Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-30
BOTH TEAMS OPEN
ON FOREIGN FIELDS
Meet Loyola of Baltimore and
LynChburg CoIIege-0ther
Four Busy.
BY H. C. BYRD.

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M lean University opening
their sch eduleS this
y week, local followers OF
foot ball will have six college
elevens playing virtually every
week until the season ends. And
these six elevens are due to fur
nish a wide variety of games and
competition, with a good deal OF
it on local fields.
Gallaudet and American University
have their first games away this week,
but the other four colleges play here.
The Kendall Green team goes to Balti-
more to test the nettle of its green
players against Loyola College and the
Methodists travel to Lynchburg to meet
Lynchburg College. Neither Gallcudet
nor American University has particu-
larry good prospects, though both are
hoping for the best.
Out at Kendall Green Coach Teddy
Hughes Of Gallaudet is putting through
its PAGES the greenest backfield squad
he has had IN years. In fact, there
virtually are no backs at Gallaudet and
Coach Hughes Is experimenting daily
with different players to find some
quartet that he cen depend on to do q
fairly good Job. He has tried ends and
tackles galore behind the line, yet is
not satisfied that he has a combination
Of even fair ability in the making.
One thing Hughes knows already,
though, and that is he win not have
any great running back, as was Ringle
last year, nor will he have any back
who can shoot forward passes as well
as HokanSen could. However, the Gal
laudet coach Is saving wood and may
be depended on to put on the field
against Loyola the strongest team that
can be got together from the material
he has.
4 MEXICAN UNIVERSITY is ex-
"A 'tremely doubtful about three posi-
tons in its lineup. Coach Walter
Young seems unable to find any players
among his candidates to I'LL the guard
positions or the quarterback's job as he
would like to see them filled. Young has
been working hard on candidates for these
jobs, but says he has not had much
success. He has practically picked his
starting team for Saturday, barring
these places, and he Is likely to have
Burlington and Larsen at ends, Lambert
and Champion at tackles, Mohr It |
center, with Kessler and johnson in the |
two wing back positions and Parke at |
fullback. Parke was an end last season. |
Danny KeSsler Is product OF Eastern |
High School and is brother Of Gordon |
Kessier, former University Of Maryland |
quarterback.
While Gallaudet and American Uni |
versity are getting ready to open their |
schedule on foreign fields, Georgetown, |
George washington, Catholic University |
and Maryland are preparing for home |
games, with Western Maryland here to |
meet Georgetown, Elon to play George |
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against Catholic University, and Vtr- |
g1llla at Maryland. e
TOACH TOM MILLS Of Georgetown
~ IS putting In some Of the hardest |
licks this week since he has been |
at Georgetown. Mills has two thoughts |
in mind, the first to shape up his offense !
so that his backs can again ground con- |
sistently and to teach his defense some |
thing Of what be remembers that West |
ern Maryland did last year.
It IS q fact that Georgetown has gone |
two years in games with Western Mary |
land and has yet to score. In Titles |
last season on the Hilltop, Western |
Maryland came here and won by to o. |
while last year, when Mills took the |
team to Baltimore, the count was 10 |
to o.
Considering the size of Western Mary |
land as compared to Georgetown, such |
scores do not set well on followers Of
Hilltop foot ball fortunes. And they |
do not set any better on the coaches |
and players. The one objective for the |
early part Of the season for Georgetown |
is to whip Western Maryland, and it |
is bending all its energies to that end. |
In fact that has been the Blue and |
Gray;s chief thought and purpose since |
it started practice the first Of Sep |
TENDER.
7 UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIAS squad
~ viii come here Friday night for SIS |
game with Maryland Saturday. 1t |
Is to stop at the Hotel Hamilton and |
will not return to Charlottesville until |
Sunday morning. And, incidentally, In |
connection with the Virginia Maryland |
game Saturday, there is at least one
loyal Virginia alumnus who does not |
place much value for comparison pur-
poses on Virginia'S tie by Randolph |
Macon last week.
Said this alunnus this morning:
Don't think that Virginia is coming
up here Tor any pink tea purposes, and, |
furthermore, bear in mind that Viz
ginia viii be 10 times as anxious to do
something worth while to redeem the
showing against Randolph-M We
have at Charlottesville q big, powerful
line. Behind that line we have some
exceptionally good backs, and one Of
them, Thomas, believe to be as good
IS there IL in the South. If this COM
bination Of ours begins to hit on all
fours, then this Maryland eleven had
Just as well pack up It's uniforms"
AS matter Of fact, there is no doubt
that Virginia has one OF the biggest
lines In the country, and further than
that, It Is Just as certain that Thomas
is a great back, one Of the best In the
country. He weighs $50 pounds, stands
feet, Is fast and an exceptional man
in the open field. He averaged more
than FIVE yards for every time he car
ried the ball last season, which con-
clusively shows his ground-gaining
ability, especially when it is considered
that Virginia had a losing eleven.
Neither City College of New York
nor Elon College Is likely to be strong
enough TO defeat Catholic University
Or George Washington. It Is probable
that the New York eleven will give
the Brooklanders good game, but the
chances decidedly favor the local eleven
70 win.
Zion Is hardly good enough to give
George Washington close contest, and
probably will go back TO North Caro-
lima with big score tagged against it.
"A GOOD deal has appeared In the
"a papers In the last two or three
dayy about the possibility Of the South
am Conference splitting up, the idea
arising from the gathering at Atlanta
of several schools for the purpose Of
getting together on some better eiigi-
biIity standards. AS q matter OF fact,
this movement was quietly started last
wear. because of the dissatisfaction
existing at some schools over scholastic
requirements at some others, especially
in relationship to entrance.