Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-19

Maryland have opportuni-
~ ties to make this their
r greatest seasons in foot
ball. Only one defeat is charged
against each school, and if the re-
manning games can be chalked up
on the victory side of the ledger,
both C. U. and Maryland will be
able to look back upon their best
gridiron records. Both have gone
through fine schedules in previous
years, but something always has
happened to take the edge off the
brilliance of their accomplish
InentS.
Back in 1915 and 1916 Catholic Uni
Versity, under Fred Nielsen. had strong
teams, but in neither year did the team
come through as well as this years
product will If it can wind up by whip
ping Providence College and Loyola.
And that is not an easy job, and If the
BrooklanderS expect to achieve this
kind of a record they will have to play
some of their best foot ball. Providence
Loyola. In fact, Loyola probably is
stronger than at any previous time in
its history, If its tie with Western Mary
land is good criterion.
IN 1916, 1920, 1928, 1926 the Univer-
4 sity of Maryland had exceptionally
good foot ball teams, but neither CT
the aforementioned elevens wound up
its year with as good a record as the
present one will have if it wins its re-
naming games. The above teams
there was some setback that left bad
taste In Maryland mouths. The 1929
team, for instance, after it had beaten
Pennsylvania and had played Yale one
of the greatest games that ever took
place anywhere, IA to 16. went over
to Baltimore on Thanksgiving day and
was tied by a Hopkins team that was
not near so strong.
OF course. to accomplish this, Mary
land. like Catholic University, has a
real job ahead of it. The Old Liners
must meet washington and Lee Satur-
day. Hopkins the following Thursday.
and Western Maryland December 5.
Washington and Lee has not been
scored on for three weeks, having kept
its slate clear against Virginia. Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and Princeton.
Maryland to whip, and the last two
years the Old Liners have lest to West
ern Marylsud.
ANYWAY. both Catholic U. and Mary
land have great opportunities.
GEORGE WASHINGTON. meeting
" Butler tomorrow night, should be
in the best shape it has enioved
for a game this season. The Colonials
have their bruises and other injuries
lust about healed and apparently are
ready to play their best foot ball game
of the year. And that should be some
thing worth seeing, because in some
of their games the Colonials have meas
ured up to pretty high standard:
Butler is likely to make the local team
90 at ton speed to win. It is reported
that the indianapolis school Is good
enough to give any school in this sec
tion a real battle. Butler usually is so
good in athletics that most OF the big
Western schools show no particular de-
sire to cross swords with it.
George Washington has PLAYED much
better foot ball this year than last.
With the exception of the game with
TULSA. in which it was hardly at its
hest. the local university has behind it
some exceptionally well played contests.
The game with Iowa probably was its
hioh-Water mark, and II 1t can hold
that standard until after next Thursday,
1t should wind up its season in highly
satisfactory way.
THE Yale-Harvard game is the center
of the Eastern foot ball world this
week, but other contests are at
tracing a good deal OF, attention. Take
the Southern California-Notre Dame
struggle at South Bend, for instance.
That is likely to be one OF the hnest
exhibitions of the year, as there is no
better college foot ball team than Notre
Dame and probably not more than ore
or two others the equal of Southern
California. The Michigan Minnesota
contest ought to be one of the most
thri1l'.g Of the year between Western
Conf~.snce schools, unless that in
which Indiana and Purdue are to bat
tie EQUALS it. Nebraska and Iowa State,
kansas and Missouri, Texas and Texas
A. and NJ, Stanford and California are
among the other brilliant offerings Of
the day.
TN the South most Of the schools are
getting ready for traditional Thanks
giving day battles but several games
of interest are scheduled. GEORGIA meets
Auburn. North Carolina plays Duke and
South Carolina hooks up with North
Carolina State and Georgia Tech plays
Florida.
Georgetown's game with Villanova
should stand out as one of the best to
be played this week The Blue and
Gray has been getting in better and
better shape and reached its peak
against West Virginia. That is. it
reached its peak for the part of the
season that is gone, but Coach Tom
Mills is hoping to keep his team on the
upgrade all year. Villanova is strong
and, when two strong elevens meet
there usually is only one answer.