Evening star., 1932-10-26

team, and the fact that it
/ has been losing to Western
Conference elevens should
not fool anybody about that" said
Coach Jim PiXlee of George Wash
ington in discussing prospects of
his team in the big game here
Friday night. You know, after
all, there is not much difference
between a champion and a tail
ender in that section, and the
tailenders are pretty tough to
whip.
And if people in this part of the
country don't believe that they ought
10 coach foot ball team and try it
once. That would be the best way of
convincing the doubtful"
But even with this opinion of Iowa,
Pixlee does not retract in the least the
statement he made Monday that George
Washington can beat Iowa if it plays
up to the limit of its capabilities. Pix
lees scout has not yet returned from
the game in which Iowa lost to Min
nesota last week, but Pixlee himself
saw Iowa play Indiana, and in speaking
of Iowa he knows whereof he speaks
through flrst-hand information. And
yet. even with all that PiXlee reiterates
that George Washington may come
through.
s'T1HERE are few bigger teams than
i Iowa" continued Pixlee, "apd
it has plenty of power and
fair speed. Iowa has two tackles
who weigh about 220 pounds each,
and its fullback goes around 200,
and the other backs about ITS to 180
The guards, I judge, are around 1885,
The center, Magnussen, is brilliant
player
Il think We can win, but as I said
before. we will have to play up to our
very limit to do SO. Iowa has team
that may get going great guns and beat
the ears of somebody, and. of course
that somebody may be us, but I won't
believe it until I see it.
To give you some idea of Iowa's
strength, though. let>me tell you how
it lost to Indiana. In the first quarter,
the play was all in favor of Iowa. In
the second quarter, Iowa had to kick
from behind its own goal line and its
back punted out to midfeld and the
ball was doWned there by Iowa ends
But the punter had stepped back out
OF the end zone and made a safety.
That gave Indiana its first points.
Then a few minutes later Iowa fumbled
about the 25-yarG line and Indiana re-
covered and kicked a field goal. That
was another 3 points. Then on the
first play after the kickoff in the sec
ond half. fast Indiana halfback broke
loose and ran for touchdown. That
added 7 more points, with the point
after touchdown, and totaled the II
by which Indiana won, IL to 0. Mo-
very bad beating. according to my
way OF looking at it.
s"TNDIANA is a we'll coached team
i Ossie Solem, who formerly was at
Drake University, is in charge and
he can get about as much out of mate
rial as anybody I know expect him
to put Iowa back on the foot ball map,
although I hope he does not begin here
this week.
That Pixlee has enough confidence in
ShiS own team to say that it can win
against as good an eleven as he thinks
aoWa is should be sufficient to show
that George Washington is anything
but weak. While the ColonialS took a
beating at Tulsa, reports have it that
the beating was pretty much the same
as that Iowa took at Indiana, which
means that small things could have
turned the tide the other way. PiXlee
says that Tulsa ran five plays at the
start of the first quarter to get its first
two touchdoWns, en- two long passes 1t
scored twice. while on the three run
ming plays its net gain was minus five
yards.
Pixlee plans to start his same line.
but intends to make changes in his
backf1eld. The quartet due to go into
the game Friday night are: McCarver,
Doose, Finis, Parrish and Baker. Krie-
melmeyer and Carter, who started at
Tulsa, probably will warm the bench,
according to Colonial coach. Fenlon
is not in very good shape, as he has
a torn ligament in his shoulder while
it is not known if Carlin will be avail
able. Carlin broke his collar bone in
practice September 5, and it should be
in good enough shape for safe play.
Whatever may be the result" says
Pixlee, there should be a hard, close
foot ball game Friday night
NUANTICO MARINES come here
~ Saturday for a game with Davis
and Elkins College at Griffith Sta
dium. The Marines, while they may
not have as great an eleven as that
which wore their colorS back some
8 or 10 years ago. nevertheless have a
pretty competent, we'll coached organi-
zation. And incidentally. they have
some foot ball players far better than
the average player found on college
elevens. Joe Bauer, for instance, at
halfback, was a star at the Naval
Academy for three years. Andy Zeher,
another back, could make any college
team. Farrell at end, Grove at guard
and two or three others stand out as
brilliant players.
Davis and Elkins usually has strong
combination, and if it is as good Sat-
urday as it has been in some past
seasons, then a merry struggle should
ensue from the moment the two elevenS
take the field. AS a matter OF fact, 1t
is more than possible that the Marines
Davis Elkins game may be just as good
an exhibition of foot ball as one might
care to see, and probably pretty close
to as attractive as the one between
George Washington and Iowa.
> A ND before either George Washington
n meets Iowa or Marines play Davis
Elkins, Gallaudet will have fin
ashed its contest with Baltimore Uni
yersity. The Kendall Greeners. so that
their contest would not conflict with
either of the others, set the time of
klay for Friday afternoon. So, If one
desires this week he has an opportunity
No watch three regularly scheduled
games. Gallaudet expects pretty close
Rattle with the Baltimoreans. It's team
r., taon coming along and while light