Evening star., 1942-10-16
Invaders After
Initial Victory
0fCampaign
Proctor and Burnett
Their Aces; CoIonioIs
Relying on Bernot
BY BURTON HAWKINS.

For the last time this season
George Washington Universitys
football team will enter an engage
ment at no worse than even money
tonight when it tangles with Fur
man at Griffith Stadium at 8:15.
After tonight the Colonials will bite
into the rough portion of their
schedule and will be underpuppies
in every game.
George Washington walked over
Western Maryland and Richmond
and dropped closer decision to The
Citadel than the 14-2 score would
indicate, but the Colonials won't be
favored over Furman despite that
the Purple Hurricane hasn't won a
game.
Furman has been keeping classy
company. 1t tied Virginia Tech, TT:
then was walloped by Georgia. 40-7.
Last week it gave powerful Wake
Forest a neat argument before drop
ping 14-6 decision. In five years
the invaders have been held score
less only three times.
In Dewey Proctor and Jim Bar
nett, the Purple Hurricane report
edly has two of the South's more
talented backs. but Furman knows
what Paul McNutt is talking about
when he speaks on shortage of man
power. Furman will invade with the
smallest collegiate squad to hit the
Capital in years, importing only %
men.
Furman Men Double in Jobs.
From last years squad of As
players only II returned, others be-
Ing graduated, indicted into the
Army or missing for other reasons.
Only half of Furmans 1941 fresh
man team reported back this fall
so Furman thus faces its toughest
schedule of all time with it's smallest
squad of all time.
For both Furman and G. w. the
game represents their rosiest oppor-
tunlty of winning again this year,
Furman hereafter will meet Ten
nessee, Miami, The Citadel, South
Carolina and Clemson. while the
Colonials will be battling William
and Mary, Kentucky, Clemson, Wake
Forest and Georgetown.
Coach Dizzy Mcleod of Furman
is trying to offset the lack of mate
rial through the medium of teaching
each player the assignments for at
least two positions. Paul Sizemore,
a l90-pound, 6-foot-2-inch specimen,
has been converted from q back
into an end, but if the Purple Hurri-
cane comes up with an injured ball
carrier, he probably will return to
the backfeld.
Operating next to each other in
the Furman lineup will be Brothers
Fred Hilliard, 195-pound guard, and
Roy Hilliard, 190-pound center.
Proctor and Barnett are the glory
guys of the backfield but 160- pound
Wilbur Coyle and Ralph Hamer also
are rated dangerous ball toters.
Colonials Rely on Bernot.
Against The Citadel last week the
Colonias unveiled a line-shattering
back in l90pound Joe Bernot, who
staged personally conducted tour
through the Cadets line for 43
yards before G. W.'s drive was
halted l inch from pay dirt.
Twelve straight times Bernot
lugged the ball on that trip into
The Citadel's territory and on an
other march he carried seven of
eight times. He was a weary, tot
tering boy when he left the field,
but he showed himself to be bullish
character and Coach Johnny Baker
is hoping more diversified general
ship will enable the Colonials to
capitalize on his talent tonight.
Outstanding in the c. w. line were
John Koniszewski, 215-pound tackle,
and Guard Ellis Hall. Two of the
Colonials' few experienced per-
formers, the hard-hitting seniors
repeatedly squelched The Citadel's
running attack after the Cadets
romped to f1rst-period touchdown.