Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-05

his command, marshaling
~ his forces for a final drive,
Coach Tom Mills of George
town Is planning for the last four
games on his foot ball schedule
with all the care OF general seek
Ing to turn retreat into brilliant
success. Mills is making his plans
for the Bucknell game here Satur-
day. and the three other contests
with West Virginia, Villanova and
Detroit, in the hope that all will
20 well and his men play the kind
of game that since the season be-
gan he has believed them capable
of playing.
Mlls, no matter how things go, seems
able 10 Undue his squad with feeling
Of determination and himself show an
optimistic outlook that denotes real
courage. With team that apparently
is not In good physical condition, with
injured backs, Mills is quietly working
to pull his squad together just as II
he had no discouragementS. And the
Blue and Gray coach has plenty TO
think about, too.
Beginning with the Bucknell game,
Georgetown faces four hard contests.
Maybe neither Of the four eleVens to
be met measures up to the best IN the
Nation, but each is a tough customer
for any afternoon. West Virginia seems
not to be- as strong as II has been in
recent years, but 1t still is strong enough
to put up mighty stubborn fight And
II will be tricky team, too, because It's
new coach, Earle Neale, IS noted for
gaF ~ "a
Virginia game Viilanova is to be faced,
and while that school has been an in
and-out proposition this season, that 1t
is strong is shown by the fact that 1t
tied Bucknell last week. Probably the
strongest of the four teams remaining
as opponents for the Blue and Gray is
Detroit Last year the Detroit eleven
beat the local school at Detroit by II
to 0. The game this year is to be
played here.
IF Georgetown can come through Sat-
4 urday against Bucknell, 1t will be
greatly encouraged for its remaining
contests And II it can triumph in
three of the four it will wind up its
season in a highly satisfactory way.
People here, both those partisan to
Georgetown and others just interested
in the sport, are pulling for George
town to come through. Everybody adj
mireS courageous fight, and every
body admires one who can take a
whipping without the murmur of an
alibi and Georgetown has shown its
ability to do that.
Right now Coach Mills is centering
his attention on the game with Buck
nell. He is saying little about what
kind of a game he eXpecteS his men
TO play, but is just hoping they will do
what he thinks they can do. Despite
the setbacks Georgetown has been get
ting, Mills has confidence in his men
and thinks they are capable of great
things II they only start to clicking, to
use foot ball parlance
Mills troubles have been added to
by the loss within the last several days
of Donoghue and Viskovitch, the last
of his left halfbacks. There were half a
dozen when the season started.
Donoghue is i'll and ViSkovitch has q
wrenched shoulder. King probably will
be shifted over from right halfback for
Saturdays game.
VALE, Cornell and Columbia have
i easy gares this week. but Har-
ward, Pennsylvania and Dart
mouth have their hands full. Yale's
second and third string players should
run up a big score on St. Johns, Cor
nell ought to beat Alfred about as 1t
pleases, while Columbia is not likely to
find much difficulty whipping Virginia.
Harvard and Dartmouth meet at Cam
bridge, and. while Harvard apparently
is the fayorite. 1t certainly must be
score SO points on Yale is likely to
make . good deal OF trouble for an
opponent. Pennsylvania meets Notre
Dame at South Bend, and, as far as
trouble for Pennsylvania is concerned.
that Is about all that need be said.
Carnegie Tech and Pittsburgh have
OF late years been developing quite
local rivalry, and their game now Gre
ates about as much interest in the
Smoky City as any contest anywhere.
II is likely that the big Pittsburgh
stadium viii be filled for their stvug-
nc, notwithstanding Pittsburgh has
given every indication Of being the
stronger team.
NORTH CAROLINA. despite the de-
~ feats it has suffered should be
favored 10 whip Georgia Tech at
Atlanta. The Tarheels have not been
going well, but certainly have not been
on the tobogggan the last two Satur-
days, as Georgia Tech has. It is doubt
full II. in its entire foot ball history
Georgia Tech has ever before lost on
consecutive Saturdays by 80 to and
10 70 Z, or by scores anywhere near that
big.
Georgetown will be able to get a line
on the Detroit team this week by what
II does against Fordham in New York.
wear ago Detroit lost 10 the New
Work rs by % Is, The odds seem TO
favor the Gothamitcs again
1l-ncis. which is having about the
Nr's, sccs-l since BCb GuppSe be-an
his coNch.nE career. IS likely to tsk> an
ether enc this week when II faces Wis
corsin Zupp&e'S team has shown moth
ing 70 indicate that it Is strong as the
Badgers.
Michigan and Indiana, Minnesota and
Northwestern are the other big games
in the Western Conference. 1t gener-
ally is thought that the winner of the
latter game will attain the conference
title, especially SO If Northwestern I'M
ishes with the long end of the score.
THE Navy eleven goes to Columbus.
i Ohio. TO play Ohio State Univer-
sity The odds all favor the Ohio
school, although Navy may make bet
ter showing than last year. when it lost
- 10 0. That may be nothing more
than a wild guess though. as Ohio
State is lust as strong IS II was when
it took the MldShipnen into camp IN
Baltimore last season.
It is reported that greater interest
exists in the New York University
Georgia game than IN any other con-
test played in New York this year The
Athens school goes 10 Gotham unde-
feated, and it meets an eleven that has
proved its strength in more than one
struggle, even II 1t did lose to an under