The Washington times., 1937-11-18
to See
Terp-Hoyo
Contest
Green Bay Tilt
Will Attract
$4,000 Fans
BY HARRY COSTELLO

Two late-season fotball games in
Washington loom as attendance
record-breakers.
The first is the Georgetown-
Maryland game of Saturday.
The second is the Washington
Redskins Green Bay Packers game
of a week from Sunday.
Advance sales in both instances
indicate a crowd on each occa-
sion of around $4,000 spectators.
One healthy sign marks the ad-
vance sale for each game.
In the case of the college con-
test, alumni of both Georgetown
and Maryland located in cities
miles away are making reServa-
tions. A number of Hoyas are COM
ing from cities as far away as Buff
falo, Detroit, Miami, New Orleans
and Chicago. Four seats we're
ordered today for one Georgetown
alumnus who is coming all the
way from Los Angeles.
BIG ADVANCE SALE
In the case Of the professional
game, ticket reservations have
been made from Charleston and
MartinSburg, w. Va; Cumberland,
Hagerstown, Frederick and Balti-
more, Md; Richmond, Norfolk,
Portsmouth and Roanoke, va:
Charlotte, Raleigh, Durham and
GoldSboro, N. c.; York, Columbia,
Hanover, Gettysburg, Greensburg,
Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, Pa.
When a college game in Wash
ington is attractive enough to
bring alumni from New Orleans
and Los Angeles, and a profes-
sional game is attractive enough
to bring fans from as far away
as Pittsburgh and Doanoke, foot
ball in Washington is looking up
decidedly so
In this instance, both games de-
serve high rating. Three weeks
ago. the Hoya-Terp affair looked
very much the bloomer. Now,
however, thanks to the remark
able comeback Of Georgetown and
Maryland'S winning ways, the
game looms as the outstanding
local collegiate attraction. AS for
the Redskin-Packer battle-well.
that one is almost certain to be
one for the book, what with both
battling for divisional honors and
with the professional game as a
whole in the healthiest condition
of its whole history.
BATTLE OF LINES
The Georgetown Maryland game
probably will be a battle of lines
Each team has good backs, but
none of them could go anywhere
without stalwart forward walls,
for the reason that none Of them
is that outstanding.
The Redskin-P Packers game Is a
bit different in that every player
in the contest will be a star in
his own right.
Whereas Georgetown was 1 to
8 shot three weeks ago, the HoyaS
now are given an even chance to
win over Maryland.
Whereas the Redskins four
weeks ago were 2 to / shots to win
over the Packers, the Green Bay
team now is to l shot to win
over Washington.
In recent games-since the tie
with Penn, really-Georgetown'S S
offense has improved. The i'm
provement, as nearly as one can
figure 1t, dates from the time
Mellendick crashed into the pic
ture. The Hoya defense, poor in
the first three games, has sharp.
ened considerably of late until to-
day it is quite a powerful thing.
MARYLAND HAS OFFENSE
Maryland always has had the
offense, but at times the Terp de
fense has not kept step with the
attack. Any team which can score
three touchdowns on Penn is a
mighty good offensive combina
ton. BY the same token, any team
which can hold Syracuse scoreless
through so minutes of football is
no slouch of defensive combina'
ton, especially when one considers
that Syracuse was good enough to
lick Cornell, a team which was
good enough to whip Colgate, 4C
to 7.
Say what you will, Saturdays
game between Hoyas and Terps
should be worth going miles tc
see.
: AS for the Washington Green
Bay game, that, too, when the
time comes will be worth going
miles to see.