Evening star., 1936-10-26
Nee Uses His Bean.

with apprehension. He feared the
Violet would catch Hardy. He feared
that Nee would hit the enemy from
behind and bring to Georgetown not
a touchdown, but a 15-yard penalty
for clipping.
Nee OUTRAGED the Violet and plucked
him from the front. And Hardy
breezed to glory, justly won, but
Hagerty, on the trip home. singled out
Maury Nee for special pat. The
Georgetown rooters, and they are
plentiful in New York, had given the
man with the pear his richly deserved
applause.
Georgetown, say the Washington
scriveners who covered the game,
but form or no form, the Hoyas likely
will have no trouble next Saturday.
Their opponent will be Shenandoah.
This will be the only game played
in Washington this week by major
team. George Washington will meet
Rice Institute at Houston, Catholic
University will take on Loyola Of the
South at New Orleans and Maryland
is booked with Florida at Gainesville.
G.. w. and G. U. Garry On.
CATHOLIC UNVERSITY'S defeat
by Mississippi leaves the Capital
with two unbeaten major teams,
George Washington and Georgetown.
Maryland lost to North Carolina.
G. U. has been tied by New York U.
and G. w. held to a scoreless deadlock
by Mississippi.
Foot ball folk had hoped for Missis-
sippi to determine the relative merits
of George Washington and Catholic
University, but although the Colonials
tied the Rebels and the Cardinals lost
to them by two touchdowns the c. u.
G. w. issue, in the minds of many, 10
not settled.
A lot of stress has been placed on
the weather conditions of the George
Washington Mississippi contest-rain
is leveler in foot ball-but it's fact
that RAIN for the clash with Ole Miss
was exactly what the Colonials did
not want.
Drank DOBSON is carrying on .
Maryland tradition begun by Cur
ley Bryd-the Old Line team becomes
markedly tougher from game to game.
1t used to be that Byrd started with
a green lot Of players, many OF whom
handled a foot ball for the first time
upon entering college, and before the
season was out beat a school like
Yale-which finally dropped the Terps
from its schedule.
According to all reports, the Old
Liners turned in one Of the finest all
round performances accredited to q
Washington eleven this Fall in trim.
ming Syracuse, 900. Most of the
critics picked Syracuse to win. Those
who chose Maryland predicted tight
game.
Maryland's squad goes to Florida
this week expecting a close struggle
with the Gators, who, on Saturday.
held Kentucky to TO score, no mean
achievement, but the hunch here Is
that Dobson's outfit will prevail almost
as it did at Syracuse.
Dobson doubtless is hoping for an.
other big day for Blair Smith and Vic
Willis, flankmen who we're poison to
Syracuse Smith and Willis broke up
many of the Syracuse plays hardly
had they formed.
It's a cinch that Maryland won't
want for high-grade kicking against
the Gators, not with either Jim
Meade or Bill Guckeyson in the line.
up. This pair averaged 81 yards from
the scrimmage line against Syracuse.
Most of the foot ball reporters agree
on Guckeyson as the best back now
playing with any Washington team.
Our own thought is that, in some re-
spects, he's the best we've had around
these parts In many a season.