The Washington times., 1928-11-13
BY George A. Simpson

hdlpH Dupllu, dGOESCIOWA IL
quarterback who was kept out
of the Carnegie Tech engage
ment because of a bruised
shoulder, will bark the signals
when the Hilltoppers stack up
against West Virginia on
Saturday afternoon in the
Clark Griffith Stadium at 2
o'clock.
Duplin is well qualified for the
field generals berth, as he can
pass, run interference and carry
the ball with satisfying results.
His most striking asset is ability to
run the team perfectly. The entire
team seems assured Of itself with
Duplin at the helm.
He mixes his plays we'll and
Head Coach Lou Little frets none
with Duplin on the field instead of
the bunch. Little knows that his
man Friday on the battle front
will fulfill instructions.
Forward passing is another Of
Duplin's strong points. The
- GeOrgetOWn running q tt n elk
hasn't been an effective mea-
sure this year and the Blue
and Gray have largely depended
upon aerial tOsses to gain
ground. DupIin is the leading
flipper on the squad and rarely
b he unerring in his tOsses.
The Hilltoppers can regain some
Of their lost prestige by turning
back the Mountaineers as the West
Virginians have collected seven
straight victories since their down.
fall TO Davis-Elkins in the initial
game Of the campaign. Coach Ira
Rodgers crew wasn't prepared for
the Scarlet Hurricane and was
caught mapping, Davis Elkins pin
ming TO defeat on the Mountain
eers.
The Mountaineers have since
demonstrated their proWess, leaving
behind the mangled forms Of seven
foes. They BOWED over West Vir-
ginia Wesleyan, 1910; Haskell In
dams. 23.7; Pitt, 9-6; Washington
and Lee, go; Lafayette, 17-0; Ford.
ham. 1870. and Oklahoma Aggies,
s32-6. No soft spots in that list.
II is possible that the same
Maryland eleven which brushed
/ aside Yale win be called upon
to start I'm the Virginia game ON
Saturday afternoon in Byrd Sta-
dunn. College Park, Md. Head
Coach Byrd, gratified by the
performance, may not make any
changes. Any coach dislikes to
tear apart winning cOmbina-
tiOn.
Heartening to the Maryland men.
! tor was the manner in which Bill
. Evans, the former Business High
Lad, ran the team. Evans Is intel
Iigent and has football brains. 1t
isn't at all unlikely that Gordon
Kessler will fill substitute quar-
terback role for the balance of the
season. Evans quickly sizes up the
defense of the rivals and calls for
play that will capitalize on any
opportunities.
end, and John Mcdonald, tackle,
are other Marylands who may be
s without football work this Satur.
jected into the Yale fracas toward
the end. but otherwise were of no
assistance in the victory. McDon.
aid was utilized only for kick-offs
at both halves and then retired in
favor of Fred Ribnitzki.
CurIey Byrd desires tins con.
dltiOn for the players will now
4 fight to retain their newly
gained positions while those
Felegated to the scrubs will at
= tempt to win back their lost
places. There's always the
tendency when, . player aware
that he has no opposition for
z his position to loaf and take 1t
8 easy. It's different when he
: bench ready to hop IN the
!: moment he flags.
= Commander Jonas Ingram,
athletic director at the u. s. Naval
Academy, has announced that the
1Georgetown-Navy game next year
will be played on October 10 at
annapolis, Md. This indicates that
the Midshipmen won't be seen here
next year, not even against Notre
Dame. A great factor initiating
ssdS ahlSt any service team playing in
i Washington IL the pass privilege
(which official Washington would
exercise.
z Georgetown has won but four
sgames from the Navy since th.,
sserfes began in 1890, while one
sSane ended in tie. Eighteen
contests have been played in all
with the Midshipmen capturing
slS battles. The most humiIiating
siefeat ever suffered by a George.
sLown eleven was when the Middies
strampled the Hilltoppers, 7O.4, i'm
q $50. The record of the George.
stown.Navy series is as follows:
IS 1e9O-Navy, 10; Georgetown. 4.
81 1e0l-Nayy, 10: yGeorg etOyvn. 4
ss 44SSSSSs-Navy. 90; Georgetown, 0.
y 1SSS-NavyS 22; Georgetown, 10.
M 1sS4-Nayy, IL; Georgetown, o.
lSvg-Navys LIT Georgetown, o.
~ aS0g-Nayy. 6: GeeFgetOwn, D.
@ .HV1-GeOrgetOwn. o. Navy, 0.
N IS0S-GeORgetOwns q: Navy, o.
M !1v9-GeOKgetOwn, IL; Navy, g.
!gl5-Nayys 23s GeOPegtOwn, o.
g.4-Navy. ID; Georgetown, 0.
l9I5-GeorgetOwn, Of Navy, o.
!OI0-Navy. l3a Georgetown, T.
~ lal1-Nayy, 28;s Georgetown, T.
19lg-Ge0RgetOwn, 8; Navy. 0.
!ly-Savy, gIi Georgetown, 8.