Evening star., 1933-09-26
CATAWBA IS TOUGH
SAYS c. v. COACH
Mentors at C. u, G. U. and
Maryland Also Expect Diff
fiCuIt Tests.
B. H. c. BYRD.

terday than it was the
latter part of last week and, &C
cording to Coach Jim Pixlee, it
will have to continue that way if
it wants to make certain of beat
ing Catawba College here Satur-
day.
For be it known that Catawba, while
1t may not have a student registration
to astound the world, has group of
pigskin handlers who may on any occa-
sion make the going pretty tough for
an opponent. That is the gist of in
formation cleaned by PiXlee Saturday
on his visit to Raleigh. where he saw
the Catawba eleven put up great fight
against North Carolina State College.
Our team, or rather squad, was in
better spirits yesterday and acted as
if it really wanted to make some prog
ress, and it may be that the next few
days will show a good deal more prog
ress than the last ten." said Pixlee this
morning. I'VE have not made bit of
progress for the last ten days, and
had begun almost to despair of whip
ping the men into shape for the sched-
ule in front OF u.s. but feel good
deal better about it now. We may get
somewhere if the fellows keep going
the way they started yesterday.
This Catawba eleven is good.
1t is not a great team, and 1
would net say that il has good
chance to beat us, but 1 do say
that it is possible for it to beat us.
Its ends are not SO good, but its five
center men, guards, tackles. and CEN
ter, are capable foot ball players, and
1t has three backs who can do their
stuff The squad is small, as only 18
men were in uniform at the game with
North Carolina State, and only II of
those played. 1t was not to be Won
dered at, Of course, that the players
tired badly in the second half. Up
until they began to tire, though they
fought North Carolina State to a stand
STILL
Pirlee also says that he is at
sea as to tUho 1Uil start the game
for George Washington.
Five positions he is certain Of but
the others entirely doubtful. Bill Par
rish is fixture at end, as no other
TANKER is in his class. Stewart and
Hickman have virtually removed all
opposition as far as the two guard posi-
tions are concerned, while Finis Parrish
and Lee Carlin are sure starters in the
backfeld. The remainder of the posi-
tionS are tCSs-up.
George Washington has veteran
squad, and undoubtedly some fine mate
rial, but it faces one danger that all
such teams must overcome-overconf1-
dence. A team such as George Wash
ington may find itself feeling that it
already is made, but nothing is further
from fact no ma tier how experienced
and capable II men, or % men, may
be, they never are a foot ball team
until they begin to work, act, feel and
perform as a unit.
Pixlee in particular has warned his
players against Little Caesar" Cesareo.
Catawba's 150-pound sawed-off streak
of lightning, who, according to the
Colonial mentor, is one of the most
dangerous broken field runners he has
ever seen. Local fans may recall the
jack-rabbit running of Little Caesar"
when Catawba gave G. w. headache
for IS minutes N last years game here.
ZONE of the other coaches are not
= feeling any too optimistic about
the games their teams are to play
Saturday. Listen to this statement
from Dutch Bergman of Catholic Uni
versity:
Naturally. I'm working for and
looking ahead to our game with Holy
Cross on October 7, but wouldn't it be
awful if that Ii Sale eleven were to
come down here and give us trim
ming. We Just carnot afford to take
any chances. especially as 1 know that
La Sale Judging by its practice games
against VillanoVa last Spring, Is strong,
and know from other information that
it will come down here ready to put
up the fight of its life to take us into
camp.
For these reasons I am work.
ing for this La Sale game as IL
it were going to be a midseason
battle, and to tell the truth, I
am not sure that it will be any
thing other than that.
Because of our hard work in prep
aration for this La Sale game, We have
done more scrimmaging than usual and
have more bruises than we ought to
have However, there seems to be no
hurt to anybody that should not come
around alright before Saturday. We
shall put our full strength on the field.
because frankly I'm not so sure about
what we may be up against"
TYP at Georgetown, Coach Jack
Hagerty does net feel that he is
sitting on top Of the world in re-
gard to his game with Mount st. Marys.
The Blue and Gray foot ball director
speaks thus Of what he regards as the
outlook:
L remember two or three times in
the past when Mount st. Marys teams
have come down here and run us
ragged almost, and worried Us to death
even if unable to beat us. One OF Lou
Little's best teams had a terrible time
getting away with its opening game
one year. and this same Mount st.
Mary's was the thorn in the flesh.
you can ne1cr tell phat to er-
pect from thct school, as it nearly
GlwdyS has good teams and
against us they ere clwdys at
II. cir best"
"Those fellows had rather come down
here and give lis whipping than to
win every other gPme on their scneo-
ule. 1t is impossible to foreteN what
any team imbued with that spirit may
accomplish in any game, and 1t is this
kind of uncertainty. even if we feel we
should win, that keeps us on pins and
needles, as it were.
Our team is coming along. We have
not been trying to rush things, but TO
develop along sound lines and gradu-
ally build up a combination good
enough to do we'll in our big games
But we are not losing sight OF the
possibilities of this Mount st. Marys
eleven. You bet we're not"
~UT at Maryland Field Coach Jack
Faber looks upon St. Johns
almost as Maryland teams have
looked upon st. Johns for many years.
He says:
I'VE are looking forward to the st.
John's games about as we always loox
forward to st. Johns, which is to look
upon it as something of bugbear to
us. 1t always has been that. In every
.nor+ tho Iohnnies come tn College