Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-26
BY II. G. BYRD.

good many people, eSpe-
eially strongly partisan supporters,
have a pretty strong feeling that
It has Just about arrived. But IN
whatever light one views the
Brooklanders' present foot ball
situation, nothing but a bright
outlook is presented. Not that
c. u. will not lose any more games,
not at all, but from now on IL may
be depended on to go into every
contest with confidence 1t never
before has had and which un-
doubtedly makes for success.
Nothing has ever happened 70 CaCn-
olic u. in foot ball way as big as tnat
victory last week over North Carolina
State. And actually, from accounts
of eyewitnesses, the deciSiveneSs OF the
victory Is not shown in the score. The
local school made its two touchdoWns
and probably had its offensive consider.
ably retarded all through the second
half because of some rather severe pen
alties for getting away too fast after
the shift it uses. That was unusual,
too. because Coach Bergman has given
q good deal of time to perfecting MS
shift so that 1t would be well WItnh
legal limits. North Carolina State got
its touchdown because three conSecu-
tive penalties for shifting too fast put
the Brooklanders back on their own
five-yard line, and, when they tried to
punt out, the ball hit the back Of one
of the Brookland players and North
Carolina end fell on 1t for the score
That Bergman is well pleased over
his victory at Raleigh goes without say
ing. It was the first time that the
Brookland school ever won from an OPP
pcnent as big as North Carolina State
and naturally the man who is chiefly
responsible for it feels rather good about
It, and has every right to.
That success should give the Brook
land players as individuals and as a
team a confidence they never before
have had. 1t should give them new
outlook on gridiron things, as far as
their own school is concerned, and help
them to face a future that should hold
many more such achievements
And the best part of Catholic US
success is that 1t is not a fly by night
proposition, but the result of building
on fundamentally sound lines, which is
the way Dutch Bergman might be ex-
pected to go at anything he undertakes
With the better material that is sure to
and with fine coaching such as it will
get under Bergman, Catholic u. may
face its gridiron future with great con-
fldence and real optimism.
CEoRGETOwN,.. through with -
" Michigan State game in far better
shape than it really expected to get
through, should look ahead to the re-
naming part of the season with a good
deal of anticipation for better things
than it has so far had Especially is
this true II Coach Tom Mills can get
his backfield men in shape. The Blue
and Gray has played through its last
two games with virtually only three
regular backs, and with not only the
regular back out Of one position, but
also the substitute out. That has hurt
the offenSe considerably. No team can
go at its top speed unless 1t has every
integer in place and working smoothly.
Actually, Georgetown outplayed Mich
igan State last week even more than
1t did last year, when 1t won. 1t had
several scoring opportunities, but did
not seem to develop the punch at crucial
times. Michigan States fine bacN1eld
could not penetrate the Georgetown de-
Tense consistently, and, according to
report, the game, on basis OF ground
teams, should have been Georgetowns.
1T begins to look to me as If we
should come along pretty well for the
rest of the year" said Mills this morn
ing, and, If w can get our men back
in shape, should play some mighty good
foot ball in our remaining contests.
Frankly 1 feel that Michigan State was
somewhat overrated. but, even If 1t was,
we played exceptionally we'll and, II we
had won, there would have been few 10
say that we did not deserve it. The
future for this season begins to look q
lot brighter to me than it did two weeks
ago, when we had 50 many good men
injured"
TTHE University of Maryland had q
i hectic afternoon against Virginia
Military Institute. In the first half
of the game at Richmond it did about
everything wrong that 1t could do, and
on the field had every appearance OF
not caring much about 1t, one way or
another. AS result, the first hall
wound up with Virginia Military Insti-
tute having three touchdowns for 20
points and Maryland two touchdowns
for Is points.
In the second half, though, the Old
Liners looked like a real foot ball team.
They clicked both Extensively and de-
fensivelv. with the result that the sec
ond half showed Maryland with four
more touchdowns and v M. l. with
only two first downs II is doubtful II
ANYBODY in the South thought prior TO
Saturdays game that any team could
score Al points on the Cadet eleven, not
after II had whipped Virginia Is to 0.
Maryland carried on its second half
onslaught by the use Of about every
conceivable kind OF ground-gaining
weapon. and in the second half nearly
everything it did was as near right as
in the first half nearly everything had
been wrong
V. Nj used one play against Merry
land that CAUGHT the whole team nap
ping. On the Old Liners to-ya-o
line the Cadets lined uu and shot a
short forward pass to the short side
end. That end made perfect eaten
and then tossed a lateral pass TO a
half back who had come around ont
side Of end. The play took the Old
Line backs so completely OF their
guard and they were so astonished
they hardly made an effort to tackle
the back who finally got the ball. II
was a perfect execution OF a difhcult
play.
PENNSYLVANIA changed its ath-
+ letic system. and. as far as results
against Wisconsin are concerned
for the betterment Of its foot bail team
Last year the Quakers took oruo'
bing out at Madison, and good many
people thought them not strong enough
TO do anything else at Philadelphia
but they did. Incidentally, thet vic
tory should help PENIS foot ball stu
alton a good deal, because. II any ath
letic situation in any college has beer
muddled for the last two or three
years, PENIS has.
VALE did not win from Army ou
i 1t put up such struggle sS wa
indicative OF old-time Yale teams
II any of the big Northern school
have had a reputation for dogged per
Gistence and fighting qualities on tn