Evening star., 1932-10-29

NIL MCSd1 fC1. VIC h-lO"
/ i not whence he came, but
in foot ball his deeds speak
for him.
Twisting, turning, darting,
sprinting, driving and catching
passes, one for a touchdown, the
young man, who carries the nick
name Mig" and who equals about
three ordinary men in the George
Washington backfield, last night
was the spark which touched off
the Colonial dynamite that blast
ed the University of Iowa, 81 to 6.
McCarver is a great foot ball player
Not only was he brilliant factor in
George WaShington's victory, but he
stole the show for both elevens. Head
and shoulders above every other man on
the field figuratively as we'll as almost
literally. McCarver did everything that
a good foot ball player should do-and
more. No more brilliant exhibition has
been seen in an individual performance
in any major foot ball game here in
years.
CEORGE WASHINGTON last night
" made good for Coach Jim Pixlee.
and it left no question about its
shown or potential ability. After the
first six or seven minutes. it was bet
ter foot ball team than Iowa, and,
except for the long run by an Iowa
back for touchdown after a punt,
there was hardly a time when the
George washington goal line was in
anything more than very remote danger.
Iowa in the first few minutes, largely
because of long run, got the ball to
George WaShington's 25-yard line. but
after being held there was not again
dangerous. And when George Wash
ington got the ball and started its
triumphant march, it was not to be
denied. Long swings around end, short
dashes through the line and one fairly
long pass were the methods by which
it advanced. McCarver carried the ball
over.
The score stood at 7 to 0 until the
fourth period. when George Washing
ton. after getting the ball in the middle
of the field, slambanged its way to the
Iowa goal line and Fenton punched
across right over center. The third
score was on long forward pass to
McCarver. He caught the ball in the
center of the field 5 yards from the
goal line and in two or three steps
crossed.
Iowa's touchdown had in it an ele-
ment of pure luck, coupled with a
brilliant bit of ball carrying by Laws.
George Washington punted and the ball
went far over Laws head. He turned.
ran back and picked up the ball net
far from the side line. He started down
the side line, lodging first one Colonial
player, then another, until he got in
the clear to score.
THIS chap Slaird, playing right tackle
i for George Washington, is one OF
the best men the writer has seen
in that position in years. About the
only two men who probably are a bit
superior to him in the last decade are
a chap of the name of Wigmore, who
played with the Quantico Marines some
five years back, and Leyendecker, now
PLAYING tackle for Vanderbilt. Only
twice during the entire game last night,
were Iowa players able to put Sialro
completely out of the play.
While to McCarver should go the
lions share of the honorS in the George
washington backfield, it might be men,
toned here that the other young men
who make up the quartet, with one or
two of the second stringers. are such
material as the average coach would
not cast aside by any means.
Several times this Fall our friend Jim
PiXlee, who has every right to feel real
proud of his young men today has told
of the big men his team would have to
face the following Saturday. But these
George Washington foot ball players
remind the writer Of remark by DR..
S. V. Sanford, president Of the Uni
versity of Georgia, in describing the two
Georgia ends.
When asked how big the Georgia ends
were, he replied, They are not SO big,
being only about feet l inch and
weighing 100 and 1872 pounds respec-
lively, but they are very we'll propor-
toned"
The George Washington players, to
use DR.. Sanford's expression, seem very
well proportioned."
CEORGE WASHINGTON last night
" was a we'll coached, brilliant team.
1t had in its lineup players who
ought to hold their own anywhere and
under almost any conditions. It prob
ably was the best exhibition of all
around foct ball that any George Wash
ington eleven has given in many, many
years.
The result was a tribute to the men
who make up the team and to Coach
PiXlee alike And the result WsS in no
small measure due to the hard work
and earnest efforts PiX!ee has given in
the last few days to pull the team
around from its defeat last week AT
Tulsa. 1t was an accomplishment OF
which PiXlee has a right to be proud
credit