Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-11-25
THE CoNTxsTING rEAMs.

l60. Mcfarland. Right end. Hamburg. 165
$50. Emery. Quarter back. Fleming. .160
155. .Veszey. Left half. ..Dowd -. 165
$50. .. Townsend Right half. ..Cahiil ...16O
$50. .Butterworth Full back. Reyes. les
H R% Church: Substitutes. s SfS,i:y
On Monday, November 80, the G. A. C.'s
play the Franklins at Baltimore and on the
following day. December l, they will play the
celebrated Princeton College team at Capitol
Park.
THE MEN COMPARED.
OF the two teams the Columbia is perhaps
little the stronger and better drilled. es-
pecialiy on the rush line, while their backs are
less swift and skillful than those of George
town. Analysing the play of the two teams,
ers Wade and ODonnell ara about equally
heavy. The former is a little slower than his
opponent, but knows enough of the tricks to
worry him considerably, as he holds the ball.
ODonnell may be expected to do some good
tackling and aggressive work. as well play
ing his position in u satisfactory manner.
Rainier is superior to E. Eyer as guard and
should have no trouble in blocking or getting
through him. He will have plenty of oppor-
tunity to get in his good work as q tackler.
Lewis. though lighter than /. Dyer, is more
active and as sturdy: he will hold his own we'll
and will doubtless slip by him with no great
difficulty.
The c. A C.'s are especially strong at tackle.
Wells and Church have not their equals in the
District, and even big Ayers ought to be no
bar to the Coiumbias captain, whose strong
lacking will have its certain effect on Dowd
and Cahill. Weaver and Mcfarland are both
good, nervy ends. The former excels in speed
and tackling and will trouble Georgetowns
last year, is q sturdy player, little slow. but he
will let Townsend hear from him more than
once in the game. OKeefe is also q good run
ming end, but not 70 good as a tackler. Honors
are easy between Emery and Fleming. Both
are discreet and cool at passing the ball, and
Fleming 10 the better tackler Of the two.
Columbias halves are both heavy, strong
rushsrs and make their best gains through the
center and BY short runs. II they stay with
their interference they should always make
good gains. The Georgetown halves are both
professional base ball players, both are in good
condition, and rely chiefly on their individual
sprinting and lodging qualities to gain. If
Columbis's ends do their work well their star
runs should be reduced somewhat in value.
Dowd runs like q deer and lodges as only
Dowd can. He 10 as hard man to stop az
Cshill, for both crawl well after being tackled.
THIS will be dangerous tactics, however,
| against Columbias fierce tackling.
At full back Frank Butterworth. the kid"
| 10 certainly in the eyes Of the Washington boys
the full back Of the country. Everybody re-
| members his beautiful runs and long kicks of
| last year. He 10 even better now and Reyes
will make no gains by trying to kick against
| him.
FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SPECTATORS.
The following explanation Of the game by
| the foot ball expert, Walter Camp, will be of
interest to those who have never played the
game, but who purpose being spectators to-
morrow:
The game is played by two teams of eleven
men each upon field $50 feet long and 160 feet
wide, at either end Of which are goal posts
with cross bar.
Tho ball, which ID like large leather egs, is
placed In the center of this field, and each team
endsavors TO drive il IN the direction of the
opponents goal line, where any scoring must
be done. Goals and touch-downs are the only
points which count, and these can be made only
a. follows
goal can be obtained by kicking the ball
| In any way except . punt "a certain kind of
kick where the ball In dropped by the player
| and kicked before touching the ground) over
the cross bar Of the opponents goal A touch
| down 10 obtained by touching the ball to the
ground behind the line Of the goal So, in
| either case, the ball must cross the end of the
| field in some way 70 make q score. The sole
| object then, of all the struggles which take
place in the field u to advance the ball to .
position such that scoring is possible. firm
grasp Of this idea usually simplides matters
| very much for the casual spectator.
The object Of the white lines which cross the
field at every Ave yards Is merely to assist the
referee in determining how far the ball moves at
| Q time; for there Is q rule which states that
| team must advance the ball 1--WE yards in three
attempts or retreat with il twenty. II they do
not succeed in doing this, the other side take
possession Of the ball, and In their turn they
| try to advance il.
There are certain rules which govern the
| methods Of making these advances, and In
| fringemcnt Of which constitutes what ID called
foul. and satails penalty upon the side max
ing il >
| Any player can run with the ball or kick II il,
| when he receives it, he 10 ION side"-tha: is,
between the ball and his own goal line. He
may not take the ball II he h ''of side
that il, between the ball and his opponents
goal hne-until an adversary has touched the
ball
Whenever player running with the bail is
| hold be must cry down." and q man Of his
/ side then places the ball on the ground and
snaps it back. This puts it in play, and is
called q scrimmage, and this scrimm.ge is the
most commonly occurring feature OF the game.
For the purposes Of advancing the ball or
| repelling the attack Of the opponents it has
proved advisable for . captain to divide his
eleven men into two general divisions, the
whom there are sever, are usually called rushers,
and they make practically q straight line across
the field when the ball 10 put In play on .
down" Next behind them Il the quarter back,
Who does the passing Of tho ball TO one or
another Of the players. while Just behind him
are the two half backs and the back. usually in
scmsthing Of Q triangle in arrangement, with
! the last named nearest the goal which his team
is defending.
The penalty for fouls and violation Of rules,
except otherwise provided, 10 down for the
| other side; OF, IL the side making the foul has
not the ball, i've yards 10 the opponents
Tho following u the value Of each point In
the scoring:
Goal obtained by touch down. ..........6
Goal from field kick. 8
Touch down failing goal.
Safety by opponents.
The rules which bear most directly upon the
play are:
The time Of . game is An hour and half
each side playing forty-hvs minutes from each
goal There il ten ninusea' intermisaion be-