Evening star., 1934-10-03
THREAT IS PACKED
LITTLE TEAMS s.
Georgetown, American u,
C. U. and GaIIaudet Will
Open Season This Week.
BY II. c. BYRD.
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to play here this week may
~ prove more than slightly trouble
some in opening games for
Georgetown. Catholic University,
American University and Gallaudet.
One Of the four visiting colleges
is practically unknown Louisberg'
N. c., Gallaudet'S opponent-out
the three others. Mount st. Mary s.
La Sale and Hampden-Sydney, are
said to be good enough to cause un-
easv moments in the midst OF those
who hope for winning seasons Tor the
Blue and Gray Cardinals and Eagles
So far as can be learned from lolkS
uho ordinarily know how and where
foot ball is played, everything registers
a blank when Louisberg College Is
mentioned. In other words. NOBODY
knows nothing" about 1t. About an
that anybody can say about comparing
Gallaudet with Louisberg College Is
that Gallaudet expects much better
eleven than it had last season.
May Be Dangerous.
one of Mount St. Mary's players
recentlv remarked, I'VE are going 10
have a good team and are coming 10
GEORGETOWN next Friday night WIN
the intention of slipping one over on
our good friends. "Of course that PROB
ablv was due to an outburst OF opu-
,,,isn, that NAV not have real grounds,
but from other sources, too, nave come
Intimations that Mount st. Mary mas
4 better team than it usually turns out
Ia Sale seems to be strong enough
TO cause Coach Dutch Bergman 10
warn his Catholic University players
that this game with La Sale is not
going to be easy and you fellows had
better realize it before it is too late.
Bergman is working his men Just as
if they were preparing for the biggest
game on the schedule. He thinks that
C. U. should whip La Sale, but ne
does not want to take chances on not
being in the best shape possible, be
cause he has no desire to be caught
of guard.
Threat to American U.
If Hampden-S Sydney is as strong as
reports that have come up here lndl-
cate. American University will be lucky
to escape a whipping. OF course,
Coach Walter Young admits frankly
that American U. will be much
stronger this year than last, but 1t
certainly will have to be to stand
any chance of winning. Last year
Hampden- Sydney beat the MethodlStS,
80 to 0. If any one of the four local
schools that open their schedules tins
week seems to be on the short end OF
the odds, that one is American Uni
versity.
~EORGE WASHINGTON, with
IT squad of 30 players, left yester-
day on a trip to Denver. prob
q bly the longest ever taken by local
school to play foot ball. Even If 1t is
ordinarily better than its opponent,
the tiresome effect of such trip
should not be discounted. ANY school
that travels from here to Denver for
a game, simply cannot hope to be in
as good shape as the team that plays
at home.
If the Colonials win they should be
considered even stronger than the re-
suit may show.
"HE Virginia Navy game here this
week overShadoWs the opening
contest to be played by George
town. Catholic University, Gallaudet
and American University. Both Navy
and Virginia are popular around ana
in Washington and besides their own
followings. a good many people who
simply desire to watch a ball game
will be out at Griffith Stadium.
Virginia's squad is to come to
Washington Friday evening, but Navy
is not due until Saturday around
noon. when it comes from Annapolis
and goes direct to the stadium.
VAL WOODS, who helps coach at
~ Maryland, came back from
watching Washington and Lee
play Kentucky with the statement
that "They have two Of the biggest
tackles I ever saw on the same foot
ball team, one weighing 257 pounds
and the other 235."
Yesterday when speaking to one OF
the Maryland backs about blocking
tackles. Woods said, Say, if you hit
that Washington and Lee tackle no
harder than that you'll simply bounce
back and stop your own play
In order to strengthen its array OF
ends, Maryland has taken Charlie FL
linger out of a halfback's position and
put him on a flank. Yesterday in
scrimmage Ellinger seemed to get the
knack of the position without such
difficulty and he probably will be
kept there. He played end as well as
halfback on the freshman eleven last