Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-13
BY H. C. BYRD.

Il die of his regime at George
town. Saturday at noon TIT
Blue and Gray squad jumps ovel
to Baltimore to meet in Western
Maryland College an eleven strong
enough to try the soul of any op'
ponent.
Last year Western Maryland came
TO Washington and whipped Lou Little's
Georgetown team, to o, and right now
Western Maryland is at least two, pos.
sibly three. touchdowns better than II
was then.
Big, strong, fast, experienced, and
well coached just about describes West
ern Maryland's eleven. And big" Is
here used in the real meaning of the
word as 1t applies to athletes. There
are any number of big men in all the
colleges, but big" athless is another
term entirely. He is not oniS big man,
but one who can do all tfe stunts that
usually are done only by the small but
agile. quick and fast man. In other
Wuy..s, Western Maryland has foot ball
tea.
It II not an easy situation for Mills.
IT is the first time that he has been
put to the acid test in which he has 70
stand up in front Of an opponent before
WHICH Ills pICuCCCSoOL 4CiA Ny tAAS "eS
side 1t Is the same hurdle that Lou
Little, as he represented Georgetown,
a year ago failed to take. 1t Is hurdle
that ut that time was less difhcult, be-
cause Western Maryland now Is
stronger eleven. In addition, Mills Is
placed in the position CT being against
q harder proposition, while he lacks the
veteran material out OF Wnlcn LltCle
steven was built.
Mills with poorer material and uncer
new conditions, faces a stronger team
that beat Georgetown year ago. lhaG
fact should sink deep In the hearts OF
GEORGETOWN alumni, who should realize
the handicap Mills is under. If he loses
TO western Maryland, and he certainly
has no better than an even chance 70
do more than that, If he has an even
chance, then he is doing nothing more
nor less than that which might orol-
Yarilv. under the conditions, be ex-
pected, II he wins. Georgetown may
rest assured that Mills has made gooo,
that he Is getting as much out OF the
material he has as could any other nu-
man being.
western Maryland has seemed strong
In the games it has played, but 1t has
not yet shown its real power and versa
tility. No other coach in the country
can conceal the real strength OF MS
team better than Dick Harlow. 1t Is
game at which Harlow is past master
and GEORGETOWN may as well get ready
to face q Western Maryland eleven
which actually Is stronger than IT mas
SO far shown and which probably Is
stronger than Georgetown expects 1t TO
be. Especially is this true II the men
who have secuted Western Maryland for
Georgetown are not familiar with Har-
lows methods Of developing an eleven
and bringing 1t up to q pitch for
test encounter.
It should be q great game, as good
rs any Georgetown will play around
here this year. 1t Is going to be Tom
Mills first real test, and he must face
that test with the knowledge that he
a. under handicap, especially in any
comparison that may be made with
last year, the extent Of which none
other than he can realize. 1t would
not be fair to Mills to let him face such
test without telling something of what
he Is up against, because he could not
tell the true facts without seeming to
be getting ready a possible alibi.
Hence, this story.
IF anybody out at the University Of
a Maryland were superstitious he GER
tainly would feel that the foot ball
beam representing that university has
ink attached to il, as the Old Liners
certainly have seemed to play In the
toughest kind Of luck in their games
with Yale and North Carolina, espe-
rally against the latter. Saturday at
Chapel Hill, Maryland apparently did
everything just a little bit better than
carolina, yet it lost by four touchdowns
10 three. That. from q jinx standpoint,
enight be attributed to luck, but moth
ssdng would be further from the fact.
Maryland has q good foot ball team
rhat 1t has offensive power has been
proved by IA points against Yale and
al against North Carolina. And, as far
hs any consistent running or forward
passing attack is concerned. the Old
LINERS have most Of the time stopped
everything their opponents have had TO
eRer. Under such conditions 1t might
seem that luck has played too impor-
tant q part in the victories its oppon-
ents have won. However the actual
truth is that Maryland has. in COM
parison to the teams 1t has met, an
inexperienced green" eleven and the
margin which has given the other
eleyens victory is the margin that lies
Between inexperience and experience.
1t has been a case Of experience TAX
ing advantage of the mistakes of mex
perience. Maryland's two ends are
tackles made over into ends and it has
been a lack of that knack of covering
punts that experienced ends have that
has cost the team dearly in both It's
contests. 1t has two guards and CEN
ter, two OF whom played no foot ball
and one OF whom played virtually none
before entering Maryland.
II has a back who never had on q
foot ball suit until he entered Mary
land and whose entire experience at
Maryland consists of having been a
substitute end on the freshman team
and having played in parts of four
games last year as a substitute back
That tells Maryland's story. but there
also is another story that can be told
before the season is finished II the Old
Liners continue to profit by their mis-
takes. Had they held the ball as well
at Yale as they did against North
Carolina they would have won from
Yale.
But with that improvement they
made three almost ridiculous mistakes
against Carolina that gave Carolins
three touchdowns and victory. But
rather strange perhaps for coach u
say In such a case, the chaps who mad,
those mistakes are intelligent and arr
not likely to make the same mistake
again. Consequently, Maryland viii
get better as the season goes on, and i
Is far from bad now.
THERE seems just one thing 70
:. i Coach Bergman at Catholic Uni
versity to do-keep stid upper IL
and build from the ground up. Anc
TO 90 a little further. there seems jus
one thing for Catholic University au
thorities to do--give him the consisten
backing that any man must have I
clean up the situation there and attai
the success the university merits.
II is not a secret that internal dis
sension has been the cause OF . goo
many Of the athseAc troubles at c:
;snd the only way that. can be solve