Evening star., 1932-09-06

I team has ahead OF 1t q
" much better balanced
schedule than it has play
ed in recent years and for that
reason alone should look forward
to it's season with optimism. Start
ing on October /, 1t plays its first
two games with schools that
ought not to give 1t any more
than enough trouble to test its
nettle and provide just the kind
of competition an eleven needs to
At it for sterner struggles.
After the first two games comes a
hard one with New York University,
and then one less difficult with Western
Maryland. Between its West Virginia
and Bucknell contests 1t has West Viz
ginia Wesleyan, which ought to provide
Just little breathing space. Then be-
fore the final battle with Carnegie Tech
the team has an open date, which gives
1t two weeks to get back IN shape.
OF course, this must not be taken to
mean that Georgetown has an easy
schedule Any school that meets teams
like New York University, West Vir-
ginia, Detroit, Bucknell and Carnegie
Tech, has plenty about which to think,
but 1t is true that the Blue and Gray
does not have to begin at the opening
of the season and 60 right on through
with q killing contest every week. In
the last two or three years Georgetown
has had about the most difilcult sched-
ules possible to arrange, meeting as 1t
has some of the toughest teams in the
country to beat, but at the same time
teams over which victory did not mean
50 much rs victory would have meant
II won over some other schools less
strong In foot ball.
LEAD COACH TOM MILLS gets his
j i men out today for their first work
out He lost several players OF ex-
ceptional caliber, but has not said one
word to indicate that he expects to feel
their loss. Mills Is not that kind. He
saws wood, does the best he can. and
lets 1t go at that. Which, after all. is
about the best thing man can DO
Mills knows he has lost good men. but
he also feels that he stands chance
to develop better eleven this year
than he had last.
"I don't know what we shall accom-
plish next fall, said Mills Just at the
end of Spring practice. I'VE lose sew
eral good men, but those that are to
return should show Improvement, and
with the much better balanced schedule
that we appear to have we ought to
make out fairly well. I'm not kicking,
and when the Fall comes we'll be out
there doing our best"
MARYLAND got its squad to work
Nl Yesterday, that Is, those who re-
ported. Out Of the 4s men due
to return only or 8 more than go
put In their appearance. Some Just DID
not get back, while others apparently
Will not return. When the squad Is
Complete by this afternoon or tomor-
row. II probably viii not number many
Apparently the Old Line school is
going to have the lightest squad IN It's
recent foot ball history, both IN line
and backfield. Unless some shifts are
made from the line to the backneio,
only one Of the entire group Of backs
available will tip the scales at more
than ITS pounds.
incidentally, Maryland Is sure to miss
Q good deal two men 1t expected 10
return, Duley, tackle, and Kilroy,
guard. Both men would have made
regular line berths. Duley left school
to take q Job in one of the Maryland
high schools, while Kilroy lost his life
in an automobile accident about the
middle of June.
CEoRGE WASHINGTON apparently,
" If the consensus of opinion OF
those who know the squad and
have seen it is true, is due to place on
the field about as fine group OF attn
letes as any coach might desire. People
connected with the university are ex-
ceedingly optimistic about the prospects
for the year, and newspaper men who
have visited the camp talk in about the
same vein. Said one Of them, i was
down at George Washington's training
camp yesterday and they about as sweet
q looking crowd as you would want
to see"
Incidentally, 1t may be mentioned
that George washington Is due to have
q few games In which 1t will need all lis
vaunted strength. Alabama, Tulsa Uni
versity. Iowa and Oklahoma are likely
to offer about all the opposition any
school desires. Iowa may be below its
standard, probably will, but the other
three are said to measure up to excep-
tionally high standards.
A FORMER Virginia foot ball player
"A says that the Cavaliers will miss
Thomas and Meyers, two backs OF
last year, q good deal more than they
think at this time. While the squad
Is almost intact, with the exception OF
these men, it is his opinion that they
formed the bulk Of backneld strength
last year.
Virginia probably will have little
better line this year than 1t turned out
last, but cannot see how it will replace
Thomas and Meyers to have as good
backfeld"
Virginia did not start practice yes
terday. but begins today, with North
Carolina doing likewise. With the ex-
ception of Florida, all other Southern
Conference elevens began yesterday.