The Washington herald., 1907-12-09
MILLER is CAPTAIN
Chosen to Lead Georgetown
Football Team.
LESSONS DURING PAST SEASON
Reorganization VIII Be Effected as
Result OF Disappointing Showing
nicai High School Has Claim TO
Local Football ChnmpIonship.

Edwin Lang Miller. 1870 college. of
Buffalo. n. Y. was yesterday elected cap
tain Of the Georgetown football team for
next season.
As a freshman from the Georgetown
Prep School, Miller made the team last
year playing end. During the season
which just closed the new captain play
ed right end. ard was one of the most
reliable members of the eleven. Cullen.
the center, was the only other candidate
for the honor.
At a meeting Of the Athletic AssOcia-
ton in CASTOR Hall. John Chapman. 1910.
Of Syracuse n. " was elected assistant
manager of football, and J. d. Murray,
1919. of Grand Rapids. Mich, assistant
manager of basketball. The report of
the retiring manager of football showed
that the past season was quite fnan-
cial success.
The past season at Georgetown was a
disappointment. Starting with six G men
and a supply of what appeared to be
promising material. II was thought that
football would recover from the slump
which commenced in 1906. when whole
sale disqualifcations barred nearly all Of
the best players in the university.
Gallaudet and Maryland were disposed
OF early in the season by small scores,
but then came the reverses at Fordham
and Virginia Tech. Against North Caro-
lima the team showed flashes of form
which aroused hope but Virginia won by
a large margin, and then came the tie
with George Washington
The unexpected setbacks have con-
WINGED Georgetown men that there is
something radically wrong. and the con-
sensus OF opinion is that the trouble lies
in lack of organization. At every college
where winning teams are developed, sys-
TEN is the keynote OF success. and until
some systematic organization of looking
forward is inaugurated. little success can
be expected.
In electing Eddie" Miller. a commend
able start has been made. The captain
should make a good leader and If he
sees 10 II that a well-balanced schedule
is arranged. all Of the material available
is gotten out, and the players receive
the proper coaching next fan should wit
ness the rehabilitation Of Georgetown
among the leaders in Southern football
On comparative scores. Technical High
School is setting up a strong claim TO the
football championship of the District The
drawn battle on Thanksgiving Day left
the matter unsettled so far as the local
universities are concerned. Both George
town and George Washington lost the
majority of their games. and Tech won
from the Georgetown Preps. after the
Props had beaten Gallaudet, in a game
which ended before half of the second
half had been played, by rolling up a bet
ter score than either Georgetown or
George Washington had made in a longer
period OF play.
Not in years has there been such vast
superiority of one team over another in
the High School League as was shown
by Tech in the series for the Princeton
Cup. The team was. In some ways, a
really remarkable aggregation of young
athletes. While there have probably been
teams in the local series that have been
more finished and possibly faster than
this years championship outfit. It IS
doubtful II there ever has been such a
heavy team, with the weight so evenly
distributed and 50 well conditioned physi-
cally as the eleven which won the laurels
under the guidance Of Coach Hecox
From a schoOlboys point OF view, the
team was "A collection of giants. capable
Of crushing anything that could be Of
fered by any of the other schools. Eight
of the players were well experienced be-
fore they donned their logs in September
and six Of these had the benefit of 4
seasons thorough training during the
summer as members of the Potomac Boat
Club crew. The eight won tae champion
ship of America in the national regatta on
the Schuylkill River.
Unfortunately for both teams, the field
on the day Of the Tech-Georgetown prep
game was a mOrass, and the only score
came as a result of long run after a
tumble. While there are some that main
tain that had the footing been good the
result would have been different, the
fact remains that Tech won, and there
are many VINO believe that the team has
a right TO be ranked as high as George
town or George Washington.
George Washington's W men viii meet
to-day 70 elect their captain for next year.
The probable choice is most uncertain, as
most of the members of the eleven were
playing at the university for the first
time The most likely candidates for the
position are Sommers. the tackle and
Brookes, the end.
The following all-SoJthern football
eleven has been selected by a critic in
the New York Tribune, who has kept
closely in touch with all the Southern
teams. The all-star team. as selected. is
one Of the strongest. and. at the same
time, fastest eleven that has ever been
made up from Southern football material
1t is strong in both punters and drop
kickers, and any eleven would find il
hard team to stop. 1t is captained by one
of the most brilliant and dasniDg players
that has ever been seen on a Southern
gridiron-Honaker, of Virginia.
PLAYER EocSffona C,fIo~,