Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-04

opinion of a Western Maryland
week. .o,,,,
Is good. Not only does it have q
big. heavy line that averages l9a
no,inds. but it has strength OF
even greater value in the orllhant
backs it depends on to tote tne
ball for substantial gains.
Nash, Wyrick, Erickson, brancn
Wagner and Ward are great groun0
gamers, and will go against any Haii'
they face this season. .,..
Not in the recollection of the writer
has any other school had SO many gooo
ground gaining backs on the same
eleven. Probably neither Of these mer
is as good as Frank Peake OF virginia
Polytechnic Institute was last season
but in some particulars some OF tnem
are better than Peake was and certainly
v. P. I. never had as many outstanding
backs on any eleven that ever repre-
sented it.
Can Do Anything.
The Carolina eleven can do most
everything that is found in the category
of good foot ball. 1t has a good for
ward passing attack, and 1t goes almost
without saying it has an exceptionally
effective running attack. The line Is
tall, rangy and strong. The first seven
forwards probably constitute the strong
est and most versatile line the Tarheels
have ever had, and such line in front
of the kind of backs tAaay have gives
suficient reason for t. pta 9asm that
prevails around Chapel
What Maryland will be able to accom-
plish against the visitors is merely con-
lecture. The Old Liners have been
plugging away all week in an EFFORT 10
get in shape to give the Tarheeis 2
worth while reception. but there Is not
a whole lot of optimism under the Black
and Gold banners as far as this par
ticular game Is concerned. However,
there is one peculiar quality ABOUT
Marylandsteans.. ta1ey always seem 70
play their best wheE9ver they start as
the underdog. This % noS meant 10 IN
dictate that the Mary3aa& squad has
decided supinely to m.a&e themselves q
soft mat over which the clever Tarheei
backs may wend an easy and unois-
turbed way, because. with preaK or
two. there Is enough strength IN the
Maryland team to put up q STUBBORN
battle against any South Atlantic
eleven.
Georgetown will face in Western
MARYLAND an eleven that should test
its mettle, but which, from what can
be learned, has only the slimmest
chance of q victory.
Mooney Is Feared.
Rumors have been going around that
Coach Lou Little is decidedly worried
over the reported strength OF the
Westerland Maryland eleven. George
town, under ordinary circumstances,
ought to win the game by at least two
or three touchdowns, although tnere
Is the ever present chance that the
unexpected may give the apparently
weaker outfit the margin. The man
who secuted Georgetown last week Tor
western Maryland has a very high
opinion of the Blue and Gray. Here
As what he says about the game:
1--WE do not have team such as
GEORGETOWN has. BY that I do not
mean that Georgetown is going to roll
up any IS or 40 points against US, be.
cause 1t Is not, but we simply are not
strong enough to whip them. In the
first place, that chap Mooney can al
most beat us with his punting, de-
partment In which we are very weak.
We expect him to keep us backed up
In our own territory nearly all the time
on that factor alone. Another thing,
GEORGETOWN Is lot stronger than IL
appeared last week against MT. 81.
Marys. Little apparently restricted ms
offense to about four plays and did not
have his full strength on the nelo very
long at any one time. It Is my opln "
that Little concealed good deal OF
his strength and that Georgetown could
have beaten Mt. st. Marys by @ mucn
larger score had 1t cared to DO So"
Western Maryland will battle against
the Blue and Gray 3 ~. w MH the OF sa ,nse
II possesses no backs Of special bril-
lance, but it does have an experienced
and strong line, with two or three
PLAYERS in Il. who rank high In their
Individual and team accomplishments.
Charley Ravens, for instance. Is one
of the best centers playing foot ball
In the East today. ...
Pixlee Makes Debut.
George washington trots out its
varsity for the first time under the
direction Of Coach Pixlee. The Bun
and Blue faces Manhattan College,
an almost unknown quantity. The
New workers. may be exceptionally
strong or they may be very weak,
Coach Pixlee has no means OF knowing.
In other words, the new atnlenc
director must send his team out Ior tns
first time without much knowledge OF
what it can accomplish because he
has no knowledge OF what he may be
up against. :. .
not have much difficuty winning from
Mt. st. Mary's, though it feels that way
with the full realization that q lot OF
uncertainty may exist in foot ball game
in which one side appears TO- have 9
very wide margin. However. following
a one-sided defeat of the GaEylandeS
by Georgetown last week the CardmaN
can hardly afford to takesmuch chance
of losing.
having booked something In the nature
of q practice contest with the TANK
Corps eleven of Camp Meade. Inc
Kendall Greeners expect o lot or op..
position from the soldiers but arranged
the game because they felt they ought
to have one under regular game con.
ditions, as they originally were not
scheduled to open their season until q
week from tomorrow
American University ought to take
the measure of the Shenandoah Valley
Academy. The Methodists will hardly
be against an eleven Of average small
college strength, certainly not against
crn that seems as good as the local one