Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-09
Local Foot Ball Teams to Face Rough Going Saturdays Games

showing against ST. Johns. Gallaudet
may do better against the Schuylkill
eleven than the record of the latter
would seem to indicate as being prob
able, as the Kendall Greeners played a
bang-up game against Temple Univer-
sity last week until worn down. Cath
Ole University and Maryland are likely
to engage in real battles, with the
chances somewhat in favor Of their op-
ponents. However, both Catholic u. and
Maryland are strong enough to stand a
fair chance. But, as has already been
said, not one of the local schools,
Georgetown excepted, has anything this
week to feel easy about.
Jack keenan,, 200 pound tackle at the
University of Maryland, had his knee
so badly hurt in the game with North
Carolina Saturday that he will not be
able to play foot ball again this year.
Keenan's injury really was an aggra-
walton of an old injury, sustained in a
game with Virginia Polytechnic Insti-
tute at Norfolk two years ago. Last Fall
he played parts of nearly all the games,
but was never able to do justice to him.
self.
Last Winter his knee was operated
in the hope that it would cause the
joint to mend so that full use could be
made of it. but there seems to be little
strength either in the joint or in the
muscles and yesterday Keenan, decided
shat the best thing he could do was to
turn in his suit and bid goodby to the
gridiron, as far as active participation
in games is concerned.
In keenan,, Maryland loses a real
fighter and leader, the kind of fellow
who gives the best that is in him TO
anything he undertakes. He will be
greatly missed.
One of the funniest stories that has
come from the gridiron in a long while
recently was told by Tom Ready. coach
Of the Marines, in connection with an
injury sustained by his brother in a
game with the Naval Academy few
years back. 1t was when Tom was
coaching at Lehigh that he used to take
his team to Annapolis to meet the Mid
dies. One year Lehigh was strong and
somewhat roughed UP couple of the
Sailor. The next year Lehigh was not
so strong and the Navy was, and Just
before the contest that year the Navy
team was very anxious to identify Toms
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game had not gone very far before
Toms brother got considerably mussed
up, and finally after one mass play
Toms brother was lying on the ground
limp and unconscious. They took him
to the sidelines and after he showed
some signs Of returning to conscious
ness Tom leaned over and said:
Say. Bo, want me to get doctor2"
Imply the younger Ready turned his
head and weakly whispered his an
swer:
Doctor, nothing; get the priest"
The number of field goals in foot ball
games has come to be almost negligible
and the goals kicked after touchdowns
are not nearly so frequent as before
the goal posts we're moved back to the
end lines. Take some of the contests
played last week. Washington and Lee
in six touchdowns kicked only two
goals and North Carolina State missed
it's one attempt, making only two goals
versity got only one out of the four
touchdowns it made against South Da-
kota, and South Dakota failed III its
one attempt. South Carolina beat Vir-
ginia by four touchdowns, but did not
add single point after touchdown.
Maryland and North Carolina made
seven touchdowns between them. but
only one point was scored after touch
down. These games may be more ex-
ceptional than the average, out the
moving of the goal posts from the goal
lines to the end lines just added 10
more yards to the lenngth of each kick
and that 10 yards means a good deal in
the possibility of inaccuracy in the angle
of kicking A ball that would go be-
tween posts on the goal lines might be
feet wide of the posts on the end lines.