Evening star., 1934-11-28
CO[ON|ALS FACE
F0RM|DAB[EF0E
Game With Oklahoma Like.
Iy to Be CIose-TerrapinS
in Dangerous Spot.
BY H. C. BYRD.

1@OMORROW the curtain drops
on the foot ball activities Of
two more local colleges, George
Washington with Oklahoma
here and Maryland with Johns Hop
kins at Baltimore.
The two games present entirely diff
ferent aspects. George Washington
has in prospect a great even struggle
with the Middle Western eleven, while
Maryland apparently is considerably
stronger than the Baltimoreans.
Two years ago Oklahoma came here
to play the Colonials and the game
ended In a 7-to-7 tie. Indications
are that the contest tomorrow may be
almost as close, as neither team seems
to have a decisive margin over the
other The local university will go
into the game with four consecutive
weeks of difficult close games behind
1t, which means that 1t hardly can
hope to be at its peak. On the other
hand Oklahoma is no better off, and
has the further disadvantage of hav-
ing to make long trip.
Maryland in Dangerous Spot.
"A EARYLAND is in an unusual sit
,VI uation. 1t has played through
difficult schedule with con-
siderable credit, meeting some Of the
best teams of the South and East and
Middle West, while Hopkins has had
rather a mediocre season against
comparatively small schools. 1t would
seem from this that Maryland should
be an easy victor, but the game Is
something Of an anti-clinax and the
team undoubtedly is in a frame of
mind that bodies no good for 1t. De-
spite Maryland's apparent great su-
periority over Hopkins, unless the
Maryland squad braces a good deal,
as it may, by tomorrow afternoon.
ANYTHING that might happen IN the
Maryland-Hopkins game should not
be a surprise.
George Washington and Maryland,
II they get by their Thanksgiving
games, will have to their credit ABOUT
as good records for the season as any
other George Washington and Mary
both have come very, very close to WIN
ming through brilliantly enough to give
them Nation-Wi prominence. George
Washington has won five games, lost
three and tied one. Maryland has won
six games and lost three. But glance
at the scores Of games lost is sufhclent
to show how slender a margin kept
each university out Of a real place IN
the sun.
In the three games it lost George
Washington was beaten by total OF
only IA points, while in the three
games in which Maryland was defeated
the total points between it and the
victors was 13. George Washington
lost to Vanderbilt, 6 to Z; to Louisiana
State, to 6, and to North Dakota,
0 to 7. Maryland lost to Washington
and Lee, to Z; to Navy, IA to II, and
to Indiana, IA to II. And the caliber
of the teams to which the Colonials
and Old Liners lost by such small
margins Is such that these defeats re-
flected on them more credit than dis
credit.
Both George Washington and Mary
land, If they are successful tomorrow,
will have seasons Of which they may
well be proud.
Big Games Shifted.
CEVERAL of the big games in the
y South which formerly were played
on Thanksgiving day now take
place the Saturday after. The most
notable Of these are between Tulane
and Louisiana State and Georgia and
Georgia Tech. The games were shift
ed to the Saturday after Thanksgiving
day in order that the teams might
play other games the Saturday before
Thanksgiving and have a weeks rest
before their final encounter instead Of
four days.
Several Of the South's biggest en-
counters and oldest rivalries, though,
still are played on Thanksgiving. Close
by are the contests between Virginia
Military Institute and Virginia Poly
technic Institute, University of Vir-
ginia and University of North Caro-
lima, Richmond and William and Mary,
Maryland and Johns Hopkins. Fur
man and Clemson still play on
Thanksgiving, and so do Alabama and
Vanderbilt, Kentucky and Tennessee,
Texas and Texas A. and M. One of
the really old Thanksgiving rivalries,
that between Vanderbilt and Sewanee,
was replaced by Alabama Vanderbilt.
University Of Mississippi and Missis-
sippi State, which also was one of the
big Turkey day battles, is another that
has been shifted to the Saturday fol-
lowing that day.
Terp-Jay Rivalry Ending.
THE North and Middle West have
never had Thanksgiving games
to the extent the South has.
many Of the big universities ending
their seasons the Saturday before.
However, Pennsylvania and Cornell
still continue their old rivalry on the
day of turkey dinners, while Brown
and Colgate also play. The Fordham-
New York University game has been
developing into a good Thanksgiving
day game, while the Pittsburgh-Car-
negie Tech struggle has taken the
place Of the old Pittsburgh-Penn State
battle.
The most prominent Of the Middle
West Thanksgiving games are Kansas
Missouri and Nebraska Kansas State.
incidentally, two old THANKSGIVING
rivalries will end tomorrow with the
playing of the West Virginia-W Wash
ington and Jefferson game and the
Maryland-Johns Hopkins. 1t is under
stood that the former, If continued,
will be played early. while the latter
Is to be discontinued because of a
change Of policy in intercollegiate
athletics at Johns Hopkins. The first
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS game was played
AZ years ago, and the two schools have
been gridiron enemies ever since, with
the exception of one or two brief in
TERMS when no games were scheduled.