Evening star., 1932-11-01

eleven scheduled to play here this
does not in the least mitigate the
Forest, which meet, respectively,
University, are good foot ball teal
account of themselves and providi
local schools want.
Both George Washington and Cath
Ole University should win by small
margins. although either may wind up
with defeat. West Virginia does not
come here Georgetown being scheduled
to make the trip to MorgantoWn, but
that probably makes GeorgetoWn's task
a little more difficult than If it were
playing en- its home field
So far this year no opponent has been
able to whip Vanderbilt, despite the
fact it has been meeting the strongest
in the South. On the last three Sat-
urGays it has tied Tulane. to 6. and
defeated Georgia and Georgia Tech. 1t
has in its line three or four of the most
brilliant foot ball players that have
been on local field in years, and in its
backfield possesses one man, Dixie
Roberts, who has no superior anywhere
as a ball carrier. Were Roberts in the
same backfleld with Thorpe and Oil
phant. he would outgain either of them
Coach Dan McGugin seldom starts
Roberts, but generally shoves him in
toward the end of the first period. after
he has selected the weakest points of
an opponent at which to direct his
attack.
NORTH DAKOTA, which meets
IN George Washington, also comes
here undefeated. but it has not
been meeting the type of teams faced
hv Vanderbilt upay North na-
kota defeated Moorehead Teachers
College. "a to 0. Dolly Schoenfelder,
tackle. is said to be the best player on
North Dakotas eleven.
In Wake Forest, Catholic University
has an opponent exceptionally strong
defensively but without much scoring
ability. OF course, that lack of scoring
punch may be due to the fact that its
opponents have been good on defense.
Wake Forest tied North Carolina State,
to 0. and lost to Duke by to 9. Last
week it beat University Of Delaware.
to 0. Catholic U. probably vii find
itself against an eleven that it should
have little difficulty stopping but which
is likely to give its offenSe all the
trouble it is looking for.
GEORGETOWN. under . new coach
" ing regime is likely to make a lot
better showing against West Vlr-
ginia than is expected, even by George
town people themselves. The Blue and
Gray. according to reports has good
enough material but has not been able
to go into games with the right KIND OF
spirit If Jack Hargerty. who has taken
active coaching charge, is able to make
his men pull together, and instlll IN
them the kind of Georgetown feeling
that usually has made Georgetown
teams formidable. then different
story may be written after the West
Virginia game than any OF the local
scribes now expect to write.
a MERICAN UNIVERSITY and Gal
n laudet, engaging in game which
to them is Just as difficult as those
the other schools play, seem to be well
matched. with probably American Y.
holding something of an advantage.
Local followers of foot ball Will De
able to watch at least two Of the four
games here George Washington is to
meet North Dakota Friday night. While
Catholic University. American UniVer-
sity. Gallaudet and Maryland are sched-
uled Saturday afternoon, in conflict
with one another Gallaudet ana
American U. play at American Unlver-
sity. Catholic University and wake
Forest at Brookland and Maryland ana
Vanderbilt at Clark Griffith Stadium
DEFENSIVELY. Jack Hagerty does
- not face such task in taking up
his new duties on the Hilltop as
he does Extensively To build defense
IN foot ball is not difficult, even on
short notice, provided a coach has the
material, but to give new assignments
on new plays to every player is. Not
that the players cannot learn the plays,
as far as knowing what they do is con-
cerned. as that is easy, but in learning
the mechanics of the play how actually
to 90 through with what they are ex-
pected to do is the difficult part. 1t IS
easy to tell back that he is to go out
and get a man on certain play, but
it is quite another for that end to do 1t
so often that he finally begins to &C
complish his part dexterously. 1t is IN
teaching his men to fulfill their assign
ments that Hagerty faces his most try
ing work.
MARYLAND seems to have just one
lSl pre-game advantage over Van
derbilt-punting. The Nashville
school has no man who can lit SplralS
so high and far as Dick Nelson. playing
his first varsity year for the Old Liners.
Nelson at the start of the season had
some difficulty mastering a quicker style
Of kicking than he had been used to,
but now is lifting the ball for long
distances
Against St Johns week before last
he stood on his own goal line and boot
ed one that carried high in the air Tor
70 yards. Maryland expects Nelson to
develop into a real star in this depart
ment and with just little more con-
sistency will be as good as any In the
South Nelson is one of Hap Hardells
Tech High products.
HNE of the most interesting games
" in the country this week will be
Virginia Polytechnic Institutes
with Alabama. The latter has been
whipped, but the former has not. This
is the first season in many years that
v. P. /. has got this far without de-
feat, and undoubtedly it is among the
South's strongest elevens. Its game
with Alabama will be depended on to
show its real class, whether or not, for
instance, it can repeat its victory over
Georgia. If it can, it probably Will go
through an undefeated season.
11HE game likely to headline foot ball
i in the East is that at Philadelphia
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