The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-11-29
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
It Was the Most Interesting Ever Wit
messed in WashinRton

The football championship Of the Distri ct
has been decided, and the Columbia Athlet-
les have become the winners of the Robinson,
Parker & Co. silk banner, and the Boteler
gift Of Rogers statuette, the champion
trophies. The day was glorious one for the
players, but to the 1000 spectators it was raw
and disagreeable. Even with these dr. raw-
backs 1t is doubtful If any spectators left the
field before the contest was finished, so inter-
esting was 1t throughout. The Columbus
won the game by a score of % to 4, because
they played stronger ball during the entire
game, collectively and individually. There
was no unnecessary rough playing, and To-
cally the game was as interesting as the con-
test waged in the North between the big col
leges. The match was model one, and it
shows that the game of football can be played
without any dirty work.
There were numerous surprises in the game,
and to the lockers on, who mad read so much
of the two teams, the developments were very
interesting to follow. The friends of the
Georgetowns claimed that behind the line they
were far superior to the Athletics The game
proved the c. A. C.'s equal in every respect
to the University boys. Veasey, Harlan,
Emery, and Butterworth gained as much
ground as Dowd Cahill Fleming, and Keys,
and with the exception OF Dowd did better
work. The Columbias believed that their rush
line was impregnable to Georgetown, yet
nearly all the best work done by the college
boys was in bucking through their centre.
O'Donnell and the Dyer brothers were match
in every respect for Wade, Rainier, and Wells.
This was the greatest surprise of the game,
and In the first half the showing of these men
was so clever that their friends really thought
Georgetown would win If they should keep up
on the second half Unfortunately, however,
in the second half Georgetown made the very
serious blunder OF placing Cahill on the left
end and sending Camden TO left half back.
The G. A. C.'s soon discovered this weak
point for they had very little trouble in get
around the end and making great gains.
The contest opened brilliantly for George
town. They went at the Columbias as If they
meant TO win In rush. They gained but bad
fumbling kept them back, and Dowd, in
speeding for a touchdown with a clear field,
tripped and fell. The Q. A. C.'s were playing
splendid game; were interfering In an e1-
cellent manner, and there was no fumbling
behind the line. Veasey was kept busy buck
ing the centre, Harlan was rushing the ball,
and Emery was "scooping" up the leather
every time the Georgetown's fumbled it. But
Butterworth was the hero Of the game. He
showed his Yale training, and in the scrim-
images whenever he had the ball he "foxed''
1t generally ahead, and though doWned hard
never lost his head. His runs were brilliant
and elected the loudest OF applause from
everyone, while his kicking for goals wal
very good. Dowd's work was one OF the
features of the game. His runs were mos
brilliant, particularly the one where he raj
through the Columbia limo for over fort
yards and made touchdown. His splendiC
work made for him many friends among hi
opponents The contest was well umpire(
and refereed by Messrs Hulme and Schoeff, 0
the University OF Pennsylvania. Their de
cisons We're never questioned by either team
1t was a model game Of football and bot
teams gave splendid exhibition.