The Washington times., 1905-02-05

Jne Georgetown football team is to he
congratulated upon the selection of F-erd
McGettfgan as captain for next fall
During the past two years as a mem
Der of the eleven the new captain has
made an enviahIe reputation as one OF
the leading quarterbacks of the South.
and in his time on the team has given
indications of being possessed OF the
qualifications which go to make I'D the
successful leader Himself player of
exceptional ability, he has the advan-
tage of position which is the best from
which to direct Il team. and has had.
withaI, the confidence OF every member
of the squad.
It Is only during the past two seasons
when the fine showings against Prince
ton brought the local teams to the no.
tice of followers of the gridiTon sport,
that Georgetown has been considered an
important factor in the intercollegiate
world of football. Two years ago. when
Hub Harris team went TO Tigertown
and held the destined champions OF the
year to a single touchdown, the Blue
and Gray received much favorable com
ment. Again last October, when the
eleven developed by Graduate Coach
Reilly played Princeton to a standstill
for half an hour and kept the George
town goal uucrosssd until the Princeton
coaches had put in an almost entirely
fresh team. it was acknowledged on all
sides that Georgetown had come TO the
front in the ranks of the minor colleges
to stay.
Next season Georgetown will have a
much harder schedule than any OF the
teams that have represented the local
university on the gridiron. The list Of
games last fall was rather discouraging,
and when at the last mo!nsat Lehign
backed out of the Thanksgiving engage
ment the Blue and Gray team was rob
bed of its final opportunity to add to
its fine record by meeting Iehigh on
Georgetown Field
The schedule for next season will not
be ready for some time yet, but when
it appears it will contain a number Of
teams which II has not shown In the
past
Nothing has as yet been done in the
matter of naming the coach for next
fall, and nothing is expected for some
time. although Il is generally under
stood that the graduate coaching sys-
tenn, which has been such d success
during the past two years, will be ad-
hered to, with the chances in favor OF
Dr. Reilly in charge.
of a determined effort at George wash
ington to place field and track atIl-
letics on a firm basis, and get out a
team to compete in number of local
and out of town meets during the out
door and indoor seasons.
It is the intention Of those behind
the boom to enter team and several
individuals in the Georgetown meet at
Convention Hall, on February 3d. and
in the Pennsylvania relay carnival al
Franklin Field in April.
One of the greatest setbacks which the
management of the embryonic orga MIA
ton will have TO face will be the feel
ing among the students that the team
should at once jump into prominence
and compete with the best in the country
on the cinder path. This IS q mistaken
idea. and during the time Of develop
ment Of the team the supporters must
expect to see their team defeated as
often as victorious.
This feeling of winner or nothing
was what made some of the Buff and
Blue supporters take the overwhelming
defeat at Georgetown Field last No
vember as though it were a catastrophe
instead of the result to be expected
when an inexperienced, first year team
meets one Of the foremost eleyens
among the minor colleges.
At the coming meet the George
Washington relay team is to make its
initial appearance, and should be given
the undivided support of the whole
student body whether defeated or vic
torious. In Captain Bryan the uni
versity has an experienced trainer, who
formerly had charge of the high class
squads 1T Northwestern and PennSyi-
Yania, and If he gets the support he de-
serves, the Buff and Blue should
shortly have a strong field and track
squad.
Chandler Egan, the national amateur
golf champion, has set at rest the re-
ports that he is going to cross the pond
in order that he may participate in the
British championship by announcing
that he will leave England on May II,
ten days before the beginning Of the
tourney. Egan is in the senior class
at Harvard, and he intends to be back
in time to receive his degree at the
commencement at Cambridge. After
graduating he will take a Southern trip
with his family. remaining out Of golf
until nearly the middle of the summer.
Unless all indications fail Baltimore
will get the annual regatta of the Ma
tionaI Association of Amateur Oars
men next summer.
The rowing enthusiasts of that city