Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-26

able to score single point against her. Start
| ing early in the fall with team which prom
| ised little the energies Of all her students and
| graduates were concentrated in developing
team which would not have to lower her color.
to any one.
How well they succeeded every one knows
Washington can well be proud of Its repIese nta.
! tive on the champion eleven. Frank Batter.
! worth, who used to make such brilliant PLAYS on
the Columbia Athletic Club team, has gained
! for himself record Yale's full back which i,
Will be hard for any competitor to overcome.
In both the game with Harvard and that with
! Princeton it was his gritty and excellent work
| that enabled more than any one other factor to
allow his team to score. He was in every play.
! As a line bucker no less an authority than
| Walter Camp says he has no equal on the field
this season. No one who opposed him outkicked
/ his punts and in the long runs with which
Laurie Bliss is credited it Frank Butter
worth who was most prominent in the interior
ence which made the runs possible.
| The captain Of the Princeton team was also a
| Washington boy. Phil Eing is the admiration
Of all those who witnessed his brilliant and
pluckv game on Thanksgiving day. Placed at
| disadvantage early in the season by an in
/ jury to his ankle and.fghting against big odds,
! he developed am which gave Yale harder
! tussle than thu Harvard team. although the
/ score was larger. Six times during the match
was his ankle injured, but he was too game
| to give up and continued play His tackling
was the feature of the game, and often when
| Yale men had passed every other man on the
field Phil King would bring them down by a
| hard tackle. When these boys get through their
! college courses and return to this city Wash
! ington can form team which will be prepared
| to try conclusions with any of them.
lales victory is well deserved Her men
have worked hard and diligently against I'M
usual odds. Many of her players were Young
/ 4 Il boz
tc the task. The Bliss brothers bohind the
line were an excellent team. and with McCor-
mick ntquarter and Butterworth at half they
had quartet of superior quality. Princeton
is to be congratulated for her plucky work
The eleven had severe setback when thew
were defeated b. the University of Pennsylva-
mia, but they were undismayed, and the game
that they put up on Thanksgiving DAY proves
them to be second to only one team in the
United States. Next year look out for the
Tigers with their orange and black stripes. 1t
was unfortunate that Princeton and Harvard
bear the relations to each other that they do
contest between these two eleyens this year
would have been battle royal.
THE LOCAL CHAMPIONSHIP.
The local championship for the first time has
been grasped from the hands of the Columbia
Athletic Club. The team they presented was
probably the best that the organization could
to win. The Thanksgiving day contest was a. II inc
game of foot ball rs any one would desire to be
a spectator of. 1t was devoid of any disagree
able features, the best team won, and after the
game was over the GAGS manfully acknowl-
edged their defeat and Joined in with their con-
querors to celebrate the end of their restraints
from training. In the evening both teams &C.
cupled the same boxes at one of the local the
aters, and if any of the audience believed they
were not having all the fun there is to be OBJ
tanned at place Of amusement they are mis-
taken. Later they all returned to the Columbia
Athletic Club house and continued the celebra-
ton. The arrangements for the game we're
most complete and were well carried out.
The managers of the two teams deserve to be
congratulated for the excellent manner in which
the 1900 spectators were accommodated. 1t is
safe to say that a larger crowd was never pres
ent at any former athletic contest within the
limits of the District.
The game won by the superior tackling,
the faster running and the better team play of
the Georgetown College eleven. The two rush
lines were most evenly matched, and neither
can boast that theirs was the stronger. If any,
thing Columbia made more gains through the
line than did Georgetown. but this was due to
the superiority of her backs for this kind of
work rather than to the line. But when it came
to going around the ends Georgetown far out
cassed her adversaries. ODonnell and Schwart
were well mated in center and kept things
lively. Rainier and Commerford kept each other
so busy that neither one of them able to
do much tackling. On the other side Will
Church is to be congratulated for the manner
in which he handled Eugene Dyer. 1t was ex-
pected that the Georgetown man would be able
to toss Church all about. but he was unable to
do SO. lob Church and Pat Wells did not
have very much the advantage of Walker and
Sullivan. These four men played a desperate
and plucky game throughout. On the ends the
two Mahoneys found their hands full with
Weaver and GeOrpo Rerpen To little hy
if any individual player can be picked out, the
greatest praise Is due. He played brilliant
game He was always at the frontin Interior
ence and not once did he miss tackle. Dowd and
Seger played as well as any half back seen here
this season. Seger did the better tackling, but
Dowd carried off the palm in his long runs.
His speed was very great. Capt. Carmody
handled his men excellently. He was quick to
see where the weak spots in his opponents line
were and take advantage Of them. Early in
the game he found that he could not
successfully go through the C. A. c. line and
then he began sending them around the ends
for long runs. G.. Mahoney was a very hard
man to stop when Re once was well started.
Behind the G. A. c. line the loss Of Burroughs
could not be compensated for. Hiyer never
played in that position, and. as he totally
unacquainted with the signals until shortly be-
fore the game. the deficiency prevented, to a
certain extent. the team play, which the G. A.
c. backs had developed. Lewis and Shields
played u nara, pluchv game, ana deserve great
credit for their unflinching efforts with a big
handicap. They did their best, but individual
play, no matter how earnest, cannot win Ber-
gems game was rather disappointing. This was
probably due to the fact that great deal was
expected from him. He made several bad FUN
bles and his punting was not up to the stand
ard. Next year the contest for the District
championship should be most exciting and
close one.
THE 7. NJ. C. As CLAIM.
The Young Mems Christian Association do
not concede the championship to Georgetown.
They claim, and the claim is a correct one, that
should they defeat Georgetown the champion
ship will rest with them. Tie game scheduled
between Georgetown and the Y. n. C. A. was
postponed and has never yet been played. The
game should undoubtedly take place in order
that the championship question cannot be in
doubt for a moment. Manager Wells of the Y.
NJ. G. A. has written to Georgetown asking that
a date for the game be fixed. 1t will probably
be arranged for some day next week.
This very occurrence points out the necessity
for arranging a District foot ball league next
year. definite schedule Of games could be
arranged, set Of rules adopted, official ref
erees and umpires appointed. and then the
championship could be settled in more salts
factory way and the public interest in the game
would increase more rapidly.
GAMES LOST AND WON.
At present the schedule of games lost and
won by the four clubs is as follows:
Won Loaf