Evening star., 1932-12-01


~ ball game here Saturday
with Carnegie Tech. While
the HoyaS realize that the Pitts
burgh school has an exceptionally
strong team, and that, on basis
Of comparison of records, it is
much more formidable than their
own, they nevertheless hold to the
opinion that their team may come
through with one of the greatest
triumphs any Georgetown team
ever has attained.
Our team will have to play inspired
foot ball. it will have to be much better
than it has been at any previous time
this season, but / believe we have an
outside chance to beat Carnegie Tech"
said Coach Jack Hagerty this morning.
"Of course, that does not mean that
am expecting to win, but 1t does mean
that I think we can win If We give
the best we've got, and II Dame Fortune
will smile on us just little"
Graduate Manager of Athletics Gabe
Murphy also has 1t back in his head
that Georgetown has a better chance
to win than even its own people have
any thought Of. His idea about the
game runs like like:
I'VE know that Carnegie Tech has
Q good team and that it generally would
be rated much better than we are,
but we also know that it can be
whipped and that it is possible for us
to do It, The vast Improvement we
showed against Bucknell was a good
thing for us, as it put new life in our
team. Right now I've nsver known of
any other Georgetown squad in which
there was bettsr spirit than exists in
this one, and If spirit counts for much
we'll give Carnegie Tech all it is look
ing for and perhaps more"
One direct comparison between
Georgetown and Carnegie Tech is in
the game each played with New York
University. Carnegie Tech barely was
beaten by the Gotham eleven in game
In which the former was generally
looked upon as having outplayed the
latter. Georgetown was defeated by
N. Y. U by 80 to o. Despite that ap-
parent difference in Carnegie Tech and
G-orget cwn. despite Georgetown's own
thu icc-l scAsc'. irat-sd of being pessi-
r. - CO tn p-s-ib,e outcome actu-
sir & 80 Il h-s chance to win.
7h.i :-lcws not only optimism. but
a Ceo-ystown may win. Stranger
g than such a result have hap
-r3 cl many gr.diron-. A Georgetown
Ncto-J would ce the greatest accom-
Il5hu-snt in sn athletic way that the
school has had to its credit in years.
To go through such a disastrous season
as 1t ha1. to lose game after game, then
to rise from its own ashes to conquer
one of the countrys best, would be real
achievement
As matter of sportsmanship and
consideration for game loser, If for
nothing else, everybody ought to pull
and pull hard for the Blue and Gray
to wave triumphant over the Plaid.
ONE often hears of the fine general
~ ship ana great performances of
some of the coun5ry's bess foot
ball teams, but often the quarterbacks
of the big ele,ens are guilty of mistakes
for which the average high school
coach would raise his voice to hign
heavens.
In the Pittsburgh Stanford game last
week, for instance, with a gale blowing
down the field in its favor, with 7
points to protect, and the ball on its
own 30-yard line, Pitt threw long fiat
passes Such play was almost mex
cusable, as Stanford had not been able
to gain against Pitt, except for spas
modic pass or two.
Any kind of a punt, with the wind.
would have put Stanford back deep in
its own territory, from where it would
have taken nothing less than miracle
to enable it to score. One fiat pass was
within inches Of being intercepted.
yITHY the victory OF Notre Dame over
w Army should occasion SO much
talk about an upset is difficult to
understand. Among the coaches famil-
lar with the foot bali situation there
was hardly one who thought that Army
had any more than a faint outside
chance.
Notre Dame year after year has great
man power and this year is said to be
at its zenith in this respect. Conced-
Ing that its coaching is about as good
a. Army's, what ordinarily might be
expected other than Notre Dame VIC
tory? With foot ball conducted as 1t
IS at N6tre Dame. some school may WIN
from Notre Dame once in awhile, but
as a general run the victories are going
to be on the side Of the South Bend
eleven.
r UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND put
" in an hour OF scrimmage yesterday
IN preparation for its game With
Western Maryland Saturday in Bafi-
more The Old Liners spent most OF
their time pointing UP their offense
with special emphasis on drives into
the line between the two tackles: Mary
lands play so far this Fall in this re-
rard has not been good.
There is a strong probability that
the Old Liners will start the game with
the same lineup as that Wnlcn won
from Washington and Lee and HOPKINS