Evening star., 1932-11-16
c. u. SEEKS BALM,
c. i. MORE GLORY
BuCkneII Favorite Over Hill
toppers-Duquesne Tough
Foe for BrookIanderS.
BY Fl. C. BYRD.


~ working more earnestly
for their games this week
than they have for any of those
already played. The former is in
something of a situation in which
it has just this and one more op-
portunity to atone for almost the
worst season it has ever had, and
naturally to win Saturday would
be most soothing balm on raw
wounds.
Catholic U. is anxious for victory be-
cause it does not want to detract from
a brilliant record. With these outlooks,
although entirely opposite, both the
Blue and Gray and Cardinals should be
in a mood to give their all in what to
each, for different reasons, may well be
rated the most important games of their
schedules.
Undoubtedly Georgetown is in the
more difficult position, and yet, in an
other sense, the easier. 1t has nothing
to lose and all to gain, and any eleven
that goes into a contest under that
condition is better off than one that
goes in with all to lose and very little
to gain. The Blue and Gray, If it
meets defeat, as almost everybody
thinks it should, will encounter nothing
more nor less than what is expected
for it. On the other hand, If it wins,
1t ought to be regarded as a great ac-
complishment.
NOBODY can give even the remotest
n VI ~ &1n {vaI nf Il,
Georgetown may make. 1t is per-
fectly possible for it to win, even If it
now seems very improbable Bucknell,
while fairly strong, is not as strong as
it has been in some former seasons
when 1t has come here to meet George
town, and it might not take a very
great reversal of form on the part of
the two teams to give Georgetown a
victory.
The difference between a really sue
eessful foot ball team and a mediocre
team is a good deal less than the aver
age follower of the game might con-
ceive.
Bucknells record, of course, is far
better than Georgetown's. 1t started
the season by whipping st. Thomas,
S5 TO 0, then beat Albright, 13 to 6,
and in its next game fell before Ford
AAda1 Uy " W OU. IL s1OCt 10
0 TO IL; beat Lafayette, IA to s: lost
to Villanova by to 13, and then whip
ped Western Maryland, IA to 13, and
lest 10 Washington ana Jefferson, to
IL. This Is an in-and-out record, but
It shows flashes Of power and ability
that Georgetown has not. The ques-
ton Is whether or not Bucknell will
have one of its of days, If such its
days of defeat may be called. and
Georgetown play over its head" On
that seems to rest Georgetown's chance
OF victory,
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY meets in
~ Duquesne an eleven, while prob
ably not as strong as some Duquesne
eleveTS have been, which may be as
strong as any other met this year.
And in that lies a real disadvantage
for the local school 1t means that
O. o. must go up against tough propo-
sition, without most Of the home folks
knowing just how tough it is. 1t means
that the Brooklanders, with q brilliant
record must submit that record to an
acid test under unfavorable conditions,
SIS such attitudes on the part Of the
public unouestionably affect the mental
attitude Of players before game.
Duquesne has been overwhelmingly
defeated just once by Pittsburgh. The
score was 33 to 0. However, in its other
games it has done we'll One of the vic
tories it has to its credit is one of
to 0 over West Virginia, the same team
that beat Georgetown by three touch
downs That should indicate the
strength of the eleven scheduled here
Friday night Westminster, Grove City,
Oglethorpe, Washington and Jefferson,
\ al- fa&a
down before Duquesne, while West Vir-
ginia Wesleyan is the only eleven, be-
sides Pittsburgh, that has defeated it.
TATHOLIC UNIVERSITY feels that
~ It has an even chance, at least,
to win if its men go into the game
in the right frame of mind. Coach
Dutch Bergman is working with an idea
of dkpelling from his players minds
any feeling that they can win on their
past victories. and if the team goes into
the game with a feeling Of overcon-
fldence it will not be through any over
sight on Bergman's part
The Duquesne game IS Catholic Uni
versity's homecoming. and the biggest
gathering of alumni and other well
wishers of the university that has ever
been back is expected for the game and
other festivities in connection with it.
GEORGE WASHINGTON has no
VI game this week. Coach Jim Pixlee,
however. is not likely to let any
grass grow under his feet in his plans
to get ready for the contest with Okla
homa on Thanksgiving day. Oklahoma
may be the strongest team. except
Alabama end Tulsa. that George Wash
ington will meet this season.
MARYLAND leaves Friday afternoon
wi 70. Lexington. Va. where 1t tries
conclusions with its old friend.
Washington and Lee. 1t seems to be
che Of the games in which Maryland
kill start with about an even chance.
The Old liners did nothing Monday
and very little yesterday. but expect
to put in a hard today and tomorrow.
In the series Of games between Mary
land and Washington and Lee. the
latter is one up. Washington and Lee
won the first four times the two schools
met, while Maryland has won the last
three. The biggest score ever made
between the two teams was when Mary
land won two wears ago by Al to Z.
Washington and Lees greatest margin
was l9 to in the first game played,
back about 1924