The Washington times., 1935-11-19
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BY FRANK BUCK" O'NEILL

by FRANK BUCK ONEILL
University of Maryland is ex.
pected to throw heavy pressure on
the Georgetown ends when the
teams battle in the homecoming
game of the HoyaS on Saturday
afternoon. The Terps swung, and
slashed, and cut at the flankS
of Washington and Lee on Satur.
day, racing hither and yUl. put
not across the goal iiac. mat
little detail was omitted by both
teams. Maryland, preserving the
policy of swing and swerve for the
day, overlooked the fact that the
shortest distance between two
points is a straight line.
Striking from the one.yard line
Maryland tried the ends, and Bill
Ellis was waiting when the ball
lugger came around.
If Maryland plays as it played
against the Generals, it will use
no fewer than four formations.
The Terps used the double wing,
the single wing, the half punt and
the conventional kick formation.
All you had to do was guess what
was coming.
HOyas Well Prepared
Jack Hagerty, G.. U. coach, has
four first string ends to hurl
against the Terps. This quartet is
comprised of Cavadine, Snyder,
Noonan and Barabas. They can
smash or they can float, and the
Hoyas will use both styles, shifting
at signal given by Captain Meglen
or his coworker, Heron. If the
ends float, of course the assign.
ments of the line supports will
vary somewhat off the original
plan. " >..
Hardy and Fuardo are the cen.
ters at Georgetown. They will
support the line three yards in
back of the ball, and will cooperate
with Meglen or Duff in the second
wave of defense AS the sweeps Of
the Terps develop these young men
probably will be assigned to cover
the outside zones.
The wing back positions will be
held by Heron, Ferrara, Gbeau
and Nolan, and their assignments
will be set by pre-arranged signal.
Admitting the deception and
general possibilities of the double
wing back, the Terps are apt to
cause just a few grey hairs for
Hagerty with the half punt forma-
ton. From the half punt forma-
ton the Terps can harrass the
deep zones with quick kicks and
long passes, with the ends cutting
loose and outrunning the defense.
It is a tough formation to check
when the quarterback uses judg-
ment in selection of plays and play
cycles.
Maryland last year beat George
town by outrunning the Hoya de-
Tense. The Gray ends crashed
last year, but Bill GuckeySon and
his mates stepped bravely around
to the outside, and outrunning the
secondaries, moved down the
field.
A Different G. U. Team
This may not be done this year.
Georgetown '35 is a different
team than Georgetown "a, and
Maryland may find that out to
it's great embarrassment.
Joe Meglen gave the sports
writer's of Manhattan a real thrill
on last Saturday with his spirited
play against Manhattan. The
"Beaut from Butte" was in the
game for so minutes, and his
terrific charging and tackling, to
say nothing of his outstanding
punting filled the eyes of the
metropolitan experts.
He is more than apt to fill the
eye of home folks this week when
he really takes off the rapS and
goes to work. Starring with Meg
len in New York was little Tommy
Keating, sophomore quarterback.
This kid was criticised a little
after the Albright game, but he's
real figure in the Georgetown
attack this season.