Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-25

practice this afternoon, although prob
ably not so strenuously.
Tomorrow Little plans to do very lit
tie other than brush up on kicking,
receive and make kick-offs and give
his men a general talk on what ne
expects will go against the Duke de-
Tense and how to stop the Duke offenSe.
IF the ground is fast and there is no
rain between now and Saturday,
Georgetown and Duke should play one
of the best games of the year on a local
field. Both have wide variety OF
misunderstanding plays and both are
heavy and well coached.
Duke has not been winning games,
having lost three out of four that IL mas
played, but it has been against compe-
fition of the hardest kind and undoubt-
edly has profited by 1t.
Georgetown, on the contrary, has yet
to taste defeat and has won all its games
by big margins. 1t has not been against
the kind of teams played by Duke.
Coach Jack McAuliffe is having a
tough job from one week end to. the
next to get his eleven men back IN shape
to play foot ball. McAuliffe has less
material than any other coach in this
section and practically no reserve
strength. That makes his job a real
task and it is remarkable that he is DO
ing as well as he is.
The only thing that can be deduced
from McAuliffe's situation at Catholic
u. is that he is good coach and that
the one thing responsible for the show
ing that the Brooklanders are max
ing with such a small squad IS that
McAuliffe is handling exceptionally
well what he has in the way of material
Saturday the Brooklanders go to Mt. st.
Mary's, and McAuliffe thinks his men
have an even chance. Mount st. Mary's
has been coming along rapidly since
it took beating at the hands OF
Georgetown early in the year, and it
ought to be far stronger comparatively
this week than it was at that time.
Another thing about McAuliffe's
coaching. He never grumbleS about
ANYTHING and never tries to excuse any
thing that may happen by intimating
that things might have been different
If he had more material. McAul1te
talks about his squad just as If he were
explaining fact in classroom, and
he talks convincingly.
Incidentally, he is the type OF cnap
who always is well liked both by his
players and all those that come in con-
tact with him.
MARYLAND probably win make one
change in its lineup when it faces Viz
ginia Military Institute at Richmond
Saturday. In all probability Evans will
get the assignment at one of the half
back positions in place of Roberts, who
is not in good physical condition and
has not done himself justice in the last
two games. Evans played at fullback in
the game with North Carolina, but has
not since been in the lineup except Tor
a few minutes in the contest with South
Carolina.
Roberts has played practically all the
time in all four games, and either Is
not in good enough physical condltion
to stand the gaff or is too slightly built
to take the gatherings that have come
his way.
with the exception Of this change,
Maryland viii 20 into the game with
the team that beat Virginia to just
as it started against South Carolina and
Western Maryland. Dodson has been
working some this week in the back
field and may get chance to go from
end to behind the line for while.
Coach HI. Watson (Maud) Crum is
now fairly well satisfied with the de-
tense of the George Washington UNI.
versity eleven and will devote most OF
the time between now and the game
with City College of New York Satur-
day in Central High Stadium to per-
fecting the Colonials' attack. The con-
test will be the first home clash OF the
season for G. w.
Crum was well pleased with the work
of the Varsity yesterday against the
FRESHMEN who used G. G. N. Y. plays.
The Yearlings were unable to gain ap.
ureciable ground while the Varsity nao
little difficulty in advancing the ball.,
For the first time in several weeks
the Colonial f1rst-string backf1eld VIII
be intact Saturday except for Saunders.
Clapper, who is adept at heavlng Tor
ward passes as well as running; Lope-
man. whose forte is carrying the pail;
Frazier and Berkowitz, all Will be avail
able.
mark another of its unbroken string OF
conuuests in Central Stadium.
Teddy Hughes, GaIlaudet coach, was
tn send his charges through their hard
est drill this afternoon in preparation
for their clash Saturday with Juanlta
College at Huntingdon, Pa. While the
Kendall Greeners won handy over
American U. Saturday, Hughes was not
entirely satisfied with the work OF MS
proteges in some particulars and Is oe-
voting much time to overcoming THESE
defects.
Tomorrow Gallaudet will have final
light drill to conclude its preparation
for the tilt with Juanita.
What probably will develop into the
greatest foot ball struggle along the
Atlantic seaboard this year Is 10 take
place Saturday at New Haven between
Yale and Army. Defeat OF Harvard
by Army gives the contest greater I'M
portance for Yale and the fact that
Yale seems to have an eleven tnat
will be at or near the top in the East
gives the game an importance for Army
that is exceeded by no other contest
In which Army is 10 take part. Inc
Yale game for Army this Fall lar eX-
ceeds in Importance its annual struggle
with Notre Dame, and on it may hang
the rather mythical championship OF
the East and perhaps of the country.
Army proved in its game with Har-
ward that it is strong and has about
an even chance against any eleven. 1t
is playing the modern type Of game
with material capable of carrying out
everything necessary to success on the
gridiron. And in addition to that the
IedAn 10 "cA CoaSAASu' GlAA oOAIS' 20. &c.
ing shown during his tenure at West
Point that he can turn out winning
teams. Of course, others say that
Jones had good material, and he does
but even with good material it takes
good coaching to weld that material
into a team.
Able to Cover Up.
1t may be that Army did not show
against Harvard as strong as it really
is All the scoring that Army did was
done early and it is more than pos
sible that Jones was content to rest
on that Is points as safe lead anc
uncover nothing more than he had to
If that is the case, Yale is in for quite
an afternoon. And, as matter of fact
whether or not that is the case Yale
is in for a real game of foot ball. Las
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