Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-17

scalp. anyway nope SO.
And that expression, anyway, hope
So" was an expression Of loyalty mo~e
than any tacit admission OF weaknC
in Liversedge's thought about the gane
between his alma mater and the
Ouskers. Liversedge thinks that Cali
fornia will win, notwithstanding the
great disadvantage of the trip under
which he realizes that California labors.
CALIFORNIA; trip east has taken about
a week of practice from 1t and the loss
of a week of practice at this time
of the season means good deal.
Last year when Warner brought his
Stanford eleven. East 1t was the last
of November, and his team was in shape
and the lay-of probably did it more
good than harm. His team had learned
its lessons, was drilled as unit and
had played through a hard season in
which it had been subject to the fire
without which no team can achieve
q very high efficiency. California, on
the contrary, has come East before 1T
hardly has begun to reach its peak, and
the loss of a week of practice will be
felt, especially as Penn has been able
to continue its work uninterrupted
The game between Penn and Cali
fornia will be the center of foot ball in
terest in the whole country. It brings
together one Of the best of the Far West
and one of the best of what to Western
erS is the Far East. The whole foot
the great territory between naturally
will watch the test between the two
sections with far greater concern than
usually is placed in the average big
game.
It is interesting to note that, while
Harry Liversedge places his confidence
in his old school, Tom Ready, head
coach of the Marines, pins his faith in
Pennsylvania. Keady'S opinion, as op-
posed to Liversedge, is this:
L don't care how strong California is
out on the coast, nor how good it may
be on defense. nor how fleet and versa
tile may be its backs, because Penn is
playing on its home field, with the adj
vantage Of uninterrupted practice, and
that means good deal more than the
average person thinks. No team at this
time of the year can give another team,
anywhere near its equal, the advantage
of weeks practice and stand an even
chance to win. Then I don't feel that
Penn has shown its real strength in
any of the three games it has played so
far, recalling that 1t would do well to
keep under cover as much as possible
and not give any indication of what it
really can do until it goes into its first
real test. test it is anxious to meet sue
cesSfully. Yes, indeed, I believe that
Pennsylvania viii finish with the big
end Of the score
Yesterday the Marines and Maryland
went through about 80 minutes of
Scrimmage. An hour of the workout had
been planned, but the bus which was
hauling the Marine squad broke down
somewhere on the way up and the
10 left Hv1ar fkaa 4nId
At that, the two teams went together
as long as they could see the ball, and
after that played for awhile with a
white ball.
Ready is making considerable inn
provement In the Marine eleven, but
still lacks backheld strength, He has
uncovered In Pierce chap who seems
to be an excellent line plunger, and to
have real prospects as a player, but,
outside him and Dashiell, the backf1eld
does not begin to measure up TO former
years.
The squad the Marines have is not as
strong generally as in the past, which
Is not as was expected at the beginning
Of the season, for, be 1t known, there are
several mighty good foot ball players
who entered the Corps last Summer, but
who are not being allowed to play this
season. They are in the Marine Corps
school at E0lldQelpIlld, WHICH Is SuIu-
cient indication that those responsible
for the administration of the affairs do
not allow foot ball to interfere with the
general work of the Corps.
Among the players now at Philadel-
phia, but who have not been allowed to
report to Quantico for foot ball, is
Pressly, star center last year at Glenn
son College. Pressly, according to
many foot ball men, and especially Josh
Cody, Clemson coach, is a better man
than Pund, who at Georgia Tech was
generally accredited with being the best
man in the position in the country.
And several of the other men in the
school at Philadelphia are just as good
in their positions as PresSly in his.
These men will be available for the 1880
eleven.
In an effort to get more speed in its
backfleld and to develop a more ef-
fective attack, Maryland has shifted
two ends to play the halfback posi-.
tons Such shifts seldom are really
productive, but in this particular case
1t seems very much as If both will be.
In scrimmaging against the Marines
last night, both Dodson ad Berger did
fairly well, and it is likely that they
will be continued in the positions.
Norris has taken Dodson's place at
end and apparently is filling the job
we'll enough to indicate that he even