Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-29

- ELDOM, indeed, have opening
foot ball games run more
~ true to form than those
played Saturday. If there
was any deviation from the ex-
pected, it was only in finding
some elevens displaying even
greater strength than was
looked for. In every part of the
country, with one exception, the
larger school was victor, and in
many cases by a much bigger
margin than usual.
This condition held good for the
local schools as well, except that Cath
Ole University lost to Boston College
by wider margin than there had been
any indication it would.
As far as local schools are concerned,
the one big surprise was Catholic Uni
versity. Reports that had come from
Brookland indicated that the team
would be much stronger against Bos-
ton College than 1t evidently was. Ger
tainly nobody thought that the Brook
landers would get whipped by any such
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Sence of three or four men from the
lineup Of team that is very weak In
reserve strength is bound to make a
great difference In the showing that
team makes, especially against a
stronger foe.
GEORGETOWN expected a battle
~ from Mount st. Mary's and got 1t.
The Blue and Gray felt 1t should
win, but evidently knew that it was not
sufficiently advanced to warrant any
too strong feeling of security. Coach
Tom Mills estimate of the situation
his team was in was Just about right,
as he said he felt his men ought to win,
but knew that they were not strong
enough at this stage of the game to win
without putting forth their best efforts.
Mount st. Mary's seems to have thrown
against the Blue and Gray an eleven
that played good foot ball and gave no
signs Of anything except that 1t was
in the game to do battle for everything
It could get.
A MEXICAN UNIVERSITY also took
"A its opener, but did not have any
margin to allow it to slow up, as 2
points after touchdowns was the mar
gin by which it was victor.
MARYLAND found the going against
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than 1t would had the latter
school been In better shape. The East
ern Shoremen had heavier eleven
than usual, and probably will give q
fairly good account Of themselves later
IN the year. Maryland had its full
varsity In the game, except one man,
IN the fourth quarter, and the tired
Washington players were no match for
& at that time. During the course of
4hA Aarxy4oHA
Der of its varsity squad, except three,
Koelle, q guard, and Woods and Miller,
backs, who were kept on the bench be-
cause Of slight Injuries. .,,7 80
TEoRGE WASHINGTON and Gal
~ laudet did not play Saturday, but
went through long workouts In
preparation for their openings this
week. The former goes to New Bruins
wick to play Rutgers, and probably will
bump into q team every bit as heavy
Is 1t Is, and the latter entertains the
Tank Corps eleven from Fort Meade
Gallaudet, since the return Of Johnny
Ringle, who really is q good foot ball
player, and would be for almost any
poets. Coach Hughes believes he has
material for an excellent eleven.
MICHIGAN probably had a harder
xV1 afternoon than any of the
other big universities, although
that probably was because it played
two games instead of one. The Wolver-
ines won their first game from Denison
University, 80 to o, but were hard
pushed to take the second from Mich
igan Normal by one touchdown. Mich
4gan seems to have held the Normal
School eleven rather easily, but could
not get Its offense working with sufi-
eient consistency to run up the points.
Out on the Pacific Coast there was a
very general feeling that Santa Clara
would give California great battle and
Stanford would have difficulty in dis
posing Of the Olympic club. However,
California won by three touchdowns to
one and Stanford by three touchdowns
to nothing, which may or may not be
indication that Stanford and California
are stronger than usual. It is difficult
to give any idea just what it does mean
In regard to Stanford, as the makeup
of any club eleven from year to year may
vary so greatly as to be very effective
next. However, it probably does promise
much for California, as it is known that
Santa Clara has much better eleven
than usual. Some people felt that Santa
Clara had an outside chance to win.
~ b44C 0Outkl Tile game Skldb pTOUdply
i attracted more attention than any
other was that between Georgia and
Oglethorpe. Last year Oglethorpe went
up to Athens and counted Georgia out
by two touchdowns to one and, with
what 1t thought was a much better
team, 1t felt 1t had a good chance to
turn the trick again. However, Georgia
evidently got we'll prepared for the game,
as it socked oglethorpe good and hard,
81 to 6. In the other big game in the
South, South Carolina gave Duke Uni
versity a good lacing. All the other
Southern games were not much more
than set-ups for the bigger schools. Vir-
ginia Polytechnic Institute got only
points against none for Roanoke, a
smaller score than it was expected to
win by, but an analysis Of the game
shows that it made "a first downs, while
Roanoke did not make !. In other
words, the Blacksburg men gained
ground enough to win by higher score
North Carolina was looked upon as a
sure victor over Wake Forest, and it was,
but it got more of a battle than it or
an. cody else thought was coming to 1t.
VIRGINIA continued to march
v through whatever kind of oppo-
sition a weaker team offered, beat
ing Randolph Macon, AZ to 0. Virginia's
one-sided whipping Of Roanoke last
week takes on a new significance in
view of the fact that v. p. I. only won
from the same eleven by touchdown
and a safety. 1t also is noteworthy
that Virginia ran up much larger