Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-02

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w foot ball team that
went through its season
undefeated, and actually was one
of the strongest elevens in the
East, although it generally did
not get credit for being. That
this was accomplished last year
does not mean so much, but
what does count for a good deal,
at least in the minds Of Western
Maryland alumni and other sup
porters, is the fact that right now
Western Maryland has another
such team in the making.
If even part of reports be
true, then Western Maryland
should have an even stronger
eleven than that which was not
beaten in 1929, and should wind
up the season with just about as
good a record as it had then.
Perhaps the story of what those who
know most about the Western Maryland
SQUAD expect from it may best be told
in the words of foot ball man who
has watched several practice sessions
and who knows the caliber of the play
ers and the kind of coaching the squad
is getting. This man says:
IF you want to see good foot ball
team, just wait until this Western
Maryland aggregation gets into action
That school has better material, far
better in the backfield, than it had a
year ago and more of 1t. Then no team
was able to defeat it and now look
for it to go through pretty much the
same kind of a season. Western Mary
land had a wonderful line last Fall,
and right now its backs are on par
with the line, which is improved con-
siderably.
Brubaker Highly Touted.
"In this chap Brubaker, a back from
the freshman squad of last season,
Western Maryland has a great player.
He is Just as good and in some respects
better than Greasy" Neale, the former
Western Maryland star now coaching
at Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Neale
was a wonderful ball carrier, but Bru-
baker Is not only that but almost
everything else as well. Kopp, another
back from the freshman team, weighs
100 pounds, and Coach Dick Harlow
says that he is one of the hardest run
ming backs he has ever seen. All the
regular backs of last season are work
ing out with the varsity and with the
two stars from the freshman team,
should make available more and better
material than Harlow had a year ago.
"That western Maryland line last
year could not be beat, and I think 1t
was then and will be again, one of the
most versatile and strongest lines In
the East.
western Maryland whipped George
town last year and I know of no safer
bet than to lay few shekels that it
will turn the trick again when the two
elevens meet in Baltimore on October
10. Georgetown seems to be weaker
than 1t was when Western Maryland
whipped 1t In Washington by to 0,
while no one need doubt that Western
Maryland will be stronger. To my way
of thinking, the only school on Western
Marylands schedule that has more than
an outside chance to win is the Uni
versity Of Maryland, and am not so
much basing that opinion on the
strength of the Old Line team as I am
on the kind of game it played against
Western Maryland last year.
Looks Bad for Hoyas.
eff you have any doubt that know
what I am talking about, keep back in
your mind what am saying, and. when
the season is over, just check up"
Probably the man herein quoted Is
not very far from right. 1t is known
that Western Maryland has material
for mighty good foot ball team, and
it certainly has good coaching. Dick
Harlow is one of the best men in the
country teaching boys the ways Of the
gridiron, and. given good material, and
sometimes without good material, he
will whip together fine eleven. West
ern Maryland will be a tough team to
beat, and Georgetown is not going to
win from it easily, II at all.
And, while speaking of college foot
ball in Maryland, it may not be aniss
to mention another school that may do
lot better than anybody expects-St.
Johns of Annapolis. This week the
Annapolis eleven goes to Lexington to
play Virginia Military Institute and is
likely to give the Cadets a good deal
more of a battle than is looked for.
Unless v. M. I. Is much stronger than
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