Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-21
CADETS, ". & M.
HAVE TOUGH TIME
Four D. C. Colleges Look to
Starters Saturday, With
Three Listed Here.
BY H. c. BYRD.

showed up by lar the pest
~ Of the three Old Dominion
schools that opened their
schedules last week. Not only did
it defeat Roanoke College easily,
more easily even that the score of
Is to 0 shows, but its play indicat-
ed sound type Of development
which preSageS trouble for its
later opponents.
Virginia Military Institute had q
rough time defeating Hanpden- Sidney,
barely winning by to by scoring a
touchdown late in the game. William
and Mary did not give evidence of any
thing like as great strength as had been
anticipated, being held to 6-to-6 tie
by Langley Field.
It was expected that Hampden-Sid-
ney might be strong enough to give V.
M. I. a battle, but it was thought that
william and Mary would win about as
it pleased.
play at Virginia that fundamentally is
very different from what has been
taught there the last two years. And,
incidentally, 1t is a sounder, more Ell
fectiye style. The line is coached by
Slaughter. former University OF Mich
i0au man. and It Is said by many that
Michigan has the best line play in the
country. The offenSe Dawson is using
is almost exclusively of kick lorna
ton type, along the same line tnat ne
,Ised "a EFFECTIVELY at University Of Me-
braska in twice taking the measure OF
Notre Dame Virginia not only Is going
Ia be a hard team to gain ground
AGAINST. but also q hard one to stop.
EspecialIy is this latter true, as VIZ
niIaia has some exceptionally clever
backs to carry out its plays. vnglnIa
should be at least SO per cent stronger
than 1t was last season and the MAI
gin Of difference may be even greater
Wiliiam and Mary probably took its
game with Langley Field too lightly, olo
verv little toward developing an onense
and then found it had nothing 70 go
with. A foot ball team in such circam-
stances is in q sorry plight. because u
car be held by one in no way its equaL:
That poor showing OF last week snouio
not be taken as true criterion o. I"c
strength of the Williamsburg SCHOOL,
TOUR local college foot ball teams TO-
dav begin the final lap Of prepa-
ration for the opening Of their 1901
hall seasons Saturday. Georgetown ana
CSeorre washington are back from traLn-
ing caxrps and from now on Will MoLk
out on their own fields. Catnoilc JIM
versity and Maryland are due 70 con-
tinue their practice on tnelr own poSA
lots. -
the least because this week marks the
opening of schedules. as, except ior
Catholic University, the local schools
actually are looking forward TO other
games and are making those games
their detectives In fact, Catnohc JIM
versity is the only one OF the iour Teams
that open their schedules tnat w
arainst 4 really tough proposition. IL
coes to Boston to hook up with Boston
COLLEGE and no other words snOuia pe
necessary to indicate the magnitude OF
coach Dutch Bergman intends TO
work his squad hard today ana tomor-
row, and after that VIII taper On. ne
cannot afford to take his squad 70 EOS
for bruised and sore, as the players
Yninht be II he continued the rough
work until later In the week. Bergman
expects to give Boston College O mucn
better game than last year.
THE other three opening games are
l. to be played here. and 1t Is pos
sible, of course, that either Of the
but not likely. Georgetown or Maryland
may meet unexpected opposition from
Lebanon Valley or Washington College
but It is hardly probable that either OF
the visiting eleYens will prove strong
enough TO carry away a scalp. However,
it is certain that Washington College
viii be in shape to put I'D q much bet
ter battle against Maryland than It has
In the last two or three years, as its LOOT
All d aaV his n1aaY0AA
what IL has been. The Eastern Shore
!. school has much better material for It's
team than It has had in q long while.
George Washington should win from
Shenandoah without much trouble. In
fact, it will be a surprise IL the Colo
7 mails fail to run up quite Q stable
score.
r OCAL coaches say they win cen
IL tinue their practice this week as II
there were no games Saturday,
with the difference that they may ease
OF little on Friday. Most Of the time
is likely 70 be- spent on offense, as the
performances 30 far given by the teams
have been too ragged TO depend on,
even In an opening game against
considerably weaker opponent.
The Georgetown-Lebanon Valley con-
test Il 10 be played at Clark Grimth
oIAu4unls GcOASc WoSaAAASSOa AALES
Shenandoah In the Central High Sta
dunn and Maryland plays Washington
College at College Park. All three
games are to begin at 2;3o.
Davidson did not have any walkaway
againt Zion College, winning by only
two touchdowns against safety. How
ever, II wen, which is about all that
any Of the larger teams seem to care
elHragf In their oraeniY1 Q9Neg
University Of Mississippi and Sewanee
were two other Southern Conference
schools that began their schedules last
week. The former won by two touch
downs against one and the latter by
three touchdowns against a shutout.
The two opponents were normal schools.
The Quantico Marines opened their
schedule auspiciously, trimming the
Newport News Apprentice School, 80
to 0. The Marines have at Quantico
q team that is not as strong as that
which represented them q year ago, but
which viii play lot Of good foot ball
before 1t winds up the season. In the
backheld 1t has Robertson, Bauer and
O'Neil, the aforementioned pair having
been members OF Naval Academy eleVenS
OF past years, and in any g3me in which
their line is not completely outplayed
this trio will gain lot Of ground. In
cidently, O'Neil is one Of the best de-
fensive players in foot BAH today.
Out IN the Far West Stanford
opened its season by whipping the West
Coast Army eleyen by as 70 0. APP
parently Stanford did not meet as much
opposition from the Army as 1t has in
some past games with that team, or
Pop Warner stun has something worth
while that he Is developing In the way
Of offense. Probably q bit Of both.