Evening star., 1932-11-22
TWO GAMES LEFT
AFTER THIS WEEK
G. W. and Catholic U. Anxious
to Annex Closing Battles
of Fine Campaigns.
BY H. C. BYRD.


final appearances Thursday and
Saturday, respectively, against
Oklahoma and Loyola of Balti-
more, with both games here,
while Georgetown and Maryland
run through until December 8,
when they wind up with Carnegie
Tech here and Western Maryland
in Baltimore.
OF greatest interest right now, OF
course. are the last games IN Wnlch
George Washington and Catholic Uni
versity are to play. The former is 10
entertain one of the strongest eieVenS
II has met this year and probably will
have a hard afternoon, despite Its gooo
team. while the latter should be favored
to win against an eleven that, Wniie
fairly strong, hardly measures up TO tne
Cardinal standard.
Both the local schools need victories
Both are going through perhaps tne
hest seasons they nave ever nao, anu
neither wants to spoil excellent recoros
with a defeat In the final game. And
in the practice this week coaches OF
both elevens are bending their efforts
to shape into final form the attacks on
which they expect to depend, ana ootn
will gird themselves as well as they may
to meet the particular type OF onslaught
that Oklahoma and Loyola use.
DOTH George Washington and Cath
ID olic University will have the same
offense they have used SO etfec-
lively since they opened their scheo-
YIles but are working to adapt tnelr
nlays to cover the defensive strategy
thew expect TO face. Also they are
working hard TO build their own de.
fensiye play to stop the plays that VIII
he hurled against them from all angles.
In other words. it will not be new at
tack that G. w. and c. u. will use
against the visitors, but just the same
they have used all year with little
polishing. The same holds good Tor the
defense. It Is too late to do much ell
.fectiye changing. o,.,.
horna to be strong, while Catholic UNI
yersity is worrying for fear that the
team NAV not come back from It's
cr7,elinr test with Daquesne In time
fo he al its best against Loyola, whicn
II expects to have some difficulty beat
ing anyway. Loyola, OF course, Is
hardly in q class with Oklahoma. as II
is easy to point out that the latter is
n team of exceptional power. It's game
last week with Nebraska, in which 1t
was defeated by only to 0, Is m
dication Of strength, If scores may oe
accepted as that kind OF a criterion.
on the other hand, things should De
evened up somewhat by the fact tnat
Oklahoma had to play sucn marc
game Saturday and that it has 10
make the long trip here and play with
only four days intervening. That Is
not an easy task.
II Georae Washington and Catholic
University can wind up with victories
they NAV point with real pride to their
records. The former will have finished
with only two defeats and the latter
with only one, and both have peen
meeting strong opposition. Botn iocal
schools have real incentive 10 90 theai
best. -
want To win for another reason, the
basis of comparison with each other
AT the end of the year these two schools
are going to stand out as the best IN
This immediate section and If either
loses this week the other will nave
something of an advantage when the
dopesters begin to give reasons for
what they consider the strongest eleven
hereabouts.
CEORGErOwN does not play any
" more until it winds up its season
December 3. At that time, though
n will engage ia a contest that in the
Yneantinne should tax all its planning
ability and ingenuity for execution
The Blue and Gray would like to wind
I'D with a victory over Carnegie Teen
even II 1t does know that the chances
are AGAINST such result. However, II
GEORGETOWN continues TO improve, If it
puts in as effective licks as 1t has put
In during the last seven or eight days
then 1t may give the foot ball world
quite a Jolt by sending the Plaid back
to Pittsburgh a defeated eleven.
MARYLAND has two more games
Nl both with teams in the State
The time -honored tilt with Johns
HOPKINS will be played out in Balti-
more on Thursday, while on December
8 it hooks I'D with Western Maryland
In the same city. Maryland has little
chance to accomplish much as far as
practice is concerned this week. About
all it can hope to do Is to bring back it
squad to form after hard game las
week end.
A GOOD deal of conjecturing is goint
"A on in Virginia and North Carolina
as to the Virginia Carolina gam
Thursday. Virginia has had lO-da!
rest, If such it may be called, since I
last played. while Carolina went through
q losing 0-to-7 game Saturday witt
Duke. Just how much that game witt
Duke took out Of the Carolina eleven
and just how much of that may be bull
back into it in these four days Is tht
problem bothering good many peopl
on both sides of the Virginia -Carolins
border It is bothering North Carolint
SO much that it is moving heaven ant
earth almost to get Duke to shift it
schedule so that it will not have to pla,
the game next year on the Saturday be
fore Thanksgiving.
Virginia will place its reliance on
veteran line, with some heavy, fairl,
capable but younger and less-experiencet
backs. 1t put up great fight agains
Carolina year ago, and hopes to e
that one better this time Carolina hal
the hardest kind of time whippin
Virginia last Thanksgiving day by tw
touchdowns to one.
TYIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTI
v TUTE, while it has a great tear
this year, Is said to be in a way I
turn out an even stronger one mex
season. Down around Lexington tn
stories are that there are two or thre
players on the freshman eleven of thi
year more than capable Of filling var
sity shoes next Fall. Two or three goo
men will be lost-Seaman at end an
Grinus at tackle, for instance-but tn
claim Is that Just as good men al
coming on to replace them.
At Lexington and Blacksburg tn
whole foot ball attention is being Ger
tered on the Thanksgiving day gam
between v. M. I. and v. p. I. at Re
anoke. v. p. !. has much the stronge
i team, and " NJ. I, knows 1t, but tf
latter is making o real effort TO over