Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-25
GEoRGETowN's SQUAD.
Big Crowd Of Foot Ballists Out Last
Evening for Practice.

| Nearly thirty-five husky young fellows
comprising the foot ball squad Of George
town University. have begun spirited prac-
tice on the gridiron The number of candi-
dates for the Georgetown foot ball team
this year Is considerably larger than at the
corresponding time last season, and the ad-
herents Of the blue and gray feel confident
that the university will turn out strong
team to battle for honors on the grdiron
this fall. The work at this time Is entirely
preliminary to the selection of the eleven
that will represent the university on the
field. For several days the boys have been
practicing various phases of the game, such
as passing the ball, catching punts, falling
on the pigskin, and such preliminary prac-
tice as is usual at the opening of the sea-
son. Last evening however, two teams
were lined up in opposition, and the real
work Of getting around the ends, bucking
the line and mass plays was taken up, and
the candidates were carefully watched by
Coach Suter.
While the university has lost a number
Of valuable men who played on last years
| team, still the coach and Manager Fitz-
gerald are very much pleased with the abil-
ity of several new men who have appeared
| on the Georgetown field this fall for the
first time These new players are being
carefully watched for signs Of ability in the
game. and the performance of several Of
the candidates Is. indeed. promising. Among
| the old members of the team who have re-
ported for practice are Captain Kelley
the Edmonston brothers. Ownes, Hart and
Kerns. Buckley and Owens, who were
| very much in the game last season, are ex-
pected on the field next week. Several
| members of last years second eleven are
| also showing up In fine form at this time
among whom are Brennan, Rorke, Hayden
l. and others.
| 1t would be difficult to say which Of the
new men will develop Into valuable players
as many of the recent additions to the
| school have not had sufficient opportunity
| to prove their fitness. The new material,
| however, looks very strong. indeed, and no
doubt the university eleven will receive
| considerable strength from the recent addi-
| lions. Among the new men who give prom
| Use of great things In the future are Ferer-
rer a Mexican: Thompson Of Connecticut
| and Carver and Stevenson, two young men
| from Nebraska.
| Captain Barry of last years team was on
! the, field yesterday taking an active interest
| in the practice and keeping an eye on the
| new players. The squad is composed of a
| fine set of young men. One is instantly i'm
| pressed with the gentlemanly qualities of
| the players, and those in charge of the team
| this year take considerable pride in that
| fact. There is the best of good feeling ex-
| hibited between rivals for the several posi-
| tons, which indicates that the successful
| candidates for places will win on their
merits and not hy underhand work.
| The training table will be started tomor-
! row, and then the hard work will begin In
| earnest. The first game will be played Sat
| urday when the Georgetown boys will line
| up against the Maryland Agricultural Col
| lege. The first hard contest, 1t is thought
| will take place October 4, when the eleven
| from the Annapolis Navy Academy will OPP
pose the local team. The game between
| the Virginia Military Academy and the
| GEORGETOWN boys is scheduled for Octo-
| Der IS.