Evening star., 1933-10-06
c. j. RATED EVEN
WITH HOLY CROSS
Has Great Chance for Glory.
Four Other Underdogs.
All Games Away.
BY H. C. BYRD.

BY H. C. BYRD.
~ F the six local college foot
ball teams that fare forth
" today and tomorrow for
games not one, except
George Washington, seems to have
better than an even chance to
win. And some of them will be
on the short end of the odds.
From all indications, fierce strug-
giles await the men of Georgetown,
Catholic University, Gallaudet,
American University and Mary
land, while George Washington,
even if it is victor, will know it
has been through a tough game.
Judged simply by what is known OF
the local teams as compared to the
elevens they are to meet, 1t would seem
that George Washington should have
better than an even chance to come
through, that Catholic University has
about an even chance, that Georgetown
probably is slightly worse than an even
bet. and that Gallaudet, American U.
and Maryland will be underdogs.
George Washington, of course, does
not know very much about the team,
North Dakota, it is to meet tonight, and
may run into real snag, but generally
speaking it should win.
Catholic University goes into what
probably is the most important foot ball
game it has ever played. The Brook
landers meet Holy Cross at worcester,
and for the first time in their history
should go into contest with one Of the
strongest elevens in the East on even
terms. They have chance to establish
themselves as never before has been
presented to them. Coach Dutch Berg
man has been building his team since 1t
began practice with this game IN view.
GEORGETOWN goes up against
IT Canisius College at Buffalo Sun
dag and for years the latter has
been a tough nut to crack. If Canisius
is up to its standard Of past years
Georgetown may not find the going very
good.
Maryland plays Virginia Polytechnic
Institute at Norfolk and will find itself
against a much older and more ex-
perienced eleven, despite the fact that
the latter last week lost to Tennessee.
Nobody familiar with foot ball would
consider Maryland to have anything like
an even chance.
American University and Gallaudet
are up against the most difficult situa-
ton a foot ball team can be called on
to face-that of meeting in the early
season an eleven that has had more
I,or cO11h1a fha finop of ptipa Amor.
ican U. plays Hampden-Sydney and
Gallaudet meets st. Johns under just
that kind of handicap. That either
has much chance to win seems unlikely.
George Washington left early in the
week for Grand Forks, N. Oak. Catho-
lie University went up to Worcester yes
terday afternoon, Georgetown and
Maryland leave for Buffalo and Norfolk
today, American University goes to
HampdenSydney late this evening,
while Gallaudet will jump over to St.
Johns tomorrow morning.
Local coaches had little to say about
their teams chances. All seemed to
realize that their men are in for Cruel
ing struggles and that in at least two
of the games the turn of hair may
decide the result.
And even in the game in which
George Washington should be the win
ner, unexpected things may happen, be-
cause the Colonials are virtually with
out practice this week and must take an
exceptionally long trip. Lack of prac-
tice and long trip do not help team,
to say the least.
TN several sections of the country
games are scheduled tomorrow that
should take place with the best of
the year, as far as good foot ball is
concerned. Carnegie Tech VS.. Temple
at Pittsburgh should be contest worth
going good way to watch. Pop War
ner, Temples veteran coach, will be
playing on familiar soil and anxious to
beat the eleven that has proved buga-
boo for more than one strong squad.
Warner is said to have at Temple about
as good material as he has had any
where, which means an exceptionally
good team. Carnegie Tech also is
strong, so it is reported.
Not many better games will be played
this year in the New England States
than the one between Holy Cross and
Catholic University. Holy Cross year
in and year out is among the best, while
no one need doubt that c. U. could rank
well with any opposition. West Vir-
ginia and Pittsburgh, Rutgers and
Providence College also should be well
contested struggles.
While their games mean virtually
nothing, except to give general line on
their strength, Harvard, Yale and
Princeton open their schedules. the first
mentioned with Bates, the second with
Maine and the last with Amherst Un-
less something unusual takes place,
these games are simply matter of how
many points the big Three" will score.
TINE best games in the South are
likely to be the Kentucky Georgia
Tech battle at Lexington and the
Georgia. Tulane affair at Athens Ken
lucky is banking on one of the strongest
elevens 1t has ever turned out, while
Georgia Tech seems to be well on the
way toward the development of another
OF its really fine teams. At the begin
ming Of the season, while all the other
coaches were picking different teams,
Gamage of Kentucky came out with the
statement that he feared Georgia Tech
more than any other opponent, and
Georgia Techs lambasting of Clemson
last week seems to show that Gamage
knew what he was talking about.
The Vanderbilt North Carolina and
Duke-Wake Forest games may develop
a lot of good foot ball, and fall short
by only little Of the two contests men,
toned in the foregoing paragraph. It
is possible that either of these two may
transcend the others. Duke expects to
trim Wake Forest, while Vanderbilt
ought to take the measure of North
Carolina.
r UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA and
University of Richmond move far
away from home to play intersec-
tional contests, the former with Ohio
State at Columbus and the latter with
Cornell at Ithaca. Virginia showed en-
tirely unexpected strength against Ran