The Washington herald., 1906-12-10

The seni-annual meeting Of the athletic
association of Georgetown University was
held yesterday in CASTOR Hall for the
purpose of electing the manager, assistant
manager. and captain of the football
team for 1861
Former Assistant Manager Edmund
Fitzgerald. jr.. of Troy. n. Y. succeeded
Thomas A Mccain as manager, and
Peter DOlin, of Hartford, Conn, was
elected to succeed Fitzgerald The cleo
tion of a captain proved the closest that
has ever been held at the Blue and Gray
institution, and resulted in the choice of
Full Back butcher after much discussion.
Half Back Mclaughlin ran the new cap
tain a close race for the leadership. and
was the only other candidate.
Capt. butcher came from Milwaukee.
Wis, and is in his third year at the
Georgetown Law School He was re
garded as one OF the best men on this
years Blue and Gray eleven. and, al
though he had strong competition for the
election. his selection was received in the
right sort Of college spirit by his friendly
opponents.
Another important election was that OF
Dan MCGOWAN as representative Of the
law department of the university on the
athletic executive committee
Held Two Sessions.
Because of the amount Of business to
be transacted il was necessary TO have
/ two sessions. morning and evening. At
the first, the manager and assistant man
ayers Of the football team We're chosen,
and before proceeding with the election of
captain it was decided TO vote on a
motion made by ex-Capt- Bocock 10 the
effect that the Georgetown Virginia game
be a C. game; that is. that the men
who play in that contest be given the
/ varsity letter. A small majority were in
favor OF this. and a rule TO that effect
adopted This allowed four more men 10
wear the &c" than were given that priv
/ ilege at a meeting OF the executive com
mittee last week. These men are Grogan,
Devine, Buckley. and Kane. This makes
/ seventeen men who have won the right 20
wear the letter on the gridirOn this fall.
This ruling gave the men just men
toned a vote in the election of "a football
captain. and it was practically their votes
that elected butcher, as they held the
balance of power
There was some talk, before the meet
ing was called to order by President John
McH Stuart. as 20 whether or not the
George Washington game should be a
&c" game. but it was settled out Of the
meeting that playing in this contest
would not give the men right to wear
the initial. and those who had made the
suggestion did not bring it up formally
Team Cleared $4,000.
Ex-Bfanager McCann, in a partial re-
/ port OF the financial resources. stated
that there was a net profit appr0ximaung
/ $500 for the season. As has been the
rule in previous years, most Of this viii
/ be turned over to the crew for the pUr-
/ pose. of repairing damages sustained TO
/ the bOathouse and paraphernalia when the
house was submerged in the Potomac
1 last summer.
The subject of formally adopting a
graduate system of coaching was brought
up by F. NJ Foy, but was lost by a large
majority.
The only other matter OF Importance
which was discussed at the meeting was
that regarding the attitude the assOcia-
ton should hold toward basketball.
which at this time is being doomed at
Georgetown It was decided that basket
ball from now on viii be recognized as
q. secondary sport and the executive com
mittee was empowered TO choose man
/ ager for the team They viii elect man
ager in a few days. and he will begin
correspondence with local and out-Of-
town teams for d schedule of games. In
Connection with this. IL was, decided,
further, that for the remainder of the
present season, the team selected by
Physical Director Maurice A. Joyce 10
represent Georgetown will play all its
games at home as the sport is not on a
firm enough footing to admit OF a
schedule of games away from the city