The Washington times., 1929-10-23
CARDINALS
IN HIGH
. SPIRITS
BY Juno Kinerk

Remember that classic foot
ball quotation, I'D die for
dear old Rutgers
Well, the II players who now I.
represent that institution on the
gridiron, while they won't have to
resort to any such extremity as the
foregoing. had better be prepared
to play a lot of football this Satur-
day when Coach Jack McAulffe's
Catholic University eleven travel
to New Brunswick, or they'll be
on the short end of the day s score.
The Cardinals are rarin' at the
bit this week and are going TO New
Brunswick intent on taking Rut.
gers into camp. There isn't any
cockiness in the G. u, camp as the 4
coaches and players go about prep
arations for this game. but there
is quiet air of determination and
intenseness of purpose that indi-
cate success for the local team,
Never this season has the spirit
in the c. u. camp been any higher
than it now is and Coach McAuliffe
is of the opinion that his charges
will be right" Saturday.
The basis for the high feeling
at c. u. is the fine showing
the team made against Villa
nova last Satur day. Although
beaten by two tOuchdOwns. the
Cards came out of the game
with plenty of glory i'm holding
such a strong team to that low
a score.
Not only did the c. U. players
do we'll in bnIdipo Nv;1I,ro,.a
score down but, collectively and
individuality they picked up a lot
Of knowledge. Competition of such
nature is of vast benefit TO the
players, and Coach McAuliffe Ia
highly pleased with the way his
charges absorbed the lessons their
opponents taught them, The teamp
Is smartening up, McAuliffe be.
l1eves, and will be a menace to anv
foe 1t meets
Last Saturday Rutgers was able
to defeat st. Johns, of Annapolis,
| Two touchdowns to one, and the
= =. team is every bit as strong
| as ST. Johns, If not stronger. The
c. U. players know this, becauses
they scrimmaged against the John.
MES earlier in the season in a
practice game when they more than
held their own. In fact, they had
| a slight edge over the Johnnies.
and feel that this fact at least puts
| them on even terms with Rutgers.
| Despite the heavy going yester-
day. Coach McAuliffe had his
| charges going through a long de-
fensive drill against Rutgers PLAYS. .
He polished off this phase of the
| work with rehearsal of his own
| plays, so that the players would be
accustomed to using the wet. slip
perry ball, in case the weather is
bad Saturday.
A dry, fast field would be much
better for c. Us chances for vic.
tory, because the Cards are light
| and fast and depend on forward
passing largely in their attack.
Mixed with the aerial game is a
dangerous running attack. but the
light c. u. backs would be severely
| handicapped in slippery going for 4
their running as much as they
would in launching a successful
passing attack with wet ball.
Coach Lou Little's policy for
the Georgetown team is work
and more of it" these days.
Even yesterdays heavy rains
failed to halt him. and the whole
squad was out on the field for
long workout that did not
end until darkness.
The Maryland backfield that
| Coach Curley Byrd starts against
V. M. 1. in Richmond Saturday willA
possess more versatility than any
| quartet the Old Line mentor has
sent into action this year. With
the return of Charley Miller to
| first class condition Coach Byrd
plans using him in one of the half
back positions with Dodson in the
other one. Either Chalmers or
Evans will call signals with Radics
in at fullback. Miller, Chalmers and
Evans all can kick, pass or run,
while Dodson also is a good passer
and runner. Radice is the inter-
fering specialist.
Hopes are running high at George
Washington with the return Of
Blackie Hoffman and Berkowitz to
the squad Both these backs were
injured last Saturday, and it was
at first thought they would be un-
able to play against City College in
New York, Saturday, but their re-
turn to the squad yesterday in
fairly good shape caused the belief
that both may be able to start.