Evening star., 1936-11-11
EACH Of BIC FOUR
EXPECTS TROUBLE
Record Crowd Is Seen for
Terps-CataWba Threat
Taken Seriously.
BY ROD THOMAS.

BY ROD THOMAS.
TT GOES without saying that
Maryland, meeting v. M. l., and
Catholic University, opposing
i North Carolina State, are in for
a tough afternoon Saturday. and now
it begins to appear that washington
Is to see still another torrid grid scrap
this week end.
Catawba College or North Carolina
has made bold to predict an upset
victory over George Washington Sat-
urcay at Griffith Stadium, and the
Colonials, taking the Indians at their
word, are preparing for stiff game.
Georgetown is the only member Of
the District Big Four playing away,
opposing Manhattan at Ebbetts Field,
Brooklyn, but the Hoyas won't want
for rooters. New York is well dotted
with Georgetown alumni, and the
largest delegation ever to 90 to Gotham
from Washington to see the Hilltop
pers play is expected to attend the
Manhattan clash.
Two special trains have been char
tered by the Georgetown Athletic Asso-
citation. They will leave Union Station
at l and pm. Friday. A special
rate of So a round trip has been OBJ
tanned. Tickets for the game may be
purchased at the Georgetown athletic
Office for 1920 apiece.
Record Crowd Seen for Terps.
NFARYIAND'S squad today settled
4VA down to light drills again after
the hardest session 1t has gone
through in many weeks. The Ter
rapins had done so little strenuous
work since the battering at Syracuse
October "a that they had gone of
color in their blocking and Coach
Dobson devoted nearly all OF yester-
days hour -and-a-half drill to that
vital fundamental, using freshmen as
stooges.
Dobson was pleased not only with
the showing made by his charges and
the eagerness with which they went
about their task but with the fact
that Jim Meade and Coleman Head
2y. clever running halfbacks, ap-
peared ready to function 100 per cent
for the first time since the Syracuse
contest.
This is the first time since the
game at Syracuse" said Dobson,
that Meade and Headley have been
able to run on two legs and our at
tack should be lot stronger than it
has been in the last two games"
Go for Guckeyson.
CUCKEYSON got the votes OF the
-. Richmond fans for an all
America berth when they saw him
wreck q strong University OF Rich
inond team last Saturday with two
66-yard runs for the only touchdowns
of the game. One came after Q
punt and the other from q fake-kicK
play. He also gained a lot Of other
ground, did his bit fully on defense
and made one punt that Travelled 30
yards from the line Of scrimmage.
He had the Richmond kickers so
afraid to boot the ball in the air that
they were slicing it from 10 to 70
wards to be sure Of putting 1t out OF
bounds.
Indications point to a record crowd
at College Park. In addition to the
fact that it Is q homecoming, there Is
q great desire Of many to see Bill
Guckeyson. 1t will be homecoming
for the team as well as the alumni,
for this is the first contest on the
Terrapin field since the seasons
opener with st. Johns,
Moreover, the s1.10 price for the
best grandstand seats has made
hit with grid fans in general.
v. M. I. and Maryland both present
fash backfields and . wtde-open
battle apparently Is in order.
The game will start at 2:30, but
the program will begin at 10 o'clock
Saturday morning and wind up with
the homecoming dance in Ritchie
Coliseum at night.
Think Catawba Not Spooing.
HIGHLY respected in its own ter
u ritory, Catawba probably doesn't
enjoy high rating among Washing
ton fans, but the Colonials look to
their clash with the Indians with
only one thought uppermost-to be
ready for serious trouble.
Particularly concerned are the
g. w. coaches over Catawba's passing
attack, as evidenced by practices this
week in which Boss Jim Pixlee has
stressed overhead defense, q phase Of
play in which the Colonials haven't
been especially proficient.
The public may be skeptical, but the
Colonials are far from scofing at
Catawba's threat to pull an upset.
Pixlee's men realize that the Indians
must have something on the ball to be
able to stop cold team that had
scored 263 points while yielding nary
q touchdown in six games. Catawba
did just that Friday in beating Ap-
palachian University IA to o. Going
deeper into the details of that contest,
the Colonials found that Catawba s
tacklers had thrown the Appalachian
backs for more yardage than they
gained, which may hold considerable
meaning in view Of the defeated
teams previous scoring sprees. George
Washington has beaten Catawba three
times, but the Redskins appear to have