Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-20
CONTEST IS likely
TO BELLE RECORDS.
Natural Rivals Figured to
Perform Above Standard.
Hoyas Play Safe.
BY H. C. BYRD.

BY HI. C. BYRD.
" GOD foot ball, mediocre
- foot ball, just foot ball, or
~ whatever it may be that
Catholic University and
George Washington dish up for
their supporters in their annual
game tomorrow night, a certain
element of attractiveness should
be present, seen in only those
games where strong local rivalry
Is a big factor.
George Washington and Catholic Uni
verSity have poor records, but each is
hoping to wipe out at least q part of
that bad record with victory over the
other. OF course, both cannot win, but
IN their efforts to attain that end are
hkels' to display higher standards of
play than they have so far shown, and
the strong partisan spirit so paramount
each year Is likely to make the game
worth good deal more than the aver
age contest played between two elevenS
with such a weak background.
George Washington, on the whole,
probably has little better record than
@. u, which Is not saying a good deal
The Buff and Blue, defeated by Rut-
gers, Albright and Tulsa has tied South
Dakota and whipped Delaware, Dick
tnson and New York Aggies, the last
mentioned very weak organization.
Catholic University has won only one
game that from American University by
q big score. 1t has lost to Boston Col
lege and Holy Cross by wide margins
and dropped its other games by smaller
scores. Last week, for instance, 1t did
some of its best work by playing Man
haitian College in New York a 6-to-7
game.
DEOPLE around George Washington
i think their team has q better
chance to win than c. o., and the
latter Is not offering much argument
against such a contention However,
the Brooklanders are getting togethsg
and apparently making ready to play
the game of their lives.
While neither eleven has a good rec
ord, 1t is q fact that each has In Its
hne-up some versatile players who may
break forth with brilliant efforts, Car
lin and Wells Of George Washington are
hne backs and Hale Is much above the
average as tackle. Krimmelmeyer ws4t
q star at Tech High School. Ard out
ct Catholic u, this chap Oliver can tote
. foot ball once he gets started. A
coach who saw his performance last
year against Villanova said, THAT fell
low Is one Of the best natural ball car
rierS I ever saw" OF course, that Is o
broad statement and may have been
tr1nuenced somewhat by the enthusiasm
OF the moment, but, nevertheless, Il is
indication that the Brooklanders have
one man in their backfield capable Of
doing things If he gets loose In an open
field. Also there are on the G. U. team
some boys who played well on prep
school elevens.
However, the one thing likely to
make the game worth while tomorrow
night, aside from the possible brilliant
endeavors OF individuals, is the strong
partisan feeling between followers of
the two schools. Thousands Of George
Washington students and alumni are
sure to be In the stands, while G. y.
folk also are likely to be there en- masse
The game Is TO be played at the ball
park, and is to begin at 8:15.
II OCAL colleges win put in their last
II ticks tonight in preparation for
their games tomorrow night and
Saturday. George Washington and
Catholic University, of course, will do
very little other than a generally light
workout, and Gallaudet probably will
not do much more than that but
Georgetown and Maryland, making
ready for grleling battles, are fairly
sure to devote considerable time to i'm
proving their teams. Georgetown seems
TO have q margin on Villanova, but Is
not going to take any more chance
than It can help. The Blue and Gray
plans TO have its team IN just as good
shape as Il 1t were going up TO meet
one Of the biggest schools In the coun-
try. and, TO ten the fact as 1t is, prob
ably from foot bah point of view, It
n going TO meet a team very near rs
good as any one Of the big schools has.
Maryland Is getting ready to play
team that 1t knows has an advantage
on. 1t in weight and driving power, as
the Old Liners have not shown the
hne-cracking ability exhibited by Navy
in the Southern Methodist game. The
Old Liners realize that they are to go
against an eleven that is far better
than a cursory glance at its record
would seem to indicate, but do not seem
TO be worrying much about 1t. In fact,
they have got so much in the habit Of
meeting strong teams and playing hard
schedules year after year that they
have come to look upon q foot ball
game. no matter how strong the oppo-
sition nor what the probable or possible
result, as just foot ball game. and
nothing more.
TT is said out at Gallaudet that Mona
i CHAN, one of the ends, never has got
credit for the excellence of his play.
Actually, Monaghan is a good end, de-
fensively and extensively as we'll His
receiving of passes is exceptionally good
and he, with the aid OF Hokansens
passing came within an ace of beating
the University of Maryland q year ago.
Monaghan Is q hard end to get around
and his catching of passes has added
many yards to his teams ground gain
ing since the season opened in Septem-
Der. He Is likely TO be one of the main
Cogs in the defense and attack against
st. Francis tomorrow night ct Johns
town.
1.-THE University Of Maryland is hav-
u ing q rather unusual difnculty in
It's practice this week The grid
from at Norfolk last week, being very
muddy had placed on It several cart
loads of coarse sand II seems that a
good deal of this sand got under the
Jerseys and in the pants of the players,
with dire results. Several had skin
scraped of various parts of their anat-
Orriy and q couple Of the lincmen have
since found It about impossible either
10 bend over in the line or to sit down
FOR them any kind Of practice has been
excriciatlng. And as one of them re-
marked, IN discussing the game Satur-
day. "T1nis would be an awful bad time
20 take spanking from the Navy"
~ PREP school foot bah game that
IA IS attracting good deal of atten-
ton this week is that at Orange.
va. between Woodbury. Forest and
Na.,fronr,aI fIfCb Tho earna fs fhQ Or