Evening star., 1933-10-23

vision future OF hitherto
there were greater crowns at whi
Neither the ColonialS nor the
as strong as now represent then
a team that might, in some resp
soundly trounced Auburn, but cert
In 1915 Catholic University turned
but that team was not as good
nooga'S defense.
So George Washington and Catholic
University are on the heights, en-
trenched so securely that they have lit
tie thought for the future other than
to wish that they had such opponents
as would provide opportunities for
even greater achievement.
What George Washington and c. U.
are doing is nothing more than was
expected. 1t was freely predicted that
both schools would have great elevens,
that they should make the best grid
Iron records ever achieved by them,
Blessed with material far and beyond
that OF the average school, and with
good coaching, it was not difficult to
1oreSee success such as they had not
known in previous seasons.
TOR few days after its game with
Il Holy Cross some sentiment was
known that G. U. might not be
making good However, the defeat of
what was expected to be one of Har-
wards finest teams by Holy Cross
should be sufficient to set at rest any
such fears, if such fears were based on
an unfavorable comparison of C. u
with Holy Cross.
What the future holds for George
none can tell. The place at the pin
nacle is the most dangerous to hold.
and always the conqueror is in danger
OF a fall. Uneasy lies the head that
wears the crown is just as true in foot
ball as applied to those that promul-
gated the theory of kingly government
by divine right
Not only did George Washington de-
!eat Auburn, not one of the Souths
best teams this year, but always a good
team and dangerous team, but it de-
1eated 1t SO decisively as to leave no
doubt in the minds of even the most
unlnltiated as to its marked superiority.
Also the defeat was so decisive that
there IS hardly a reason for any opin-
ION other than that almost any other
southern eleven might have fallen the
same way.
And now the Colonials look ahead to
tennessee, to Tulsa, West Virginia
Wesleyan and to Kansas as further
material with which to pave their way
to the sun.
With Catholic Universitys defeat of
Chattanooga, team stronger than it
beln& by those unfamiliar with its
grldiron proves, it looks ahead to en-
gagementS with Wake Forest, Man.
haitian and Detroit. 1t is the Detroit
game toward which c. U. will build
for what may be its greatest gridiron
success of all time.
CABE MURPHY, graduate manager
" Of athletics at Georgetown,
must have known exactly what
he was talking about last week when
ne stated that Georgetown knew
Western Maryland to be a much
stronger eleven than it was thought
to be, due to its defeat in two games
py st. Thomas and Duquesne. Any
way, Georgetown found Western Mary
land too good for it by three touch
downs, and from press reports the
Blue and Gray was somewhat fortu-
nate not to have lost by a wider
margin.
Western Maryland has in Shepherd
one Of the best backs in the country.
Several people who watched him play
IN more than one game last year said
he had few equals anywhere as ball
carrier. Georgetown was not able to
stop him, and most of the teams he
met last year could not prevent him
gaining ground frequently.
n TARYLAND lost another game, this
lNl time to Virginia Military Insti-
tute. The Old Liners never
should have been defeated, notwith-
" M 7 is a cnnSiderah1v
derated eleven. The thorn in the Mary
iand flesh was q young chap Of the
name of Smith, who played his first |
he did was plenty. In the second quar- |
ter, with only three minutes left to play, |
he threw forward pass from his own
20-yard line that went 80 yards down
the field. was caught and carried to
Maryland's 12-yard line, from which |
point q sweep around end scored v.
M. rs first touchdown Then two plays |
later he broke through on cutback and |
can 10 yards for another touchdown |
Then in the fourth quarter, with the |
score 13 to IL against his team, he ran |
. punt back IS yards for third touch
down. All Of which should be sufficient |
accomplishment for any young foot ball |
hero, and young Smith undoubtedly |
was. ,
GONE years ago Fielding Yost told
the writer that the much-talked-of |
double wing back offense was of
little value and that he could beat it |
every time his team played against it. |
A little while after that the writer threw |
that back at Yost, because Navy de- |
feated Michigan in Baltimore with |
double wing back offense. Yost replied |
that was the exception that proved his |
point, and 1t is remarkable when one |
considers the success that Michigan has
against double wing back formations. |
1t was this margin over the years that |
led the writer last week to say that |
probably had a shade on
back offense. Michigan defeated Ohio |
State just as YoSt said it would as long |
as the latter used its present type of |
ground-gaining devices. OF course, |
YoSt'S statement was preSaged on the |
condition that the two teams be some
what evenly matched. One eleven that |
completely overpowerS another would !
win no matter what kind of offense it
might use.
IF RALPH SAssE's opinion as ex-
pressed before the beginning of the
season reflected the true situation at
West Point, then Lieut.. Davidson, pres
ent head coach, must be doing a real
coaching job. Maj. Sasse directed Army
foot ball for four years, and this Fall,
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