Evening star., 1933-10-18
HOYAS HAVE FOUND
TERR0RS A HOODOO
Feel Outlook Is Better Than
Last Year-Coach Hagerty
Highly Praised.
BY H. c. BYRD.
DI H. u DI ND
NOTWITHSTANDING George

n YO1W11HO1A 1ANO1N1 1cOI &c
M towns foot ball team has
l Y been developing rapidly,
and improving with every
game, athletic authorities on the
Hilltop are not very optimistic
about the meeting with Western
Maryland in Baltimore Saturday.
They feel they have better chance
to win than last year, but cannot help
remembering what happened to George
town teams in years past when it has
run up against the men from Westmin-
ster. So, no matter how good condition
the Blue and Gray may be in when it
lines up in the Baltimore stadium for
the kickoff. there is likely to exist a
feeling of trepidation among players
and coaches alike.
Western Maryland always has been
q kind of nemesis to U.s." said Graduate
Manager Murphy this morning, land we
have come to point where We never
can tell what is going to happen when
we run up against that team. You re-
member that even when we had some of
the best teams in the East, under Lou
Little, Western Maryland came down
here and trimmed us in hard-fought
games. Last year and year before we
thought we could win, but didn't so
this time we are making no predictions,
but intend to saw wood nightly.
No doubt Western Maryland is
much better team than generally is
thought. 1t has lost two of Its three
games. it is true, but its losses hardly
were indicative of weakness to anybody
NIB Of ln CIV ,rt1 of
Thomas and Duquesne. Western Mary
land will be tough team for us. you
cam bet on thai, even if we play better
loot ball than We have shcWn in any
OF our games so far"
TN TALKING about the Western
Maryland game. Murphy spoke in
glowing terms of the progress Coach
Jack Hagerty has made with the team
this Fall. Murphy says. and everybody
else agrees with him, that Hagerty has
done and Is doing a remarkably good
job Also Murphy is authority for the
opinion that Georgetown should have
whipped Manhattan, as it played much
better foot ball.
Hagerty probably is the mildest man
nered coach Georgetown has had in
many years. In fact. one seldom sees a
coach go about teaching foot ball SO
mildly and unostentatiously but he is
getting results from the material he
has and that is what counts. Where
many coaches get blustery, and some
times abusive, Hagerty easily and in
matter -of-fact way shows men how to
carry out their parts, and his squad is
coming lto4respse5 and like him in a
way that makes them work twice as
hard for him as they ordinarily might
Tor the average coach.
Georgetown IS rot doing any great
amount OF rough work this week in
preparation for its tilt with Western
Maryland. seeking more than anything
else to bring its players around so that
physically and mentally they may be
in the best possible condition. Also
Coach Hagerty Is working hard to cor
rect mistakes of omission that took
place In the Manhattan game. The
squad will not leave here until just be-
fore noon Saturday. 1t is to 60 straight
to the Baltimore stadium.
)HET WYNNE, coach of Auburn's
I foot ball team, which plays
George Washington here Satur-
day. is an exceptionally intelligent chap
and one Of the most unusual men con-
long while made his home in Okla
homa and served a session as member
of the Oklahoma Legislature. He is a
close friend Of Gov. Murray of that
State and naturally great admirer of
the Governor.
Just after he had gone to Auburn the
question was put to Wynne as to what
he considered was the biggest factor in
his success as q coach. His reply was,
II just make 'em believe they can play
foot ball and they do"
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D large element, of truth in that state
ment. but the fact is that Wynne knows
foot ball. is an excellent talker, and can
teach the fundamentals and technique ;
as we'll as the tactics and strategy of the
game. Wynne can inspire a foot ball
team about es we'll as any other coach
in the country give to it that spirit
which causes it to play at times even
better than he has taught it to play.
George Washington may we'll under
stand that when it faces Auburn it will
have in front Of it team back of
which is one of the keenest directing
minds in foot ball
lCOACH DUTCH BERGMAN of
N Catholic University is looking
upon the game with Chattanooga
as one of the hardest his team is to
play. BY comparative scores. round
about, OF course, and maybe worth very
little, Chattanooga is better than
Georgetown. It beat Oglethorpe and
Oglethorpe whipped Manhattan. which
tied Georgetown.
II am hoping that we can beat Chat
tanooga, and believe we can if we do
as we should" said Bergman this morn
Ing However, We shall not be able to
do any fooling around, if we expect to |
win That Chattanooga team has a |
lot of strength and real possibilities and
ycu may look for a game to tax us to
Our limit. We got big setback up at
Holy Cross. but profitted by it. Our
fellows want to make up for that de-
feat"
THE last two years Virginia Military
Institute led Maryland at the
end of the first half. but the lat
ter was able to work up enough steam
to win in the second half. Two years
ago the Old Liners were on the short
end of a 20-to-13 score when the sec
ond half started but pulled themselves
together ard won rather easily. Last
Fall the end of the first half found
v. M. 1. with the only touchdown that
had been made, but in the second halt
the Old Liners got across the goal twice
while holding v. M. I. scoreless. The
Cadets really outplayed Maryland dur
So t,n lack