Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-14
HOYAS GAIN POWER,
ENEMY WEAKENED
MMs Expects Victory, but
Nothing Soft in Twice
Triumphant Foe.
BY H. C. BYRD.

BY H. C. BYRD.
= INDICATIONS are that there
will be one very satisfactory
day for Georgetown in foot
ball this Fall-October 8
when 1t meets Western Maryland
College. For the last two seasons
the Green and Gold eleven has
whipped the Blue and Gray, but
this Fall another story is likely to
be told. At least, that is the way
the situation seems to shape up
right now. And, not to give away
any great secret, that is exactly
the way Coach Tom Mills feels
about 1t.
Georgetown's coaches and George
towns players alike believe they will
take the measure OF the Western Mary
land team when 1t visits here the first
Saturday in October The better ma
terial which Georgetown has from
which to build its eleven, the greater
familiarity that material has with the
system under which it plays, and one or
preston in victory.
Not that Western Maryland will have
soft team. because it will not. How
ever. it probably is not going to be SO
strong in reserves as 1t was last season.
while Georgetown is sure to be far bet
ter fxed In this particular The gen.
eral feeling is that Georgetown should
have far better combination than it
had year ago, and even Coach Mills
feels that way about it. Anyway, he
expresses himself very much to the
point. by saying unhesitatingly that
we'll have a considerably better foot
ball team than last season. even If We
have lost some exceptionally good backs
and one or two other players Of worth"
OF course Mills does not say how
~ much better his team will be than
it was in 1880. but the fact that
he says 1t will be better is sufficient to
cause one to believe that Georgetown
IS due TO turn out q much stronger
eleven than its followers are expecting
No coach can tell just what the result
o. his season may be, no matter how
competent coach he may be nor how
good may be his material. but when
a coach makes the unqualified state
ment that there should be considerable
improvement in his eleven that usually
means mere than the bare words that
are used
Georgetown plays a hard schedule
ana injuries to one or two key players
may disrupt any foot ball team. Any
number OF things may happen to pre-
vent the success expected. Mills simply
Is baSing his opinion that Georgetown
will be stronger this year on the general
course of events that may be expected
TO follow from the set-up he now has,
but If things do not go as well as Mills
feels they may. then Mills certainly
should not be blamed for it.
Anyway, a lot Of Georgetown people
are awaiting anxiously the game with
Western Misunderstanding it because
they feel confident they will see wiped
out the defeats of two seasons past.
DUTCH BERGMAN, Catholic Uniyer-
- sity's coach. has one satisfaction
out Of his scrimmage of last Satur-
day under regular game conditions.
namely. that his first-string players
will not feel any too confident of their
berths Also that some Of his reserve
material is better than has generally
been known. Bergman lined up two
teams in regular combat, and when the
dust was allowed to blow away the
score was q tie, and the first string men
barely escaped something Of humtlia-
was up to tie the count.
The scrimmage gave Bergman O
good line on some Of his men and prob
ably led him to believe that they may
he more dependable than previous prac-
tice sessions had led him to believe.
In every foot ball squad there are men
who show up better in actual compete
ton. under game conditions. than in
practice. And. on the other hand. there
u, rn.k-1 u NIL hi
as we'll in hard competition as their
practice work indicates they should.
Tho University of Maryland Is not
rs far advanced after week OF prac-
tice as It should be. The Old Liners
have done little other than condition
the men and get them ready to do some
real practicing from now on. AS far
as cffense Is concerned, or team defense
either, the Old Liners have done viz
tually nothing. The entire squad Is
present, however, with the exception OF
Kilroy, freshman fullback, who got into |
scholastic difficulties, and Knott. fresh
man halfback, who, 1t Is understood, |
is entering another school, and there !
is likely to be no let-up from now on.
American University and Gallaudet
foot ball squads will begin practice TO-
morrow. They are the last OF the col
leee group in the District area to get !
to work
Candidates for the Methodist eleven |
will assemble on their new fleld and |
Gallaudet aspirants will gather on the |
Green grid.
Undismayed by heavy graduation
losses Coach Walter Young Is hopeful
of developing a creditable A. U. eleven.
The Eagles have lost such mafnstays as
Forrest Diehl, fullback; Carl Levine,
tackle; Milton Folston. guard, and
Richard Jarvis. end Diehl's absence
Is expected To be especially felt, as he
was the ace OF the 1880 eleven. Several
vets will be at hand. however, and 1t is
hoped some good talent will be dis
covered among the newcomers.
It is expected that the A. U. squad
will not be complete until the last part |
of the week. but Coach Young plans to
get in plenty Of work from the start OF
practice.
Lynchburg College. to me met at
october 3, will be the Eagles
opening opponent.
Minus the services of Johnny Ringle,
one of the best all-around athletes in
the schools history, GallaudetS squad
will start the grind with prospect by
no means rosy. Ringle at fullback was
the Blues chief ground gamer and
defensive player Of unusual worth. HI
slso was a capable passer and punter.
He has accepted the post Of athletic
director at the Iowa School for the
Deaf, at Council Bluffs.
Sixteen members of the 1880 squad
and nine freshmen have been invited
to report tomorrow by Coach Teddy
Hughes.
I0cT Dali MTINc GAME