Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-26
GEORGETOWN WINS
THE FIRST GAME
Bruising Contest With George Washington Univer-
sity Witnessed by 1900 Persons-Dutcher's Head
Cut But He Pluckly Resumed Play-Bocock's
law Broken-Half Dozen Scrimmages

casions Stevenson saved touchdowns by
beautiful tackles For Georgetown, it was
! butcher. butcher played the game as she
! should be played, according to the loudly
and oft expressed opinions from the
| bleachers. Early in the scrap butcher
bumped into something real hard, and
came out of the scrimmage with his scalp
| cut open. This was fixed temporarily, the
wound bandaged and butcher was again in
the game. On three different occasions he
knocked the bandages off and made the cut
worse but butcher played straight through
to the last touchdown. Bocock, quarter
back for Georgetown, put up a swift and
conscientious game but toward the middle
of the second half he retired with a frac-
tured jaw. To MCGOWAN and Lux belongs
the rest of the glory for the Blue and
Gray victory. LUX was painfully persistent
from the George Washington point of view,
and when he and butcher got off together
il was u sin and shame the way they
went through the opposing line.
The Game in Detail.
Georgetown won the toss and chose the
north goal. MCGOWAN kicked off to Beard
on George Washington's ten-yard line, and
the latter had made twelve yards gain and
was coming strong when he encountered
Fitzpatrick. There he stopped. In the next
lineup Monahan was looking dreamily at
the bleachers and consequently got offside.
Georgetown was penalzed five yards for
this and was so surprised that she allowed
one of her men to hold a Buff and Blue
warrior in the next sCrimmage Result:
Georgetown was penalIZed ten yards more.
This was followed by another offside
play by Georgetown, making total loss
to the Blue and Gray in three consecu-
tive penalties of twenty yards. All of this
put the ball on George Washington's forty
two-yard line.
Beard, Linthicum and Fields started a
stampede across the field, and in jumps of
three and five yards landed the pigskin on
Georgetowns thirty-three-yard line That
was going some, and the G. w. rooters
MADE themselves heard. This reminded the
Georgetown band of an encouraging strain
and 1t butted into the proceedings with
Hold the Fort or something that sound
ed like that. Georgetown took the cue and
stopped the mad PUSHES of her opponents,
| forcing STEVENSON to punt. Lux missed
the catch and the ball rolled recklessly
around in the vicinity of Georgetown's goal
until Pallen of the Blue and GRAY fell on
H. If a George Washington man had re-
covered the ball at this time there would
have been different story to tell as far as
results are concerned. The ball was down
ed on Georgetown's fve-yard line. Nc
Gowan punted to Linthicum on George
towns thirty-yard line. Iinthicum return
ed five yards, was tackled fercely by Fitz-
patrick and dropped the ball. Pallen re-
covered, and it was Georgetown's ball on
her twenty-tive-yard line.
butcher Begins Work.
Here butcher began his promenade He
walked through the line for four yards, fol-
lowed by MCGOWAN for three. Lux was
greedy and skirted left end for twelve
yards. This put life into the Blue and
Gray and she Ioosened up noticeabN. Bren-
nan gained a few and then butcher gal
loped through tackle and end for fifteen
yards. passing the center of the field Nc
Gowan pushed EN- over for five yards and
Georgetown kept up the pace until they had
the ball ON George Washington's eight-yard
line This caused chills and fever on the
east side bieaChers, where reposcd the root
ers for the Buff and Blue, but Dave Hous-
ton passed few high signs to Steenerson
| and he seemed TO understand MCGOWAN
and Brennan in two plays put the ball on
! George Washington's courtyard line, but
| the rooterS were not worried. They had
seen Dave Houston's high sign, and they
knew that the tables must turn Turn thew
did. and the Buff and Blue held for three
downs, getting the coveted ball as a reward
BabCock, for George Washington started
to retrieve by making five yards through
Gcorgetown's line Linthicum made a ward
but fumbled the ball Bergman. George
Washington's end, dropped In time and
saved a humiliating situation. Beard as
sayed a trick play but was thrown back
for n loss OF four yards. getting a gentle
poke in the nose at the same time He
seemed to mind the loss more than the
rest of the crowd. With the third down
and ten yards to gain, Stevenson punted to
Lux. but an offside play by Georgetown
brought the ball back and gave George
Washington five yards and first down.
The grueling began anew. Fields mozied
along for ten yards and Linthicum put FIVE
more TO the credit of the Buff and Blue
Gains were easy. Linthicum came along
with two yards, Field with two, Morris
with seven, Ltnthicum with three Gibson
with six, Stevenson (by Quarterback trick
with one and Morris ended up by hurdling
for few. The ball was now on George
Nashington's forty-seveu-yard line. George
town held for three downs and got the pig
skin.
lAnthicum tackled Brennan behind the
une and Morris got Lux behind the line on
tne next play, netting loss of three yards
With the third down and eight yards to gain
Berryman caught Lux again behind the line
and the ball went over to George Washing
ton, amid much joyousness displayed by
the rooters. Progress was difficult and