Evening star., 1928-11-14
GU. AND MARYLAND
FACE TOUGH TASKS
Possible That Little, Hoya
Athletic Leader, May
Leave Hilltop.
BY HI. C. BYRD.

son is Just in the ofing, local college
elevens have plenty to think about
in their final contests and should get
all and possibly more competition than
they desire.
Georgetown and Maryland have the
hardest opposition to face, though COM
paratively speaking, their opposition Is
that of the others.
Georgetown's last games are with
West Virginia, Fordham and Detroit
and there is not an easy mark in the
three. Maryland plays Virginia, Wash
ington and Lee and Hopkins. Until
Hopkins came within an ace of giving
Columbia a beat last week it was
thought that that game might prove
easier this Fall
Catholic University is to wind up
with st. Johns of Brooklyn and George
Washington. Gallaudet meets SuSQue-
hanna and Bridgewater and George
and Catholic u.
Georgetown'S foes all are strong. The
Blue and Gray eleven has been going
at a great pace all season and the
defeat last week at the hands of Car
negie Tech should not be construed
as a weakness on the part of George
town, but rather as great strength
on the part Of Carnegie Tech, and the
Blue and Gray ought to have an even
chance to win in each contest.
The team is not in very good shape
right now as the last two hard games
with New York u. and Carnegie Tech,
have taken their toll of the squad.
Carroll is out and others Of the team,
are in bad shape. It is doubtful, to
tell the truth. if the Hilltoppers will
be as good this week, as they were
against either New York University or
Carnegie Tech, according to a state
ment made on the Hilltop this morn
ing.
Little May be Lost.
In connection with the Georgetown
team, it might be well to mention the
possibility Of Lou Little not being back
on the Hilltop next year as coach.
Little, as a matter of fact, is in rather
an embarrassing position, as he has a
very attractive proposition from another
school which he is halfway inclined to
accept, but his contract at Georgetown
has another year to run, Georgetown
probably would not hesitate to let Little
better himself in any way that he could,
but there always is that heSitancy on
the part of anybody when it comes to
accepting place elsewhere when he
feels that he is somewhat obligated to
stay where he Is.
The situation sums itself up In Little
having the offer with the inclination
to accept it, but heSitating to do so
without the full approval of everybody
on the Hilltop. Probably in the final
arrangements Little will remain in
charge of the local school.
Maryland'S games with Virginia AMI
n elNi r AZ % hA oV.rSl
fought and even. The Old Liners are
looking upon Virginia as an opponent
that tied Princeton, instead of as one
that, with several regulars crippled, lost
to Virginia Military Institute and Viz
ginia. Polytechnic Institute.
Virginia has physically one Of the
most powerful squads in the East. Its
line averages l92 pounds from, end to
end and its backf1eld averages about
1S5 pounds. Maryland does not meas
ure up anything like to this average, al
though its team is not the lighteSt
in the world by any means.
In meeting Washington and Lee the
Old Liners play a team that has one
OF the strongest attacks in the East. 1t
scored two touchdowns on Princeton,
and no other eleven this year, except
Ohio State, has been able to score even
Catholic University has its work cut
out for it this week against the st.
Johns of Brooklyn eleven and may have
a harder time of it against George
Washington than the comparative rec
ords of the two teams would seem to
indicate.
George Washington's squad has been
crippled all season, but it viii have 10
days before the C. U. game to get in
shape for that contest and a lot can
happen On foot ball field in that
time. The ColonialS have an eleven
that has in its personnel enough men
of high-claSS caliber to make formid-
able eleven If they once get going
right.
Catholic University has fine back
field but not much in the way OF
line. That game Thanksgiving day be-
tween these two rivals ought to be well
contested. George Washington has
game this week in which 1t has q
chance to get its offense under way
that with American University
Gallaudet plays two more games, one
of which, that with Susquehanna this
week. is going to be very difficult. Next
week it winds up its season here with
Bridgewater College and ought to I'm
Gu WIFI d VICCOIy.
OF course, the big games In which
people are most interested are those
to be played on local fields. Two of
these are this week, those between
, Georgetown and West Virginia at Clark
Grifdth'S base ball park and between
Maryland and Virginia at College Park.
! Both should be great struggles and we'll
, worth travelling a good way to see.
Both local schools have an even chance
to win, apparently, against two of the
strongest eievens in their respective
sections.
The third big game comes a week
from Saturday between Maryland and
Washington and Lee at Clark Grifith'S
stadium, and if one looks back at
the scores of the last four years be-
tween Washington and Lee aEad Mary
land he should get good idea Of what
these contests are like.
Then the final one on local field
Is that between George Washington and
Catholic University Thanksgiving day.
Big games here this year have been
few and far between but local follow
ers OF the sport have little TO complain
OF in the program that is before them
during the last two weeks They have
two games this week. either of which
should be exceptionally good, and then
after that two other games, both of
which may be seen.
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