The Washington herald., 1907-02-04
Big FOOTBALL GAMES
Georgetown Meets Leading
EleYenS of South.
V. P. I. AND F0RDHAM ADDED.
North Carolina Contest Has Been
Transferred to- Georgetown Field,
ington VIII Also PIay-Virginia
Tech Game Played at Richmond.

Manager Edmund Fitzgerald. 'OS, yes
terday announced the Georgetown foot
ball schedule for next fall One early
date, which will probably be filed by
some team IN this vicinity and the Satur-
day before Thanksgiving Day, which may
be awarded to the University Of St Louis
within the next few weeks. are the only
open dates. Manager Fitzgerald Capt.
George butcher, and Graduate Coach Joe
Reilly held a conference on the schedule
yesterday, and It was decided to allow all
of the games that have already been ar
ranged 10 stand.
After the disastrous season Of 1893. fol-
lowing the Introduction or the new eli
gibiiity code, Coach Reilly and Capt.
Eocock decided to drop a number Of the
large teams that were on the list the
year previous. but next season the sched-
uie viii be somewhat heavier than last
year.
There will be out one trip. the team
going % Richmond instead of Norfolk.
where it will play Virginia Polytechnic
Institute. Georgetown met North Caro-
lima last season at Norfolk. but the trip
was financial failure. The new man
ager believes that Richmond will pay bet
ter than Norfolk, and that Y. p. !. will
draw a larger crowd than North Caro-
lima However, North Carolina will APP
pear at Washington for the first time in
many years. Fordham will come 20
Washington for the first football game
ever played between the two universities.
Opening Game with Mutes.
The season opens on October ) with Cal
laudet at Georgetown Field. Last year the
mutes put up a good game, but George
town beat them 20. The next date is
with Maryland Agricultural College on the
18th. Then follows an open date. October
70. A game may be arranged with Johns
Hopkins for this date or with Washing
ton and Lee. Last year Hopkins did noc
appear on the local gridiron, but Wash
ingron and Lee put up one of the best
games Of the year. and was defeated by
only one point.
F5rdham Will be seen here October Is.
Last season FoTdham was one of the
strongest of the smaller Eastern uuiversi-
ties. This team administered a $50 de
feat 10 the Western Maryland eleven.
and went through the season with but
one defeat, and that at the hands of
the strong Holy Cross eleven. F0rdham
viii have practically the same team for
the coming season
On November Georgetown viii meet
Y. r J. at Richmond in what Coach
Reilly believes will prove one OF the
hardest games OF the season This team
was one Of the strongest in the South
last season.
North Caroline comes TO Washington on
November g. Georgetown and Carolina
played a close game last year. George
town winning ( 20 D by a drop kick Of
Capt B0cock from the 30-yard line.
Annual Virginia Date.
Virginia will meet Georgetown in the
big game of the local season on Novem-
Der t. Virginia's prospects for next fail
are not so bright as she viii lose her
two stars, johnson and Randolph
November . is as yet an open date.
The Thanksgiving game with George
Washington closes the season. TIE
game was a complete success last year.
Now that George Washington has grown
stronger che annual games with George
town are closer and more interesting.
Last year Georgetown won by is 10 G.
St Louis University. the Southwestern
champions last season. have written Capt.
butcher. through their coach. Edward
CochcmS. Tor "a series of games with
Georgetown. 90 be played either at S.
Louis or Washington. Manager Fitz-
gerald has not given the matter much
consideration up 10 the present tine. bu-
says that negotiations VIII begin with the
Western university as soon as Coach
Reilly and Capt butcher size UP their
next seasons material, and can tell what
kind Of q team Georgetown viii have in
1907.
1T present it looks as If the prospects
for 1907 are brighter than at any time
since 1904 All of the 1856 eleven. with
the exception of Capt BocOck are ex-
pected back. The rest of the back field,
O'BOyle, left half back; Kerr. right half
and Capt butcher, at fun back. viii be
out again Mclaughlin and Miller. ends:
Cullen and Stuart, tackles; Glennon and
Hodgson, guards, and Buckley, center,
VIII play again.
The Schedule.
October 5-GaHaudet at Georgetown
Field.
October 12-Maryland Agricultural Col
Iege at Georgetown Field
October 1S-Open.
October 26-Fordham at Georgetown
Field.
November Virginia Polytechnic In
stitUte at Richmond.
November 9-NoTth Carolina at George
town Field
November 16-ViTginia at Georgetown
Field.
November 23-Open.
November &-George Washington at
Georgetown Field.