Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-15
C. u. WILL FIGURE
in ONE OF TESTS
Mills Says Chances Against
Western Maryland Not
Better Than Even.
BY H. C. BYRD.

throughout the section bounded
on the South by the Mason-Dixon
line, on the West by Ohio and the
Lakes and on the East by the At
lantic, will be played series of
games which ought to be about as
good as any of the year.
Take Yale, Harvard and Princeton,
for instance. The big three"-and 1t
seems now to be necessary to quote
that tern-have plenty of trouble stored
up for them Saturday afternoon. Har-
ward meets gin Army one Of the best
teams ever turned out at West Point.
Those in charge of foot ball up on
the Hudson actually are OF the opinion
that it is the best. Yale entertains
Brown, or maybe Brown will enter
tain Yale, and the fact that Brown
whipped Princeton does not add ma
terially to Yale'S prospect. OF course,
Yale ought to be favored TO whip any
school of the size of Brown, because 1t
has enough material to ride the crest
Of the wave in any kind Of compete
ton, AS a matter of fact, Yale prob
ably has too much material, more than
it uses probably. And Princeton after
q defeat by Brown, hardly can face
Cornell with good deal Of hope, al
though it may make out q lot better
than some Of its supporters think pos
atble. But no matter what the results
Of thesee games, Yale, Harvard and
Princeton have plenty of work and
trouble against their opponents Of this
Geek.
Game Getting First Test.
Columbia gets its first real shaking
down Saturday under its new regime.
1t goes to Dartmouth, which seldom
b mean opponent Incidentally, it
also Is Dartmouth's first big contest.
University Of Pennsylvania journeys to
Madison, Wis, to play the University
of Wisconsin, This is the first game
In which Penn meets an eleven worthy
of its steel, its previous games having
been very easy.
However, If Wisconsin's victory over
Chicago by comfortable margin is q
good criterion. then Penn is likely to
be in no better position than some
of the other big Eastern schools. 1t
may find itself with its back to the
wall. fighting desperately to stave OF
defeat. Syracuse meets Pittsburgh and
the games between these schools for
years have been among the best.
And, while on this subject of big
games for eastern schools, It might be
well to mention that two contests are
scheduled in the South In which the
fur is likely to ny, North Carolina at
Georgia and Tennessee at Alabama.
This brings together four Of the
strongest eleVens making their home
In Dixieland. Both North Carolina
and Georgia have fine foot bali ma
terial and so have Tennessee and Ala
ba1na. Both Georgia and Carolina
went through grueling battles last week,
while the other two schools are playing
their first hard games. Tennessee may
have to play without its star back, Nc
Ever, as he is said to be In bad shape
with q leg injury.
81 FEEL that we're up against it this
i week." said Tom Mills Of George
town this morning in talking
about his game with Western Mary
land. "Those fellows have a real foot
bali outfit, and don't let anybody kid
you about that. Anyway, I'm not
letting anybody josh me into thinking
that we have anything more than an
bven chance against them II we have
that. If we win, I'll feel that we're
awful lucky. No school has any bigger,
stronger team than Western Maryland
and what we shall do against It nobody
can tell
~Swe we've won the first three games
we've played, but 1t has been largely
% shaking backs loose and having
backs who can 60 II they get loose.
However, getting loose against the teams
we've been playing and getting loose
against q team like Western Maryland
Is another matter entirely. So far We
Just have not shown q consistently
strong ofense. mean by that an Of
tense that goes consistently, so that
n0Y mil O.
where whenever 1t Is necessary.
Our line has not yet shown the
strength and cohesion necessary to de-
velop q consistent offense, to clear the
way for backs time after time. Our
backs have had to depend too much on
themselves. Just what we shall &C
complish Saturday, and by that mean
whether or not our line can rise TO the
occasion, emergency I might call it, and
deliver as a real line should.
"But, under any conditions we know
We are up against 1t, and don't make
any mistake about that"
CT JOHNS COLLEGE, which plays
- at Maryland Saturday afternoon,
apparently Is little less strong than
Western Maryland. It does not have
the powerful line that wears Western
Maryland colors, nor does it have as
many big backs, but 1t does have one
backfleld that is just about as good as
the Western Maryland first string. This
chap Lynch, who backs up the line for
st. Johns, weighs something more than
100 pounds and he seems to be all man.
Anyway. he knows how to back up a
line and is plenty rough in doing
Tody Riggs, st. Johns coach. rs
that Bill ArmacoSt Is the best inter-
1ering back in the country, barring
none. Which ought to bring forth some
feelings Of regret at Maryland because
Armacost was q student at Maryland
before he entered st. Johns. In Mac
Cartee, who did not play against West
ern Maryland, st. Johns has an excep-
tionally clever ball carrier.
Riggs has been grooming him to play
stellar role against the Old Line
which Is Riggs own Alma Mater. In
cidentally, it Is rather a strange thing
takes a team back to play thk. school
from which he graduated he mad rather
win that game than any other. 1t Is
one case where g man desires intensely
to see his own school take drubbing
and it usually makes him feel rather
proud to administer It,
st. Johns win have q big advantage
over Maryland in punting. The Ole
Liners have no man who can boot the
0k]HhlS 0OWn SkAC ASAA bA4ab ~. OOAAAA
has been showing, unless 1t be thai
Miller is able to get In the game 1ol
awhile. In that case, Maryland should
hold its own IN that department.
Catholic University realizes that Il
has q lot Of building to do to get it,
foot ball, and other athletic teams, ur
70 the standard 1t desires. Its freshman
eleven has some good men on y. oul
kheE ~ not good enough 70 Waxran