Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-24
ToMoRROW'S BIG GAME.
Georgetown in Good Shape to Struggle
With LAFAYETTE.

On Thursday afternoon the Georgetown
boys had their last lineup before the great
Lafayette game that will be played tomor-
row on the local gridiron This afternoon
only the signals will be run through and
some punting practice done, so that the
men will all be in the best possible shape
when they face the Pennsylvania giants.
The lineup Thursday was Of the fiercest
kind and the varsity line held like a stone
wall. The scrubs We're exceptionally heavy
and so they gave their opponents excellent
practice. All of the men are in the best
form and expect to wage one of the hardest
fights that has ever been seen on a local
gridiron. AS Is well known, Lafayette Is
one of the leaders in collegiate foot ball,
and there are few teams in the country as
strong. They have probably the best team
in Pennsylvania this year, and that is say
ing good deal. when it Is remembered
that Pennsylvania can boast of such elevens
as the University of Pennsylvania, Frank
lin and Marshall, Lehigh, Penn State, the
Carlisle Indians, Swarthmore and many
smaller college teams. There Is feeling
at the local university, however. that the
Pennsyvanians will be given the hardest
kind of a struggle and will be playing the
best foot ball that they are capable of if
they come out of the contest victorious. All
of the old men are back in the game, with
the single exception of Morgan, who is still
unable to play on account Of his crushed
thumb, and the men that were out on the
field yesterday gladdened the hearts of the
rooterS who Were gathered on the bleach
ers and side lines to watch the work and
figure out chances for success tomorrow
The playing was fast and when the scrubs
were given the ball to punt the ends got
down the field in such speedy style that no
fear Is entertained that Georgetown will
be a whit behind the Lafayette men in this
part of the game. Carroll got his punts off
nicely. and, in fact, all5of the practice was
carried through with a vim and snap that
would satisfy the most critical supporter
of the blue and gray. No means have been
left undone that would help the eleven on
to victory, and the rooters from all of the
departments of the university will be out
In full force to cheer for victory. At the
law school two mass meetings have been
held. on Wednesday and Thursday nights,
IN Whlch plans were adopted by means Of
which the law school will be present on
Saturday in a body band will be Sc
cured and will go to the law school, where
there will assemble the students from the
coiiege and of the law department They
will then march to the medical and dental
schools and gather up the men from those
schools, and the whole procession will then
march up as far as 18th street and New
YORK avenue, where they will board cars
for Georgetown. Sections have been re-
served for all these rooters in the bleachers,
and they promise to make the welkin ring
with their yells and songs 1t is considered
that the virginia game was half won by
the strenuous roofing last year, and as this
VIII be Georgetowns hardest game this
season 1t Is to be seen if like measures will
prevail against Lafayette. The men will
line up against Lafayette on Saturday as
follows:
Left end. Owens; left tackle Russell; left
guard, Rorke; center, Given; right guard,
kerns; right tackle, Seitz: right end, Pres
ton Edmonston; quarter back. Buckley;
left half back. Reilly Captain; right half
back, Hart; full back, Carroll. McGetti-
gan, Armstrong, Brennan and Brickley are
the substitute ends; Thompson and Har-
disty, the substitute tackles; Mclaughlin
and Mahoney. substitute guards; Abattichio,
stitute full back, and ]. Deylin and M. Ker-