Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-10
&c. U.-W. VA. TUSSLE
WEEKS HEADL|NER
! Hoyas Have Even Chance in
| Homecoming TiIt-Vandy
|r Back Great Star.
BY H. c. BYRD.

the first of September as securely
as any monarch ever held sway, it
now is little more than matter
of days before his Scepter is
handed into other keeping, until
another September rolls around.
Local college elevens are almost at
the end of their schedules. Nearly the
whole season is history and only the
final song j. yet to be sung. George
town, Catholic University, Maryland
each has three games yet to be played,
George Washington and Gallaudet two
each and American University only
one.
This week Georgetown almost has the
field to itself for its homecoming game
with West Virginia. The Blue and Gray,
it is true has one competitive game,
Catholic University versus st. Francis,
but that as an attraction hardly can
be measured with the same yardstlck.
Georgetown has been playing West Vir-
ginia as its big home game for several
seasons and that probably is better
established than any other game played
on a local field each season.
So far Georgetown'S season does not
show string of victories. but it does
show long list of desperately fought
struggles, in which hair might have
turned the tide in all except two. And
when a team has that kind of record
it may be depended on to make great
fight In any game in which 1t takes
part. So, irrespective of what George
towns record of victories may be. the
meeting this week between the Hoyas
and West Virginia should be we'll worth
seeing. And, what is more, Georgetown
has at least an even chance to win.
Next week Georgetown goes to Phila-
delphia to play Villanova, another strong
outfit. And the Saturday following that,
November %, it entertainS the Univer-
sity of Detroit here. If the Blue and
Gray gets its squad back in good physi-
cal condition it should stand pretty
close to an even chance in each OF these
games.
TN bowling out its season, Catholic
i University meets three schools not so
well known locally as those George
town is to face, but comparatively just
as difficult All C. us remaining con-
tests are to be played here. 1t meets
st. Francis this week, Providence Col
lege next and Loyola on the SATURDAY
after Thanksgiving. The Brooklanders
are looking forward to these games with
confidence, although they realize they
are going against strong teams.
George Washington has no game TINS
week. but plays Butler University OF
Indianapolis Friday night of next week,
November 20, and winds up its season
with North Dakota here on Thanks
giving day. Incidentally, this should
give washington about the best THANKS
giving day contest it has had in years.
American University has only one
contest left, and that is with Randolph
Macon at Ashland a week from Satur-
day. It is most unlikely that it will
wind up with a victory as Randolph
Macon seems to have about the best
eleven in its history. and about the
strongest among the small colleges IN
this section, except Western Maryland.
Gallaudet plays st. Johns Saturday
at Annapolis and probably will suffer
another defeat. However, it may win
its last game on November 81, which
is with Shepherd College. But to do
that the Kendall Greeners will have to
play better foot ball than they have.
Maryland's three final contests are
with Washington and Lee here Novem-
i Der 81, with Johns Hopkins, in Balti-
kmore, on Thanksgiving day, and west
ern Maryland, at Baltimore, on Decem-
! Der 5. Maryland has no game this
! week. its Washington and Lee contest,
| which originally was scheduled Tor No
yennber IA. having been shifted to give
/ the Generals an opportunity to meet
| Princeton. The Old Liners have about
| an even chance with Washington and
| Lee, with perhaps a shade on the Cen
| erals, should have an advantage in
| the contest with Hopkins, and prob
| ably will be on the short end OF the
odds against Western Maryland.
| All the schools have opportunities TO-
atone for mistakes of that part OF the
| season already gone, and may WIND up
] their schedules in highly satisfactory
| Way Take Georgetown, for instance.
/ If it can win its three remaining con-
L II ic
| improbable, it will have a good deal
| that is worthwhile to look back upon.
Give George Washington victories over
Butler and North Dakota and 1t VIII
have behind it the best season 1t has
enjoyed in a decade, and the same VIII
be true of Maryland if 1T can take
even two of its three remaining
struggles.
a CHAP of the name Of Dixie"
n Roberts. halfback at Vanderbilt, Is
one of the two or three best run
! ming backs the writer ever has seen.
Last Saturday against Maryland, WIN
4 minutes of the first hall lett, ana Che
| score IL to 7 in favor Of Maryland, ne
1eis,lrelv walked out on the field 10
; substitute for Leonard. captain OF the
! Vanderbilt team That leiSurely walk
cut was about the only leisurely thing
he did, though, as from the moment
he entered the game Vanderbilt was
Vanderbilt had the ball on its own
Coward line when Roberts took MS
Mace in the backfield. Just seven plays
! later. on six of which Roberts carried
the ball, Vanderbilt had the ball across
Marvlands goal line. and the half end
ed IS to IL for Vanderbilt.
In the third quarter Roberts SIMPLY
ran around, through and over the
MARYLAND eleven. The Old Line play
ers could not stop him at any time on
any kind of play. He left the game
at the end of the third quarter, but
/ during that third quarter vanderbilt
made four touchdowns, and 1t was ROD.
erts who did 95 per cent OF the ground
gaining Vanderbilt did not score again
after Roberts left the game.
Roberts weighs in the neighoorhood
OF 1870 pounds, is fast. a clever dodger
and one of the hardest runners that
has ever been in foot ball. Dan Nc
Gugin, Vanderbilt coach, says that Rob-
erts is the only man he has ever seen
run in much the same driving way that
Willie Heston of Michigan used to run.
Bob Neyland. Tennessee coach, made
the statement that Roberts Is by far
the best running back in the South and
that there is hardly a better in the
country.
If his performance last Saturday
counts for anything as criterion, then
he is just as good running back as Is
to be found anywhere. Booth of Yale
is not near the back that Roberts Is
Yale used to have a great driving back
of the name of Kline, who weighed 190
pounds or more; and If Kline had hao
! Booths ability in a broken field, or II
Booth had Kline's driving power, then
the composite player would be some
where close to Roberts.