Evening star., 1899-10-17
Georgetown to Play the Maryland
Agricultural College Eleven.
CHANGES SINCE SATURDAYS GAME
Current Notes From the Eastern
Universities.
TIE DAYS SPORTING NEWS

The first home game of the season of the
Georgetown University foot ball team will
be played tomorrow afternoon on the COL
iege campus, the opponents being the
eleven representing the Maryland Agricul-
tural College, from College Park, just
across the District line. While the first
game at home for the Georgetown team it
is the second game of the season, the OPEN
ing occurring last Saturday. when the
team was defeated by the naval cadets, the
score standing II to 0.
The showing made by the varsity play
ers in the game with the naval cadets is
regarded creditable by all acquainted
with its composition and the short time
that intervened between the game and the
commencement of training. The game had
an excellent effect upon the players and
taught them much more than they would
practice, it is said. Since Saturday the
players have been kept at steady practice,
and the Improvement made'is most encour-
aging.
Changes in the Team.
Several changes have been made in the
lineup, tending to strengthen weak places,
and the composition of the team tomorrow
will differ slightly from that of Saturday
Charlie Green, who played such an excel
end, and Kearns the New England oars
man. will be kept at right tackle, with
Moore, the big heavy man, as right guard.
Capt Long will hold down center Lynch
will take the place of Jones as left guard;
Lnneale will remain in his old position,
left tackle. and Barry as left end.
Behind the line other changes have been
made. Rice will still play right half back
and Devlin left half back. O'Gorman will
be placed at full back, and Quinn, who
nl4Np1
moved up into the position of quarter, fill
ing the place of McAfee, who held that po-
sition when playing last Saturday. The
composition of the team does not, how
ever, represent the real eleven that will be
selected to represent the varsity in the
games to be played in the future. The
assignment of the players, mostly candi-
dates for the positions, is made to test their
relative value. The first games the
schedule are regarded more as practice
games than anything else, in which all men
Will be given q show, and the best men Sc
lected to represent the eleven of the uni
versity.
The team of the Maryland Agricultural
College opened it's season last Saturday on
its home grounds at College Park, Md,
playing with the eleven from the Western
Maryland College. The Agricultural Col
lege team is like the Georgetown team in
some respects, having suffered from a lack
of time in which to get into condition, but
it has improved considerably since the
that they will put up a strong game to-
morrow afternoon against the blue and
gray.
The Line-Up.
The lineup of the Georgetown team to-
and the probable lineup of the
Maryland Agricultural College team is as
follows:
G. L. Position. MAG
Green. ......... Right end. d......... Kelley
K earns. Right tackle. Underwood
Moore. ......... Right guard. ....... Caldwell
Long (captD D...... Center ......... Symons
Lynch. ......... Left guard. ........... Smith
Linneane. .......Left tackle. ..... .Kefhauser
Barry Left end. ...... Robertson
Rice. ......... Right half back. Bradley
Devlin. ........Left half back. Jackson
Quinn. ......... Quarter back. ....... .Grason
o German. Full back. ......... Cooke
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Kay, Van Deventer, Cy Cummings, Oracle,
McAfee and Jones.
With O'Gorman as full back on the
Georgetown team, marking the players first
public appearance in that position. consd
erable is expected. He has played foot ball
for some years and is well acquainted with
the game He was captain of the Fordham
College eleven and did well in that responsi-
BILE position. He is conceded to be the
best available man a present for full back,
and besides this is a good runner and keeps
a clear head.
Finnegan. E. A. c.; Long and one or two
others started in training yesterday after
noon, and. with Spellacy and several
other men who have been practicng
longer time, will form good material later
on.
The practice work this afternoon was
comparatively light. the players being un-
der Coach Church, who did not overexert
them. He Is anxious to keep them good
for the contest tomorrow and the mem
bers of the team will enter the fray in per-
fectiy fresh condition. The players them
selves and the students at the university
feel confident of victory.
The Schedule
The schedule of games for Georgetown's q
season has just been printed, cards contain
ing 1t being ready for distribution. Not
counting the game Saturday or the one to-
morrow, the other events scheduled are:
Saturday, October 21-St. Johns College
of Annapolis at Georgetown.
Wednesday, October 25-Baltmore Medi-
cal College of Baltimore, at Georgetown
Wednesday, November 1-Gallaudet Col
lege, at Georgetown.
Saturday, November university of
Maryland, at Georgetown.
Saturday, November 11-Virginia Military
Institute, at Richmond
Saturday, November 1S-Uniyersity of
Virginia, at Georgetown.
w Wednesday, November 22-Open date
Thursday, November 30-Virginia Military
Institute. at Georgetown
1t is likely that other games will be play-
ed after the Thanksgiving day game, but
as yet no efforts have been made to secure
new dates. 1t is possible that a second
game may be arranged with the University
of Virginia, the old-time athletic rival of
Georgetown, the games with which always
draw a crowd.
There issalso a liability of a change in
the schedule regarding the Virginia Military
Institute. At the present time there is a
prevalence of typhoid fever at the latter
college. and the students have been fur
loughed for thirty days, some having left
for their homes. The furlough may affect
the foot ball team, and in that event the
Nirginians may request the cancellation of
the dates assigned to them. Nothing def
mite has as yet been done in the matter,
nor is it likely that anything will be an
nounced for some days