Evening star., 1934-10-20
MORE FIELD GOALS
SEEN FOR TACKLE
Shares Glory With Rathien
as CoIoniaIS End 4-Year
Reign of Tulsa.
BY ROD THOMAS.


~ native Of Sarcoxie, Mo,
/ 220-pound tackle, height 8
feet l "a inches, one of the
best defensive tackles in G. w. his
tory, fast despite his bulk, with free leg
action and very effective interferer, al
ways wears a smile until the whistle
sounds, then he's bad news to the
enemy; good student, proficient enough
to teach biology and playing his Sec
ond year."
But J. Kingsbury Espey, George
Washington publicity director, over
looked an important item when he
wrote that for "Thumbnail Sketches
Of G.. w. Foot Ball Players" He
should have added: "Slats can boot
the wind out of foot ball"
Following a 10to-0 triumph over
Tulsa University, in which the decid-
ing punch was an 18-yard field goal
by Deming, the giant son of Mis-
souri,, today was hailed as a totally
unexpected scoring threat, and well
come as rain in drought, for know ye
that George Washington, which last
night at Griffith Stadium scored per-
haps the most signal victory Of Jim
Pixlees Six-year regime, has yet to
face Vanderbilt, Louisiana State, West
Virginia, North Dakota and Oklahoma.
Tough is this lineup, with a
breather next Friday night against
Wake Forest before the tortuous trail
Is struck, and the Buff and Blue, with
backf1eld functioning none too well
thus far, is well nigh enraptured over
its new found point getter.
Kathleen Shares LaureIs.
TIE name OF Harry Deming
sounded in every room and cor
ridor of George Washington
University today, but coupled with it.
IN a common breath, was that of
Kenneth (Red) Rathjen, center.
With a perfect shot through the
bars in the second period, Deming
turned the tide of conquest; by inter-
cepting a forward pass in the fourth
quarter, and running IS yards across
the goal, Rathjen locked up the
spoils. But he did more than that.
He may have saved the victory when,
In the third quarter, he grabbed a
fist full of Charley Dugger's Jersey
and yanked the Tulsa fankman from
a sure touchdown.
After catching pass from Skeeter
Berry, Dugger was 81 yards from the
goal with an open field when Rathien
lunged from the rear. They say
there's a red spot between the shoul-
der blades Of Dugger where Rathjen's
talons contacted, and no eagle ever
gripped with a flercer hold than the
flaming Colonial effected on Charley's
i jersey.
What might have been the final re-
suit had Dugger scored Is an inter-
estng conjecture. Tulsa would have
led by 2 or 6 to 3 and Rathien In all
probability never would have received
the touchdown chance that came in
the final stanza.
With lead to protect, the hurri-
cane wouldn't have attempted a for
ward pass when all but backed I'D on
its own goal, as it did when Rathien
intercepted. Houdini Henderson pulls
his rabbits from the hat only when
the trick befts the program.
| Tulsa Strategy Fooled.
|THE Tulsa coach, famed for light
i ming strokes of strategy, was
stopped last night, as well as
his team. Gloomy Gus, who makes
1eW plans before the battle, but plays
the opportunist to a fare We well in
the course Of it, never once outwitted
Possum Jim Pixlee. -Four successive
beatings by Henderson's Hurricane
seem to have taught Pixlee all the
Tulsa tricks.
For q week before the game the
Colonlals rehearseo in Hurricane plays
that embodied five so-called systems
OF foot ball. Henderson has plucked
bits from every recognized STYLE of
coaching and thrown into the hodge
podge not little in the way of orig
inal ideas.
What was expected to be a contest
OF Tulsa strategy against George
Washington power turned out to be a
great struggle Of lines. Not since Lou
LittleS regime at Georgetown has a,
forward wall with the strength of the
Colonials' represented a Washington
school.
But 1t was matched last night. The
game for the most part was played
on the ground, and it was a heart
testing fight. The mules" by far out
Shone the thoroughbreds of the back
field, which brings us back to Rathjen
and Deming.