Evening star., 1933-09-29


George Washington and Maryland take
part this year are noticeable for their
apparent lack of optimistic feeling on
the part of the local schools.
All four ought to win, as they are
much larger than their opponents, but
winning foot ball game in this latter
Gay style Of play, especially in early
season, is far from as easy as it is to
say it.
All Are Fearful.
GEORGETOWN may catch a tartel
II in Mount st. Marys, and knows
it. Catholic University, despite
its excellent squad and recognized
strength, is almost shaking in its shoes
over the possibility of what La Sale
well trained eleven. George Washington
knows that Catawba held North Caro-
lima State to a 7-to-0 score last week
but the Colonials have the advantage
of knowing something about the kind
of team they are to face. Maryland
meets an old rival in St. Johns, a
school it has played ever longer pc
riod than any other, with the full rec
ognition that tre Annapolitans may
upset the apple cart.
As a matter of fact, all four
local universities should win to-
morrow, but it is the possibility
that one or more of them may not
that keeps all Of them on edge,
fearing dire things.
Catawba held North Carolina State
to 7 points, but anybody who would
venture an opinion that it has any
thing like an equal chance to beat
George Washington probably would find
himself on the low side of the score
AS a matter of fact. neither Mount St
Mary's, La Sale nor st. Johns can be
listed as having an even chance against
the local eleven it is to play.
Managers of teams today are lining
off their playing fields with more than
meticulous care. One could almost tell
that tomorrow is to be the seasons
opening. even if he did not know, be-
cause just before the first contests the
student managers take such care in
having the field shipshape as is not
taken at any other time during the
season, before or after.
Georgetown iDiH play its game
on the Western High School field,
High Stadium, and Catholic U.
and Maryland in their otDn grid
irons.
T OCAL partisan foot ball followers
of which the crowds tomorrow
largely will be made up, 60 to an
opening game largely to get line or
papsrs raf ea about hsxs payer READ and IN hs ihs
player, what this man is capable OF
and what that one can do, until they
are stirred to find out for themselves
that they may judge of the prowess OF
those they are to back in big games
against intense rivals later in the year
It is an opportunity to make compari-
sons that they want.
American University and CAL
laudet are working hard in prac-
tice to get as nearly ready as
they can to play their opening
games next week.
Incidentally, the former. with three
weeks less practice, must meet Hamp-
den Sydney, which last Saturday held
Virginia to a 7-to-7 score. Not very
optimistic prospect for the local school,
to say the least.
"A laval ACADEMY ever since it be-
gan practice early in September
or in general way going over
its drills all Summer long, has had its
Mary game, which it plays tomorrow.
A year ago the Williamsburg school
waltzed over to Annapolis and left with
the Navy's scalp. That did not set well
with the Sailors, and 1t is rumored that
the Gold and Blue eleven is in frame
Of mind to avenge fully the whipping
it took at that time.
Navy expects to clean up William
and Mary rather comfortably, if reports
and the confident air on the Severn S
banks count for anything.
z IIRGINIA entertains Randolph
~. Macon, and it never is easy for
a small school to meet a much
larger one on Saturday following one
on which the larger school got set
back at the hands of a smaller That
Is Randolph -Macon's position against
the Cavaliers.
Virginia coaches all this week have
thrown that Hampden-Sydney tie up
to the players. as usually is done every
where, with the result that the Cava-
liers are about ready to whip anything
or anybody to regain their place in the
coaches estimation
Naples, star center at Tennessee, is
said to be out of the game with Vir-
ginia Polytechnic Institute tomorrow
II so. Tennessee's offense and defense
will be hampered. as there are few CEN
terS anywhere who can equal Naples
and Tennessee has no other man any
where near as good.
Tennessee and Virginia Tech should
put up about the best game in the
South and one of the few really very
good ones in the whole country.
-HE first foot ball game between
Maryland and ST. Johns was
played back in 1892 and never
was finished It was stopped because
of disagreements between players an6
because students also entered into the
arguments Foot ball in the small COL
1eges in those days would be an un-
usual sight if seen in comparison with
games of today.
Incidentally. while the schools nov
are on the friendliest of terms, that
first game between Maryland and st
Johns almost eXemplified what was tt
take place between them, because unit
q few years ago there were no Other
two schools In the whole country thai
fought more fervidly with each other
1T. ST. MARY'S, while 1t is not II
N position to get q good dea
of publicity for its accom-.
plishments, usually turns out gooe