Evening star., 1932-11-21

OF course, from long distance it is
impossible to gauge the strength of a
team by scores, but if scores mean
anything, then the Nebraska eleven is
not much stronger than Oklahoma, and
Nebraska tied Pittsburgh. Nebraska
Norman, Okla, Saturday, and the
count by which it won was just to o.
field goal and safety.
TUITHOUT much question, the Okla
w homa eleven will furnish much
greater opposition than G. w. has
faced in its recent contests. The only
games on its schedule comparable to
that which should be put up by the
koonerS are those in which Alabama
and Tulsa were victors.
NNE great factor which should favor
~ George Washington considerably
is the hard, grueling contest
played by Oklahoma with Nebraska
Saturday. to be topped off by the long
trip here, as against the 11-day period
George Washington has had since its
last game, to be wound up with the
final game at home. And this is very
real difference. No matter how good
Oklahoma may be, it could not go
through such game as that of Satur-
day, then come here for game five
days later to play fresh eleven, and
not feel the effects In other words,
1t does not seem possible that Okla
homa can be at its best when it lines
up against the Colonials Thursday out
ct Griffith Stadium.
All Of which may be taken as reason
to believe that George Washington has
a chance. Probably the local school is
not as strong as Oklahoma, but next
ic ~ Elya1xy 10 he M
it may be stronger. If conditions for
the 10 days prior to the contest were
even, then Oklahoma would be the
favorite. As matters stand, though,
there may not be much difference be-
tween the two elevens. It ought to be
q great foot ball game.
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY entertains
~ the Loyola College eleven of Bal
timcre here Saturday in its season
dnale. The Brooklanders expect to
wind-up the year with victory, which
will give them one of the best records
Catholic University teams have ever
made. Loyola has a fairly good team
but not as good IS @. u. and If the
latter fails to come through it viii be
because Of something unusual
The Brooklanders did not beat Du-
cuesne the other night, but conditions
were such that anything that might
have happened should not have been
unexpected. On muddy field, in rain,
general conditions governing foot ball
game, generalship as well as other fac
tors, are so changed as to make a set
Of conditions SO unlike what usually is
encountered that the difference is far
greater than one would imagine. And,
also, Duquesne had an exceptionally
strong eleven, and the fact that C. U.
did not win should not detract in the
least from its excellent record.
MARYLAND goes over to Baltimore
&s1 Thursday to meet Johns Hopkins
in one Of the oldest college foot
ball rivalries in this part of the world.
The Old Liners have been meeting
Hopkins since 1892, and, no matter
what the result of the game of the
previous year, there always is interest
in the one to come. For Hopkins and
Maryland people, the game is just about
the same as that between Yale and
Harvard, irrespective of what their
teams may do against other schools.
In the early years Hopkins showed
great superiority over Maryland. then
the cid Maryland Agricultural College.
In fact, from 1892 until 1912 Maryland
did not win a game, but did get one
tie. In 1912 Maryland won, 13 to 0,
and since that time it has lost only
twice-in 1915 by to and in 1927
by 13 to IA. In 1928, 1929, 1880 and
1881 Maryland won by the biggest mar
gins by which the games have been de-
cided since Hopkins in the early days
romped all over the field to the tune Of
SO and so point victories.
CATURDAY Maryland and Washing
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tions that were about as bad as
one would care to see in foot ball, al
though probably not as bad as they
might have been had not the rain
stopped falling Down at Lexington 1t
began to rain about $50 Friday eve
ming, and there was nearly down.
pour all night and on Saturday until
about IL o'clock, when it cleared some
what. Overhead the DAY was all right,
but under foot it was q case OF when
ever the bail was passed Of wondering
where it would CO. During a part of
the game it was impossible to tell which
team a player was on once the play
started. Forward passing was out OF
the question, although one was COM
pleted by each team. Conditions were
SO bad that neither team could carry
on a sustained attack, and Maryland
particularly centered on kicking game.
MdTyldIlQ WOl4 OJ q cAAA6AS SoOSAAN~"-t
the only score, because consistent punt
ing by Nelson and Widmyer finally de-
yeloped for it the break which gave an
opportunity which it made good. One
al its punts rolled outside on Washing
ton and Lees 1-yard line. From there
the Generals got off a kick to the 27-
ward line. Five plays put the ball
across. most of the distance being con-
tributed by 8-yard, 7-yard and 8-yard
gains by Widmyer, Woods and Poppel-
man.
CEORGETOWN against Bucknen be-
~ gan to come through. The Blue
and Gray played its best foot
ball of the year, and Coacn HaSerty
looked with considerable pride on the
accomplishment of his players. The
game gives GEORGETOWN good deal OF
encoura cement for the contest with
Carnegie Tech, to be played mere
week from next Saturday. Hagerty,
with the Bucknell game virtually a
moral victory, If there Is such thing,
has some time to reshape his forces
and to build up his attack Despite
the strength of the Plaid, Georgetown
NAV spring one of the big surprises of
the grldiron year in that contest.
x1ALE either showed its greatest at
III tack of the year, or met a much
weaker Harvard team than any,
body expected Probably to certain
extent both factors were large in Yale's
decisive victory But no matter what
the cause, tie fact remains that Yale,
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