Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-23
VARSITY ATHLETICS.
Projected Tennis Tournament mt
Georgetown Given Up-Coming Foot
hall Games.

Georgetown Given Up-Comtnv Foot
hall Games.
The projected tennis tourr ament at the
Georgetown College Is not to com, of. The
rector disarproved of it, the boys say, in
the first place, and in the second not enough
contestants showed up at the practice
games. All interest seems to be conferred
in foot ball, and it's almost useless to at
tempt to siietrack the enthusiasm. This
will deprive the public of sight of Mast $
playing. He's the champion at the college
During the past summer he did much
racket handling at the Atlantic resorts and
patrons of the sport patted him on the back
for his scientific manipula ton
The next public foot ball game which the
college eleven will participate in will come
OIL on the Z'th. The Swarthmore boys will
De their opponents. -Four days later, on the
3ist, the Maryland Agricultural team will
buck up against the Georgetown bows.
November l Is an open date. ON the I'd an
eleven from the University of North Caro-
ma VIII meet the college; on the nth a
crack team from the Chicago Athletic t,Iub
will antagonize them; on the 10Th the la
fayettes will be met, and on November y,
Thanksgiving the championship OF the
District, now held by the Columbids, will
be contested for
Two games will be PLAYED with the I-ni
versity of Virginia, on November 10 and -
The first will come off i'm CharlottesyilIo
Va, the second in Washington All the
others, with the probable execution of tho
thanksgiving game, will be Kicked out''
on the Georgetowns new field The Uni
VerSIty of Virginia and GEORGETOWN are tn.
candidates for southern supremacy in ath-
leticS, and every contest they engage in
creates the deepest interest Immense
Groves are expected to be present at tho
scheduled games. That is the reason why
the Washington game won't be played on
the college field. The spectators cnuIdn :
be accommoda ted.
GeorSetown has now about sixty first
class players ready to enter on the field a :
any time. Some recent acquisitions are we'll
worthy OF particular mention. Davis a last
years center On the lNotre Dame team is
now playing right guard here and Harley
1t last year tull back, who retired from M.
sport, has been persuaded to again don the
canvas Jacket. He is one of the very hest
men on the Georgetown force
Stone an old half back at Haycrforl Col
itSe, fennSyiVanta, is another new one for
the patrons of the blue and gray He earn
ed u big reputation last year playing
through the keystone state TIE University
OF Pennsylvania and Princeton both wanted
him badly.
There's big 2OO-pOund man from North
carolina now at the Georgetown law school,
VINO VIII soon he one of the eleven pitted
against the colleges who have GEORGETOWN :
VanqnlShnlent at heart. Carmody is ont
again and playing center. This is a new
position for him, but ne thoroughly under
stands all points Of the game
Sullivan is to play left guard.
Ihey are against professionalism at the
college now. The Introduction OF Donovan
under the name of Dugan at last Thanks
giving game was the last straw and Father
richards has intimdted that another such
oHense would cause mole than ordinary
trouble.
The p. G. class at Georgetown is larger
inns year than at any ether time in the
history of the great house of learning.
The glee club has now forty-five noyices
A number of the best come from the clubs
OF Boston, st. Louis and Holy Cross col
leges. In ten days the members go into
active training for public work At Easter
time tour Of northern cities will be made
ana probably some of the southern ones
The mandolin and banjo clubs are weak
this season, having but ten and fifteen
members. respectively.
Georgetown, like the rest of Catholic col
ieSeS, has LO secret Greek letter societies
McCreary. late of the Y. NJ G. A., will
pitch this year on GeorgetOwn's ball team.
ana roswell of the University of Penn
sylvania Is al xious to be one of the players
but does not want to take full course at
the college. This is against the rules OF
the University, though.