Evening star., 1932-10-25

here, Gallaudet here with BaltimC
at Shepherd College, and Maryland
at Richmond, apparently offer
competition. And then another c.
Marines and Davis-ElkinS College
George Washington, notwithstanding
iowa has peen taking its beatngs from
big Middle Western schools. will be
against an eleven much more powerful
thar scores indicate. That the local
school has a chance. though. is shown
by the statement of Coach Jim PiXlee
that George Washington can beat
Iowa if it plays up to the limit of its
capabilities That George Washing
ton can beat Iowa" offers hope for fol-
lowers of the downtown school. but the
qualification If it plays up to the limit
of its capabilities" shows how hard Pix
lee expects the task TO be.
The Iowa game is to be played Friday
right the first time in history of
Hawkeye athletics that one of its foot
ball teams has appeared under the big
lights. Just how that may affect its
play is not known. but under any cir
cumstances school as big as Iowa and
represented by as strong teams. even II
they appear weak against Western Con-
ference elevens. is sure to be bad medl-
cine for the average school in this sec
ton George Washington was beaten
at Iowa last year by to o. which may
be taken as an indi:ation that the game
here ought not to be one-slded.
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY makes a
~ trip to Worcester, Mass. to play
what probably is the most impor-
tant game in which Brookiand eleven
ever has taken part. Holy Cross is rep
resented. as usual. by strong eleven.
cne that usually takes its place among
the best of Eastern representatives. To
meet an eleven of this caliber is a good
break for c. U. even if it does not win.
The Brooklanders thereby get a chance
to win place for themselves in the
Eastern foot ball sun that could not
be attained by meeting any other type
of opponent c. u. in other words,
goes into the contest with all to gain
and nothing to lose. about the best pre-
game break that foot ball team can
possibly have.
Coach Bergman has developed
high morale among the c. U. players,
and they will go into the game without
anything in the way of an inferiority
complex. That means that they may
carry the fight to Holy Cross, which,
psychologically. should be all in c. US
favor. Some brilliant play is likely
and, all in all, the game ought to be
the most colorful and outstanding of
all the games in which c. U. teams
have played.
CEORGETOWNS S trip to Detroit may
" result in victory. but unless it plays
better foot ball than it has shown
in It's last two games it may not be
that fortunate So far no Georgetown
team has been able to win at Detroit,
although the eleven the present Blue
and Gray team meets doesn't seem to
be as strong as some previous Detroit
combinations. Last week Detroit won
from West Virginia by four touch
downs to two.
Coach Tom Mills is working hard to
pull his squad together to get them in
both the right mental and physical
condition. Mills feels that George
town can play a good deal better foot
ball than it has shown SO far, and he
has the courage to stick to his task
until he proves it.
A MEXICAN UNIVERSITY'S defeat
"A by Bluefield may or may not mean
that 1t will have tough going
against Shepherd College this week.
Under ordinary circumstances. it would
Seem UlldL lIle iOCdl SCIlCOl SllOulu whip
Shepherd. as it nearly always has, but,
as one prominent coach remarked not
long ago, You can never tell, as they're
all tough these days"
CALLAUDET also is likely to have
" just about as much of Job as
1t desires in meeting Baltimore
University. The Kendall Greeners have
always put up good games against the
Monumental City eleven, and it expects
to this time. The game with Balti-
more U. has been brought ahead a day
and will be played Friday instead OF
Saturday.
Until last week Maryland felt it
- stood an exceptionally good chance
to defeat Virginia Military Insti-
tute. but since the latter took Vlrg1nla's S
scalp the situation has taken on quite
different aspect. Maryland lost to Vir-
ginia by to I, while " M. 1. defeated
Virginia. 6 to 4, which scores show
little difference between the Cadets and
Old Liners. If the contest does not
develop into a tight battle. then COM
parative scores do not count for much.
Last year Maryland, with team
much stronger than v. NJ l.. went down
to Richmond heavy tavorite, but the
end of the first half found V. M. I.
on the long end of a 20-to-13 score.
Maryland finally won, but only after it
pulled itself together in great come
back in the second half.
IT is really difficult to estimate the
i value of a player like Tom Whelan
OF Catholic University to foot ball
team He Is the spark that makes the
offense go, being exceptionally clever
as ball carrier 1t is not only Whelan's
personal brilliance that makes him val
uable, but also the constant threat he
holds for any defense. This threat
opens up great possibilities for the other
backs and often the bulk of the ground
gaining is done by players other than
the man who stands out head and
shoulders above all the others. Holy
Cross this week may cover Whelan.
cover him with defense that may not
let him gain ground very consistently.
or at all. but if it does. then other
backs may play brilliant roles
AS a matter Of fact, there are some
exceptionally good backs playing on
four of the local college elcvens Up ct
about as good as any coach usually
finds in his squad, and Tom Mills says
that the latter is going to be great
player. Catholic University has besides
Tom Whelan. Bus Shearv. whose value
to his team is not fully realized by
anybody except his coaches. George
Washington has McCarver and Fenlor
and also Carlin while out at Maryland
is AL Woods who is just about as good
an all-round back as one finds any,
where.
S0CCERISTS IN GAME.
Takoma-Silver Spring High School
soccerists were to engage Rockville
Highs hooters this afternoon in a
Montgomery County Md title series
match at Rockville at & .3Q O'clock II