Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-18
Only the G. A. C.'s Have Taken Steps
to Form an Eleven.
ONLY CLASS GAMES At GEORGETOWN
Prospects at the Other Collegiate
Institutions.
WORK OF YALE PLAYERS

| The local foot ball season is somewhat
| backward. The Columbia Athletic Club is
i the only organization that has made any
attempt so far toward forming team. 1t
has taken the initiative, and last Friday
i evening Louis Korn, who will act as man.
ager the present term, called preliminary
/ meeting. There were fifteen candidates,
| and, with one or two exceptions, they are
all old men. Granville Lewis is promis-
i ing new candidate for full back. Out of
this number the club expects to secure a
representative team. Ever since its organ
| ization the club has held the local cham
pionship. and it would indeed be strange
thing if the team this year failed to keep
up the reputation.
All of the members of the team have
been working hard the past week on CO.
| lumbia Field. On account of the weather
the practice has been as light as possible.
consisting of punting, passing and kicking.
The candidates for backs are Cabrera,
Speare, Hooker, Gordon, Lewis. Ballinger
and Michigan. Wisner. Curtiss, Lunsford.
Moon and Humphrey are trying for the
| ends. while Wells. Gordon, MCGOWAN Bal
| linger and Michigan are trying for tackles.
O'Leary and Speare will try for guards,
and Underwood and johnson will run for
! center. The former played very good
| game last season at center, and 1T seems
| quite likely that he will occupy the same
| take some other position on the front line
While the team is in practice Manager
| korn is making arrangements for full
| schedule of games for this season, which,
like last season. may include trip out of
| town. An effort will be made to have a
| game with the Indian eleven from the Car
| Isle school. 1t will be remembered that
| last year an effort was made to secure a
| game with the Indian players, which re-
| suited unSucceSsfully. 1t is also quite like
4 ly that a series of games will be arranged
| with the team of army officers from Fort
| Monroe. Last year the c. A. c. boys sue
| ceeded in winning the championship after a
very close contest 1t seems quite likely
that the annual Thanksgiving day game
| this season in this city will be between
| these two teams.
| Other Local Teams.
None of the other local clubs or schools
| has started in toward organizing an eleven
| Columbian University will not open until
| September %, and until then nothing will
| be known of the intentions of the students.
| 1t is quite likely, however. that a team will
| be organized. though it will be rather late
| in getting into the field.
1 1t Is also likely that n team will be formed
| at Kendall Green The students of that
1 college have been keeping up with the
| game. and there appears to be no reason
| why departure from the custom should
! be male this year.
Howard University, it is understood will
! also be represented on the grdiron. The
| Maryland Agricultural College will also
have team out on the field. In addition
| TO these it appears certain that some Local
| clubs will have elevens, though the total
| number of teams in the District will not
| reach such a large number.
If the students of Columbian University
| organize team 1t will be with the express
! purpose of making a bid for the local
championship. Ever since Georgetown Uni
versity has refused to have a team to play
| for the local supremacy Columbian Uni
| and
| sought the coveted honor. Last year the
! team played hard for the championship
but without success, and there is hardly
| any doubt of its not keeping up the strug-
| gle again this year: In the event of
| match game the c. A. c. team will have
| the advantage of fully a months training.
over their rivals.
| Only Class Foot Ball Mt Georgetown.
Despite all reports to the contrary there
will be no outside foot ball this season
| at Georgetown University. This is au-
| thoritatve. This statement was made TO
| The Star reporter by Rev. ]. Havens Rich
| ards, s. j.. the rector of the university
| During the summer there was a rumor to
the effect that foot ball would again be
| sanctioned this fall, and that there would
| be change in the presidency of the in
stitutfon. This was only a rumor. The
same. rector. with practically the same
faculty, is still at the institution, and the
| same restrictions that We're placed on the
| game last year will be enforced this sea-
| son.
| Glass foot ball games will be played this
year the same as last. These the
| only signs which show that the game is
not entirely eradicated from the sports of
| the varsity All of the classes of the
| institution will have foot ball teams. Moth
| ing has been done yet in this line owing
| to the fact that the term has just opened.
| Next week. or within short time, the stu
! dents will begin practice. A series of games
cd hot fha rin o1o
| es for the championship of the college. an
| honor as much coveted by the students as
| is the championship of the District by tine
| local teams. The games at the university
will be continued until quite late in the sea-
son.
Visit of Yale Men.
| The fact that number of Yale players
came to this city in order to get couple
| Of weeks practice caused a revival of in
| terest in the game locally. AS has been
stated in The Star. they were ordered to
| the city by the management of athletics at
Yale to secure the coaching Of Frank But
| terworth, the well known local player, for
merly a member of the Columbia Athletic
Club team, and later of the Yale eleven.
who is regarded as one of the best full
backs that ever played in the game. The
seven players who are in the city have
not been practicing team work. but have
been drilled in kicking. punting, passing
play behind the line.
The players have been in the city for
the past two weeks. and leave today for
New Haven. in order to attend the opening
of the university. The time spent in this
city was merely taken up with preliminary
practice. The real harG work will begin
next week at New Haven. MIR. Butter
worth could mot accompany the members
on their trip to Yale. though later he ex-
poets to visit New Haven and give his
advice.
Though James o. Rodgers of Toledo.
Ohio. was elected last fall captain of the
eleven he will not serve this season in
that capacity, owing to Illness. Hamilton
Fish Benjamin. one of the young men who
was in this city taking in the practice
work. has been elected to ill his place.
Benjamin is senior in the academic de-
partment, ard played half back last year.
He is from Garrison. NY. 1t now looks as
ii Rodgers would not be able to return to
college Until fall. His attack of typhoid
fever was severe, and he is said to be lying
very weak at his home in Toledo.
Up to date eighty students have sent i'm
their names for the vacancies on the team
that will represent Yale this year. Out of
la xr;lg,