Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-07
Terps Will Rely
On Deception,
Speed in Tilt
Plan to Upset Hoyos
With FIoshy Backs,
Du Wallis Passes
BY LEWIS F. ATCHISON.

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Man for man, the starting lineup
Maryland sends against Georgetown
Saturday in the sixth renewal of
their modern series will be out
weighed by an uncomfortable margin
in both line and backfield, but the
comparative weight chart is posing
no problem for the tranquil Terps.
This is no tug-o-war coming up, but
a streamlined football setto and
beef will not be the deciding factor
Indeed, at Maryland they scott at
the Hoyas' superior heft. What of
it, they ask, weren't they heavier
last year and the year before and
the year before that-ard weren't
the games close? When they're too
big to run through, you simply run
around them or pass over them and
that, apparently, is what Maryland
intends to do this time.
Georgetown's line adds up to a
mean average of 1876 pounds to 1911
for Maryland, but the backfield diff
ference is appalling, 1856 to l72 In
any honest amateur league they
wouldn't allow the Terps in the same
division with Georgetown. 1t would
be counting disaster to pit those
skinny kids against Jack Hagerty
giants. But Maryland has speed
tough to beat in any league-and a
corking good passer in Mearle nu
Vail and Frank Dobson hopes to
blend the two in a potent, winning
mixture.
Du Vail Is Sharp PaSser.
Maryland invariably turns up with
a good passer for the Georgetown
game and the Hoyas always have
trouble stopping him. Last year it
was Charley Weidinger pitching
strikes at receivers and before him
Charley Ellinger. Now it's Du Vail
The Baltimore sophomore throws a
light, balloon ball that hangs in mid
air like puff of smoke. You'd think
any 10-year old could hit it with
warped bow and arrow, but it isn't
as simple as it looks
Old Liners say Mearle's losses
have a peculiar angle that makes
them easy to catch and hard to
intercept. They hold their hands
IN basket fashion and in plunks the
pigskin. For some scientific reason,
which Prof. Jack Faber of the
science department probably can
explain, would-be intercepters al
ways hit the ball on its nose. and
it slithers out Of their grasp. Pend
ing further investigation of the mat
ter let 1t stand that DuVall has few
interruptions against his record.
For speed, Maryland relies on Joe
Murphy. Isl pounds of Mercury, who
will have the Hoyas' tongues hang
ing out like neckties if ever he gets
in the open. And even if he doesn't,
Joe will keep them on edge with his
tantrums behind the line.
He doesn't know himself where
he's going half the time. so it's a
safe bet Georgetown won't know. If
they put cork on Murphys long
distance hiking, there still is Frank
Skotnicki to be reckoned with.
Frank is no laggard with pigskin
tucked under his arm, and in some
quarters is rated a trifle better at
getting through holes than the
1rishman. If he gets away, George
town will need a field gun to bring
him down, and even light arms will
be strictly taboo Saturday.
Some ard-hitting Backs.
Pigeon-toed Pershing Mondorff,
the field goal expert; Johnny Boyda
and Bernie Ulnan are other Old
Line backs the Hilltoppers must
keep an eye on. They specialize at
cracking the line and the first two
pack enough poundage to shiver
your timbers when they hit. Ulman
is a 165-pounder, but has tremen-
dous leg drive. Mondorf scales 1875
and Boyda 1873.
Milton Lumsden. 181 pounds, and
Fred Widener, 173, look after the
blocking chore, and here again
Maryland supporters need have no
fears. Widener looked particularly
good in earlier games and has been
showing flashes of form recently,
giving rise to suspicion he'll be
right for Saturdays tussle. Lums-
den, while green, is enthusiastic
about his work and reliable in the
pinches.
Maryland is weakest at the TANKS,
guarded by Beau" Beamer, Frank
Dryer and Dick Shaffer, and it may
be here that Georgetown will find
a vulnerable spot through which to
drive its touchdown plays. But,
paradoxically, Hagerty said today
Maryland's ends can look woefully
weak until they hit his team and
then they function like bear traps.
The answer to the riddle is Frank
Dobson, of course, who puts his
trust and men in position play and
usually manages to cause a f1utter
(See ATCHISON. Page A-160