Evening star., 1928-11-28


row afternoon at Brookland
with their annual ThankSgiv-
ing day game.
Both schools have had more or less
checkered seasons, although Catholic U.
has by far the better record. Catholic
University has played good foot ball
and has won from some strong teams,
while George Washington got its only
victory so far 10 days ago. when 1t de-
feated American University.
Out at Brookland people are looking
for their team to win. They argue that
their eleven has not really played bad
foot ball in any of its games, though
weakness in its line has caused it to
meet defeat.
George Washington feels it has an
eleven that may do much better than
anybody expects it to, and it is on the
possibility of it rising to heights 1t has
not heretofore reached this season and
playing an inspired game that the Bull
and Blue bases hopes of victory.
Coach McAuliffe of Catholic Univers-
ity and Coach Crum of George Wash
ington both have labored under great
handicapS all year in the matter of
material McAuliffe has had a weak
line behind, while an exceptionally good
backfield has been performing. The
result has been that McAuliffe has won
those games in which his line has not
been so completely outplayed as to
have his backheld Smothered. Coach
Crum has had an exceptional list OF
injuries most of them being incurred
early in the year in three hard games
that his team had in row. Since
that George Washington never has had
its full strength in any contest.
Both teams are giving over their ef-
forts entirely to their attempts to get
in shape to make the best showing
possible tomorrow Catholic University
is working to make good the advantage
it seems to hold and George Washing
ton to do something that will make
amends for it's poor season thus far.
Both undoubtedly will be determined
to make good and it is more than pos
sible that a far better foot ball game
may be played at Brookland than the
records of the teams might seem to
indicate as probable.
George washington and Catholic Uni
verSity have built up a good deal OF
rivalry since they began playing six
years ago. and students of the two
schools will be out in force. George
washington students especially have at
tended that game in the last few years
in greater numbers than they have at
tended any other that their team has
played.
THANKSGIVING day for many years was
the biggest foot ball day in washington.
Prior to 1908 George Washington and
Georgetown played the big game of the
year on turkey day, and Georgetown
Field used to be crowded to its capacity.
OF late years the Buff and Blue has
been trying to build up Thanksgiving
day contest of similar interest with
Catholic University, and last Thanks
giving the attendance was so good that
it was evident real results were being
got. It now remains for students of
the downtown institution to show that
they can support their team when it
does not have such good record as 1t
had in 1927.
Tomorrow's games, with one or two
exceptions, wind up the season every
where Saturday two contests are
listed, one between Army and Stanford
at New York, the other at Boston be-
tween Boston College and Holy Cross.
Several games are to be played Decem-
Der s. The biggest of the remaining
contests, though, are those between
Army and Stanford Saturday, and be-
tween Notre Dame and Southern Cali
fornia at Los Angeles December 8.
Every eleven in the South Atlantic
Carolina University and Duke Univer-
sity, which meet December 8, closes its
season tomorrow. Virginia and North
Carolina meet at Charlottesville in their
final, while Virginia Polytechnic Insti-
tute and Virginia Military Institute face
at Roanoke. The third time-honored
game in this section is that between
Maryland and Hopkins, in Baltimore.
All these contests have been played for
many years and are chiefly important
because of the great rivalries developed
and because of the traditions built up
around them.
Georgetown goes to Detroit for its
contest with that unbeaten eleven, and
the Blue and Gray believes it has near
ly an even chance for victory despite
the fact that it has two good backs
out of the game with injuries. Duplin
has broken leg and Bozek also has a
prop so badly wrenched that it will be
impossible for him to play.
HeadIining the big games in the East
tomorrow is that between Cornell and
Pennsylvania. The Ithaca eleven has
done nothing this season to indicate it
has such strength as has been shown
by Penn, but Dobie probably is making
every effort to devise ways and means
OA StOpPAlS tilC N[UdhClo 4IOIII SdlIlIlS
ground. Cornell may make much
better showing than anybody antici-
pateS.
Two games are to be played in New
York City, Columbia being scheduled
to face Syracuse and New York Uni
versity to entertain the Oregon Agri-
cultural College. Syracuse started its
season as if it were going to do great
things, but has Slumped in the last four
weeks. Columbia has only a fair team
New York U. probably will not be near
so good against the WesternerS as they
were against Carnegie Tech last Satur-
day.
Southern California and Oregon play
the big game on the Pacific Coast, with
Washington State and Washington
University having the next best contest
Several old rivaIries will be fought
out in the far South. Texas A. and
NJ. and Texas University meet in their
annual fracas, as do Louisiana State
and Tulane. Vanderbilt and Sewanee
are due to hook up, and SO are Ken
lucky and Tennessee, Georgia Tech and
Auburn. Washington and Lee is at
Jacksonville for its game with Florida
About the only one of these games in
which one team seems completely To
outclass the other is that between
Vanderbilt and Sewanee, in which Van
derbilt seems to be by far the stronger
eleven.
InIAFA RI F(IFM EIAATAnnFny