Evening star., 1932-10-31
MARYLAND MEETS
CRACK DIXIE TEAM
Roberts, Ace Back, Yet to.
Be Stopped by Any Foe.
Breaks Beat Cards.
BY II. c. BYRD.

BY III. c. BYRD.
Y VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
" this week pays its first fooo
Y ball visit to Washington
with what probably is not
only the best team in the South,
but one of the half dozen strong
est in the country. And it has
another distinction of having in
their respective positions four
men who are among the most
brilliant individual players.
Vanderbilt, except for tie with Tu-
lane, has won all its games, its latest
having been over Georgia Tech, and has
intact virtually the same team that last
season scored 26 points on Ohio State
In the first half.
People in this section who think they
have seen good foot ball material will
this week get glimpse of some young
men who exemplify exactly what good
foot ball material really is Yale is
supposed to have gridiron squads made
up of exceptional players physically
and otherwise but certainly not in
the last decade has the Dark Blue
been represented BY squads anywhe1e
near the equal of that which wears
Vanderbilt'S colors.
Last week one Of Vanderbnts 200
pound ends was declared ineligible and
it was thought that might affect its
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over the Yellow Jackets without him
Just as easily as it probably would with
him. And it was the brilliant play Of
Dixie Roberts, one Of the two or
three greatest ball carriers the writer
has ever seen, that contributed to the
victory. No team has yet succeeded in
stopping Roberts and il is doubtful
if any team ever will completely achieve
that distinction.
DOBERTs weighs about l05 pounds,
IN is exceptionally fast, and has
way Of running with his knees high
IN the air and Of throwing his hips
that makes it difficult for taCkler to
get a substantial hold on him. Just
how good Roberts is probably could
not BE- better shown that in the game
Maryland played with Vanderbilt last
year With about three minutes left
of the first half Maryland was lead
ing, II to 7. Then Roberts went on
the field, with Vanderbilt in poSS 7ss.on
Of the ball on its own 30yard line. In
three plays, in all of which he carried
the ball for long runs, Roberts scored
a touchdown. which put Vanderbilt IN
the lead at the end Of the half. 13 to
-. Roberts played in the third quar-
ter and was either directly or indirect
ly responsible for the scoring OF three
more touchdowns Then he left the
game and it was pretty even battle
again thereafter
TN the Vanderbilt backfield with
i Roberts is another super man in the
person of Fortune. fullback. Berger,
last year at Maryland was regarded as
exceptionally fast, but despite the nearly
200 pounds that Fortune weighs, when
Berger caught a forward pass IN the
open and seemed to have, with good
start, a clear path to the goal, Fortune
picked him up and brought him down
so quickly that it was done almost
before anybody knew what was hap
pening.
The other two Vanderbilt men who
stand out even among the best are
Leyendecker, tackle, and Gracy center.
The former was picked on many all
Southern elevenS and the latter was
regarded by Dan McGugin, Vanderbilt
coach and member Of a board which
picked an All-America team, as me
best center in the United States. Leyen-
decker weighs over 200 pounds, While
Gracy probably tips the beam some
where around l85 or 100.
The whole Vanderbilt squad is made
I'D of big fast men, who know their way
AGAINST
zuch a team. Maryland has only very
slender chance for victory. but slender
chance of which it will try to make the
best.
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY'S defeat at
~ Holy Cross seems to have been due
largely to lack of reserve power
and some tough breaks. For most OF
the game it outplayed the worcester
eleven, as far as ground gained IS con-
cerned. and time after time Knocked
away at the Holy Cross goal line, only
to be turned back This kind Of
desperate fighting Extensively is the
hardest type of play through which a
foot ball team can GO and without
adequate reserves may mean break
late in the game. However even with
this condition, Catholic U. should have
got out with at least a tie, and would
have had Dame Fortune smile on 1t
Just a little bit.
Holy Cross points, the first score,
were made on unusual breaks and lis
Touchdown that came later also was
helped along the same way. Holy Cross
had the ball on its own 35-yard line
when it got of punt that went ABOUT
80 yards. hit the ground at an unusual
angie and bounded for about % more.
The ball rolled outside at the courtyard
line. When Catholic U. lined up to
punt there was miXup in signals and
the ball rolled back on the ground.
McVean picked it up and tried to get
1t out from behind the goal line. but
was stopped almost IN his tracks. That
gave Holy Cross a safety. CathoIc U:
then took the ball out to the 21-yard
line for free punt.
IANKOWSKI got off a beautiful boot
that went sailing down the field for
81 yards hut Holy Cross PACK
caught it and ran it back to the c. U.
27-yard mark. At that point the BrooK-
landcrs held 50 that Holy Cross mao
nine yards to go on third down, accoro-
ing to report. but a 15-yard penalty
against C. U. put the ball back to the
12-yard mark and then a flve-yard
penalty against c. U. put Holy Cross
within seven yards of the goal. Such
succession of events was almost enough
to demoralize any team. and Holy Cross
went across for touchdown.
Catholic University had great op-
portunity to win prestige in the foot
ball world it has never attained, could
it have won. but its II first downs
against actually earned by Holy
Cross, shows how well it acquitte3
itself
American University must not have
quite as strong a team as its one-sided
defeat of Bridgewater at the beginning
of the year indicated. Saturday it
dropped another game, this time to
Shepherd College. However, the local
school probably is doing just as well
as its material justifies.