The Washington times., 1909-10-03
PLENTY OF POWER
IN c. v. j. ELEVEN
Material at Hand for
Strong Football
Team.
EASTERN COLLEGE
PROVES TOO EASY
Visitors So Weak at lacking
They Cannot Stop
Attack.

attempting 20 gauge the ultimate
strength OF d football team by its show
Ing IN its opening contest is as t1nre-
liable as II is unreasonable. For that
reason it is unfair TO endeavor to fore
cast George Washiugtop's probable NUM-
Der Of victories on the strength OF work
done IN the game with Eastern College
Remembering the truly creditable cam
paign OF last fairs eleven there We're
many who went 10 National Park yes
terday expecting to see George Wash
ington completely rout its opponents,
but to these the score Of % to 0 must
have been a distinct disappointment
On the. other hand. many were on
hand 70 see All available material tried
out with view toward future dates,
and to such fans there was nothing dis
heartening In the failure of the uni
versity men 10 reach the forty mark in
scores
Power Is There.
To put it bluntly. George Washing
ton PLAYED rather crude football. brit
the game demonstrated beyond doubt
that the team Is possessed Of undues-
tionable power which, II properly ap-
piled. should bring gratifying results.
For team that has beer holding prac-
tice. even though rather informal an
Buff and Blue did noJ show any won
derful bursts Of speed. concentrated at
tack, or individual brilliauCy. The VIC
tory was scored hy superior weight
and somewhat better physical condi-
tiOn- against a team that was SurpriS-
ingly weak in tie essentials Of the
sport.
There was hardly a man in the East
ern lineup who knew how to tackle,
and time after time the local backs
gained yard after yard by shaking, of
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men so high that their efforts were
futile.
good BAL while on the defense, with
the result that Eastern lost ground
every time an attempt was made &C
penetrate the forwards. on the OF
Tense. however. the line was Of little
assistance % the runner. and most o
the gains had 10 be made outside o.
tackle
Kelley Promising
In the back field Kelley made hii
debut and. judging wholly by one show
ing. he should develop into a most re
liable quarter. He seems to be thor
0ughly experienced. has plenty Of con
, fdence in himself and, when al hi
best. gets the team going at a fast CLIP
In every combination OF backs trie'
there was at least one slow man WIN
threw the trio out OF its stride AM
for that reason. the work behind Ia
line was not AZ all Impressive.
Looking at the team individually
CAPTAIN Aston. Hart and Brookes di
by far the best work. Aston and Har
are OF the tan, rangy, and fast elias
Of tackles who should be able to hOi
their own with any men they are force
TO meet In this section. Their wor
yesterday on the defense was excellent
each repeatedly breaking through an
smashing up supposed end runs. Will
on the offense each gained ground wher
ever called upon.
t, In covering punts Brookes far out
claSSed everyone on the gr1dirOn by SCI
dom falling 10 be within r stride Of hl
opposing backfeld every time the ba
was caught.
Neither team seemed 20 place muc
reliance on plays encouraged by the rC
vised rules. although Eastern made on
Of her few good gains as a result Of
shOr. kick which was gotten Off vine
the kicker was completely surrouude
by George Washington linemeu.