Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1903-10-29
A STRONG OPPONENT.
NAVY IS OUTPLAYED BY THE GEORGE
TOWN TEAM.
The Score Of Il To 5 Does Not Tell The
StOH-SWift And Powerful Work
By Visitors.

As published in yesterdays Cap
ital' the Georgetown team won the
| football game with the Midshipmen
by a score of IL TO 5, but this does not
tell the story, for the visitors were
stronger and faster and played better
football in every way except, perhaps,
in holding on to the ball.
The Georgetown line was stronger,
but the great superiority of the oppo-
nents was in their swift and powerful
backs. No occupant of the halfback
positions that had been seen here this
season has approached the showing
made by Joe Reilly yesterday, and Hart
at righthah Gand Martell at fullback
were splendid interferences for their
runners and were used to great adj
vantage TO carry the ball themselves,
the latter particularly, in the second
half of the game.
The other ground gamer who won
special honors for himself was Carroll,
who carried the ball from his position
at left tackle. Georgetown showed a
variety of plays that was pleasant to
watch after the monotony which had
been brought about by the fear of
breaking some of this seasons new
rules Their most effective play was
variation of the double pass, in which
one of the backs, seemingly about to
be tackled, would pass the ball to an
other running in the same direction,
but beyond the Navy tackles. This
play was worked between Hart and
Reilly in either direction.
1t was carried out with great accu-
racy and as either back was entirely
too swift for the Midshipmen the play
generally gained from 10 to 30 yards.
Georgetown work in running the
end plays was also effective and Car
rolls work in carrying the ball from
his position in the line recalled that
of Ernst, of the Lafayette team. The
work of the visiting ends was about
equal to that of the Midshipmen, but
in the other line positions George
town had a shade the better of it.
The Georgetown linemen were used in
the interference far more systemati-
cally than those of the Middies.
Georgetown's only weakness was in
handling the ball and in common with
every team that has visited here this
year yesterdays opponents had great
dicffiulty in holding on to the ball
after kicks or tackles. An individual
criticism OF the Navy players can
hardly be given from the game, be-
cause the whole team were up against
rivals that clearly outplayed them. Hal
sey, Strassburger and Root continued
their steady work in the back field,
but Needham, at quarter back, missed
some tackles that should cause the
coaches to look for a more reliable
man to fill the position. The Navy
missed Farley, who is laid up with
a sprained ankle, and who, though
light, is much better than any one
who can be gotten to replace him.
The Navy was fortunate in having
their opponents penalized several times
in all for about eighty yards, at least
twice as much as they made by rush
ing the whole game. They also took
advantage of the visitors fumbling
and in this way got in position to
make their touchdown.
There was no scoring in the second
half, although the visitors still had
much the better of it. 1t was in this
half that Georgetown was SO heavily
penalized for holding Besides this,
at times the Navy put up a much
sitter defensive game, and a number
OF the fresh substitutes were put in.
The Navy is not particularly down
hearted over the game, as Georgetown
is playing such strong football this
year and held Princeton down to one
touchdown. The Navy is never in
condition to put up it's best game on
Wednesday, as the players have to
work hard in laboratory and classroom
until immediately before the game. A
great effort will be made to defeat the
State College, of Pennsylvania, Satur-
day, which won from the Navy by
small score last year.