Evening star., 1933-09-25
H0YAS AND TERPS
RATE THIRD, FOURTH
CoIoniaIs Conceded by Far
/ Best Chance to Capture
Public Acclaim.
BY III. C, BYRD.

v v season only days away,
the present set-up of
teams indicates that George
Washington and Catholic Univer-
sity should stand out, with
Georgetown third and Maryland,
perhaps, a shade behind George
town.
American University and Gallaudet
are likely to be about on a par, and
not nearly so strong as either of the
other four
Unless Georgetown or Maryland per-
forms a miracle. which happens less
often in foot ball than is credited. it
will be the Colonials and Cardinals that
acquire the acclaim of TIE populace as
consistent victors. The latter schools
have a superiority in men, have good
coaching and such other advantages
as are the difference between success
and just average performance
DETWEEN George Washington and
Il Catholic University, some advan-
tage rests with each school. The
former probably has more reserve
strength and plays schedule that Is
much more attractive if it is a victor
in the majority of its contests, as it
should be- Catholic University meets
difficult teams, but in some cases these
schools are not large and not so well
known. But on the strength Of the
first eleven men the two universities
put on the field possibly a slight margin
might go to Catholic U.
All in all, George Washington has by
far the best opportunity to carve its
way into the foot ball armament.
1t should have a big powerful
squad capable Of holding its own
on any field, with plenty Of re-
serve strength, and 1t plays the
kind of schedule that will give 1t
high standing if successful.
Georgetown may be more successful
than last year, probably will be, but
it Is in far from as good position
as George Washington and Catholic u,
especially in material. There is nothing
that GEORGETOWN will hold the place OF
leadership that has belonged to it, with
one or two short interims, for many
many years.
"A HARYLAND has a youthful squad
N that should develop and become
pretty fair foot ball team
within a month, provided it escapes
setbacks by injuries. 1t has an ex-
cellent schedule but its difficulty is
pretty sure to be the development OF
a team to measure up to It;
American University and Gallaudet
will place on the field their average
teams. with the former perhaps shade
less strong than in recent years and
the latter somewhat stronger. Very
limited material Is the main drawback
at both schools.
Coaches Of local colleges that open
their schedules this week are hoping
that nothing will happen to them such
as happened to some of the other larger
schools that got on the field satur-
CAV for the first time in formal COM
petition. However. the elevens due to
visit here may not be set-ups by any
means. 1t would be expecting too much
to indicate that either of the four
elevens scheduled to play Georgetown,
George Washington, Catholic University
and Maryland should be picked as an
even bet in its game, but for one OF
them to win is not at all impossible.
Last ,peek little Catawbd COL
lege held North Carolina State to
a 10 count, and If that is
criterion of its strength it should
put up q sturdy game against
George Washington.
Mount st. Mary's has in time gone
by given Georgetown lot to think
about. La Sale Is, according to report,
bent on throwing big scare into c. u,
while ST. Johns apparently averages
two years In age above Maryland.
TOR something unexpected to hap
X 70 nf the local
- schools Saturday would not be
out OF line with what happened at
other places last week. It would be
very much in line. Some schools got
very very rude slaps, which they would
rather have done without.
Consider the result at Virginia Mill
tary Institute. With squad that
promised better things than last sea-
son, the Cadets opened with Emory
and Henry, and went down to 2O-to-O
defeat and were lucky it was not by an
even wider margin.
v. M. rs defeat by smaller school
and by such margin. while entlreiy
unexpected and quite disastrous, hardy
was much more disappointing to 1t
than was Virginia's tie by Hampton
sydney to Virginia. The Cavaliers for
some time have banked on having one
of their best elevens, but, unless
Hampden-Sydney is much stronger
than usual, the squad does not measure
UP to expectations or something else
is amiss Virginia, however, did gain
double the ground picked up by Hamp-
den-Sydney and in all statlstlcs, except
the score showed real superiority.
VvyASHINGTON AND LEE should
w feel satisfied with the result
of its game with West Virginia.
The Generals were more or less doubt
full about playing West Virginia so
early, but the result, to 0, apparently
has borne out their Judgment in sched-
uling it as an early opener. II the re-
suit of this game is a good criterion,
then Washington and Lee is going TO
have just what it has looked Tor S ana
predicted, its strongest team since 1877.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
whipped Roanoke, to 0, prob
ably playing under wraps. The
Gobbiers got two other touch
downs but lost them on PEN
alties. Maybe they were keeping
under cover as much as they
could because of the game this
week with Tennessee.
Southern Methodist in the Southwest
and Mississippi in the South were beat
on and tied respectively. while Cali
fornia in the Far West. for the second
consecutive year, went down before
Santa Clara. It was felt that Cali
fornia might find itself in tough spot,
and it did
If the remainder of the seasons holds
as many jolts for the larger schools as
the opening Saturday, it Will be haro
g. ov;o re ond a pnnd for
the little Jacks.