Vanderbilt at George Washington

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  Evening star, November 5, 1934, page 11

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  BETTER BLOCKING |SCOL0NIALS’ AIM Team Also Would Perfect Handling of Foot Ball Be. fore L. S. U. Game. w YHILE practicing this week M to hold that tiger Uouisi- v v ana State to you). George Washington’s battered grid men will put in some solid licks at improving their blocking and ball handling. Last Saturdays defeat at the hands OF Vanderbilt offered more evidence that the Colonial attack has yet to be smoothed. In meeting unbeaten Louisiana State next Saturday at Griffith Sta dium, George Washington will collide with the hardest blocking team in the South. Every report from scouts and newspaper accounts tells the Colonials that Capt. “Biff” Jones’ Bengals are the best blocking gridders the locals have scheduled this year. Colonial coaches are not doubling the truth of these reports and are GER tain TO make feverish efforts to i’m prove G. WIS blocking to point parallel in effectiveness with that of the Baton Rouge outfit. The latter has that precision, that finesse in its work that marks a truly great foot ball team. G. w. Slow Behind Line. ‘hN IDEA of the task confronting n the Colonials along this line may be cleaned from the fact that L. S. u. ran over Vanderbilt one week before Vandy eked out 7–⁠6 decision over the Buff and Blue. Slowness in handling the ball behind the line Of scrimmage has ham, pered George Washington almost as much rs faulty blocking. Many times on single and double reverses and spin ners the ball-carrier has been tackled before reaching the line. Defensively George Washington Is strong. There Is something of Jones’ old West Point teams in the Baton Rouge gang. The Tigers are Of the driving type, full OF determination and boast ing plenty of power individually. Five G. w. men are nursing injuries as a result OF the Vandy battle. Harry Deming and Arnold Benefited have broken noses-the first of the season so injured at G. Wand Tuffy Lee mans. Dave Parrack and Alb Wright are suffering with various sprains. All, however, are expected TO play against L. S. U. Leemans Adds to Laurels. n ED RATHJEN, compound center, N still is hobbling about with the aid of a cane and the burly Kansan’s presence in Saturdays big game right now is improbable. G.. w. in the meantime will look to Bernie Witucki and Tom Privot to carry the Snapper-back buyden which either does in good style Tuffy Leemans emerged from G WIS first losing game with still more laurels added to the heap previously given him. Rand Dixon, Vandy’s own great back, stated that Leemans was the best back he had played against this year. Col. Dan McGugin, Dixons coach, agreed. Tuffy ran his yards gained total to 1851 in 1874 runs for the season. The Louisiana State game is George Washington’s alumni homecoming feature. Hundreds of old grads are expected to be present Saturday.

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Vanderbilt leads 3–⁠0 in three meetings, counting the two since this game.