Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-24
THE ClTY'S BIG GAME
Thanksgiving Days Foot Ball Game Be-
tween Columbia and Georgetown.
Probable Make Up of the Teams
Characteristics Displayed in
This Seasons Games.


tered, until Thanksgiving day is over, in
the great struggle between the Columbia
Athletic Club and Georgetown University
! foot ball teams next Thursday at II o'clock
at the National Base Ball Park. An agree
| ment was made between the two teams
when negotiations We're being made by
! which each contestant had to submit a
! list of twenty of her members, from which
the teams were to be selected. Neither
| eleven has had this year as many match
games u play in former years, and SO
IL is hard to judge of their relative merits.
! On the part of the Columbus, some of the
players new to the CLUB, though not
! to foot ball. Another factor in the work Of
practice to be taken into consideration is
| the fact that the scrub team has not shown
| up as well as ii might though some of its
members have done brilliant work at times.
| This, and the lack of match games, has been
| a decided drawback to the club, and it
was not until House" Janeway, the IA
nous Princeton rush. took charge as
coacher last week that Columbia prospect
of victory has frightened. The game last
Wednesday with Maryland Agricultural
College showed the weak spots, and ii is
safe to say that under Mr.. Janeway's care
full supervision they will be missing when
the contest comes off. Many of the posi-
TORS have not been fully decided upon, and
it will not be until after the game this
afternoon with the Carlisle Indian School
that the members of the team will lie final
ly selected. the men trying for the va
rious positions are Wade and Gapin, GEN.
ters; Adam Johnson, Dickinson and Bclk-
nap, guards; Frank Johnson, Wells and
Saunders, tackles; Leet, Seton, Wcisner
and Carter, ends; MCGEE and Harder, quar-
tiers; Lewis, Stuart johnson, Parsons and
Maupin, halls; Shields and Clark, fulls.
From indications the following players
Will probably compose the team: Right
end. Ed Seton; right tackle. Pat Wells;
Made.
guard, Belknap; left tackle. Johnson; left
end, Al. Leet; quarter, Harder; right half.
Lewis; left half stuart Johnson, and full
back, Johnny Shields.
The team is starting off with snap and
vim that augurs well for its success.
The backs get under way quickly and fol-
low their Interference strongly. Lewis, es-
pecially, is quick and is always on the
lookout to slip through any hole. Shields
has shown decided improvement In the
way he tries for goal, and his punting ia
up to his usual good form. For a line
breaker he is the equal OF any full back
in the city, and whether ii is hole through
the center or a dash around the ends. he
can always be depended upon in getting
started. Harder, at quarter, is rather
slow in the way he handles the leather.
but seldom fumbles. The ends this year
arc very strong, and in the special Leet
cannot only hold his own. but is ready
to carry the pigskin for a good game when.
ever wanted
In the line such old vets. as Capt Wells.
Wade and Dickinson are always ready to
hold their own and can be depended upon
to open up hole when wanted.
Last Tuesday evening the members and
candidates of the first and second teams
weighed in. with the following results:
Wells 40 pounds. height, feet; Beknap.
1871 pounds, height, feet l inch; Carter,
100 pounds height, feet IL inches; Clapp.
III pounds, . feet 10 IL inches; Davis, lI6
pounds, feet inches; Dickinson, 1875
pounds, feet inches; Gapen, l70 pounds.
: feet IL inches; Harder, 142 pounds, feet
inches; Hooker. l66 pounds. feet 8
inches; A. w. Johnson, 200 pounds feet
Stuart c. Johnson, li5 pounds, feet 3
inches; A. b. Leet, $50 pounds, ; feet
inches; Lewis, Ill pounds feet IL nchess
MCGEE, 140 pounds. 8 feet IL inches:
Maupin, 1i5 pounds, feet s IL inches;
Parsons. 40 pounds. feet > IL inches;
Seton, 1i3 pounds > feet inches; Shields,
1S5 pounds. feet IL inches; Wiesner,
144 pounds feet Q 1-2 inches; Wade, 1893
pounds. feet IL inch
The Georgetown Team.
The students over in Georgetown this
year have not been doing much talking
about what they intend to do Thursday,
but are saving wood to good advantage.
Different tactics have been adopted In the
training and make up of this years team,
and, in addition, all of its members have
played together In the same places since
the beginning of the Sc ison They ara
eleven pounds lighter than last year and
play snapper. quicker game, and with
the change in the playing rules, this style
Of work is decidedly to their advantage.
The backs are all fast runners and follow
their interference in I'd shape Biy
Mike" Mahoney will be seen in the game
on Thanksgiving day of the backs
instead of in the line. as In former years.
He is. IL anything better than ever, and
it will be a good tackler that will bring
him to earth when he once gets under
way with the pigskin. Murphy is the rum
ner of the eleven and Is a good line buck
er. Carmody and Bahen are well known
to all the lovers Of the game in this city,
and 1t will suffice to say that they are
up to their usual FORM Davis, the left
guard, is a new man to Georgetown. bat
was q captain and full back of the Notre
Dame team of 1892, and is a good all
around athlete.
The team will line up at National Park