Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-01
Ge0rgetOwn's Easy Victory.

GeOrEetOWn's Easy victory.
The game of foot ball on the George
town oval yesterday afternoon between the
Richmond College and blue and gray teams
was a farce. The local players won by
the score of "a to O. and showed up the
visitors in a way not at all good for the
advancement of the game. Almost any of
our high school mines can defeat the Rich
mend College boys and would undoubtedly
put up better defense against the George
town players than the aggregation from
Virginia yesterday. The blue and gray
have a team that will surprise many peo-
pie before the season is over with their
excellence, both in defensive and offensive
work. Their playing at Annapolis demon
strated this and the teams improvement
since that battle has been most marked.
Yesterdays game was witnessed by a fair
sized crowd, which early in the contest be-
came tired of cheering their favortes as
the goals were rolled up too fast for count
ing. The Richmond lads We're swept off
their feet by the fierceness of their oppo-
nents' play, their nervousness at the outset
giving way to almost complete capitulation
before the game had gone fifteen minutes
Fifteen touchdoWnS and nine goals from
touchdown was Georgetown's record.
AS to sensational plays in the way of
tackles. runs or blocking, they were SO nu-
merous as to attract little attention, and
unless something like a Seventytive-yard
gain was recorded but faint cheering fol-
lowed. The blue and gray lads took up
the effective tactics of Pennsylvania and
as result the Richmond team was COM
petely al sea. No matter what they did
to offset Georgetown's play it always went
awry, and a result made them look like
novices.
Next Saturday Georgetown tackles the
Swarthmore College boys, on the local grid
iron, and a game worth witnessing will be
forthcoming. The Pennsylvania lads are an
aggressive lot, but the blue and gray will
doubtless take of themselves and not
disappoint the expectations of their friends.
CentraIs Defeat Business Team.
The Central and Business High School
foot ball teams lined up yesterday at Ma
tional Base Ball Park, and the former
clearly proved their superiority over the
latter, the game being won by the score of
% to o. Centrals team work told on their
opponents. who were helpless before the on
slaughts of their aggressors. The game
was confined to the Business boys territory
during both halves, and at no time was the
Central goal in danger.
In the first half Purcell kicked off for Cen
trail, Mcqueen running it back for fifteen
yards before he was Gowned. Business
could not make the necessary downs and
the ball went over to Central. Within five
minutes Senior carried the ball over for
the first touchdown. Taylor kicked an easy
goal
Within a few minutes of the kickoff
Brush received the ball and skirted the end
for a fifty-five-yard run, and on the next
play through the line Central scored the
second touchdown; try at goal failed. This
ended the scoring for the first half; Cen
trail II: Business, o.
| The third touchdown was secured after
seven minutes play by good line plunges,
Taylor kicking goal. The star play of the
game was made on the next kickoff. Tay-
| Tor caught the ball on Centrals ten-yard
line and ran through almost the entire Bus
| mess team for a gain of seventy yards.
Business then secured the ball, but could
not advance, Central holding them on
downs After an end run and series OF
| line bucking the last touchdown was made
! by Sheppard, Taylor kicking goal.
| Only the call of time saved the Business
| BOYS from another touchdown, as the Cen
| rails were carrying the ball down the field
with irresistible plunges. Final score: Cen
| trail, %; Business 0.