Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-22


~ for games on distant grid
irons. The former is max
Ing the journey to East Lansing,
Mich, to meet Michigan State
College, and the latter to Raleigh,
N. c., to play North Carolina State
College. Georgetown seems to be
in tough spot, but Catholic U.
is in good shape and ready. to put
up the game of it's life against a
bigger opponent.
Georgetown may come through and
beat Michigan State, but If it does it
will have to get better breaks than it
has had in its last two contests. Coach
Tom Mills is anything but optimistic
over the prospect, not only because he
knows the condition of his own team,
but because he knows Michigan States
strength.
Not only is Georgetown not in the
best physical condition, but it is going
up against a powerful eleven anxious
to atone for the defeat suffered at the
hands of Georgetown here last season.
Michigan State came here a year ago
all set to NOV down the Blue and Gray,
but met sternsr foe than it expected
So stern, in fact, was Georgetown on
that occasion that Michigan State went
back home defeated On it's own lot,
Michigan State will seek to wipe out
that blot on its 1880 record, and in that
frame of mind will meet a weakened
Georgetown team.
Michigan State has powerful team"
says Coach Mills and one of the
greatest backfleldS in the country l
know just what we are up against and
do not have any false ideaS about the
game We must play if we expect to
avoid defeat by two or three touch
downs With the exception of New
York University, Michigan State prob
ably Is the strongest team We shall meet
this season / wish We were in the best
possible condition, but we are not and
shall just have to make the best of it
and do the best we can"
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY has high
~ hope of bringing back the scalp Of
the North Carolina State eleven
Notwithstanding that all pre-game dope
favors the Raleigh school. North Caro-
lima State has three times as many
students as Catholic University, and its
foot ball teams have been way above
the local institution nearly every year,
but in one way or another Catholic U.
folks have bunch they have a fair
chance to win.
Coach Dutch Bergman took his men
to Raleigh early today TO get there N
time to work out under the foodlights,
under which the game will be played
tomorrow night. Bergman's eleven is
about the only one in this immediate
section in good shape physically. which
probably is due more than anything else
to the fact that the Brocklanders did
not play last week and the weeks lay
of from a regular game gave them
chance to recuperate from their minor
hurts.
Catholic University and Georgetown
both have fine opportunities in their
games of Saturday. The former may
win for itself place in the foot ball
sun that it has not enjoyed in many
years and the latter has an opportunity
to wipe out the bad taste left by the
New York University and Duquesne
contests. Catholic University has left
for the scene of its struggle brimning
with confidence, while Georgetown is
hardly optimistic over its outlook.
7 UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, it is
~ fairly certain, Will go into its game
with Virginia Military Institute at
Richmond minus. two of its regulars,
Woods and keenan,, fullback and tackle.
Both men went out in the early part Of
the game with Kentucky, and neither
is recovering rapidly enough to warrant
any thought that. he may be ready by
Saturday. Kraicovic also has been SUI
fering with badly bruised side, but he
seems to be coming around all right.
The rest of the squad is in as good
shape as could be expected. However,
very little has been done so Tar this
week in the way of practice, owing to
injuries and bruises which naturally re-
suited from the kind of battle the Old
Liners put up against a much more
powerful aggregation physically.
VIRGINIA jumps over to Lexington
v Saturday to play washington and
Lee in the homecoming game for
the latter. Neither of the two uni
versities has been showing any too WELL
and the game does not seem to be so
attractive as it has been in some past
seasons Virginia seemed to be coming
along we'll until it struck Virginia Mill
tary Institute, when it played about as
poor foot ball as any Virginia eleven
has ever played Whether or not it
may come through in better shape this
week is a matter of conjecture. and
only the game itself will tell. Wash
ington and Lee has taken a couple of
good beatings the last two weeks, not
withstanding it is supposed to have good
material At any rate, the Generals
nave not so far played the kind of
foot ball that wins games. However,
unless the exceptional ability of Thomas
to run in a broken field enables him
to get away for some winning points for
Virginia the chances seem good that
Washington and Lee will take the long
end of the count.
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTI-
v TUTE goes out to Lexington, KY, to
try conclusions with the University
of Kentucky eleven. The Blacksburg
men have got to be a lot better than
chances are they will come back to the
South Atlantic section with the short
end Of the score. However, 1t is said
that v. P. I. has a back of the name
of Casey, who is able to match almost
anybody In broken field running and
general backf1eld play. v. P. 1. only,
tied William and Mary at Richmond
last Saturday. and that does not indi-
cate sufficient strength to stand up
behind Kentucky's line.
North Carolina probably is in for an
other beating when it faces Tennessee
at Chapel Hill. The TarheelS, defeated
by Georgia by wide margin, hardly
seem strong enough to battle Tennessee
on even terms, not after that drubbing
Tennessee gave Alabama. A year ago
North Carolina went to Knoxville and
lost to Tennessee in a hair-raising
game, Q to Z. So far North Carolina
does not seem to be as strong this sea-
son as it was last, while Tennessee ap-
parently Is considerably stronger.
THE edge is somewhat taken off the
l. Georgia Vanderbilt game at Athens.
That I8-to-0 defeat by Tulane last
week took the wind out of the Wander