Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-22
Washington to Have Three Big
Teams at Play.
PROSPECTS OF PRESENT SEASON
Georgetown, GaIIaudet and Y. M.
c. A. Represented.
ATHLETES ARE AT PRACTICE

The opening Of the local colleges and
! schools during the past week. together with
| the recent cool weather. has aroused in
terest in the foot ball players and pros
poets of this city. The middle of Septem-
Der has long marked the opening of the
| preliminary foot ball season In Washing
ton.
| The capital city will be represented on
the gridiron this fall by three big teams. be-
sides numerous small school and athletic
club elevens. The institutions to be repre-
| scented in the big three are Georgetown
University. Gallaudet College and the
Young Mems Christian Association.
At Georgetown College there is a gloomy
aspect to the foot ball situation. Ascall for
candidates this week developed the fact
that so far only five men who occupied
positions on last years team are in college
The old men who showed up for practice
on Wednesday are Captain Oracle. Barry
Lynch. HirSt and Deylin. Only three of
these men were regular players on last
seasons eleven. However, the law and
medical schools. which reopen the first
week in October. will augment the squad
or candidates with several of the 80 men
and batch Of new material. Long, cap
tain Of last years team, law student,
will return to college, will also Kearns,
who played at tackle. and Eaton, who was
compelled to quit the game owing to
broken leg
The old men who will not return to col
iege are Cy Cummings, guard: O'Gorman,
1ullback. Moore, guard: Lennane tackle:
Reardon, half back. and Charles Green,
whose death occurred during the summer.
There Is an abundance OF promising new
material In the college. men from prepare
tory schools who have had foot ball ex-
perfence. and Capt. Oracle feels confident
that before the season begins Georgetown
will have a strong team.
Preliminary Practice.
Since Wednesday the men have been out
daily taking light preliminary practice
Those who have appeared as candidates
are: Ends, Costigan. Hirst, O'Shea. Sulli-
van, Barry, Finnegan: tackles. Blouett
Denegre. A. Oracle. Hilton. Kane Spelacy.
McQual; guards. Lynch. Russell. Mckay.
Horton; quarter back, Oracle Cox. Len
non. Moran. Harvey. Quinn: half-backs,
Edmonson. Devlin. Holland, O'Donnell. Sui
Ivan. O'Hara; full back. Sights. and CEN
ter, Golden Horrigan and Captiville.
Moran comes to the college from Notre
Dame Ind. with the reputation OF being
crack player. Golden and Biouett are the
star pitchers Of last years base ball team.
as coach Billy Bull. the famous ex-Uni-
yersity Of Pennsylvania center. Bull played
on the all star Pennsylvania teams of '95
and 90. with such men as Osgood Brooke
Knife and Williams. and since leaving col
iege he has coached the Carlisle Indian
team. Franklin and Marshall and at differ
ent times the University Of Pennsylvania
eleven Mr. Bull will probably arrive the
latter part Of next week and will at once
take the squad Of candidates in hand.
Inc management Of the team Is just now
In the hands of Mr.. Michael Walsh. Mr.
Walsh was elected manager last winter but
resigned during the summer, after having
arranged many good games At present he
Is looking after the ARRANGEMENT of the
schedule until new man can be elected to
succeed him.
The schedule Is In an unsettled state, al
though games have been closed with such
teams as the United Staes Naval Academy,
University of Virginia, Gallaudet College.
University of North Carolina. Baltimore
Medical College University Of Maryland.
versity Of West Virginia and Swarthmore
College. The first scheduled game is with
ST. Johns College. on the Georgetown
campus. October H. The big Thanksgiv-
North Carolina, In this ely.
The Team Of Gallaudet.
Gallaudet College has excellent prospect
for strong team this year. although from
the present outlook the line will be excep-
tionaiiy light. Wheeler and Jones, the
guards Of last seasons team, have not re-
turned to college. The only men on hand
to fill their places are substitutes of last
year The team also loses the services by
back and end. respectively. Horace B.
Waters Of Missouri. who played full back
during the past three seasons, is captain
Of the team. Captain Waters has had his
men out since Thursday, seventeen candi-
dates having appeared as follows: Andree,
Barnham, Mather. Worley. Waters. Cell
fuss, Erickson. Hewetson. Mayer. Garrett,
Cooley. McKern. Meesam, Nichols. Karn
Meunier. Kleberg. Cowley. OF this number
Garrett. Karn. Meunier. Kleberg. Cooley and
Meesam are new men at college.
The team will be coached by DR.. Charles
r. Ely of Yale and Prof. P. Hall of Har-
ward, two experienced foot ball men, who
are connected with the college.
Manager A. H. Norris has only partly
completed his schedule. The games arrang-
ed definitely are as follows:
October 10, Maryland Agricultural Col
lege of College Park, Nd, at Kendall
Green: October 20. University of Maryland
of Baltimore at Baltimore; October q, Bal
umore Medical College Of Baltimore at Bal
timore: November 3. st. Johns College Of
Annapolis at Kendall Green; November 10,
University Of Virginia of Charlottesville
Va. at Charlottesville: November II. Rich
mond College of Richmond, Va. at Rich
mond; November "a, Georgetown Univer-
sity of Washington at Georgetown; Novem-
Der 20 THANKSGIVING day., Young Mems
Christian Association of Washington at
National Park. Games will also be arrang-
ed with the Princeton eleven at Princeton,
N. j.: Naval Academy at Annapolis Johns
Hopkins Of Baltimore and other strong
teams.
Prospects Of the Y. M. C. A.
Christian Association are In rather an un-
settled state. During the early part of the
summer there was some doubt as to
whether the board of directors would allow
the association to be represented on the
gridiron. But this obstacle has been re-
moved, and should the necessary Interest in
the sport be manifested by the members an
eleven will be fitted out for fall cam
paign 1t is difficult matter to say just
how strong team the association will be
able to muster. Some OF the best foot ball
players OF the District are numbered among
the association members, and there Is no
reason why a strong team should not be
put out.
Mr.. e. p. Mills is captain and Mr.. r. F..
LIE Mot manager. Some OF the local play
ers who belong to the association are: Cy
Cummings George and Louis Weaver,
Eddy Mills, Boulay. Harding, Stewart.
MCGOWAN, McConville. Meigs. Smell, Red
dington, Bynum. Townsend, Davidson.
Beard, Waters, Shaw, Bynum. Poe, Nelli-
gan and Church. Little has been done in
arranging a schedule besides the closing OF
the Thanksgiving day game with Gallaudet
EDUCATING THE RED MAN.