Evening star., 1932-10-05
FENLON HELD EQUAL
Of ALABAMA'SBEST
Maryland, Facing V. P. l., Is
in Same Boat With G. w.
Hoya Foe Worthy.
BY H. C. BYRD.

EORJc WAOf11Nd LIN dIu
= Maryland scouts w h o
~ watched Alabama and
Virginia Polytechnic In
stitute play last week are back
with stories of the proWess of
those two elevens that leave no
doubt about the difficulty of the
tasks that confront the local
schools in games here Saturday.
Big powerful teams, heavy fast back
fields, well coached pieces of gridiron
machinery. about sums up the descrip-
tions, as expressed here this morning,
of the two elevenS that come here this
week end, one with two victories by big
scores the other with an overwhelming
score in its first game and a win from
Georgia in the other.
Coach Pixlee is preparing to NEE.
the best team George Washington has
ever faced From statements about the
Alabama squad, as well as about the
first string eleven, by the men who
secuted down that way last week, Pix
lee knows that he is up against one of
the most difficult propositions he has
encountered in his entire coaching
career He Is working hard. desperately
hard, to bring his men around SO that
they may play the game of their lives.
= A LABAMA has one Of the best foot
"A ball teams I've ever seen" said
one George Washington scout
this morning, .and we are up against
the real thing I'd be silly to deny
that the odds are against US, even If
we do have fine team, but do fee
that we should stand chance through
our passing attack. You know we have
a passer in Johnny Fenlon who is as
good as any man Alabama has in that
particular department and We ought to
gain a good deal of ground that way.
You never saw such line as that
which bears Alabama's colors. From
tackle to tackle it averages 2l0 pounds
and the backfield also is heavy, the light
est man in it weighing ITO. Also the
team has good reserve material to back
it up. While you hear lot about Cain
being the great Alabama back, the triple
threat man, In my opinion Slick Chap
pell, left halfback, is much better
passer Hillman Holley and Frank
Mosley are not far behind him in value
to the team. Yep, Alabama has some
thing real in the way OF foot bal
squad"
CEORGE WASHINGTON expects to
" build its attack against Alabama
around the passing ability Of john
ny Fenlon. The Colonials do not eX-
pect to make much headway against
that heavy Alabama line, but they do
think they can advance the ball by
shooting it over their opponents heads.
Incidentally. the local school has in the
person of Mig McCarver capable man
to fill Fenlon's shoes If something goes
wrong with that young gentleman, as
McCarver not only can pass the ball
but he is the fastest man George WASH
ington has in uniform. McCarver was
hurt during training at camp but has
come around SO rapidly in the last few
days that there is not much doubt about
him being in shape to give a good ac-
count Of himself.
What George Washington scouts think
of Alabama almost paraphrases what
MARYLAND scouts say about Virginia Poly
technic Institute. Marylanders know
the material v. P. /. has, and have
known since the start of the season that
there was material enough at Blacks
burg for a great foot ball team, but
they did not think that even that good
material could be brought along fast
enough from its last years state OF dis
organization to be strong enough to
whip Georgia But that IS what has
been done and from that alone the Old
Line school does not have to stretch
imagination very much to understand
what it must face Saturday.
SsX7 P. l. is a far different foot ball
v. team from what it was last
yaar," said the Maryland scouts
today. land We are going to be lucky.
very lucky, to get by. A brilliant hfrd
running set Of backs behind big hard
charging line makes a foot ball team,
and that is what V. P. /. has. ThlS
chap Casey is one of the greatest run
ming backs in the country, and Is much
older than the average college player.
In my opinion we shall have to play
SO per cent better foot ball than we
did against Virginia to win from V. 2.
l. and even then we cannot afford to
make as many mistakes as we made
down ct Charlottesville. OF course,
against Virginia we showed much greater
potential strength than most people ex-
pected, but inexperience caused mis-
takes that will cost us the game with
v. P. l., II made again, no matter now
much We improve this week.
ANY team that beats Georgia is a
fine foot ball team, and v. P. /. whipped
Georgia in as clean-cut way as I've
ever seen any foot ball game won. 1t
was even more clean-cut than the small
margin Of victory indicates. l think
that Maryland will face the toughest
team 1t has ever met on the gridiron
at College Park"
And after these opinions. expressed
by men who watched Alabama and
v. P. I. with eyes trained to estimate
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unusual factors, it hardly needs any
thing further to indicate the kind of
teams that are coming here to meet
George Washington and Maryland nor
any further suggestion to make known
the monumental tasks that confront the
local universities.
CEoRGE WASHINGTON has never
" before played Alabama. and neither
team has anything to get back at
against the other Not SO, though, with
the Maryland Virginia Polytechnic In
stitute tilt. 1t has been four years
since v. P. I. won from Maryland. and
now that 1t has a team that gives every
possible indication Of being able to turn
the tide, its alumni from all over
Northern Virginia, the District of Co.
lumbia and Maryland are getting ready
TO see it done. For none Of the game;
Maryland has played in the last few
years have the alumni of its opponents
shown such eagerness for tickets.
Gallaudet opens its season Saturday
with Washington College here. The
Kendall Green eleven is in the early
stages of development and it can hardly
hope for victory. washington College