Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-23
Columbia Will Play Columbian on
Thanksgiving.
BOTH TEAMS HARD AT WORK
Capital Park Selected for the Con-
test
S1ZING UP THE TIE A M S


! representing the present holders Of the cup,
| the Columbia Athletic Club and Columbian
| University. Beth elevens are practicing
| hard, and both expect to play one game
| each before they meet each other in the
| tusSle next Thu rsday. AS the Varsity
| team has never played together in a game,
| their first appearance will be watched with
| interest, and their team work will be closely
| scrutinized.
| Capitol Park has been chosen, and there is
| bound to be large crowd, for, in addi-
| ton to the day being a holiday, and one
| which during the past decade has been
| consecrated to foot ball, the Varsity has
| more than a thousand students, each one
| of whom is likely to appear Where there
| are thousand college men talking foot
| ball from the word go enthusiasm is
! bound to be worked up and in consequence
| much interest is expected to be displayed
| in the result of the contest.
| The officers have not been selected, but
| there is probability that either the
| referee or umpire will be chosen from
| GEORGETOWN University.
Comment around town seems 10 favor the
| men of the winged arrow, but this is mere
| speculation. those in charge of the
| coaching of the Columbian team refuse
| permission to outsiders to witness the
! practice. Fer nearly month the latter
| organization has been practicing daily at
| Capitol Park in the afternoon.
The Columbia Eleven.
The Columbia Club has had an eleven
| in the field ever since the season OPENED,
| but the Only game of importance which it
| has played was last Saturday against the
| Baltimore Athletic Club. Since the middle
of last week one or two changes have oc-
CURED in the personnel of the c. a. c. line
Up. but now it is practically decided upon.
| There being no training table this year
each man has to look out for himself and
| there being no scrubs to rub up against
| all the pract:cing is now put on perfecting
| the style of team play and III s1l"h exercises
as falling on the ball and in kicking, all I'M
| der the supervision of Club Captain Wells.
Stewart Johnson captain ed the team until
| the middle of last week, but since then
| Clark has taken his place. There has also
been & shakeup back of the line. Frank
| Davidson was one Of the halls in the
| Saturdays game, but a new man may be
seen in his place. The line is likely to re-
| main as it Is with no Changes. At right end
| there is Phil. Wisner, Wisner Is the light
est man on the team. weighing only about
| lbs pounds but he makes up in experience
| what he lacks in weight. He has played for
| two years on the reserves, and was in his
| first big game last Christmas when the c.
! A. C.'s played Union 10 n tie. Phil. is
about the best third baSernan there is in the
| District and is also rot unknown TO rowing.
| In fact, nearly every man on the eleven
| is an oarsman. and the hard course of train
| ing which they Undergo in that sport makes
| them take to the easier work, comparatively.
! which is required in foot ball all the more
| readily. and at the same time gets them as
| hard nails.
MCGOWAN at right tackle has about hun
| dred and sixty pounds 20 his credit. He did
not follow the leather last year, but in for
| mer years was l7known face on Column
| bia elevens and as a stroke of Columbia
| crews. The right guard, Don McConville. is
getting his first taste of the game. Though
| he lacks experience, he has hundred and
| Seventy-five pounds of bone and muscle to
use in opening up holes and in resisting sim
nj tan1 mt N for hoo lost
man on an aggregation was always placed
+ at center but now that maxim is changed
| following the variations in the rules and in
consequence the winged arrow center rush.
| Underwood, is five pounds lighter than the
| right guard. Underwood is quick on his feet
| and holds WELL
| The Heaviest Man.
| The heaviest man of the red and blue is
Busey, who also sports the colors of Co.
| lumbar in other things outside of foot
ball, being a member of the Columbian
| College of Law. Busey is within a pound
or two of hundred and eighty, and is no
novice at the game In former years he
was well-known as a member of several
Baltimore teams. Hecox is booked for left
tackle In place of Hooker. HecoX is a
| short and stocky tackle and tips the scales
for about hundred and sixty-five. Walsh
at end was a last years guard on the re-
serves. If weight counts for anything in
| breaking up a rush around the ends he
| ought to be able to show up well, as he has
| just seventy more than a hundred pounds
| to help him out.
Quarter back is one of the most important
positions in foot ball. If the quarter fun
bles often game may be practically con-
ceded to the other side. With the c. A.
C.'s this trouble does not exist, Parsons
doing the trick for them. Though this Is
his first year in this position having been
a back last season, he Is regarded as a
sure and accurate pasSer.
The new face mentioned as likely to APP
pear as a back is that of one of the Maurin
boys. Probably no family in the city has
SO many expert foot ball players all broth
ers, as the Maupins, and it is said that be-
tween them they can make up team
which, though not containing the full
eleven members necessary, would be able
to do UP many a team with every position
filled which is now fighting IN canvas over
| a leather ball. The Mdupin that is prob
ably to act as right half would have filed
the same position last Saturday, but was
compelled to fulfill a promise previously
given and play then on his former college
team-Delaware College. Maupin made a
reputation some years ago on the old Cap
itol team, at that time the strongest lot of
players in Washington, and con tanning such
men John Shields, Ed Seton and Ben
Welsh. Last year he played on the first
Columbias in their game against the Uni
versty of Pennsylvania as an end, but was
injured and had to give up for the re-
remainder of the season. He has a habit
of diving for a man when on the end and
| half by Capt. Clark. With a rather tall
| well-made physique, he is the quickest man
on tho Columbia team, and probably hits
the line as hard as any. Clark excepted.
Hess, with an even hundred and fifty, will
| look out for right half in case Maupin is
| injured He hasn't played for two or three
years. but seems to be in good condition.
Two men are working hard for the other
half. They are Gordon b. Hooker and
Frank Davidson. The former is the heavier
| by mere than twenty pounds. but the latter
| is probably the quicker. Davidson is the
man who made the touchdown when the
| Young Mems Christian Association beat
| the c. A. C.'s, but hasn't regularly played
| since then. Hooker was a member Of the
best team that ever geprssented the Wash
ington High School, the team of 80. Capt
| and Fullback Charles c. Clark is one of the
best known players in the District. He
captained two Of the High School teams
| and since then the Columbia reserves SO
| that he is qualified Tor his present position
| by long experience. Though always to be
relied upon as a fine player. his improve
| ment this year has been commented upon
in many quarters, and it was his plunges
through the line that constituted the most
brilliant feature of the Saturday game.
| Taking the eleven as whole, they are