Evening star., 1932-11-02


of power and speed The line
averages 191 pounds from end to
end and the backs ITS, while the
line as a whole and backfield are
fast enough to amaze the average
person who does not expect to see
real speed in men who carry so
much weight.
Surheinrich and Shrekelford are
slated to play the end positions, and
the former tips the scales at 187 and
the latter 10 Leyendecker, All-South-
ern tackle, will be in his position with
214 pounds of Drawn, while Beasley Is
to carry an even 200 pounds in the
other tackles job. Tally at one guard
weighs 1877 and Dickinson at the other
1876. Gracey who was mentioned last
year by a good many as All-American
center, tips the beam at 1872 pounds.
XIANDERBILT'S backfeld also car
" ries plenty of heft. Fortune at
fullback goes between 1876 and 100,
Beck 176 Roberts 1872 and Henderson
15s All four of these are brilliant foot
ball players, but Roberts and Fortune
are the mainstays, the former being one
of the best ball carriers in the country.
Henderson also is fine ground-galner,
being exceptionally fast and slippery.
Not only does the Vanderbilt team
carry a lot of weight and speed, but it
is veteran aggregation. There are no
better linemen in the South. and few
as good anywhere, than Leyendecker
and Gracey. and both are playing their
final year of college foot ball.
Vanderbilts record is the best indi-
cation Of what it is able to do on the
i I, H., k~,ook
ing Mercer University. 20 to 7; then
whipped western kentucky &c to O,
ard followed with a 39-to-7 slaughter
of North Carolina, 6-to-6 tie with
Tulane, a 12-to-6 defeat of Georgia and
a 12-to-0 victory over Georgia Tech.
THE Vanderbilt squad is due here Fri
i day morning. 1t is to reach Alex
andria shortly after II o'clock and
will leave the train there to take buses
for a visit to Mount Vernon. Most OF
the afternoon will be spent sightseeing,
with the exception CT sufficient time Tor
a brief practice. 1t will be the first visit
to the Capital for most of the squad.
Against Vanderbilt, Maryland will
throw a team that is just about as
heavy in the line, but considerably
lighter in the backfeld. Maryland's line
from end to end averages just fraction
under 100 pounds, against Vanderbllt's S
191. while its backfield averages l64,
against Vanderbilts IT'S. Vanderbilt S
advantage over the MarylanderS comes
not so much from sheer physical power
as from greater experience.
Maryland's record is not near what Van
derbilts is. The Old Liners, with their
greenest team in years, got OF to pad
start and lost three games in row.
l. ell n
ing. and have won their last two con-
tests, defeating St. Johns, "a to 6, and
Virginia Military Institute, II to Z.
Vanderbilt uses a system OF play very
similar to that of Michigan. 1t has a
short kick formation from which practl-
cally all its plays are run, with RooeIts
or Henderson in the back position. Botn
Roberts and Henderson run, punt, ana
pass from this position, and they give
the defense plenty to think about. Both
are great ball carriers, With RCoerS
much the better of the two.
Whatever Maryland may show, van
derbilt will have here one OF the osst
foot ball teams in the country, a team
that should stand about an even chance
to win from any opponent 1t mlgnV
face.
A ND in speaking about Vanderbilt, 1t
n mlRTJ Dt We'll W IItllIlOiA CAANo
probably the Vanderbilt Tennessee
game next week is likely to decide the
Southern championship. Vanderbilt be-
lieves that is is good enough this year to
whip Tennessee, although the latter IS
far from conceding victory to the Com
modores. Tennessee has victory rec
ord straight through the present season,
and numbers Alabama among its VIC
tins Tennessee is sending four scouts
here for the game Saturday to learn
all it can about Vanderbilt play. Bob
Neyland, coach Of the Tennessee team,
is to be one of the four, as his eleven
has such an easy game that he sees no
reason why he should not leave 1t IN
charge Of an assistant.
HARVARD, whipped last week by
/ i Brown, faces another difficult
game. and possibly the same re-
suit this Saturday as it plays Army at
Cambridge. The West Pointers snubbed
Yale and crushed william and Mary the
last two weeks. and probably are all
filled with about the cane intention In
regard to Harvard. The Crimson
whipped the Soldiers last year by IA to
13, but unless it plays better foot ball
than it showed against either Dart
mouth or Brown the chances seem good
The further into the season the Army
gets, the more it seems that it was not
so much overconfidence that came near
being Pittsburghs downfall in that great
game at West Point so much as 1t was
Army's strength.
Princeton, after meeting Columbia
Cornell and Michigan gets chance to
breathe easily this week. with Lehigf
10 No
win from the South Bethlehem outfit
about as they please.
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY comes
~ down to Annapolis to play Navy ii
what ought to be brilliant game
The New Workers have yet to mee'
defeat and do not expect to have theil
record marred this week. Navy is i'm
proving rapidly. though, and should &C
we'll against the Gotham eleven.
Not so much interest attaches this
year to the Georgia-NeW York Univer.
sity game. Last year the two eleven;
met with unmarried records, while nov
both have been trimmed. 1t may bt
just as good foot ball game this veal
as last, but the glamour of last sea-
sons contest is noticeable by its absence
Out on the Pacific Coast the bis
game is between Southern California
and California. The latter, although i
has been defeated, is strong and |.
aiming to put forth some strenuous ef-
forts to take the Trojans down peg
or two. Easier said than done, ci
course, but soon or late every clever
meets its Waterloo.
Washington and Lee and Virginia
play Saturday at Charlottesville in q
game that represents an old and in
tense rivalry. w. and L. last year beat
Virginia three touchdoWns, rising tc
the occasion after much the same kind
Of a poor early season start it has had
this Fall.