Evening star., 1934-10-04
-FOUR |NAUGURALS
ON WEEKS CARD
G. U.-Mount st. Mary's Play
at Night TomorroW-Trio
of Tits Saturday.
BY H. c. BYRD.

NN SulLS III pOlIlIS SCOicu, lO-
v Y cal college foot ball teams
which open their seasons
here this week end will place on their
home fields about as good teams as
they have developed in recent years.
Three Of them, Georgetown, Amer
ican University and Gallaudet, should
be considerably stronger, and the
fourth, Catholic University, at least
just as strong.
Georgetown opens with Mount st.
Mary's tomorrow night in the Clark
Griffith Stadium, while Catholic Uni
versity, American University and Gal
laudet play. respectively, La Sale,
Hampden Sydney and Louisburg
College Saturday afternoon on their
own gridirons.
All four schools have been saving
wood without much hullabaloo about
it in their efforts to get ready to
make formal starts One, Georgetown,
has had several setbacks In the way
Of injuries. but in the last week has
developed so rapidly that the coaches
are fairly well satisfied with their outA
look.
Augusterfer, c. US star quarter
back, suffered a sprained ankle in the
Scrimmage with Maryland last Mon
day. but is expected to be all right. If
his ankle is not entirely healed and
he is not especially needed. he may do
very little playing Saturday. but be
held out most Of the time, maybe all
the time, in order to be at his best
for the Holy Cross game a week from
Saturday. Were Augusterfer out for
any length of time his loss would be
greatly felt, because few teams have
better quarterbacks and c. U. does
not have any other player his equal
in that position.
American U. Improved.
OOACH WALTER YOUNG would
seem to be up against the
toughest situation, as far as
victory is concerned at American u,
Notwithstanding that both La Sale
and Mount ST. Mary's may be stronger
than his opponent. In foot ball, as in
all other things, everything is COM
parative. and Young does not have as
good material to meet his opposition
as do the Blue and Gray and
Cardinals.
But, even so, Young will send on
the field much better eleven than
American U. had in 1888. His team
may not win, but it should play good
ball and better foot bail than usual
In other words, American University
ought to have a team above its pre-
vious standards.
Gallaudet Is not strong, but it Is
stronger than 1t was at the beginning
Of the 1888 season. Coach Teddy
Hughes, though, does not worry very
much one way or another. He simply
saws wood and does the best he can
with what he has, and nobody could
do more.
Johns Hopkins University, with what
is said to be the poorest material 1t
has had in years, goes North to play
New York University in the opening
of what its authorities say will be its
last season on the gridiron. OF course,
other universities and colleges have
abandoned foot ball and have taken
it up again, but as long as the present
administration remains in charge at
Hopkins, foot ball is not likely to be
played.
Test for California.
TANFORD was tied last week by
Santa Clara, and this Saturday
another big California eleven, the
State University, may strike snag In
st. Mary's. California may have its
hands full getting away with the Gaels,
as St. Mary's is called out on the
Coast. Bill Ingram, former Navy coach,
still is in charge at California, where
he has been successful since the first
day he took charge Of the squad.
Two Southern elevens go North
Saturday, Richmond to meet Cornell
and Davidson to play Army. Rich
mond has the better chance to make
an excellent showing. Unless st.
Lawrence, which last week held Cor
nell to two touchdowns, is stronger
than it usually has been, Richmond
may do better against Dobie's eleven
than anybody expects it to. This will
be the first big test for the Virginians
under Glen Thistlewaite, former
Northwestern coach. Davidson ap-
parently has little or no chance
against Army.
Big Early Contest.
~ EORGIA TECH and Vanderbilt
N are playing earlier than for
years, and their game. with
that between North Carolina and
Tennessee, should be the best the
South offers for the day. The next
best games seem to be Georgia Fur
man. Duke Clemson, Washington and