Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-29

extent upon the ground gaining or her TWO
tackles. Worthington and Darlington. Wor-
thingtou can outkick any of the high school
punters, as has been proved IN severai OF
the contests which Western has engaged In,
while Harrington rarely fails to make
gain when called upon to carry the plgskin-
If the opposing team is desperately defend
ing the goal line within very short dis
lance of 1t Harrington is always given the
ball. for his charges through tackle are
nearly Irresistible. and the touchdown Is
nearly always made in the scs-mmage.
Eastern High School has plenty of girls
to cheer for the team of the Haby Blue ana
White. At the school there are more girls
than boys. and the members of the team
are said to be '1ions'' in the estimation or
those of the gentler sex. At the games
which Eastern has played the g.r.s have
come out in great numbers. and always do
their part of the cheering for the repre-
sentatiyes Of their school upon the gridsron.
The next game which Business High
School will play will be on November .,
when the orange and. blue tackle the red
and white of Western. On the form pre-
viously displayed the wise ones will give
the contest to Western by a considerable
score, but the contest with Central should
not be taken as criterion when one judges
the Business team. Capt. Bowles' team in
the Central game had an off day, and the
fact that Central won by the score of "a
to 0 does not by any means indicate that
the blue and white could come anyways
near doing the same thing over again.
Miss Alice Roosevelt is said to be a de-
voice to the game of football, and 1t Is
expected that when she returns to the city
after her visit to the orient that she will
attend some of the contests which will be
played in this city Miss Roosevelt at
tended several of the base ball games which
were held upon Georgetown University field
last spring. and became very much inter-
ested in the contests There are several
other prominent young ladies of the city
who admire foot ball, including Marian
West. the daughter of Commissioner West
Hs-- t. 49, .,,%so t. low
for foot ball.. and understands the game
thoroughly. During the contest between
Central High School and Eastern High
School, Miss West, like Miss Roosevelt.
watched the contest from the sidelines.
= Vanderbilt University is doing some fine
foot ball playing in the south. McGuigan,
the former famous guard of Michigan. has
trained the southerners In just what style
of play 1t takes to pile up the points like
the Wolverines do, and Vanderbilt accept
ing his teaching. has accomplished what
many considered impossible When the con-
test with Michigan was announced 1t was
believed that Vanderbilt would at least
have little show, but later the Vanderbilt
team began to roll up points just like the
Wolverines, and in a short time Hurry
Up Yost knew that he had a hard game
on his hands in the contest with the boys
south of the Ohio river. Michigan managed
to roll up eighteen points, and the VOL
verines had all they could do to make that
number. Yost said after the game that
McIQlSan ndQ OOne SOo0 WoTh III the
coaching line, though every one was aware
that Vanderbilt had the Wolverines work
Ing some.
President Weir of Wesleyan University
has given his decision practically abolishing
foot ball at the university. This can all be
attributed to the fact that the president Is
thoroughly mad at the conduct which the
Wesleyan gridron warriors INDUCED in IN
the contest with Columbia in New York re-
Gently. Columbia was in the spiking at the
same time that Wesleyan was. and both
teams were to blame. The Wesleyan presi-
dent has decided to abolish the game at the
university. and the measures which he has
adopted seem to some extent to be drastic
Logan Cunningham. formerly of Central
has been playing upon the Wesleyan team
this season, with the intention of going to
Princeton next year. In a telegram received
from Connecticut 1t is stated that President
Weir was burned in effigy by the stulents
upon the campus of the university
Thursday night. a result of the i'll feel
ing against the recent order
The game with the University of Vr-
ginia on the Georgetown University field in
the contest with the blue and gray on No
veTnber IL will doubtless bring out a large
attendance. Virginia has many of her
alumni residing in this city, and the attend
ance will probably be as large as that at
the game with George Washington Unver-
sity on November %. when it is believed
that nearly all of the student body of
George Washington University will turn
out to cheer the buff and blue to victory.
The Carlisle Indians on November 90 on the
Georgetown University field will also be
largely attended.
The team of Western High School has
developed wonderfully under the training of
Coach Bocock DR.. Reilly of Georgetown
University has taken much interest in the
team, and many of the plays which have
been used by Western are directly traced
to the Georgetown University coach. In
the contests upon American League Park
held Dr.. Adams of the athletic committee
Of Georgetown University is one of Western
high Schoofs most enthusiastic supporters
as are several other prominent men con-
nected with the athletics of the blue and
gray.