Evening star., 1933-10-26

" teams this week are what
may be described, in not
too elegant language, as hard
nuts to crack William and Mary,
West Virginia Wesleyan, Western
Maryland, Wake Forest, st.
Johns, and Upsala are good
enough in their respective classes
to make victories for at least four
or five of the colleges here ex-
tremely doubtful.
Every one of these elevens usually
can 90 out on gridiron and do sur
priSing things and most of them are
doing that this year. In fact, all of the
local teams will be underdogs with the
exception of Catholic University and
George Washington.
However, Virginia Wesleyan will be
no easy prey for George Washington
tomorrow night. Few schools have
achieved greater upsets at times, and
even this year the trick has been turned
once. Early in the season West Vir-
ginia Wesleyan went to New York un-
heralded and Unexpectedly slipped over
a defeat on New York University to O.
West Virginia Wesleyan caused one Of
the biggest upsets ever seen on local
grldlron some years ago when it took
Georgetown into camp. Harry Stans-
bury, now director of athletics at West
Virginia.; Earle Neale, head coach at
West Virginia, and John Kellison, head
coach at William and Mary, were men,
berS of that eleven Stansbury at quarter,
Neale at end and Kellison at tackle.
The upset victory largely was the result
OF brilliant long passes, with Stansbury
~doing the throwing and Kellison and
Neale the catching.
WHETHER or not West Virginia
w Wesleyan will put over a sleeper
on George Washington cannot
be foretold. Probably not, but be that
as it may the chances are it will play
some stubborn foot ball and prove more
troublesome. 1t usually does.
William and Mary also has been
treating some of its strongest opponents
Moons. Last year it whipped Navy, and
nearly always it is a thorn in the sides
of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute,
Washington and Lee and other schools
in this section. 1t put up great game
against George Washington last year,
and some time ago gave Harvard the
scare of its life. William and Mary may
not beat Georgetown, but the Blue and
Gray may consider itself fortunate If it
winds up with the long end of the score.
Western Maryland's record over the
last four or five years is sufficient to show
what it is as an opponent Tor any
school. It's defeat of Georgetown last
week by three touchdoWnS is proof that
HNr1
be said as to the task Maryland faces
Saturday than to say that it plays West
ern Maryland.
WAKE FOREST for the iasu five
w years has been strong enough to
make the going rough for many
Of its opponents and to win some unex-
sected victories. The North Carolina
. colleges, especially North Carolina Uni
versity, Duke and North Carolina State
have had their troubles aplenty in try
ing to keep Wake Forest subdued.
Against Catholic University, though,
wake Forest will be against the best
team it has met in some time, Duke
excepted, and is likely to find the local
school too good for it.
ST. Johns long has been noteworthy
foe for any of the smaller colleges, and
this year is not an exception. Despite
the fact that Hampden- Sydney has
coed eleven, which held Virginia to
tie. ST. Johns went through drawn
American University to whip st. Johns
Saturday would be expecting too much
And the same thing may be said of
Gallaudet against Upsala College.
COACH TEDDY HUGHES of Gal
laudet should not be expected to
turn out winning team until he
gets better material than now makes up
his squad. 1t takes good deal of opti-
msm to keep on trying to develop from
such limited material as Gallaudet has
an eleven to play college foot ball. The
men are not big they have very little
experience, and simply do not measure
up to the standard of college players.
They are willing, have a fine spirit and
have to keep up their morale. But 1t
simply is a case of where the spirit is
willing but the flesh weak.
Things were not always thus at Gal
iaudet, though. Every once in a great
while the school turns out an eleven
capable of competing with almost any
opponent. Some years ago it went over
to Georgetown one Thanksgiving day
and put up a great 7-to-10 game. In
1912 and 1918 1t mad strong teams,
and four years ago turned out an eleven
that did great credit to itself. From
those teams of 1912 and 1918 there
still ring in Gallaudet halls the names
of such foot ball heroes as Marshall,
Foltz and Rockwell. It is unfortunate
that men of the same type are not now
students there.
A FORMER foot ball coach who
~ Watched Catholic University play
Chattanooga last week says that,
in his opinion, White, the c. U. center,
is as good as any man in the country
playing that position.
White at center for Catholic Univer-
sity is one of the best men I've seen
in that position in years and doubt If
there is better man in the country, as
far as that particular job is concerned" "
remarked the former coach.