Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-25
LOYOLA'S PUNT|NG
FEARED BY CARDS
North Dakota Will Battle Co.
IoniaIs With a Heavy,
Versatile Eleven.
BY HI. c. BYRD.
T>OMORROW'S foot ball games
between George Washington
i and North Dakota, Catholic

between George Washington
i and North Dakota, Catholic
University and Loyola of
Baltimore are toss up, according
to opinions of Coach Jim Pixlee
Of George Washington and Coach
Dutch Bergman of Catholic
University. Both local gridiron
gtrategiSts regard the two visiting
elevenS as exceptionally strong,
but both look upon their own
teams as having, at their best,
about even chances for victory.
Loyola has fine foot ball team,
says Bergman, land, our scouts say,
was entitled, at the worst, to a tie with
Holy Cross. Loyola led for quite awhile
and It was only in the fourth quarter
that Holy Cross tied the count. The
safety, which enabled Holy Cross to
win by 2 points and which kept Loyola
from a 14-to-14 tie, was the result Of
bad passes by the Loyola center in the
closing minutes.
mo doubt Loyola has an exceptional
eean, much stronger than one might
expect to find in a school of that size,
but / believe we stand an even chance
30 win, or mighty close to it. A good
deal depends on the kind of punting
we get. In some of our games our
kicking has been very erractic, and poor
work IN that department has put us
In q hole more than once. If we over
come that difficulty tomorrow the game
ought to be a toSs-up, or that Is the
way 1t looks to me, anyway"
0N the Loyola team are three star
~ players who entered Loyola from
other colleges. Farrell, a ZOO
fARlgln HuoG Ino mi
versity freshman eleven last year and
he has been playing the kind of foot
ball that his work as q G. U. freshman
last season indicated he might. The
others are Cullen, o halfback, and Del
laire, quarterback. The latter is a fine
punter and one of the best forward
paSserS in the country. AS a matter
Dellatre usually does that is bothering
Bergman more than any other aspect
OF Loyola's play, because, If the G. q.
punting falls to q low level, then that
Is likely to be tremendous handicap.
North Dakota has a big foot ball
Seam and a versatile foot ball team,
and we viii have to go at our best to
stand an even chance to win," is the
way Coach Pixlee sizes up his outlook.
IF we play as well as a team as we did
against Butler, then there should be q
great battle out at Clark Griff1th Sta
dunn, with the team that gets the
breaks winning"
Pixlee was pleased over the way his
men performed against Butler last week,
because they seemed finally to measure
up to the standard he believed possible
for them to achieve. That same kind of
play, PiXlee. believes, ought to come
close to producing another victory to-
morrow, or, at least, ought to give the
local school an even break to take q
Dakota scalp.
North Dakota is here with big foot
bali team, team confident Of its abil-
aty, despite the setback It received Sat-
-urday at Duquesne University. It has
for three years won the championship
of the group of colleges of which 1t is q
member, and this season has only one
defeat against its record. It also has
scored great number Of points in at
tanning its victories.
To throw against an eleven Of this
type George Washington has a group of
young men that could not be sur
passed q good deal physically, and
which has played some exceptional foot
ball at times. Its best work was against
University Of Iowa and Butler, and If
the standard Of play of these two games
Is shown tomorrow, then George Wash
tngton should wind up its season in
n highly satisfactory way.
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND is
~ somewhat up tree, so to speak,
as to what it will be against at
Hopkins. On a basis of some COMPARE
cons, Hopkins seems exceptionally
strong, while on basis of others does
not. Hopkins, for instance, whipped
Lehigh, Lehigh in turn defeated
Princeton much more easily than did
Washington and Lee, which barely was
beaten by Maryland On the other
hand, Hopkins rather weak showing
against a strong Western Maryland
eleven hardly would indicate such
strength as would warrant belief that
It is good enough to win from Mary
Maryland came through its game
with Washington and Lee in fairly
good shape, except for some bruises.
Two or three Of the players, notably
Krajcovic and Pease, have stiff legs,
but probably will be able to start, al
though not in as good shape as If
they had until Saturday to recover.
TTHREE members of Catholic Uni
i versity's eleven are not in very
good physical condition, although
all will play against Loyola. Gross,
tackle, and Lyon, guard, have bruised
legs and are not ready to do their best
in any kind of competition They will
be In better shape tomorrow, but still
not be in as good condition as Coach
Bergman would like them to be.
Johnny divers injured ankle is not
perfect by any means, although it is
good enough for him to play. The
real obstacle, though, that Catholic
University must overcome is Dellaire's
punting If the booting of the Brooke
land backs offsets in fair measure that
of the Loyola men, then Catholic Uni
versity's chance of victory should be
greatly increased.
Pennsylvania and Cornell alumni are
looking forward with a good deal of
anticipation to their annual struggle
tomorrow in Philadelphia The Quak-
erS have, with the exception of their
game with Notre Dame, an excellent
record, while Cornell, except for its
defeat by Dartmouth, has a perfect
season. Cornell folks are expecting to
whip the Quakers and Pennsylvania
people are strong in their belief that
Cornell can be beaten. It should be
one Of the greatest Of all games be-
tween these schools.
THE return of Johnny Branch to the
l. North Carolina lineup decreases
Virginia'S chances in their annual
struggle tomorrow at Chapel Hill
Branch is one of the best running backs
in the South and will be the hardest
man for Virginia to stop. North Caro-
lima without Branch is net near so
good a team extensively and with him
is much more formidable defensively.
In returning puntS Branch is almost