Evening star., 1933-10-17

"OR local college foot ball
~ teams, this season is hardly
/ anything less than one dif-
ficult week end after an
other. Infrequently, one Of them
has what it expects to be a
breather-and may not be-but
for the most part it is just a case
of getting ready for real struggle
every Friday or Saturday, which,
ever the date may be. And this
week is not different from prac-
tically all other weeks, as not
one school faces what might be
termed a fairly certain victory.
George Washington and Catholic
University have plenty of work cut out
for them to whip the invading forces
of Alabama Polytechnic Institute and
Chattanooga University: However,
George Washington will throw into the
came with Auburn It's full strength,
Whereas it was considerably weakened
against Clemson. Under the clrcum-
stances. it would seem that the CO.
lcnials should have a better cnance
against Auburn.
Catholic University, beginning to get
back in shape again from its gruelllns
struggle with Holy Cross, ought to WIN
but it may run into real snag. NO
matter if C. U. does win, the game Is
not likely to be anything of soft snap
GEORGETOWN will have plenty OF trou-
BILE with Western Maryland in the Bal
timore Stadium. The Blue and Gray
tStmproving rapidly, but Western Mary,
land is much stronger than Its record
of two defeats and one victory shows
The Blue and Gray may spend the
week in the hardest kind OF preparation
for the tilt with the Westminster
eleven. and then should consider itself
lucky If it comes back with the long
end of the count.
Gallaudet, despite disadvantages un-
der which it labors, may win IT'S hrst
victory over Bridgewater.
MARYLAND goes to Virginia Military
Institute to play the home coming game
for the Lexington school. and V. M. /.
on such occasions is stern opponent.
There is no other eleven in the East
that at times rises so far above its aver
age strength, and when v. M. l. mas
such an occasion it is almost unbeat-
able, no matter what its record has
been.
AS q whole the gridiron season Is
just one hard game after another Tor
local teams, which, after all. Is not
much different from what other schools
face.
George Washington, Gallaudet, Cath
olic University, Georgetown and Mary
land may win. but If they do they are
likely to cash in on victories only after
putting forth their most earnest efforts
4 N AMUSING story was told Satur-
n day down in New orleans by one
of the officials in the Tulane
MARYLAND game He did not tell the
story in confidence, but for obvious
reasons no names are mentioned. Here
Is the officials story of what happened
between halves of a game in which he
was officiating in the Far South:
"Just before the end of the first hall
Of the game between - and " l
called penalty for holding. AS soon
as the half was over out on the gridlron
came a stocky man who grabbed my
arm and said, It am Gov -. and
this is Governors day, and I want to
know why in - you penallzed my
team out there awhile ago"
The official stopped his story there,
but was pressed TO tell what his reply
had been, and finally the official re-
marked casually in slow drawl
"Well, I just told him he'd have to
get somebody to identify him before 1
could give him any consideration.
a 6ARYLANb's foot ball squad is
MI rather green, considered solely
A'A from a viewpoint of foot ball
knowledge, but one or two members are
a little greener still in some other re-
spects. ..-
One youngster asked how the trip
10 Florida was to be made. and ~When
told on the Seaboard Afr Line. ne re-
plied that he didn't know whether his
mother and father would want him to
go, as they are opposed to him rldlng
in airplanes.
HARVARD. Yale, Pennsylvania and
II Princeton meet their first real
= = tests this week. So far these
schools have had it comparatively easy,
but Saturday another story Will be tolo.
All their games should be hard enough
tn satisfy even the most discriminating.
Harvard has HOLY Cross to meet
Penn faces Dartmouth. Princeton plays
Columbia and Yale takes on Brown:
On the face of records so far 1t would
seem that Harvard and Penn have the
most difficult tasks.
Plenty of fire should fly when Car
neeie Tech and Metre Dame hook up.
Notre Dame always is strong and thls
wear Carnegie Tech seems to be good
enough to have fair chance for an
even battle. 1t should have unless
Notre Dame improves over its showing
80 far. which has not seemed as good
as usual.
ALL the Middle West seems to be
n alive to the possibilities of the
4 Ohio Michigan game at
Ann Arbor. Both universities are play
ing great foot ball, and some people
seem to think that Ohio State has a
GOOD chance to win. 1t NAV have, but
the chap who thinks enough tnat way
to place his money against Michigan
would be taking a long chance of going
hungry the next day if he depended on
that to buy his meals. Year in and year
ont few teams have better foot ball ma
terial than Michigan and few have
better coaching. And then Michigan
seems to have a disconcerting habit OF
winning on fine defensive play and
punting. when it does not seem to gam
ground enough from scrimmage to JUS
tify victory.
f~UR good old friend at Vanderbilt
Dan McGuigan, says in his week
~ ly Monday story that Tennessee,
despite its defeat by Duke, probably
still Is the best team in the South.
FRIEND Dan, to give weight to his opin-
ion, cites the fact that Tennessee has
back on its squad % letter men. As a
matter of fact. there can hardly be any
room for doubt as TO which team Is the
better when one scores 10 points against
the others and at the same time plays
such an alright defense as to hold the
team it has whipped to two first downs.
Friend Dan also cites the fact that
a Tennessee tumble helped Duke lot,