Evening star., 1937-11-15
FAN INTEREST HIGH
IN LONE D. c. FRAY
Record Local Game Turnout
Looms-CoIoniaIs Travel
to Play Arkansas.
By ROD THOMAS.


BY ROD THOMAS.
THE biggest crowd that ever saw
football game between Metro
politan Washington colleges
probably will watch George
town play Maryland Saturday at Grit
nth Stadium and among those present
will be many with neutral hearts. To
these-dyed-in-th -the-wool gridiron ad-
dicts-the Hoya-Terp party offers
the last opportunity this season to see
. rah-rah battle OF top-rating.
On Thanksgiving Day Catholic Uni
versity, in its home coming, will en-
tertain South Carolina, but this con-
test is OF great moment to few be-
sides adherents of the schools en-
gagged.
George Washington leaves Thursday
for Little Rock to play Arkansas and
the following week will finish its sea-
son in game at Morgantown with
West Virginia.
Georgetown winds up against Mary
land and Thanksgiving morning the
Old Liners will end their campaign
In battle at Lexington with Wash
ington and Lee.
G. w. Treasury Is Hit.
THIS has been doleful autumn for
George Washington. Not even
their 800 victory over North Dakota
State Saturday greatly relieved the
Colonials' gloom, which was deep fol-
lowing successive defeats by Alabama
Tulsa and Mississippi Particularly
have G. w. athletic officials suffered
They counted on the games with
'Bama, Tulsa Ole Miss and Dakota
to carry their season financially and
the attendance at all of them was hit
by threatening weather.
Jim Pixlee and his gang no doubt
are thinking they may be hit by
cyclone at Little Rock.
Saturday Arkansas defeated Missis-
sippi, 1876. and considering that Ole
Miss smacked G. W., 27-6. the Colo
malls foreboding is more than justi-
fed. Then, too, the Razorbacks have
not forgotten the 1876 sinner hung on
them by G. w. last fall.
Yep. the college season is almost over
40 far as Washington fans as spec
tators, are concerned. but the coaches
and players of the Big Four" have
much to keep EN- interested. A victory
for Georgetown over Maryland would
make the 1887 campaign one to be re-
membered fondly by Hoya followers
although it was begun in a manner
that promised only misery.
Terps Look to w. and L. Game.
M MARYLAND is worried by its lack
of reserve strength and the re-
Gently proved capabilities Of George
towns substitutes. A half dozen Of
the Terrapin regulars have had little
relief and their WEAKNESS, we are told,
has shown up in the scores.
And the Terps, though absorbed in
the Georgetown game, haven't lost
sight of the battle with Washington
and Lee. This is a traditional affair
and although the Generals record as
a whole is not impressive, they have
shown punch in recent games strong
enough to give Maryland concern. A
victory would give the Old Liners a
perfect record in Southern Conference
play, their only other conference date
this season having been with " NJ l.,
which they licked, 81
Maryland's players, by the way,
consider v. M. I. the strongest team
they have played. They consider
Georgetown. you hear. even more
formidable than v. NJ 1.
Rest Apt to Help Cards.
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY'S little
squad. with no game this week.
may do we'll against South Carolina
. week from Thursday. The Came
cocks have had an in-and-out season,
but figure on paper to be too much
for the Cards. If they feel really
good At game time Turkey Day the
Redbirds may finish the season JOY
ously. There's lot Of football in the
Brookland squad when all the regulars
are in trim and with an open date this
week their chances Of being so for
the South Carolina game are en-
hanced T
Taken by and large it was fairish
week end for the Capitals big four.
Georgetown's well-earned SO victory
over N. Y. u. was the big surprise, al
though G. w. wasn't expected to roll
UP a heavy count on North Dakota
State. In losing by 21-14 to Penn
State the Terrapins seem to have been
tinxed. Their only other defeat of
the season was administered by Penn,
28-21, and little luck in either game
would have reversed the outcome.
Maryland outgained Penn State by
more than 100 yards. Catholic Uni
sersity, beaten 21-0 by Miami, blew
several OnportllnitieS to score