Evening star., 1932-09-29

M is making ready for its
Y Y home foot ball opening
with Westminster Col
lege tomorrow night at Clark
Griffith Stadium, actually its
whole practice of this week, and
Its general attention, has been
and is centered on its game next
week with Alabama. The Co
lonials know that they should
walk away with the New Whining
ton, Pa, eleven tomorrow night,
consequently are letting that
game take a place in the general
training program for the big
affair with the Crimson Tide.
The game with Westminster is to be-
gin at o'clock, and the result should
be just about as many points to the
good as George Washington feels it is
in shape to score. The Colonial scout
who watched Westminster play last
week brought back the report that it is
big and slow. OF course, there is al
ways the possibility of an upset in any
game in which small school is the
opponent of one about 10 times as big,
but in this case, according to fairly
definite opinion, such a result is ex-
tremely unlikely
westminster ought not to cause us
much trouble" said Coach Jim PiXlee
of George Washington this morning
They have big team, I understand,
but not fast. Unless something hap
pens we ought to get away with the
game without much difficulty
HOWEVER, Pixlee is not thinking so
i i optimistically about Alamaba. He
knows that the Crimson Tide this
year is represented by one of the four
or five best elevens in the South, that
1t seems strong enough to be almost
nightmare to some of its opponents,
and that If he is to make any kind of
showing against it he must bend
every effort between now and then to
send or the field the strongest eleven
that has ever represented George
Washington.
Tomorrow night Pixlee will start the
same team that carried the Colonial
colorS so nobly against Washington and
Lee, and it is his intention to hold that
team intact to throw against Alabama.
The Tuscaloosa eleven probably will be
heavier than George Washington, al
though the latter is heavy enough. It
is Alabama on which PiXlee has mis- eve
right now and not Westminster, al
though the latter is to be met tomorrow
night.
Whatever showing Georgetown may
make Saturday in its opening game
with Mount st. Mery's, rumors are be- !
ginning to fly thick and fast that Tom |
Mills has on the Hilltop in the making !
one of Georgetowns greatest elevens. |
Yesterday over in Baltimore, a man
closely interested in Western Maryland |
College said, Say, have you seen that
Georgetown squad, because If you
haven't you ought to go up there and |
take look, as I believe they are going I
to have the greatest eleven they have i,
ever turned out
The fact that Mills is not able to
determine what men to use in certain
positions is an indication that he has
an unusual number of capable PLAYERS
to pick from. Three or four positions
in the line are all that seem settled, as
lar as regulars for those positions are
concerned. In the back field, cne
position has four candidates. another
three, and the other two have two
each, so that Mills is not likely to be
hard put at any time for capable play
ers behind his line.
A BOUT the only worry that Mills
4 \ should have right now about his
opening game is whether or not
Mount ST. Mary's will be strong enough |
to give his squad the kind of test he |
wants it to get. Too easy a game is far
from the kind that Mills wants at this
stage.
Georgetown's probable starting line
up against Mount ST. Mary's an
nounced today, as follows Hudson
tcaptain), left end Konopka. left
tackle; Walacavage. left guard; Gala
han, center; Danner, right guard;
Katalinas, right tackle: Carolan, right
end; Lione, quarterback; ]. Alenty. left
halfback; Viskovich, right halfback;
Shimmens, fullback.
TATHOLIC UNIVERSITY and Mary
~ land play on foreign fields, the for
mer at the City College of New
York and the latter at Virginia. The
BrooklanderS are to leave tomorrow aft
ernoon. while Maryland is not to make
the trip to Charlottesville until Satur-
day morning. when it takes special
train from Union Station at 9 O'Clock.
incidentally, the Maryland athletic
tAoiioSCAACAit 4Ldo VII lldIlu, ana VIII
have on the train several hundred re-
serve seats for the convenience of either
Maryland or Virginia alumni who make
the trip.
Catholic University is to have the
same lineup that it has been using in
practice in its game with City College
OF New York, except that McVean may
be replaced by Montague at quarterback
because OF a sprained ankle. Coach
Bergman has high hope, though, that
his regular will be in shape
Maryland is likely to start against
Virginia somewhat different team
from that which took the field against
College last week. In all
probability. Webb will be at center for
his f1rst time in varsity foot ball, Nc
Donald at right guard, under the same
condition and Herman at right half
Webb and Mcdonald were members of
last years freshman eleven, while Kier
nan seconded for Berger in the right
half position last year. Neither of these
played against Washington College. De-
fensively, at least, they should add
strength to the team.
ONE of George Washington's most
~ promising sophomore players is
lost to the Colonial squad for a
week or 10 days. with Chris Doose
hard-running guard, suffering an in
fection of the foot that bordered
dangerously on blood poisoning before
his physician examined him.
Doose provided one Of the big thrills
in G. W.'s 1870 victory over Washing
ton and Lee last Saturday when he
cleared the path for Finis Parr.sh's S.
yard run to a touchdown.
George Washington's opening line
up Friday night against Westminster
will be the same as in the W. and L.
contest.
A SURPRISE was forthcoming when
h Coach Dutch BERGMAN of Catholic