The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-11-26
None Injured In Final Foot
ball Game In Wash
ingtOn.
HART AND MORSE
ARE BEST LOCALS
HatchetiteS Show Worst Form of
the Past Four
Weeks.
By THOMAS S. RICE.

Washington's football season OF 1903
came to an end when BuckneIl beat
George Washington, L to o, at National
Park in the Thanksgiving Day game.
and the lovers OF the sport bresthed a
sigh Of relief when Il was all over.
IL cannot be said it was a good game.
George Washington showed worse form
than IL had shown for a month. It's
line was easily ripped up by the Buck
nell men, who displayed far more know
ledge Of the work If it had not been
for Harris aggressiveness in breaking
up the Bucknell plays that came his way
and many that did not, the score would
have been twice as large. Bucknel had
an interference that formed rapidly and
started well. Why It Was not more er-
fective was hard TO understand.
Bryan More was as active ant ener-
getic at quarterback as ever, and ran the
G. W T. team Well He Is enc of the
. most likely looking football players
Washington has seen for years. and
could make any team in the country.
If he were on one OF the big four ana
had the thorough coaching ne would re-
ceive there, ne would come pretty near
making the All-American team.
George Washington made a number Of
attempts to use the forward pass one
Of them succeeded and was ideal. It
was a pass Of thirty yards after Morse
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forward and twenty yards 10 the side.
After that the play invariably went
wrong. When Morse attempted the pass
he found his man running away from
him with his back TO the thrower.
Not a man was hurt in the game, al
though there was much line rushing,
and many men were thrown in open
tackles. The tsckling was not extra
ordinarily good, by any means, but il
was frequently hard. yet the effects
were In no case serious and the players
on both teams proved that they knew
how to take care Of themselves There
was one tackle which might have
resulted seriously. and caused a thrill
among those on the side lines in a posi-
ton 20 see exactly what happened.
In the first half the Bucknel quarter
started with the ball on his own ac-
count. Hart broke through and got him
before he had steamed up under fun
Roadway. Hart jumped at the runner,
overTeached him, and caught the quar-
Ter in such manner that his head was
doubled down on his chest. Hart then
fell over him 1t was a great opening
for a broken neck, and when the Buck
nell man failed TO rise, the one idea
was that another serious accident had
occurred. He was badly Jared. but
soon recovered. The Buckneu coach did
an eninently proper thing By taking out
the injured player at the end Of the
half
Football now faces a rest Of nine
or ten months, and before the teams
line up again radical changes ia the
rules will very probably be made. What
the changes will be cannot be
foreseen at this time. open play will be
dwelt upon at great length, hut Il must
be frankly admitted that this is not
the entire solution OF the problem OF
preserving the game.
Prof. McBain. Of George Washington,
never made a shreWder observation
than when he remarked that football
was the greatest unifier I'm American
college life. II was amply demonstrated
At the game yesterday. George Wash
ington is mostly a technical school and
the enCoura cement Of college spirit ia
such institutions is VIGOROUSLY dini-
cult, yet there was an excellent rem
resentation Of every George Washington
department yesterday, and the euthus-
iasm was OF a genuine. wholesome kind
that spoke we'll for the future
II football is abolished &c will be
years before a substitute Is found which
viii serve the same purpose. Baseball
certainly does not fill the bill at the
present time and probably never will
for the public has been too highly edu-
Gated in the finer points Of that sport
as demonstrated by the professionals
who make Il a lifetime study.