Evening star., 1930-12-02
SERVICE ELEvENS
FACE STIFF BATTLE
Marines Likely to Have Hard
Time Keeping Presidents
Cup Here Saturday.
BY H. C. BYRD.
begins at home.
And every nickel SnRnt

~ for tickets to the Marine
Coast Guard foot ball
game at Clark Griffith Stadium
Saturday will be used to help
Washington's own people.
President Hoover, members of the
cabinet, Senators, Representatives, men
prominent In business and the profes-
sions and women high in the social life
of the Nation have pledged their sup
port through work for the game and
by their presence, and now it is In
cumbent on those in the ordinary walks
Of life to do their part.
Buy q ticket, or two tickets, or, better
still, several tickets.
It should be a great foot ball game
Marines and Coast Guard have strong,
experienced teams, made up partly of
men who formerly were stars of college
gridirons, and the game itself, even II
there were no other incentive, ought to
be worth the cost. But In addition to
the strictly game value, every person
who holds q ticket will have the salts
faction which goes with the conscious
ness of having done his or her bit in
q good cause.
Ed1tIl, UOpS anu CLtdLlty-dhQ tAAS
greatest Of these is charity.
Nothing to Lose.
It Is not often that the public gets
such an opportunity to give without CIV
ing, but In this case it simply purchases
something that Is worth the outlay un-
der any circumstances, and at the same
time gives the cost of that purchase to
help those in need. Buy q way in to
A. t.nI "a
cost at any time and under any con-
ditions-and help fellow man who for
the moment may be down. Not q good
deal to ask, simply to carry out the
duty the fortunate owe To the unfortu-
nate.
1t is the Presidents Cup game in
which the Marines end Coast Guard
are to meet, initiated several years ago
by President Coolidge and continued
by President Hoover. The cup first
was presented with the idea Of having
it held for a year by the military or
naval service that might be the strong
est in foot ball, and conditions have
so worked out that the Marine Corps
eleven has been a competitor for 1t
every year. And, incidentally, the Ma
rines have held 1t since 1t was first
presented, with the exception of one
year, when it was won by the Navy.
Looks for Hard Game.
Marines expect to keep the cup In
their possession, but indications are
that they viii have Just about as hard
q struggle as they have faced in any
of their previous contests. The Coast
Guard IS bringing here team that has
been playing good foot ball all season.
There Is very little on the two elevens
in the way Of comparison. but one OF
In q
letter to the writer said:
We are up against tough PROPOSE
ton with the Coast Guard We may
win and we may not, although we want
to the worst way. We watched the
Coast Guard play last week, and 1t
has O team of about the same strength
as ours. None Of us could see much
difference in what they have and what
we have. We are looking for about
the hardest game we have had this
year."
A big delegation of Marines from
Quantico, is. certain to be present, sew
eral bands will play, while the Coast
Guard also is likely to have its sup
porters, drawn largely from Navy ranks.
Many of the players on the team that
represents the Marine Corps are ia
niliar 70 Capital foot ball followers.
O'Neil, halfback, used to play at the
Naval Academy. Click at end Is Q
star. Presley at center was the best
and Bauer at hahback was q brilliant
player at the Naval Academy. The
Coast Guard Is made up largely Of
men who have had experience on many
fields.
1t win be q good foot ball game in a
good cause.
Every man and woman in the Dis
&IRak - lr1, 10 f01N
looking ahead to Winter without fear
and misgiving should support it.
AHARYLAND's gr1diron- weary squad
1Vl starts work again today for its
final game Of the year. The Old
Line aggregation probably wiz be about
as listless as It Is humanity possible for
athletes to be who have reached their
peak and started down the hill. Mary
land right now Is simply In the posi-
ton Of doing the best 1t can under the
circumstances. AS far as injuries are
concerned, the squad seems to be in
good shape. Pease, left end was pretty
well Jared up In the game with VAN
derbilt but probably viii be alright by
Saturday.
Maryland has no false notions of
what 1t will be facing when 1t takes
the field against Western Maryland.
The Green and Gold college is repre-
sented by one of the strongest elevens
in the East and probably would stand
an even chance against any team 1t
might face. Maryland viii be out
weighed by q wide margin, as 1t Is
comparatively light.
Last year one Of the biggest crowds
that watched q game In the Baltimore
Stadium was present and 1t Is likely
!. that will be true again Saturday. A
good deal of interest in the game is
evident not only in Baltimore. but in
other places as well.
THE 1881 Vanderbilt Maryland foot
i ball game. originally scheduled for
Washington. has been transferred
to Nashville. Maryland has agreed to
make the trip there again. she request
having been made by Vanderbilt In
order to balance up its home schedule.
Vanderbilt will play here in 1882.
And when Vanderbilt comes here
Washington people will see two real
backs in Fortune and Leonard. Both
are sophomores now and will be seniors
then. Fortune Is q 20O-pounder and
Is so fast that when Berger of Mary
land, himself considered very fast.
caught forward pass in last Saturdays
game with q clear fleld and no player
within ave yards Of him, Fortune chased
him down In just about 10 strides. He
caught Berger almost as If the Mary.
land man were standing still. And
than Booth Of Yale, and generally O
much better foot ball player.