Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21
PLAYS EARLY TILT
TO GET INTO TRIM
Has September Clash First
Time in YearS-LocaI
Squads Advancing.
BY II. C. BYRD.

test scheduled until October 4
but the great majority of the
other big Eastern schools, like
Yale, are due to get under way
next Saturday.
Word has come down here from Yale
men up at the Yale Club, in New York,
that the Dark Blues real objective for
opening a week earlier is to get in shape
to give the University Of Maryland q
whipping. Yale, in arranging its
schedule for this Fall shifted Maryland
from November l to October 4, and APP
parently did not care to play the game
without having another before that.
A Yale man yesterday told the writer:
up in New York, at the Yale Club,
we have the greatest respect for Mary
land, but we do want to win that
game this year at least by what We
consider q reasonable margin from our
point Of view. In the last few years
the Maryland game has not had very
satisfactory ending, from our view
point"
incidentally, It might be mentioned
here that in all probability 1t was
Yales intention to give the Marylanders
q good whipping before dropping that
school from its schedule 1t is virtu-
ally a foregone conclusion that Yale
In not going to play Maryland again
for some little time.
Many Play Saturday.
Pennsylvania does not open its
schedule until October 4. but, with the
execution of Harvard, Navy Princeton
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ern schools meet more or less formi-
dahle opponents. Penn State has a
game with Niagara University, Pitts
burgh plays Waynesburg, Cornell en-
tertains Clarkson, Lafayette faces st.
Thomas, Columbia meets Middlebury,
Brown has Rhode Island State and
Army plays Boston University.
Georgia Tech is about the only big
Southern school that does not open
until the first Saturday in October
However. the Atlanta school does not
start an easy contest, having South
Carolina listed. Out in the Far West
Stanford opened its schedule last week
with a game against an Army eleven,
but meets a much stronger opponent IN
the Olympic Club of San Francisco.
California starts this week with Santa
Clara, which is not soft spot very
often.
In the Middle West the University of
Michigan opens with two contests one
with Ypsilanti and the other with
Der. son. Indiana also begins its sea-
son, playing Miami The other three
Western Conference schools that have
games are Minnesota, Iowa and Ohio
State. the first mentioned with South
Dakota. Bradley and Mount Union.
All three games should be more or less
If step-ups for the Conference institu-
tons
North Carolina. as usual, opens with
Wake Forest Last year the Tarheels
whipped the Baptists by about SO points
and probably could have won by good
many more than that had they been
minded to push themselves. Duke Uni
versity probably has the hardest OPEN
ing game to be played by any school IN
the South Atlantic section, meeting as
It does, South Carolina. AS matter
Of fact. 1t would not be much of sur
prise If South Carolina were to whip
the Durham eleven.
Virginia in Easy Tilt.
Virginia has another easy game,
meeting Randolph Macon Virginia
Polytechnic Institute is not likely to
have much more difficulty with Roa-
noke than did Virginia, while Richmond
hardly is strong enough to do any
thing more than give Washington and
Lee just about the kind OF game II
desires. Virginia Military Institute
usually has opened its season at such
q time that il could play two games IN
September, but this year does not be-
gin until a week later. It has Rich
nond for its first encounter
AS far as the South Atlantic section
IL concerned it would not be surprising
IL some Of the best foot ball ever shown
by its teams is played. There seems
no doubt that the teams generally have
better material than usual. Especially
is this true of North Carolina and
washington and Lee Virginia Mill
tary Institute seems 10 be about the
only school below its standard, and it
may be that it is not below its STAN
dard but possibly a little below its
highwater mark Of last season.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute has
good squad, Duke University has the
same, and il is not at all unlikely that
Virginia will surprise everybody by It's
strength despite the somewhat pessi-
n1istie reports that have come from
Charlottesville. What North Carolina
State is likely TO do is only conjec-
ture because it is said to have lost
some Of the stellar material out Of
which its last years freshmen eleven
was built up and it also has a new and
untried coaching system. William and
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napoliS are likely to get the best re-
suits Of the smaller schools. Western
Maryland College OF Westminster viii
have team as strong as any other
none excepted.
G.. W. May Surprise.
Among the local schools it seems that
ell are at least as well of as they we're
8 year ago for material. George Wash
ington, of course, is in far better shape
than il was then and should have a
much stronger team. In reality, there
seems to be well founded feeling
among those that have watched the
Colonials in practice that there are
some surprises in store, and possibly
some rude jolts, for the teams they are
TO oppose.
Georgetown lost its veteran linemen
OF last year and ordinarily anybody
would suppose that it is much worse
of than it was then However,. Coach
Tom Mills says that he has some COM
pensating advantages that may not
make that as bad as it seems 10 be.
Mills is optimistic and feels that he will
have a good team. one that may do
fully as we'll as tbs Blue and Gray
eleven of 1929 despite the apparent
handicaps in the lack Of veteran line
men.
Catholic University thinks it should
get together one good team but that
its reserve strength win be far below
par. The Brooklanders have been saw
ing wood and If they can get by this
week without injuries may do lot
better against Boston College than any,
body expects them 10, especially Bos-
ton College itself Maryland Is work
ing along without any particular hurry.
and apparently without much worry,
despite the fact it is scheduled to meet
two powerful elevens the first two Sat-
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