Evening star., 1932-11-15
AOYAS HAVE HOPES
! AGAINST BUCKNELL
AN-America Solicitors Face
Unusually Tough Prob
lem This Year.
BY H. C. BYRD.

~ATHOLIC UNIVERSITY and
Georgetown yesterday be-
~ gan to lay plans for their
games this week with
Duquesne and Bucknell. 1t was
almost lay-off at both schools, as
far as hard work was concerned,
but there was good deal of
mental concentration, especially
on the part of coaches, to de-
termine the best ways to gain
ground and the strongest kind of
defense to use against the par
ticular brand of defensive and
offensive foot ball employed by
Duquesne and Bucknell.
Catholic University expects to stand
gust mite better than an even chance
to beat DuqueSne, but, If its games the
last two years are a criterion, the de-
sired result will be attained only after
so minutes of the most difficult kind of
play. Dequesne is said to be not quite
so strong as it was last season, though,
even if that be true, it still will be
strong enough.
Georgetown in BuckneI must face an
eleven that defeated Western Mary
land. That seems to be sufficient to
indicate that the local university should
have plenty Of opposition, as Western
Maryland came down late in october
and went away with a Blue and Gray
scalp. Bucknell, though. is not so
strong as some of the Bucknell teams
that have played here, and it is hoped
up at Georgetown that something may
happen to produce a great get-together
spirit and a Georgetown victory.
Catholic U. meets Duquesne Friday
night at Griffith Stadium, the first
game in which it has appeared under
the lights this year. Georgetown plays
at Griffith Stadium Saturday afternoon.
Maryland's squad got a complete
layoff yesterday, but it will resume
work today to get ready for Washing
ton and Lee Saturday. The contest at
Lexington is one of the very few this
year in which the Old Liners have had
a chance to start on an even keel with
their opponent.
ILJHEN those who pick All-America
wv elevens this Fall begin to make
their selections of backs, they will
have a real task confronting them.
From one end of the country to the
other there seem to be good many
young men capable of doing exception
ally well in ball carrying and the other
things that make good backs. And,
something more, it is probable that
some who got places on one of the
All-America selections last year this
time may find others picked to replace
them.
Take the quarterbacks, for instance.
In the East are Montgomery of Co
lumbia and Chase Of Brown, who stand
out as really brilliant performers, be-
sides several others who may be fully
as good. In the Middle West are Hinch-
man of Ohio State, Newman of Michi
gan and Jaskwich of Notre Dame. In
the Far West Griffith Of Southern Cali
fornia leads notable coterie, while in
the South Tommy Henderson of Van
derbilt and several others are worthy
Of mention.
To pick halfbacks, one must make a
selection of two from such men as
. Heller of Pittsburgh, Ask Of Colgate,
Tanguay of New York University, Rent
ner of Northwestern, Clark of Southern
California, PurviS of Purdue, two or
three backs at Notre Dame, thinner
man of Tulane, Hitchcock of Auburn,
Feathers of Tennessee and Roberts Of
Vanderbilt.
The fullback situation is almost as
difficult. There are Manders of Mime
sofa, Milenkovich Of Notre Dame, Horst
mann Of Purdue Fortune of Vanderbilt,
Barber of Southern California, Viviano
of Cornell, Pineri of Pennsylvania and
so on.
"A a matter of fact, is is nearly i'm
"A possible to pick an all-America
team and be anywhere near certain
that two or three more teams could not
be picked to whip the all-star selection.
Some men playing on great teams show
to much better advantage than others on
weaker elevenS. For instance, probably
one of the greatest and most consistent
ground gamers of the year is Heller of
Pittsburgh, but out at Purdue is l90-
pound halfback of the name of Purvis,
who, if he were in the Pitt lineup,
probably would be just as great a
ground gamer as is Heller. And Zim-
norman of Tulane and Rentner of
Northwestern might be just as brilliant
as they were last year if the balance
Of the teams were as good.
One man in the South, though, who
may be overlooked, yet who should not
be, is Hitchcock Of Auburn. Down in
that section he probably will not come
in for the attention that some of the
better known backs in the North anc
West get, yet, if all is true that ha:
come to the writer, there is no better
back in the country. Wallace Wade
coach at Alabama, where John Cair
is star, says that Hitchcock is bet
ter man than Cain, and last year Cair
was picked as about the best back il
the world. 1t is Hitchcock's fine PLAY
that is keeping Auburn in the forefront
of Southern elevens.
Picking linemen for all-star team
is more or less gueSswork. 1t Is i'm
possible for any man to know the abili
ties of men whose performances il
various sections of the country caus'
them to stand out. And the advice OF
which a man may be selected possibl,
is faulty. In one game, for instance,
tackle may play like a world-beater ant
the coach Of the opposing team OF
that particular day, If asked for ad
vice as to tackles, naturally would say
pick 50 and so, as he is the creates
tackle you ever saw