Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-21

That G. W. U. defeat by Kentucky
Saturday simply was case OF 60
ing bear hunting with more hope
bear. Bill Remnant suspected his
boys weren't ready for the Wildcats
when they departed Thursday and
along about BIS pm. Saturday he
was sure of it.
Johnny Kokoski, one of Gene
Shields best guards, didn't make the
trip and Henry Agusiewicz might
as we'll have been left behind be-
cause 10 minutes after the initial
kickoff he was hors de combat.
When Murphy Booth, Dan Snyder
and Tony Barauskas were carried
off the field the Colonials felt as
though they were chewing shoe
leather without their molars.
Kentucky at Its Best.
Kentucky, looking for its best
season in years, has been smolder-
ing since the campaign opened and
its attack finally exploded against
CIV Reinhart says the Cats aren't
"a points better than his squad but
still a man-sized football team.
George Washington meets West
Virginia-a sleeper-Friday night al
Griffith Stadium and Reinhart
hopes to have it ready for the test.
You can write of that Kentucky
defeat and forget it because this
week marks a new beginning for
the downtown school and its raring
to go.
Marylands 1910 setback at Flor
ida's hands isn't bannerline news
but the Terps probably are the only
team in the country giving OPP
ponents five downs in this modern
era. S'help us. it's true-happened
early in the first period and the
Gators used the extra try to make
first down.
Bob Smith, Maryland's center,
protested Florida had exhausted its
normal number of chances and the
field Judge concurred with him, but
a generous referee overruled both
at least that's how we get the story
from a slightly outraged fan whose
veracity we have no reason to ques-
ton.
Terps Offense Lame.
Said fan testified the officiating
generally was outrageous but that
Maryland's offense was so lame it
couldn't have scored on Florida if
it spent a week 1T Gainesville On
the other hand he doesn't think
Tom Leib's outfit should have scored,
contending its backfield was il
legally in motion on most of the
plays and was not observing the
required 1-second halt after shift.
Maryland tangles with Western
Maryland Friday night at Baltimore
and it will be far cry from the
days when the Terps used the
Terrors to warm up for a follow
ing game.
Georgetown sorely misses Jim
CThe Bulb Castiglia when it needs
yard or two for first down or a
score and his return to the squad
this week will be the signal for re-
joicing at the Hilltop OF course, the
Hoyas rolled up IS points on Vir-
ginia Tech and managed to subdue
an unruly Waynesburg eleven,
26-12. without Castiglia. who was
injured early in the latter game, but
they miss him-miss him badly.
Castiglia's Blocking Missed.
Castiglia is the lad who sprung
Lou Ghecas into the open for his
83-yard touchdown gallop that tied
Syracuse last year, blocking out a
couple of Orange linemen from a
spread formation, and the absence
of honest-to-goodness blocking on
the same play has been conspicuous
by its absence since he was shelved.
Moreover, the Bull Is a nice, tough
boy to have backing up the line
when the opposition threatens to
blow up the works. He moves quickly
and usually goes down with an arm
full of ball carrier or bowls over
the entire lot.
Oddly enough, Georgetown hasn't
yet played its best game to our way
of thinking It has been sporadic.
hitting hard and decisively when 1t
needed points-as against Temple
and Waynesburg, but usually con-
tented to drift along at a happy-go-
lucky pace. 1t may be the boys
can't get their minds of Boston Col
lege and may not have to for all