Evening star., 1940-10-16
Both Pack More
Scoring Punch
Than in 1889 :
Hoyos Miss Kowolski
Kercher on Defense;
Schedule No Help
By LEWIS F. ATCHISON.

When summers heat lay heavily
on the land and football was a
minor item we picked Georgetown
as the No. team in the local pack,
with George Washington, Catholic
U. and Maryland trailing in that
order.
Now, with three gs mes written
into the books, the boys getting
their second wind and looking ahead
at games 10 come. our confidence
in the Hoyas is somewhat shaken.
On paper Georgetown has done
nothing to disturb its rating. but
George Washington, ripping along
like a turbulent mountain stream,
is playing brand of football as
dangerous as dynamite and we must
regard the Colonials as a distinct
threat to our handicapping pres
tige.
Last year, you know. G. w. wasn't
supposed to be close in the George
town game, but it was photo finish.
with the downtown eleven too prom
inent in the picture for the Hoyas'
peace of mind. This year George
town is improved offensiveiy, but so
is George Washington: the Saxas
are not quite as strong defenvisely-
nor is George Washington. The
spirit-ah. the spirit is once again
that flaming vintage of '76 and not
necessarily because of the draft.
Miss Departed Linemen.
Georgetown exhibited a fast. pro-
ductive offense in its three games,
but in tWo-Temple and WayneS-
burg-Hagerty's machine plainly
showed it missed Bob Kercher at
end and Ed KoWalski at tackle. Two
teeth out of gear have made
terrific difference. An improved
secondary has taken up the slack
to some extent, but Georgetown
would be much better-and Hagertv
admitted as much months ago-lf
it had the missing pair back on the
roster.
George Washington, with Ken
Batson Juggling the leather and Tim
Grady and Walt Fedora Ginning
in on the choruses, also has dis
played potent scoring punch, but
defensively. alas, the Colonials could
be better-much better. Bill Rein
hart's men have been showed around
in all three games-against Mount
st. Mary's, Manhattan and last
week Washington and Lee, but sur
vived by the grace of its offense.
That would put the neighboring
elevenS in the same boat and that
means-unless it's speck on our
crystal ball-a high-scoring game
when they collide next month at
Griffith Stadium. But there's an
other angle to this game, the rival
schedules.
The downtown gridmen meet an
increasingly sitter brand Of COM
petition, what with West Virginia,
Wake Forest, Bucknell, Kansas and
Georgetown itself following the
Kentucky game this week. Bucknell,
which isn't on par with the others,
is judiciously sandWiched in as
breather when the Colonials will
need it most, but as whole the
card is tough.
Consistent Schedule Best.
But a consistently tough program
is good tonic for team. Each pass
ing game should hone the Colonials'
offense bit sharper, tighten loose
defensive bolts and gradually mold
it into an all-around good football
machine.
Now look at Georgetown's sched-
ule: Virginia Tech this week, New
York u, Syracuse, Maryland. Bos-
ton College and G. w. In succession
it meets up with four teams that
have been kicked around rather
promiscuously then bangs into the
one supposed to rate up near Cornell
on the Eastern ladder. That brand
of schedule mapping isn't conducive
to the best interests of the team.
It's easy to lose interest when you
run into a string of has-beens or
cripples-even if defending an un-
broken string of 18 or 10 victories
It's mental hazard and a physical
handicap to bounce back into Bos-
ton College at the next jump. The
! Eagles will take lot of starch out
ofs Georgetown and coming right
back against George Washington
the following week will be no simple
matter. AS it now stands, the G.. w.
game, which should be the peak of
the season, may be an anti-climax
and the Hoyas quite possibly will be
fair game for the up and coming
Colonials.
1t may be that Hagerty's sopho-
mores, Kull, Mclaughlin, Dornfleld
ct al, will supply the lift necessary
to get over the hump; certainly they
have done all that could be ex-
pected of them thus far. George
town will have the edge in backs,