II Villanova is VIC
tor it will be only for the reason that 1t
has better material and more material.
No coach in the South has any more
difficult proposition than McAuliffe. He
barely has a squad big enough to make
up two teams and often this Fall has
been forced to divide his line and
scrimmage one side of 1t against the
other side in order to get good practice.
But the fact that McAuliffe never COM
plains shows his real caliber, there is
not the least doubt that he will get out
Of the Catholic u. squad everything
there is in it.
Has a Good Backfield.
McAuliffe has a good backfield to
throw into the Villanova game. He
says so himself, but when one mentions
his line he says little. 1t is plainly evil
dent, though, when the squad is
watched at practice, that McAuliffe has
little in the way of line material. His
men are willing enough but they just
have not had the experience nor the
physical qualifications necessary to a
really high type set of forwards.
I'VE shall give Villanova real bat
tie, if nothing happens to upset our
plans says McAuliffe, land the game
should be one of our best of the year. I
know that Villanova has good squad
of foot ball players, but there is some
thing else to foot ball game besides
players. Whether or not we will win
depends on good many things, and I
suppose that Villanova really is ia
vored, according to what we call the
pre-game dope, but I have confidence
enough in our men to feel that before
the game is very far under way Villa
nova will be a much surprised team
For its Game Saturday with Lafay-
cite the George Washington eleven is
not in very good shape. In fact, 1t is
unlikely that the Buff and Blue will
make anywhere near as good show
ing as it did against Fordham, unless
some of the second-string players do
far better than ordinarily might be ex-
pected of them. Clapper and Lopen1an
are the two regular backs who played
against Fordharn who will not be in
the game with Lafayette, the former
having sustained a sprained ankle and
the latter a twisted knee. Sanders is
likely to be the only regular back in
against the EaSton eleven, as BarrowS
was hurt in practice before the Ford
ham game Frazier, BerkoWitz and
McGrew will make up the rest Of the
quartet behind the line, which gives the
Colonials an exceptionally light OUTFIT.
Gates and Carey, tackle and end, also
may be out of the game with the
Easton eleven, and it seems right now
as if the Buff and Blue will have only
a part of its real strength on the field
for what may be the hardest game 1t
will play this year.
Gallaudet is in good shape for its
game with Schuylkill, and they may
make much better showing than any
body expects. The Kendall Green
eleven really has not been given full
credit for the kind of game 1t put up
last week against Temple University.
Temple has strong, experienced eleven,
yet Gallaudet fought it to standstill
until physically unable to do any more.
The Kendall Green eleven may be
depended on to do its best, Coach
Hughes seemingly having an ability to
inspire his players to give even more
than they usually are expected to give.
American University, whether 1t is in
good shape or not, simply does not have
the squad to send into the average col
lege foot ball game. It has neither the
experience nor the physical strength to
make much Of a showing against a coll
lege eleven, and that it sticks in the
game is to its credit, apd what it &C
complishes reflects favorably on its
coach.
Georgetown will be stronger Saturday
for its game with Lebanon Valley than
for any contest this. year. Barabas and
Hudack, both fine backs, are again in
good shape and ready to go at top
speed for full contest If necessary.
Coach Lou Little feels that for the first
time this season his team really is in
shape to face a tough contest.
At the beginning of the season, just
before the Mount st. Mary's contest,
Little said, IF / can get my full
strength on the field, we'll be all right
and give any of them great battle"
and now that strength is available.
The team will start against Lebanon
Valley with Provincial and Tomaini at
ends, Liston and Mooney at tackles,
Carroll and Cordovani at guards, Wyn-
coop, center, and Scalzi, Duplin, Hudack
and Barabas in the backfield.
1t is not likely that Georgetown will
be forces very much by Lebanon VAL
ley. At times in past years the Lee
banon eileen has come out strong
enough to give any opponent real
battle, but its game with City College
of New York last week, which ended
o to 6, does not indicate exceptional
power at present. Georgetown ought to
win by a comfortable margin.
Unless it gets somebody hurt this
afternoon or tomorrow in the scrim-
images that are scheduled, Maryland
will send against South Carolina the
saline eleven that It. had in for most Of
the game with North Carolina. keenan,,