Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-17
BLUE AND GRAY WINS
FROM RICHMOND
Struggle Was Fierce and Was
Witnessed by Large
Crowd.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
RICHMOND, Va, October 16-George-
town, II; Richmond, 0. Before an en-
Unused crowd Of cheering spectators gath
cred In the stands of the Broad Street
Ball Park the husky gridiron warriors
of Georgetown University this afternoon
celebrated the Inauguration Of gridiron
relations with Richmond college by de-
feating the local eleven In a bitterly con-
tested and rough battle. The final score,
Georgetown. II: Richmond. o. by no
means tells the story of the encounter.
Only an onlooker can describe what was
without doubt a contest we'll worth see
ing.
And the onlookers were there In full
force. The turnout of q thousand people
put seal of approval on the foresight
of Manager Garland Of the Richmond
team, whose work and diplomacy last
winter was responsible for the Blue and
Gray again performing in the Virginian
capital, where Georgetown has host OF
admirers and friends. The Richmond
rooters were also on hand in full force
and their cheering at times literally filled
the air over the field of tourney.
Both elevens appeared on the scene at
about the same time. Georgetown d.
rected by the experienced generalship OF
her quarterback. Curly" Byrd. went
snap than the team has shown before
this season. But If the visitors thought
for minute that they were going to
Guido the city collegians they were great
ly mistaken, for Coach Dunlop's charges
were ready with all the vim that they
possessed to make a good impression IN
comparison to their rivals. The prelimi-
nary work was short and it was not long
before the referees whistle started the
game in earnest. Richmond kicked off
to Georgetown, the latter team having
chosen the north goal to defend
Battle Was Fierce.
From then until the end of the half
the game was as fierce asfhas ever been
seen in this city. The fake play of Rich
mond pushed their opponents to such an
extent that the fighting was done most
ly in the Blue and Gray territory. On
couple of different occasions it seemed
as though the Spiders would surely score,
but each time the stone wall of George
towns defense showed up with Increased
strength, and the ball went over,
Fumbes marred the whole game Both
teams were at fault during the first five
minutes of play, when conditions began
TO improve in this respect. 1t was not,
however, until the second session was
well started that the Blue and Gray
began to show it's oId-tme form. The
pyrotechnics started when Byrd made
run around Richmond's right for a
touchdown. In this play the visiting
quarterback was guarded by superb in
reference.
The scoring seemed to undo the Spiders.
for after that Georgetown showed up by
far the stronger team. The line defense,
which had been fooled by the trick plays
in the first part of the game, now be-
came solid and unyielding, while the
backfield seemed to play with greatly in
creased speed, Waldron. on line back,
gained fully 20 yards. which was
foil ,nd hI tan
tackle plunge for the second touchdown
Ship Wy!nard, who had missed his first
chance to kick a goal, proved equal to
the second occasion, and sent the pig
skin squarely between the standards.
McNulty Scores.
With but seven minutes left to play,
BYRD began using the halfbacks for end
runs. and although a forward pass failed
in the meantime, the style of attack
proved too much for the Southerners
with the result that McNulty finally got
away for 80 yards to the third and
last touchdown. Wymard's trusty boot
added the last point to Georgetown's
tally, the final score being IL to o, with
the Blue and Gray on the long end.
In the two minutes of play after this
the battle was waged mostly in the mid
die of the field. with Georgetown having
A slight advantage. From spectator
first half was ragged, while in the sec
ond session ii almost perfect. The
Red and Blue team showed up better II
the new style of foot ball. being more sue
cessful In executing forward passes anC
outside kicks.
III the Blue and Gray had used theil
haIfs more from the start, the score
would probably have been bigger, al
though II must be said that fumbling cos
the visitors the ball on more than on,
occasion. For Richmond. Tyler was thu
bright star of the day. The diminutiv,
haIfback showed big six form in carryin,
the ball, and behind heavier line h,
would have showed up to excellent ad
vantage For the visitors. Kerrigan ant
McNulty were consistent ground-grainers
while Fitzgerald and Cunniff did we'll II
the line Wymard and Dunton were boil
used to good advantage in carrying tn,
pigskin, while Waldron played a praise
worthy game at full. Byrd must b,
given credit for his long run, which wa