Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-25
c. j. is AT BOSTON
FOR HARDEST TILT
Georgetown, G. w., Maryland
/ Should Have Chance to
Test Out Squads.
By III. c. BYRD.

0OLLEGE foot ball formally
gets under way here to-
~ morrow.
Four local elevens are to
take the field in opening contests
three here and one at Boston
Georgetown meets Lebanon Val
ley at Clark Griff1th Stadium
George Washington plays Shenan-
doah in the Central High Stadium,
Maryland takes on Washington
College at College Park, while
Catholic University is up North to
meet Boston College. All three
local games are to begin at 2:30
o'clock.
Georgetown has two teams of about
equal strength, and Coacn Mills has not
4 yet determined which one he will send
on the field to start play. Whichever it
is, though, that gets the call the other
Is pretty sure to see just about the same
amount OF action. The Blue and Gray
should win from Lebanon Valley with
out being pushed very much. However,
1t is true that at times in the past
Lebanon Valley has turned out some
exceptionally strong outfits, and it may
come down here with a much better
eleven than is expected.
George Washington looks for little or
no dif1culty with Shenandoah. The
Colonials ought to run up big score,
unless the visiting team proves con-
siderably stronger than it was last sea-
son. However, Coach Ptxlee will send
IN q team minus several regulars, espe-
C1ally in the backf1eld. Three of the
men generally expected to hold down
regular jobs back of the line will be
on the sidednes, two because Of injuries
and one because of a minor operation.
Maryland meets what is likely to be
much improved Washington College
eleven. The Old Liners whipped the
Eastern Shore team last season by a
wide margin, but foot ball conditions
there have changed considerably since
that and 1t Is said that a much better
group OF players now wears the Maroon.
Maryland intends to start virtually the
same eleven that played through most
ception OF Evans and Fisher, who were
graduated.
Catholic University does not expect
20 beat Boston College, but it does look
Tor q much better game than it was
able to give the Bostonians last season.
There is not much doubt, despite a
light backheld, that c. u. is much
stronger right now than 1t was at any
time in 1880. c. u. is the only one of
the local elevens that bids fair to be
up against really tough game.
Following the games of tomorrow,
the local elevens have few soft spots
in their schedules. The hard games
to come are the ones that really are
attracting attention and which are the
detectives of present workouts. The
contests tomorrow are only stepping
stones. At least, that Is the intention
Of the coaches, and that win be the
represent smaller schools blossoms
forth with a combination strong enough
to set down its bigger rival
WHILE several games were played
w last week, actually tomorrow
marks the real opening of the
gridiron season. Games are listed from
one end Of the country to the other
and teams big and little get out for
their first tests. And some of the
games to be played before tomorrow's
sun touches the horizon may be fine
struggles, with something of O touch of
inidseason effort. 4
Take the game at Columbia, 8. O.,
for instance, between South Carolina
and Duke. South Carolina is expecting
this year to have the greatest eleven
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IL should have @ strong combination.
In other words, In this game will be
brought together two of the strong
teams Of the South Atlantic section,
despite the fact it is the first date Of
the season for both.
.XTLRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE
Nv may get real battle at the hands
of another smaller school when
It faces University Of Richmond at
Lexington. The Cadets had a rough
time winning from Hampden-Sidney
last week, and Richmond usually is Just
about as good as that school and often
better.
washington and Lee should beat
Eampden- Sidney, Virginia will trim
Randolph Macon and Virginia Poly
College in the other games in which
Virginia schools are scheduled.
OF course, Duke Is up against about
che hardest proposition of the three
big North Carolina schools, but either
North Carolina State or the University
Of North Carolina may run into a snag
in meeting respectively Davidson and
Wake Forest.
Davidson always Is a hard customer
for the schools in this section, while
Wake Forest has more than once had
an exceptionally good team, as North
Carolina may attest.
The last two years North Carolina
has whipped the Wake Forest eleven
IN the opening game, but for the three
years prior TO that Wake Forest was
victor.
INVEST VIRGINIA opens its schedule
w with Duquesne at Morgantown
and the game may not be much
Of q set-up. Pittsburgh plays Miami
and Washington and Jefferson enter
tains West Virginia Wesleyan In the
other two games in the Western Penn
sylvania section.
Cornell, Syracuse and Colgate open
their schedules with Clarkson Tech, st.
Lawrence and Niagara. Neither Of the
three strong Western New York teams
IS likely to be pushed very hard.
Up at West Point the Army opens
with Ohio Northern, but down at An
napolis the Navy is due to go along I'M
I'll October 3, when 1t opens with VIII
liam and Mary. Army ought to beat
the Ohio boys by big score.
Most of the Western Conference
schools open their schedules october 3.
They usually are about a week later
than the Eastern schools beginning
practice and consequently open a week
fater. However, Indiana and Minnesota,
despite the short time their squads have
been at work, get cut tomorrow for
games with Ohio University and North
Dakota Agricultural College Besides
the contest with North Dakota Aggies,
Minnesota also plays Ripon College.
NUT In the Far West. Stanford plays
~ the olympic Club of San Francisco,
Southern California meets St.
Rarys and California plays Santa
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