The Washington times., 1936-11-19

Critics Hail
Joe e0Lear,
Tackle
BY FRANK BUCK oNE11L

Dy MANN DUN " NE1LL
The Green Terrors Of Western
Maryland roll into town this
weekend to tackle the Flying
Cardinals of Catholic University
in the Brookland Stadium. Re
ports from Westminster have it
that with the exception of Puffy
Forthman and Steve Radotovich,
tackles, the Green Terrors will
be in tiptop condition for the
Cardinals.
Now all Of this is not disturb
ing the sleep of Arthur Dutch"
Bergman, coach of the Cardinals,
for the Terrors have not scared
anyone too badly this fall. They
did give West Virginia quite a
battle before bowling to the Noun
taineers. They also offered
spirited resistance against Villa
nova and Boston College, but
they lost. The Terrors seem to
be team that loses tough games.
There's a youngster out there in
those encircling hills of the west
country of whom the critics speak
highly He is one Joe O'Lear. Just
what happened to the final "y"
in his name your agent knoweth
not, but unless there's a misprint
in the available records, his name
is one consonant short. Or is ~"
really a vowel?
Collapse Of Cards a Mystery
Consonant or vowel, OLear will
be at tackle, and the Cards have
nicknamed him King" on gen.
eral principles, This boy is the
third brother of the family to
play at Western Maryland. John
and Alex OLear played with the
Terrors several seasons ago, and
were considerable football players.
The current O'Lear is a bit green,
a bit susceptible to the mouse trap
and other similar stratagemS, but
he is very much Of an aggressive
young man who can hold up his
end in a battle.
The Cardinals will take the field
on Saturday in an effort to bring
the season to a successful close.
The boys played slashing football
against the North Carolina State
Wolfpack on Saturday, and al
though they won by a margin of
a point from touchdown, the fact
remains that they won.
What happened to Catholic
Unlversity'S football team will re-
main one Of the mysteries Of this
topsy-turvey season. The season
opened with a veteran squad re-
porting. Every boy on the team
had seen action at Miami in the
Orange Bowl game. The left side
of the line at the start Of the year,
Capt. Hermie Schmarr at end; Leo
Katalinas at tackle, and Joe
Anthonavage at guard. compared
with most men in their individual
positions.
But it didn't work out that way
at all. Mississippi, Loyola OF the
South and West Virginia Yves
leyan beat the Cardinals, and
when losing streaks like this de
velop in a club as potentially pow
erful as Catholic University was
all critics can do is shake theii
heads.
Meyer and Ingram Real Stars
r Frank SadowSki, quarterback ot
5 the Terrors, will be back in the
5 game for Western Maryland or
5 Saturday. He is a quarterback
and a good quarterback. Sadow
ski is passing back, and a rea
ground gamer. He and Ted Muj
wit are about the best defensive
.. backs the Terrors have.
The service academies OF Uncl'
> Sam, West Point and Annapolis
: have produced two Of the top rank
l ing backfield stars of the country
7 Monkey Meyer Of Army rates witt
b. the best, and to argue against thu
, claims for Bill Ingram at Annap
oils is strictly waste Of time.
: It is impossible to predict what
two humans will do on an ap
pointed day, but the writer woulc
: not miss that individual duel be
: tween the slim man Of Army ar1t
i; the trim man Of Navy for NOR
money than the trip. will cost
: Give either of these young mel
the blocking to carry them to tn
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