Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-01

It is not a secret by any means
that the one thing about Virginia
that Maryland fears is Thomas,
who. without doubt, is the best
ball carrier in the section. Thomas
is not the usual type of slippery
running back, small, wiry and fast,
but instead has all the speed and
lodging ability of light speedy
backs, coupled with weight ana
Thomas Is Just about the key that is
making Virginias offense 60. Against
South Carolina. Virginia rushed tne
ball $50 yards, and Thomas gained JUST
about 4 wards out of each 5.
Jimmy Driver, director OF athletics
mt Virginia, came to washington this
morning, preceding the arrival OF ms
team by "a hours Jimmy seems willing
to talk about everything or anything
under the sun except the Virginia loot
ball team. And, as matter OF fact,
jimmy did not say the following, put IL
his more or less reluctant answers to
many questions been summed up In one
paragraph statement:
eyes. we have q better team than
usual possibly the best team virginia
has had In some time. Certainly Mary
land knows about what we nave: us
scouts have watched us play, and we
have watched Maryland. In modern
foot ball it is part Of the game to ilnd
out the kind of team the other fellow
has and the factors in its makeup.
Certainly Thomas is a great halfback,
one of the best ground gamers I nave
ever seen. We don't know what Mary
land will do to try to check him, bu:
whatever it is, he will gain a lot OF
ground just the same. l personally
cannot say anything much about the
game. but we feel that. based on what
Maryland did against v. M. I. at Rich
mond last week, we are going to have .
tough battle"
Coast Guard Strong.
Coast Guard also is to bring here an
exceptionally good team to meet Marines
in the Presidents Cup game at Clark
Grifhth Stadium. Reports have 1t that
It will have the biggest and heaviest
outfit the Marines have ever Iaceo IN
one Of these contests. There Is no doubt
that the Coast Guard, II 1t has made
the best of all its resources in material,
should be strong enough to give the
Marines real battle, possibly to carry
of victory.
But however strong Virginia and the
Coast Guard may be, Maryland and the
Marines today are making hnal align
ment of their forces in preparation for
their sides of the two battles tomorrow.
Both realize that they are looked upon
somewhat as the underdogs, but both
also realize that a good many foot ball
games have been won this year by
Underdogs.
Maryland will put on the field against
Virginia about the same team with
which it started the game with v. M. /.
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through that contest are not in the best
possible shape physically and may not
start. Especially is this true Of Norris,
end, who got twisted ankle, which
does not seem to be mending as well as
it might. Miller at halfback seems to
be the only other player not In good
shape. but he probably will be all right
ably will 60 in that position.
The Old Liners should play their best
foot ball of the year. They have been
coming along gradually since the season
opened, and are better right now than
for any other game they have played.
In other words, the Maryland eleven
is getting set to give Virginia real
fight, provided it gets one or two OF the
breaks.
Marines want to go strong against
Coast Guard, and Coach Tom Ready
will shoot into the contest the strongest
eleven he has had on the field this sea-
son. His men are imbued with spirit
which does not indicate much that Is
favorable for an opposing combination.
Not only has Ready brought the team
along all year with the sole idea OF get
ting 1t in shape to win back the Presi-
dents Cup, but he also has worked on
the squad from psychological point OF
view to get 1t to feeling that nothing
else matters except that one aim.
Big Doings at Brookland.
Catholic University also is preparing
for its biggest home game OF the year
The Brooklanders are 10 entertaln Man
haitian College, which Is strong enough
apparently to put up whale OF con-
test. The game should give Catholic
University q fair line on comparison
between it and George washington, as
Manhattan early in the season beat the
Buff and Blue by four touchdowns:
The Brooklanders think they nave
better than an even cnance LOT VlcOoFy'
and they are just about right.
Three local elevens are away from
home tomorrow Georgetown Is at New
YORK for its first big test OF the year,
or uossibly to be more accurate, NS
first real test in a big game. the biue
and Gray has better than an outside
chance for victory, q better chance
than 1t mao IdSC year. SdhouACU AASSN.
baltimore University and has a real
battle on its hands. q battle which II
has a better chance to win than its
supporters believe. George Washington
goes to Williamsburg to face William
and Mary and has the prospect OF a
defeat by q decisive score.
The biggest game Of the year on the
Pacific Coast Is that between California
and Southern California. The Southern
California eleven whipped Stanford last
week by 7 to and If it can beat the
Golden Bears there will be none left
in that region to dispute its supremacy
Probably the game in the East most
talked of is that at Yale between Yale
and Dartmouth. The Big Green clever
has vet to be defeated, but Yale ha:
been coming so strong since its game
with Georgia that many think 1t ha:
a good chance to finish on top. I
Dartmouth can stop Booth, it will b
the only eleven except Georgia tina
has stopped him. It seems that sine!
the Georgia game Yale has given booti
better plays with which to run, ant
he has made good with them.
Navy and Pennsylvania at Philadel
shia In what ought TO be a brillian