Evening star., 1931-12-04
TERRORS, QUAKERS
TOUGH OPPONENTS
Old Liners Figure to Have an
Even ChanCe-MiddieS
Coming Along"
BY II. c. BYRD.

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N row play two Of the hard
4 Y est games of their 1881
foot ball programs, the
former against Pennsylvania, at
Philadelphia, and the latter
against Western Maryland, at
Baltimore. Penn is pretty sure
to prove the most stubborn foe
the Navy has had except Notre
Dame, while Western Maryland
will be the toughest opponent
Maryland has had, barring Ken
lucky and Vanderbilt.
Both Navy and Maryland are to send
teams into their final contests in good
condition both physically and mentally
Navy has played good foot ball through
out the season and has been coming
along in a scheme Of gradual develop
ment which is expected to bring the
eleven to its highest point for the Army
game next week at New York Mary
land will send its first string eleven
into contest in excellent physical con-
dition for the first time since 1t played
Kentucky.
What chance Navy and Maryland
have to win is probably at best only
matter Of conjecture. Both games seem
to be hardly anything more than toss
ups, with victory likely to perch on
the banner of the teams that exercise
the greatest vigilance. In no other
form of athletic contest does eternal
vigilance bring such fine rewards, nor
Is there any other In which the lack
Of constant vigilance so costly. The
team in each game that makes its
breaks should be the victor.
nENN has been through an excellent
L season, barring its one-sided defeat
by Notre Dame. OF course, Penn
lost by one touchdown to Cornell, but
that was nothing to its descredit In
other words, Penn is worthy opponent
for any college eleven and Navy can
look forward to the game only as offer
ing possibility Of a great struggle with
an opportunity for fine accomplish
ment. In games won Navy does not
stand so well as Penn, but 1t probably
is Just about as strong and has been
developed more slowly.
Western Maryland is one Of the teams
that are about as hard to beat as any
in the country. 1t is an exceptionally
difficult team TO play, and Maryland
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same position that Georgetown has been
all year, which is nothing more nor less
than If it wins it will not get a good
deal of credit and if it loses it will be
Just too bad At least, that Is the way
a good many people look at the game.
Georgetown was up against the same
kind of proposition when it met Buck
nell.
Western Maryland has not won like
1t did last year, but it has been meet
ing powerful elevens. For instance, it
did not beat Boston College, but it
lost by two touchdowns against three
while Georgetown was whipped by
Boston College, 20 TO 2. Washington
and Jefferson, an exceptionally strong
outfit, barely beat the Western Mary
land eleven, 13 to IL.
However, despite the known strength
Of Western Maryland, 1t is likely that
Maryland will have about an even
chance to win. At least, that would
seem fair outlook, although II either
team gets bad breaks or fails to play
as it should from standpoint Of gen.
eralship the other may walk away
with things. Maryland will start in
the game 10 Of the IL men it started
in the same game last year.
Navy leaves today for Philadelphia.
Maryland will not go over to Baltimore
until tomorrow morning. Both games
are to be played at 2 o'clock.
THREE games are scheduled in the
Il South, Kentucky and Florida at
Jacksonville, Tulane and Washing
ton State at New orleans and North
Carolina State and Miami at Miami.
Kentucky has shown sufficient strength
this year on several occasions to whip
Florida, and 1t probably will unless it
happens to strike one of Jacksonville's
hot days. Tulane ought to whip Wash
lngton State unless the latter is con-
Siderably stronger than it has shown
out on the Pacific Coast. Not much is
known of the Miami team, and no
comparison can be made for the North
Carolina State eleven.
One big game is listed out on the Pa,
cif1c Coast, University of Washington
being due to meet Southern California
at Los Angeles. Last year Southern
California was an easy victor by 80
TO 0. 1t seems strong enough, to Judge
by It's victory over Notre Dame, to win
again.
I UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA leaves
~ Athens tomorrow afternoon for Los
Angeles. where it is to wind up the
loot ball year by meeting Southern
California. The Georgians are not play
ing this week and have two weeks in
which to get rid Of some of the i'll ef-
fects Of their long hard schedule. The
team will make only one stop before it
gets TO California, being due to lay over
IN Ell Paso next Tuesday afternoon for
Iour hours in order to have a two-hour
practice. Georgia is taking not only its
squad but several guests from other
universities.
Whatever the result Of the game,
Georgia people think they have a fair
chance TO topple Southern California
from the lofty perch it won through its
triumph at South Bend. Most foot ball
people expect Southern California to
take the long end Of the score. but con-
cede that Georgia may have an outside
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