Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-10

no doubt seems possible but that every
thing under discuss:on-the game itself
the date of the game and the sharing OF
proceeds-have all been provided for by
contracts which are still valid.
Very truly yours.
EDWARD c. WILSON,
Graduate Manager.
Copy Of .etter from Manager FItzgera id
to Graduate Manager Wilson. November
5. 1901;
November 3. 1907.
Dear s.. We beg 20 acknowledge your
favor Of the LIST instant, and apologize
fo- our unavoidable delay IN answering.
We deem It unnecessary to make any
comment regarding our negotiations, fur
taeT than the following:
We cannot see where the arrangement
OF GUY respective managers 20 play a
game on November Is. 1903. determined
tn" date Of games in subsequent years. II
Wi. Lc noticed. Tor instance, that Novem-
be- % l9uG, Tell on Sunday. The only
feature % our previous arrangement lin
itl.4g tie choice of date for our game, Is
THAT clause OF the agreement which YOU
qLo-r. l'o|lGiHs tor a date subsequent TO
NJ ven Der II of each year. Neither do
W. ,onceua that the arrangement of
tic MANAGERS Of 1886 providing for a
game On Thanksgiving day. was OF any
further force than concerning that partic-
ntS 10 ne particular determinations OF
date. for the respective years, as under
terms of article Is.
This year. on October %, we offered to
play you November %. but in his letter of
the ,StL UitimC the manager Of George
Washington foot ball team declined TO
accept. rs n matter Of courtesy. we re-
new thai offer, namely, for game on sat
urday. the sd instant, II you choose to
reconsider the same. Regarding Thanks
giving day, It is our intention u arrange
game with some team that Will consent
% a.ow Us a larger proportion Of the net
receipts than 80 per cent. AS we wish
To- offer to play you on even terms, we
must exclude Thanksgiving day, and ad-
here 10 our Saturday offer. Yours truly,
EDMUND FITZGERALD, Jr.,
Manager.
Mr.. Edward G. Wilson. Graduate Man
agcF, Foot Ball Team, q. w. L.
WASHINGTON. D. C.. November ., 1907.
Sir. Edmund Fitzgerald, jr.. Manager q
T. Foot Ean Team. Washington, d. c.:
Iea~ Sri have your letter OF yesterday
cyucediuE that the arrangement made Is
rhs managers OF our foot ball teams in
1870" called for game that year on
I thanksgiving day. but contestlug that the
arrange n"nt made then Included any I'M
ll!CIti.u that the game for the succeed
Ing year should be likewise played on
Thanksgiving day, despite the written and
contracruai stipulation that the details
Of the game when once arranged for can
be changed only by unanimous consent.
s.7L,ucu upon the terms of the contract,
". fan 10 .-te why there Should be so pro-
I.CuncGd dIsposition to ignore that YER
bal q agreement between the two managers,
whereby II was understood by all parties
conCer ned and by the general public, that
the gam between Georgetown and George
Washington would be played this year. as
last year. on Thanksgiving day. That
such an agreement was reached, though
not put in writing, IS fairly well estab-
l.sEeG Icy the fact that your own schedule
and Your own university publications
nave 50 announced the date of the game.
1t 5 furthermore established by tha fact
that in the schedule sent by the George
town authorities to the local newspapers
this game was announced for Thanksgiv-
ing day. Finally, it is established by
your own reference. in your letter or &c
tober . to Manager Bali, to our game
on Thanksgiving day"
We note, however, with satisfaction
that YOU make no further reference to
your former suggestion that Georgetown
receive TO per cent and George Wash
ington 10 per cent of the proceeds of the
game Fortunately. the terms or the
agreement governing this feature were
both explicit and written.
We shall at once take up for considera-
November %, and on no other date: and
shall communicate with you shortly In re-
gard thereto. Very truly yours,
EDWARD c. WILSON.
Graduate Manager.