The Washington times., 1934-01-29
Good Grid Game
AUCGits District Fans
In Md.-G. u. Pact

washington U y % d II IdIlS
today learn one of the pleas
anteSt bits of news in years
IN the announcement of the
University of Maryland George
town football game for Novem-
ber "a at College Park.
The definite announcement
Of this game, rumors of which
have been rife for 10 days,
denied on one side and affirmed
on the other, indicates a new
era in intercollegiate football
hereaboutS.
An indication is seen that
Maryland and Georgetown in
tend to make a serious bid for
patronage of Washington fans
by the booking of a football
natural which should take Gus
toners to College Park by the
scores on the last Saturday of
next November.
Formerly holding high place
In the affections of Capital
grid followers, both the Hill
toppers and Terrapins had
allowed their schedules to
dwindle to an indifferent state
of local magnetism.
G.. w. Takes Lead
George Washington has come
along to give this city the best
attractions it has ever wit
messed, forcing the Maryland
and Hoya interests very much
In the background because Of
the. brilliance of the Colonial
opponents drawn mostly from
the South and West.
Thus George Washington
proved this city would turn out
en-. InaSse if given proper at
fractions. They completely and
finally routed a time-worn bug
aboo that Washington wasn't a
good football town and that
there was no profit to be had in
staging games here for which
expensive guarantees had to be
made.
George Washington has set
the pace in Stiffening up the
local football front and Mary
lander and Georgetown seem
now to have put their shoulder
to the task. In time we may
have slx-week span wherein
there will be at least one red
hot game hereaboutS every Fri
day night or Saturday from Oc-
tober Is to November 80.
Meanwhile. congratulations
Georgetown and Maryland, for
overcoming whatever barriers
kept you apart all of these
years You'll find many here
abouts expressing the same SEN
timents.
DR.. Mann Means
Verify, the path of a box
fighting matchmaker is perllous
I have always suspicioned
such, but the last two shows
at Alexandria have proven to
me that next to being a college
football coach, the life OF
fight. club circus master and
whip cracker is the thorniest
bed Of thistles which the sport
curricula provides.
The fighters can make a
bum out of you or they can
make you a great little guy
and thus one can account for
frankie Mann'S variouSly sunny
and respondent disposition.
I ran onto frankie at Port
ner'S after the Les Kennedy
Big Boy Rawson set-to a
couple Of weeks ago and
Frankie's face was as long as
your grandpap's whiskers.
He seemed ike, he was afraid
to look a fellow in the eye, al
though ! was not knowingly
bearing scorn in my glance as
q result of the liStless perform
ance Of Lester: and Big Boy.
In Tough Spot
..:What can 1 do?" frankie
started to explain as if I were
some sort of q boxing inSpec-
tor or deputy. "We don't have
no commission in Virginia and
there's nothing to keep these
fellows from running out. Had
Don Petrin showed up, it
should have been great
match. had to take who I
could at the last minute.
wished / kNd called the show
off, This matchmaking is
enough to drive a fellow bugs!"
But picture the contrast in
Mr.. Mann'S demeanor when I
passed him in front of the ring
last Tuesday, following the
highly satisfactory Sarron-Co-
velN match, Covelli, like Don
Perrin, also having been a last
minute substitution, nee Petey
De Grass, who for reasons best
known to himself took a run
out on Mr.. Sarron!
All, my friend Mann was a
different individual then.
More of .Coveli
A, substitute had just made
Mr.. Mann look like the great
est matchmaker extant, and he
was grinning from lobe to lobe
and from cheek to jowl.
Portner's had never seen the
likes o. frankie Covelli and
was ready for more of him,