Evening star., 1928-10-24
OPINION IS BACKED
BY HILLTOP SCOUT
LittIe's Envoy to Annapolis
Last Saturday Praises
Southern Team.
BY H. C. BYRD.

tie. and, according to opinions
- of those in charge of athletics
there, about the worst that
ie looked for is pretty close to an even
chance for victory. Especially is this
true Of Jimmie De Hart, coach at Duke
De Hart is not overly optimistic, but
usually looks ahead at games just about
as they are, and he feels that his men
have a fair chance to win from the
Hilltoppers, irrespective of what any
others may think.
I'VE lost to Navy last week, and
with any kind of breaks We would nave
won," says De Hart, "and with the
breaks this week we have chance
to beat Georgetown. Our team is far
from weak and we will gain ground
against any eleven. Of course, we real
ise the strength of Georgetown, and
know just the power and versatility
We shall have to overcome if we are
to wind up the game with the long end
Of the score, but even while knowing
that we feel we have fair chance"
G. L.. Scout Praises Duke.
And reports from the Georgetown
scout who watched Duke play Navy
bear out what De Hart says. Duke
will prove anything but set-up, ac-
cording to the Georgetown man, and
Lou Little's eleven is in for real bat
tie. Here is what this scout said to
Coach Little:
Duke has a real foot ball team.
Navy wes extremely lucky to win and
actually had no particular license to
do so Duke has heavy line and a
fine backfield. This chap Janowski
is one of the best ground-gainers
have seen this year. and in addition
to having couple of brilliant run
ming backs, the team has a good for
ward passing attack and is willing to
throw the ball all over the lot. Our
secondary defense is in for a merry
afternoon Saturday, and If it does not
keep on its toes We will have more
trouble than We are looking for
''I look for one of our toughest games
Of the year, and you had better not
let any of our crew feel that they can
60 into the game as they have gone
into the games We have already played.
This game with Duke is not cnlv 60
ing TO be a tough game for us but it
is going to be a spectacular game"
Duke will come up here Friday and
bring nearly three full teams. It seems
to have everything in the way cf ma
terial and plays that any team needs,
and has the advantage of Georgetown
In that 1t has been playing through
lot Of hard games. Duke opened its
season with one of the strongest clevens
In the South, and it has met strong
one every week since that.
Georgetown is at a disadvantage In
that respect, as all its games have been
easy and the team has yet to face a
real test. No doubt an eleven that has
faced such competition as Duke has is
more finely tuned up than one that
has played only easy opponents. That
may help Duke to Offset Georgetown's
greater potential strength.
Is Taking No Chances.
Coach Little Is taking no chances
hat he can avoid. He is work.
tng his men hard and scrimmaging
them against Duke plays. He expects
to put In two hard workouts this after
noon and tomorrow, and Friday put on
q few finishing touches. Little thinks
his team can win If 1t puts out every
thing it has. but If it fails to measure
up to q much higher standard than it
has so far this season he Is not GER
tain of what may happen.
Any way one looks at the respective
merits of the team it seems that the
hest foot ball by far that Georgetown
has heen in this season. and one of
the two best 1t will play here this year,
IS booked at Clark Grif1th'5 Stadium
Saturday.
MaryIand's squad goes to Richmond
Saturday to meet Virginia Military In
stitufe, and, Judging by the fact that
Y. M. I. beat Virginia, TO o. and that
Virginia played Princeton to a 0-to-0
tie. MARYLAND is In for another pleasant
afternoon. In fact Maryland's foot ball
games are just one succession Of bat
tles, without any let-up anywhere.
Bill Raftery, coach of the " M. I.
eleven, said over the phone this morn
ing that his team played better foot
bali against Virginia than any eleven
that he has had since he took over
the coaching reins at Lexington we
played mighty good foot ball and could
have whipped anybody" is the way
Raftery puts 1t.
Maryland may not be in the best
of shape Saturday. One of its tackles
was bruised UP pretty badly, and one Of
its backs took quite beating in the
game with Western Maryland last week
western Maryland is not big school.
but the foot ball team that represents
It is Just about as good as any of the
elevens that play in this section. Incl
dertally, Maryland cannot afford to
make many substitutions. For two or
three places in its lineup it is just
about as strong with a second-string
player in as with first, but reserve
material is scarcer at College Park
than it has been in years.
Has Two Great Backs.
Virginia Military Institute has in its
backfield two fine PLAYERS in Barnes
and Harner. Both are big, fast, strong
and exceptionally good in an open field.
In fact while Maryland beat V. M. /.
last year, 10 to 6, Barnes came within
an ace of winning for the Lexington
iars on three different occasions, and 1t
was only because Thomas of Maryland
was so much faster that he caught him
from behind. Barnes and Harner are
better this year than last, according to
opinions of Virginia people. as both.
especially Barnes. ran wild in the game
against the Charlottesville aggregation.
Coupled with his ability to gain
ground on running plays, Barnes is
one of the best punters In the section.
He seems able to boot the ball as far
as he desires or as short as he desires
and place it accurately. Last year the
punting duel between Barnes and Rob-
erts of Maryland probably was the
best of the whole year in college foot
ball. With the exception of times when
the two teams were near the opposing
goal and wanted to kick short to keep
the ball from going over the goal line
not kick got of by either man went
less than so yards, a remarkable record.
In his drive in preparation for the
game with City College of New York
in Central High School Stadium here
Saturday, Coach Maud Crum of the
George Washington grid squad is doing
considerable shifting The contest will
be the first home game for the Coloni-
ais this season and they are especially
keen for victory. So far c. w. has
not won game.
Crum has shifted Jimmy Carey
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