The Washington times., 1894-09-30
FOOTBALL SEASON AT HAND
Now Is the Time When the Kickers
Are in Their Element.
CANDIDATES FOR LOCAL TEAMS
Opening Game of the Fall Will be Played
Next Wednesday Between Georgetown and
University of Pennsylvania-several Old
Favorites Have Decided to Retire

Now that the baseball season Is drawing to
a close the athletic youth commences to eul-
tivate luxuriant growth of hair in anticipa-
ton OF coming battles on the football field.
For the past month or more candidates for
various positions on al the leading college
teams of the country have been hard at work
preparing for the coming campaign, and the
battles this fall between the big colleges
Yale, Princeton, and Pennsylyania-pr promise
to be as exciting and close as those Of last
year.
There will be several crack teams placed in
the field by local organizations soon, and al
though at present it seems that there will
not be as many teams to compete for the
championship as last fail, the games promise
to be royal battles for supremacy.
The opening game of the season In this
city will be between Georgetown and the
University Of Pennsylvania on the Cd OF Oc-
tober. The Pennsylvania boys, by their
grand showing of last year against \ ale and
Princeton. have established their claim 10 a
place among the leading teams OF the coun-
try, and there will De big crowd out to Wit
ness Georgetown pets try their mettle.
ne ODluLuDld AlllicLAt Club Ltiii AltlA tA4NAA
first practice OF the season on Thursday last
when about twenty candidates for positions
gathered at the club grounds and tried pass
ing, falling and kicking the ball. Although
the Columbias will not have ali Of their last
years championship team, they confidently
expect to again carry their eolors TO victory
on Thanksgiving Day. They will lose sew
eral good men in Jack Rainier. Pat Wells, and
Schwartz, who have decided not 10 play this
year, but there are 9number OF young TEL
lows trying for the places left vacant by them.
The following is a list OF those who have thus
far been out 10 practice: johnson. Shields,
Eaton, Seton, Dickinson, Iapmadge,
O'Leary. Hough, Stratton, Schafiirt, Beyins,
Davidson, Mcdonald, Watts, CLARK, Hooker,
and kappeler.
1t is expected that many others will come
out as the season advances. and among them
are DoWd, Camp, and Randolph OF last years
team. In Frank Johnson, who succeeds
Walls as captain, the Columbus have leader
who is cool. courageous, and who IS perfectly
familiar with all the fine points of the game.
The Columbus have decided not 10 take the
extended trip of last year. and have as yet
arranged but one out-of-town game, and that
is with the naval cadets at Annapolis on the
Goth of October. They viii inaugurate the
home season on the 18th of October, with
game with the Princeton Tigers. The COium-
bias are not making any boasts of what they
Will uO bL tllttN LAL t-lE UNIV VI
the winged arrow can bring along plenty OF
horas to the game, as they will give them
chance 10 use them.
CANDIDATES AT GEoRGETowS.
Football is booming across Rock Creek, and
now that the college boys are to have grounds
which Will be second to none in the country,
great things are expected Of them. Work Is
progressing rapidly on the campus. and N
few DAYS the players VIII he able TO take their
regular practice on the new grounds. but as
yet they are playing on the field overlooking
the river
The candidates OF the team. OF which there
are about thirty, have been taking daily prac
tice for the past len days and are already
rounding into shape. This preliminary work
has developed several stars who are expected
TO greatly strengthen the varsity eleven. OF
last years team. the following men have re-
turned 10 the college. BaEan. sullivan. George
Mahoney Horsey 1IcGrath Harley, Ed.
Mahoney and CarmOdy. Murphy, their crack
quarter. has been sick with typhoid fever. and
it is uncertain whether he wall be in shape to
play this fail HIS loss would be a serious
blow to old Georgetown.
The following new men have shown Up well
in Practice Bawby of the Carroll Institute;
Boyle. Nelson. Davis. and Fox of a CiRcin-
natl college: smith Murphy and Nurrin- 5.
y. Newton. the end rush of last years Penn
sylvania team. viii coach the eleven. As the
new rules Will do aTGv with many of the
mass plays that were the principal features Of
last years play. and viii put a premium upon
good kicking Georgetown is devoung con
siderable time TO pun,lng. and ar this work
both Harley and MurrIn, q new man, have
shown up eycellenuy.
There is not much football talk about the
rooms of the Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton this season. Since the loss of their
nv in
sports has tagged and it has been decided
that the association Will nos be represented
on the gridir0n this fail This action is
deeply regretted. not only by members of the
association. but by outsiders who take great
interest in athletics and who realize that the
more teams there are IL the field the greater
is the enthusiasm, and the less possibility of
the sport dying out.
The two years that the association has had
teams it has made splendid records. and the
followers of the red triangle were looking for
great things from the team this year. OF
last years team Johnson plays with George
town this fall as he IS taking the medical
course at that college. Davis. the big guard,
has left the city, ana Harder. the crack
quarter, has decided not to play at all. Leet
and the Bright boys have not made up their
minds what they will do.
INSTITUTE BOYS LACK GROUNDS.
Devotees Of football at Carroll Institute
have been looking forward to the opening Of
the season this year with the greatest eager
ness, for there are score or more of lusty
( youths in this this thriving organization from
whom it was confidently expected team
/ could be picked that would take a prominent
| place in the race for the championship.
/ But the same difficulty that will prevent
/ the association from having a team con-
! fronted the institute boys. and at present II
/ looks as though they will not have an eleven
this year. They are unable to find suitable
! grounds on which 10 practice. They have
/ plenty of material from which 10 pick rat
/ thing good team. as the following men were
/ candidates for positions: Roach Moriarty
| Eckart, Bawby OShea. Howard. Armstrong,
/ Ryan, Mulhail. Russell, Mallet. Oliver. Daily
7 Pearson, and O'Connor. There is a bare pos
sibility that the institute may yet secure
grounds, and in this event the boys are sure
to give good account Of themselves.
There is q team from Capitol Hill composed
of young players which is TO cut quite q fig
ure in the coming local games This is the
team of the Orient Athletic Club. Although
the members of this team are rather young
for the company in which they will travel anC
may be rather light they viii make up FOL
this deficiency by courage and quick. snappy
playing. The following team has been picked
out, but it may be changed in several par
ticulars before long: Ends, Compton anC
Cooling; tackles. Hurtle. OF the Maryland
Agricultural College, and Brown: guards