Evening star., 1933-11-07
9EES FAIR CHANCE
TO TROUNCE T|TANS
Coach Bergman Hopeful of
Edge Here Saturday if
Cards Punt Well.
BY II. C. BYRD.

LH ESPITE the 24-to-0 de-
feat University OF De-
- troit gave Holy Cross
Saturday, I think we
have an outside chance to win
from that eleven" is the way
Coach Dutch Bergman of Cath
olic University expressed himself
this morning in regard to his
teams possibilities in the game
fere next Saturday. Bergman,
wing this opinion, had in mind
the comparison one might draw
by remembering that Holy Cross
early in the season won from c. U.
by a good margin.
If comparative scores were something
G. an infallible criterion, or even good
criterion, Bergman and the Catholic
University squad would have every
right to feel very pessinistic about the
battle with the Detroiters. However,
comparative scores for one game like
this mean virtually nothing, and actual
Il Catholic University counts on going
into the fray with one thought in
mind, to win.
Detroit has lost only one game so
far, that to Duquesne University OF
Pittsburgh. All its other contests, in
Guiding one with Washington and JEFF
ferson, have been victories There is
not the least doubt about the power of
sNf &c ftlftu II yNrnt-
ably Is one of the strongest and its play
should be representative of about as
high type of foot ball as is played
in the Middle West, generally speaking.
roRREsT COTTON, assistant coach
at Catholic University, secuted
Detroit last week and he brings
back the story that Detroit is a great
team and that 1t has everything any
team needs. In Mott, Cotton feels
that Detroit has one of the really
great backs of the year, as that player
stands 6 feet 2, weighs 1875 pounds. is
q good ground gamer, fine punter
and about as good a passer as has
been developed this year on any team.
Lutz, the other halfoack, weighs 185
and is especially good at ball carrying,
although he does not possess the
The Detroit line that may take the
field averages 200 pounds from end to
end.
81 think the Detroit passing attack
against Holy Cross was one of the
greatest I've ever seen," said Cotton.
Detroit tried % passes and completed
IL for a total gain Of 283 yards.
never before saw such success with
passes In all my foot ball experience.
The running attack was not so good,
as only five first downs were made
that way. Kadi, fullback, ran SO yards
for score, but all the other touch
downs were indirectly or directly the
result Of forward passes by Mott. Make
no mistake, Detroit is strong physically
and Is q great foot ball team"
THE one thing in Detroit's play
that Coach Bergman fears more
than any other Is punting. In
several of his games this year his team
has been kept with its back against
its own goal line for considerable pc
RODS entirely because 1t was outkicked.
Bergman admits he has nobody other
than Oliver with even a ghost of a
chance to boot the ball close to the
average that may be set by Mott.
'T feel that our line should come
pretty close to holding Its own with
Detroit and that the game may depend
largely on how our punting compares
with Detroit's and on how well our sec
ondary defense measures up IN stop
ping forward passes. To win, we have
got to stop a great passing attack"
said Bergman.
I'VE know how good Detroit Is, yet
We are not going into the game a
beaten team. Not by any means. We
think we have a chance, and we base
that opinion on q cold analytical study
of their offenSe and defense and how
we propose to meet the problems they
bring up Members of our squad, too.
are going about their practice as if
they not only want to win, hut as If
they expect to. Our fellows think that
a victory over Detroit would wipe out
the defeat we suffered at Holy Cross.
We are going to put Up a great fight,
win or lose"
DETROIT made four touchdowns
III against Holy Cross, but did not
kick a single point after touch
down. That would not be SO good in
a close game. incidentally, 1t Is some
what astonishing to see the number
of games, some of them big games, that
are being decided this year by the
margin OF goal or goals kicked aI1er
touchdown
Among the Detroit backs, for use
whenever it is felt that an exceptionally
fast man might be needed, is chap
of the name Of McCracken. McCracken
is used in the latter stages of games,
against firing teams. He weighs only
160 pounds, but is fast enough to make
up for his lack of poundage. Give him
one little bit Of break, and he will
be gone.
Gus Dorais, coach of the Detroit
team, is a former Notre Dame star. he
played at Notre Dame with Rockne and
was q part of the first great passing
system developed at that school. He
has been coaching at Detroit for years
with uniform success.
oliver is the best pllnter Catholic