Evening star., 1928-10-29

faces in the way of foot ball
competition for the next four
~ weeks-New York University,
Carnegie Tech. West Virginia
and Fordham. The Blue and Gray
undoubtedly has a strong eleven, but
if the performances of these four op-
ponents are continued, then the Blue
and Gray certainly will need every
thing it has. And, incidentally, George
town apparently has better team than
most people think it has
New York University comes first on
the list. that school being scheduled
Saturday in New York. And what New
York University did to Colgate was
about everything that could be done.
When Coach Lou Little of Georgetown
heard of that 47-to-6 result it is
dollar against a pinhead that his eyes
opened pretty wide and he said, Holy
mackeral!" At least that is what Lou
usually says when he hears something
ever expected New York U. to beat a
really strong Colgate eleven by such a
score, that somebody was never brave
enough to venture his opinion for pub
lie print.
Then comes Carnegie Tech on No
vernber 10 at Albany. All that school
did last week was trim Pittsburgh,
which usually is mouthful more than
most good teams can chew. And West
Virginia, with two substitute backs,
handed Lafayette jolt by II TO o.,
and West Virginia also had previously
whipped Pittsburgh Fordham will not
be as strong as any of the first men
toned three to be met, but after three
Saturdays such as Georgetown must
face there is no telling what kind OF
condition the regulars are likely to be In.
G. U. UndereStimated.
Georgetown has plenty of opposition
in front of it. OF that there is not the
least doubt. Just what it will accom-
plish is only a matter Of conjecture.
1t may be that it may hit brilliant
stride and beat New York u, undoubt-
edly one of the greatest elevens In the
country.
one thing sure, the Blue and Gray is
a better foot ball team than people
have been giving it credit for being.
Reports of the game in which Duke
University was decisively defeated last
week indicate that some persons at
tribute the big score to Dukes weak
ness rather than to Georgetown'S
strength, but be that as it may, 1t
nevertheless is fact that Duke has
been playing good foot ball against
good teams. 1t also is fact that no
other school has been able to defeat
Duke so deciSively.
And it might as well be remembered
that Duke barely was defeated by
Navy and that Navy beat Pennsyl-
vania, supposedly one of the strongest
elevens in the East. It is pretty sure
that Georgetown did not beat Duke
35 to 0 without some real strength
back of its drives and behind its de-
1ense.
Little probably has secuted New York
University effectively and viii start this
week bending his energies toward devils
ing defense for Ken Strong and the
band of stalwarts wllosnlake up the N.
Y. U. eleven. And Lou IS good in gaug-
ing the offense of an sOpponent and
building his team to stop. favorite plays,
and if scores so far this season mean
anything, Georgetown will have plenty
TO stop when it faces the Gothamites.
University of Maryland failed to take
Advantage Of three opportunities it had
to score in its game with Virginia Mill
tary Institute, but barring that played
good foot ball. ". M. I. has probably
the best eleven that has ever represented
it. and its victory over Virginia was not
a fluke nor was it due to any special
letdown on the part of fNirginia after
the game with Princeton.
v. M. I. has an eleven that, provided
none of its veteran backs get injured,
will be hard for any eleven to defeat.
Marylands general defensive work was
better than it had been In any game so
far this season. With the exception Of
the last two minutes, the Old Line
eleven was never in any immediate
danger of being scored on.
George Washington took bad beat
ing at the hands of City College of
New York, worse than was expected.
The Buff and Blue was known not to
be In very good shape, and it was gen.
orally felt that 1t would be lucky to
emerge with the long end of the count,
but It was not thought it would get
whipped by such a big margin.
Catholic University put UP hard,
even game against Mount st. Mary's,
but could not develop the punch neces-
sary to win.s The Brooklanders' played
good foot ball and the game was one Of
the contests i'll which either team
might be victor.
No better illustration of the peculiar
tiles of modern foot ball could be given
than the Yale-Army game. Yale made
ball up and down the field consistently
from the start of the contest until the
end, while Army made only six, yet
Yale was defeated by three touchdowns
to one. Long runs by eagle, brilliant
Army back, were responsible In the
main for Army scores, and where Yale
took several first downs to march 35
or 40 yards, eagle took only one to go
the same distance.
With eagle in the backfield, Army is
constant threat no matter where it
has the ball. That young man is likely
to break loose and sprint down the field
for score at any time. He may be
stopped 10 times, yet on the eleventh
attempt he gets loose and is gone. Army
apparently watched Garvey more ef-
fectively than Yale did eagle, but the
fact Is that eagle is much more danger
Gus when he gets in the open than Gar
vey is. Garvey will make more short
gains than eagle but does not have the
ability to run in an open field that
eagle possesses.
That game shows that almost any
thing is likely to happen in foot ball
game as now played. One team may
have another backed up against its goal
line for whole quarter or a half and
get no score and within the space of
one minute some feet back on the
team that has been on defensive may
break loose and run almost the length
of the field and change the whole
aspect of the contest in few seconds
Just two weeks ago the University OF
Maryland, for instance, against South
Carolina, had one first down registered
against it in the second half, yet had
two touchdownS scored against it.
Vanderbilt must have a great eleven
1t ran up 81 points against Virginia ir
the first quarter, and after that had 9
lot of second string players in the line
up. Just how big a score Vanderbilt
could have won by, had it desired to wir
that way, of course will never be known
but with due regard for Vanderbilt's