Evening star., 1933-10-25
West Va. Wesleyan Contest
Held Fine Appetizer for
G. wv. & N. Fray.
BY H. C. BYRD.

ana MARY SATURDAY d1leIIlOOIl
This arrangement parallels the
games of last week, when Catholic
U. played Friday night and G. w.
Saturday afternoon.
This is one good thing that night foot
ball has accomplished for local gridiron
patrons anyway, although good many
people are not particularly partial to
night play But whether or not people
like the game as played under the flood
lights. 1t Is true that night foot ball
has drawn larger crowds more con-
sistently than the day games, and 1t
does give greater opportunities to see
more teams play.
Last week George Washington met
Auburn on Saturday afternoon. This
week it plays Friday night and 1t
should be interesting to watch the COM
parative attendance.
CEORGE WASHINGTON should de-
II feat West Virginia Wesleyan, al
though as one coach put It,
there's really nothing certain in foot
ball nowadays except injuries and
taxes" The ColonialS have a more
powerful team than the West Virginia
Methodists, and, unless the latter break
out with a stronger game than is looked
for should add another scalp to the
string that hangs at the front door OF
their tepee.
The G. W.-Wesleyan game Friday
night NAV serve as something OF an
appetizer for the rabid gridiron follow
er, who also is likely to be on the
side lines Saturday afternoon Wnen
Georgetown lines up against Willam
and Mary. Georgetown under orolliaiy
circumstances ought to rate VICTORY
over William and Mary. but with tne
nresent status of gridiron activities on
the Hilltop it is hard to foresee What
NAV happen. Georgetown still may VIII
desnite its rather checkered RECORD
The Williamsburg school has been turn-
inc ont teams in recent years tnat are
difficult for any kind of an opponent.
Two or three years ago one OF tielil
made Harvard step around ABOUT 80
iiveIv that the Crimson barely won Wy
one touchdown.
~ATHoLIC UNIVERSITY and UNI
versity of Maryland are maam 1naain1
~ preparations for games on loi TSa
fields. both against strong teams, ,aat aa
Rrooklanders have Wake Forest 10 oeat'
snG nrobably viii turn the trick; al.
though with some difhculty wake
Eorest does not seem to be quite So
strong rplvSv as as in 1882, while c. U, Is
stronger. u,,s+.r,, Marv-
,and finds the Old Liners on the snofU
end They have nothing more than a
slender chance to whip the Green anu
cold Western Maryland should enIeI
The game a top-heavy faVorlte' No'
many people thought Western Maly. aas.
land very strong until 1t came aGaUso
last week with that NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. VIII
victory over Georgetown.
. MERICAN UNIVERSITY shoulo
a entertain little hope of beating 81;
4 .JOhn's at Annapolis. The locai
school has not had the training liis
Fall necessary to enable it TO cope WIN
the Annapolis eleven, even II IL hao as
good material. But besides pelng az
great disadvantage IN regard 70 no ur,ln,
the school out Massachusetts avenue
does not have a squad to compare Will
that at st. Johns: 20
stick up with other schools in its class
II will have to get out early in the FAN
and 90 through the same lengthy train
ing period, especially the preseason
neriod. St. Johns is likely to win by
three or four touchdowns at least.
~NE virtue Georgetown has that al
ways is admirable is never SAYING
~ much about its defeats and never
offering alibis for them. The Blue ana
Crav took a real drubbing at the hands
of Western Maryland. yet it has MADE
not the slightest effort to offer reason
why. ,,,.
A three touchdown defeat by west
ern MARYLAND is a wallop at Georgetown
prestige that cannot be mlnlmlzeo. Dut
no person at Georgetown has attempted
to saw it was due to this or to that or
that had something taken place other
than what did Georgetown would nave
won. The Blue and Gray takes its set.
backs about as manfully as any school
could.
xvyHIIE local college elevenS are
w meeting difficult opponents al
most every week. each has a
high spot in its schedule toward which
II will bend It's utmost energies. IN
some cases this particular game may
not be the hardest Of the list but in
each case this year it is going to be
hard enough =
George washington. for instance is
pretty sure to turn loose all IT mas Ior I
may be stronger than Kansas and is to
be met before Kansas however TO
whip Kansas will mean something 10
the Colonials that victory over Tulsa
would not mean.
GEORGETOWN is to battle Carnegie Tech
In what should be the toughest game
of its schedule, but it is certain to lay
greater stress on the game with west
Virginia. Catholic Universitys focal
point undoubtedly is the University of
Detroit, which comes here late in No.
vember incidentally, this is the hard
est game remaining on the c. U. sched-
ule.
Maryland intends to prime for Wash
tngton and Lee, to be played here IN Its
home coming the Saturday before
Thanksgiving And if Washington and
Lee puts across many more victories ike
that over Kentucky last week. Marylano
NAV begin to think that it needs some
thing more than printing.
The Generals. incidentally. are COM
ing here with vengeance in their faces
according to report from Lexington. be.
cause they have not won from Mary
land since 1927.
This morning IL was called to the
writer's attention that the same man
Fred K. Nielsen, coached the George
Washington team OF 1908 and the
Catholic University team OF 1919 men
toned In this column as the two OUT
Standing teams of these schools priol
to this year
That eleven OF 1908 at George Wash
,ngton had one Of the greatest lines II
foot ball and that line was the bed
rock of its strength. while Catholic Uni
yersity's fine backfield was the back
bone of its achievements.
Fred Nielsen did coach both thoe,