Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-16
ARC MAKERS PUT
OVER PROPAGANDA
College Atmosphere Less
ened, but Finances Helped.
Three Games Here.
BY H. c. BYRD.

them. Some players like 1t, others
don't; some spectators feel it adds
luster to the game others that it
detracts; coaches in general are
not very favorable to it. However,
there are some factors that in
dictate night games are worth
while and other factors that tend
to lessen their Importance under
the fioodlights. In other words,
there are two sides to the question.
Night foot ball has lately come into
being largely through propaganda car
ried on by manufacturers of floodlights
These manufacturers have aggressively
campaigned among the colleges to get
night foot ball tried out, largely to sell
their lighting systems. The manufac-
turers have gone on the sales theory
that first you must create the desire,
then sell. Almost the sole plea put up
Is on the basis of greater financial
revenue. And in many cases there is
greater revenue from such games than
II they were played in the afternoon.
Aside from the fact that greater
revenue Is derived in some cases from
night games, there is really only one
other valuable consideration in play
ing them and this consideration works
in unison with greater revenue.
great many people who. work all day
cannot get on to 60 to games in the
afternoon. For people In that category
night games offer an opportunity to
see foot ball and for recreation that
otherwise might not be available.
Fans Differ in Opinions.
But the points of view are many.
One man who has watched foot ball
for many years says, Il can't see 1t, as
the game at night has something taken
from It." Still another one spoke after
the Georgetown-Wesleyan contest last
week, II liked the game under the
lights, and really believe you can see
everything better than in broad day.
light" Another spectator at the same
game voiced the opinion that lit was
too much like q morgue, and there's
nothing to It, No more for me-"
However, the situation in regard to
night foot ball Just about sums itself
up In this: Wherever school plays
without much competition, or in any
cases of games that are big enough to
draw crowds without consideration for
whatever competition there may be,
then night foot ball is not likely to get
very far. However, In places where
there Is a lot Of competition between
schools. with several games going on
during q week end, good deal Of night
foot ball may be played For instance,
last week in Baltimore there was game
Friday night, Saturday afternoon and
Saturday night. Under normal con-
ditions, all three of these games would
have been played Saturday afternoon,
without more than q corporal's guard
present ct any of them, where, played
Is they were. each drew q fair sized
crowd.
night foot ball takes away some Of the
glamour Of the game, deprives 1t to no
small extent Of that attractiveness
which for half century has gone with
q Saturday afternoon at contest on
O college campus. But 1t takes money
to run college athletics.
THE University Of Virginia, rough it
l. lost to Pennsylvania last week by
q big score. is not at all dissatisfied
with the result. It feels that its eleven
showed marked improvement over the
week before and that better things are
In store during the remainder Of the
season. Earl Abel, Virginia coach, has
this to say of his team:
I'VE lost 10 Pennsylvania by q greater
margin than we should, as we made q
0EtbEE SAlOWAlk tAldl Lie oCOIC AAAQACAe<cs
In the first place, Penn scored 20
points on us In the fourth quarter when
we had q whole second-string eleven on
the field. Up until that time Penn had
TO battle for everything it got, and we
played even better foot ball than we
ourselves expected The touchdown we
made was the result Of a steady drive
three-quarters the length Of the field.
The team looked good enough TO indi-
cate to me that we shall give all our
other opponents We have some real
games. The improvement in our line
play was very marked. We never have
had any fault to find with our backs"
Virginia plays Virginia Military In
stitute this week over at Lexington.
The Cavaliers expect to win, though
not by any wide margin. v. NJ. /. beat
Virginia last season by three touch.
downs to one.
VE1HEN George Washington lines up
w against South Dakota tomorrow
night in one of the three games
on local fields this week end it will go
against a group Of exceptionally big
men. according to report. OF course.
some Of the press reports that come
regarding the avoirdupois Of a gridiron
squad often are exaggerated one way
or another. but in this case 1t seems
to be pretty certain that South Dakota
has an eleven that as far as weight is
concerned should hold its own, no mat
ter what kind Of foot ball 1t may play
This Is the first game in which George
Washington has ever met team from
50 far away at least in recent years.
and 1t would like TO take the long end
of the score. Winning of an inter-
sectional game of any kind is well
worth while and being a victor tomor-
row should help the Colonials in the
remainder Of their schedule.
TTHE other two games are those in
i which Loyola of Baltimore comes
here to play Catholic University
and ST. Johns Of Annar-.E Fists the
University of Maryland. Cat lolic Uni
versity, II it gets back its injuI>f: play
ers and has them in such gooo shape
that they do not get hurt again. will
make better showing than might be
expected from the results OF its other
contests. Maryland has tough foe
and the game is likely to be just
about as rough and hard as the Old
Liners want 1t probably will be a
whole lot more dificult than they would
like at this stage Of the game, although
they are not taking the contest lightly
and know fully the strength OF the
eleven they are up against. st. Johns
has about everything that good foot
ball team needs to be effective.
GEORGETOWN is working overtime
~ for its setto with Western Mary
land in Baltimore. Coach Tom
Mills Is looking on the game as one
Of his hardest OF the year and actually
believes he will have more di1iculty in
getting through Il safely than In some
az his contests with much larger schools