The Washington herald., 1906-11-30

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! Georgetown added another link to her
chain of successive victories over George
Washington at Georgetown Field yester-
/ day by vanqUishing her local rivals by
the score Of Is to c, a goal from the
field in the first half and two touchdowns
and a pair Of goals in the second period,
opposed TO one George Washington touch
down, and goal, constitute Georgetown's
| triumph.
/ George Washington's team, while disap-
! pointed at failing TO score the long hoped
for victory, proved unquestionably the
best football aggregation that has ever
represented the downtown university. but
the score well shows the difference in the
strength OF the two teams, and the Blue
and Gray fully earned her Iaurels by sim
ply outplaying her opponents practically
throughout the first half and during two
thirds Of the second half.
| While both of Georgetown's touchdowns
resulted from long and spectacular runs
by Kerr. nevertheless the West Enders
gained ground steadily at times through
the line but the Hatchetites always stiff
fcned their defense as they were driven
closer TO their goal line. and in this man
ner stopped several trips up the field that
/ seemed likely 10 culminate in further
scores for Georgetown.
IN every previous contest between the
two teams George Washington always did
/ her best work in the opening half. only
! to be steadily ground to pieces by George
towns irresistible attack in the latter part
| Of the game. Yesterday. however. the
reverse was true. and the Buff and Blue
team did its most cTeditable playing after
the inteTmissiOn. and was finally reward
ed by scoring a touchdown as the result
of steady hammering OF the line from
| tackle to tackle.
Large Crowd Sees Game.
The crowd proved to be the largest
,Eat has ever assembled at the historic
/ field on the heights. Massed in the east
and west stands and grouped along the
/ ropes surrounding the gridirOn was fully
! FIVE thousand spectators, and In the mat
/ ter Of sentiment toward the contestaars
/ the cToWJ seemed to be equally divided.
/ Georgetown had a cheering section with
la band on the east stand while George
4 EashiEgton's followers were on the other
side Of the field. Georgetown's rooters
were better organized than their rivals.
J but the Hatchetites supported thei!
/ team we'll Both student bodies had
/ songs especially for the occasion. but
the most impressive slogan was the
I Georgetown drge which was sung with
barred heads. This song was rendered
. with good effect after each Georgetown
/ score After the game about 100 George
/ town undergraduates followed their band
/ down town and serenaded the George
/ Washington buildings with Teasing
/ Teasing. We Were Only Teasing You"
Last night the victors and vanquished
attended the BeIasco Theater.
The game was replete with punts. in
which Hcdgs0n, the Georgetown guard.
carried of the honOFs. Nearly all his
/ spirals had good direction and plenty Of
distance. In addition 20 carrying of the
! puHting hOnOrS, HOdgsOn divided the in
dividual glory Of the game with Kerr. by
scoring the first points Of the game on n
/ beautiful goal from placement from the
/ 7V-yard line after Capt BoCOck had
/ heeled one Of Steenerson's punts.
Kerr the Georgetown Star.
Jimmy Kerr, the speedy Georgetown
/ half. was easily the star of the game. and
/ he gave a beautiful exhibition Of open
/ field running by scoring two touchdowDs
, the first after a sprint of sixty wards
within half a minute after the whistle
/ had blown at the beginning Of the second
/ half, and the second came about the mid
die of the half after he had successfully
lodged half Of the George Washington
1 players. Time after time he electrified
the crowd by tearing through tackle and
around end for long runs. and at the close
OF the game he seemed as fresh and in
! as good condition as any Of the other
/ players
/ In the back field. together with Cant
( bocock' Kerr handled punts in faultless
4 style, and 1t was due to the clever work
! Of this pair in returning the ban thar
/ Georgetown gained every possible ad-
/ vantage in the pUnting. butcher gave n
/ grand exhibition of line smashing. and
/ whenever yard or two was necessary
( for first down the ball was intrusted to
/ the plucky full back, and he usually ad-
/ VanCed il the distance. In the second
/ half butcher injured his right shoulder.
/ but insisted upon going back into the
| struggle. where he continued to fight
/ uhtit iHdlig FORCED 10 give way on aC-
/ count of exhaustion
Capt. SteenerSon, LicariOne. Beard. and
/ Norris were the life Of the losers. These
/ four players met the brunt of George
/ towns heavy attack. while Ldcarione and
/ Morris proved to be their best ground
/ gamers. In the second half these two
/ alternated in carrying the ball. and in
/ two flashes Of great offensive powers.
/ when Georgetown was compelled TO re-
/ treat nearly the whole length Of the field
/ the big full back and tackle plOwed
along for steady gains.
HHtchetiteE Poor at TackIinE.
George Washington's worst weakness
was poor tackling. With the exception Of
| LicariOne none of the players were re-
/ liable in trying to throw the runners as
/ they went high and usually failed
/ Both teams sprung the forward pass,
with variation, several times, but the
/ play was most successfully exploited by
/ Georgetown. when Bocock received the
! pass and gained Is yards before his Op-
ponents realized what had happened.
Twice George Washington got off the on
side kick for good gains
! George Washington came out of the
/ gymnasium first, and was followed short
/ II by Georgetown. Both teams were well
! received, and after the usual preliminaries
/ the coin was tossed, and Capt BocOck
selected the north goal with a stiff wind