Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-04
HALFBACK PRAISED
BY BYRD AND MILLS
TerrapinS Showed New Life
When Bozey Entered Hard
Battle With Virginia.
BY r. d. THOMAS.
HESE babies are plenty
tough today!"
4 yeah" agreed another

JOuSIl tOOdy.
L yeah" agreed another
Terrapin, as the boys
romped from the field of battle
at Charlottesville at half-time,
but wait'n Bozey gets in there"
The score stood 90, but Vir-
GINA had won a moral victory in
those two periods. The underdog
clearly had outplayed the enemy
and looked forward hungrily to
ultimate triumph.
Bozey Berger, who never had fondled
a foot ball until he entered Maryland in
the Fall of 1928, was inserted into the
battle at the start of the second half
The effect was electrical.
On his first ball-carrying effort he
returned a punt Is yards. On the lext
play he gained 20 yards. From there on
the Terrapins played inspired foot ball
to win Clear-cut 14-to-6 decision.
Maybe Curley Byrd really meant it
when he told Bozey while back that
he'd rather have a Berger on his team
than Booth.
To that compliment may be added
one from Tom Mills, the Georgetown
coach, who spent an of day watching
Maryland and Virginia.
That boy" said Tom, sis one sweet
back!"
Berger, former Tech High student,
will show his Washington friends and
fans in general how he performs when
the Old Liners meet Washington and
Lee in their homecoming day game at
College Park on Saturday.
THE line player rarely receives full
L credit due him. The spectators
eyes, and more often than not the
reporters, are too busy following the
ball to notice the hole the forward has
made or the tackler he's removed from
the play. But sometimes back Is of
greater value than appears from the
amount of ground he gains. There are
ball toters who inspire the line. To
quote one account of the Maryland
Virginia contest when Berger entered
the play 1.-The Maryland line opened
holes for the backs where there had
been none before"
And it comes secondhand, but with
trust, that when Johnny Bozek's num-
Der is called the Georgetown linemen
are. wont to observe: Here comes the
old master!"
u OzEK, by the way, has failed to
- make long gallop this season, but
he seldom has been stopped with
out worthwhile gain. Open a mole
large enough for the average runner
to wedge through and Johnny's past
the line of scrimmage like flash.
In contrast to the years ball-lugging
sensation at the Hilltop, Johnny Scalzi.
Bozek has speed to spare. There are
seven or eight in the Hoya squad who
can run lot faster than Scalzi, but
none who can make as much of what
they possess. Timing and judgment
Of distance make the Stubby general a
wizard in the broken field.
Three long runs are recalled offhand
in which ScalZi was only started when
it appeared he was stopped.
THE skillful and willing blocker can
i be of more real value to a team
than the expert carrier. An ex-
ample is Bob Grove of Michigan State
who played against Georgetown last
week. The Spartans will tell you he's
their most valuable back, though he
rarely totes the oval His forte is lead
ing the interference. Also he's quite
a kicker.
GEORGETOWN, meeting Boston
" College, will be the only Washing
ton team playing away from home
this week
The head1iner will be Maryland's
homecoming game at College Park with
Washington and Lee, and it promises