Evening star., 1929-10-28

Blue and Gray electrified the East by
snatching a victory from the Gotham
ties, when the latter were considered
the strongest eleven in the country.
This Fall Georgetown does not seem SO
strong as it was then, but neither does
New York University. But, be that as
it may, the Blue and Gray knows that
it is the first game this season in which
it is called to meet test under the
gaze of the whole Eastern foot ball
populace, and it wants to make good.
Not only does the Blue and Gray want
to make good, but believes 1t will. Lou
Little is not saying much, except to in
dicate disappointment that his team
has not been measuring up to his ex-
pectations, but deep in his heart he has
a feeling that Georgetown, If 1t does
what he thinks it capable Of doing, will
come through successfully against Nee
hans men.
Catholic University did itself proud
by beating Rutgers. Coach JACK NC
Auliffe thought he had aOout an even
chance to take the scalp Of the jersey
ties. and his men made good for him:
their hard battle of the previous week
with Villanova and played brilliant foot
ball, Incidentally here is a compari-
son that shows Catholic U. to be pretty
good in comparison to others in this
section It put up a brilliant game
against Villanova and the latter turned
around and gave Duke University
trouncing by So to 0.
And right here it is worth mentioning
that Duke University is likely to finish
with more points scored against 1t than
any other of the larger schools IN the
South have had scored against them In
years. In three contests 1t has had
more than 160 points registered against
it, Pittsburgh, Navy and Villanova each
having scored more than SO.
Gallaudet made good against Shen-
andoah. And in running up its score
of 80 to its star back, Johnny Ringle,
probably made a record for an 1ndt-
Vidual for ground gaining and scoring
in one game. Ringle himself scored SO
points, and some time in the dim history
of foot ball some player may have done
something akin to that, but II so the
writer has never heard OF 1t. Ringle's
SO points were scored as a result OF
crossing the goal line nine times for
touchdowns and then kicking points
after touchdowns five times. The Gal
laudet star carried the ball II times
and gained a total of 432 yards, an
average of about 25Ha yards for each
attempt. However, Ringle's actual gains
ranged from Q yards, when he once was
almost stopped dead on line plunge, to
a dodging run of 73 yards. If anybody
ever heard of one halfback accomplish
ing anything like that, then let him
step forth and tell US where, when and
how.
Georgetown's game against Lebanon
Valley seems to indicate that it Is de-
veloping in just about the way that
would have been expected Of it had 1t
not run into that Western Maryland
snag in its second contest. Had West
ern Maryland been defeated George.
town right now would stand about as
well as it has stood in previous sea-
sons, and probably is in better shape
and much more capable Of facing Its
string of hard games than it has been
given credit for. Its test this week will
tell, but the writer is inclined to think
that Georgetown is far better foot
ball team than most people think 1t is
and that 1t will give good account Of
itself in its major struggles.