The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-11-11
BEAR STORIES NOT
TAKEN SERIOUSLY
Virginia Will Be Here with
Its Strongest Team.
SAME IS TRUE ON HILLTOP
Both Dunn and Walsh VIII Start
Game for Georgetown IL They Are
Physically Fit-BIue and Gray Has
Big Advantage In Weight-HiII-
tOppers Sure to Win Game.

Nobody takes any stock in the various
bear stories sent out from the camps of
Georgetown and Virginia during the few
DAYS before the big game Saturday.
With the exception of Capt Geyer,
who can hardly be in physical shape.
every man who played against the In
dams last Saturday viii be in the game
here for the Charlottesville collegians to-
morrow.
Capt Geyer is nesting up against a
real attack of jaundiee, and il is hard to
see where he can possibly play. Center
Rush Wood slightly sprained the liga-
ments OF his right ankle last Saturday.
but II Is dollars to doughnuts that he
VIII start the game for Virginia at the
snaDper-back position.
So much for Virginia. As for George
| town, Coach Nielsen viii not know until
tonight just who will start in the back
field, Dunn and Walsh have been laid up
for the past few days. the former with a
severe muscle bruise in the region OF his
left thigh, and the latter with & slightly
wrenched ankle II Dunn Is able 10 go
through signals this afternoon in good
shape he will start the game in his old
position at left half back, while Walsh IL
his ankle is strong enough. viii play
quarter.
If Coach Nielsen is convinced that
either OF these men cannot stand the gaff
physically. neither one will start Crafts
or Carrigan will take punn's place at
half back, and Costello will ran the team
az quarter.
Now for a little dope on the comparison
of the teams. Georgetown will have the
advantage in weight by at least fifteen
pounds TO the man The statistics pub
| lished in the Evening Star last night
were iudicrous in the extreme. Vir-
/ ginia's weights were all right This
team averages about 160 pounds. but
Georgetown's figures were grossly under
estimated. For instance, Barricello
weighs lS5 pounds and the evening paper
I stated 16S. Bryant tips the beam at ZIG
against 1876; Fitzgerald weighs ls5 against
/ l7e and Wymard weighs $50 instead OF l2.
| Virginia cannot hope TO gain much
ground around Georgetown's ends. Bar
ricello and Hegarty have successfully
stopped every team so far this season,
while the Hilltoppers' line Is just as
strong as the Indians In every respect
| OF course. there is always a chance
/ for an intercepted forward pass or a
tumble. and if Todd or Honaker ever
get loose from the bunch. goodnight
but such a thing is hardly probable.
! Georgetown's ofTense is not all that
might be desired. for the reason that in
| juries have kept several good men on the
| side lines when they were most needed.
/ Walsh was Just beginning to show class
as a quarter back when he wTenched his
ankle Costello looked pretty good In this
! isAdW in the
| Pittsburg game kicked him IN the Stats
and also dislocated q couple of fingers by
/ stepping on his right hand. Dunn was
/ getting into the practice with a ven
| geanee and showing his worth as de-
/ fensive half back when fool play
| knocked a muscle ioose on his right hip.
| These are the handicaps Coach Nielsen
| has been up against during the past three
weeks, but in spite OF il all he has round
/ ed into shape a mighty good team, one
| that should be able TO trim the Virginians
/ by at least two touchdowns to nothing,
! Charley Cox, the former Georgetown
/ star, who has been out helping Coach
! Nielsen, together with Percy Given. the
old center. both predict that the Blue and
Gray will triumph by an lS-to-0 score or
! possibly more.
| A sample of how the members OF the
other departments OF the university feel
! is shown by the action taken at the law
school the other night when money was
raised for a brass band to lead the crowd
to the field. The contract rendered the
musicians was TO the effect that the band
was 10 lead the procession from the CEN
/ ter of the District to the field and back
again Talk about confidence. VINO
would want band hanging around after
/ the game if GEORGETOWN was beaten2
No matter what the weather conditions,
Georgetown is going TO win, and by no
uncertain manner Virginia is sure to
fight hard. but the Southerners Will 60
back to Charlottesville outclased in al
most most every department of the game.
WILLIAM pEET.