The Washington herald., 1910-11-14
by WILLIAM PEET.

Georgetown's football team has but
two games left 10 play on the hardes.
schedule ever arranged for a Hilltop
team, and, unless a bad slump hits the
eleven, two more victories are going to
be added to the already long list.
The Virginia Military Institute team.
from Lexington, Va, plays here next
Saturday. and as this aggregation had
hard work beating the little Maryland
Aggies last week, they should prove easy
picking for the Blue and Gray.
on Thanksgiving Day THURSDAY week.
a tougher opponent will be encountered
IN Lehigh, but Georgetown scouts who
have seen the Pennsylvanians play de-
clare that Nelson's eleven will get away
with the big end of the score.
The Hilltoppers will be much stronger
for Lehigh than they were for Virginia,
as Walsh and Dunn will likely be able
TO play, and while it is doubtful If Coach
Nielsen viii start these men in the game,
they can be showed into the lineup at a
moments notice if needed.
If v. NJ. J. and Lehigh are decisively
beaten. Georgetown will wind up the
most remarkable season III the history OF
the institution, and will have tackled a
schedule no other college the size of the
local institution would have dared at
tempt
While credit is being heaped upon the
heads of Costello Capt Daley, and
others for Saturdays victory. Coach
Fred Nielsen should not be overlooked.
The result of the Virginia game has
demonstrated that his judgment as to tho
makeup Of the team was absolutely the
best.
There were many who thought Neil
sen crazy to work in a youngster like
Costello al quarter over the veteran Sit
terding. Others declared that Kelly
would never deliver the goods. and IL
some quarters Nielsen was blamed for
not starting Walsh and Dunn, despite
the fact that these men were slightly
crippled.
When Nielsen was engaged to coach
the team he insisted that he be given
full power. and this was agreed upon.
That Nelson's ideas, coaching, and judg-
ment was the best IS now a matter Of
record.
Just before the Virginia game started
Saturday, a half-scared rabbit jumped
out from the region of the graveyard
near Ryan gym and scampered onto the
field and across the gridiron This in
cident was taken as an omen of good
luck by the undergraduates, and helped
add TO the spirit of confidence that 1.-THE
team" would win.
Fast -play-Frank Chance 10 BIZ
Roper 10 Ed Brady.
1t was deeply regretted that Eddie
Miller captain Of the Georgetown team
two years ago. and one OF the most
popular men while at Georgetowns could
not have been on hand Saturday. Eddie
would have enjoyed the game immensely,
for more reasons than one
Mike Thompson, of Washington Col
lege. sends the writer a postal card
from Columbus, Ohio. From the hand
writing it is hard TO decipher Just what
the genial Mike is trying to say, but the
inference is that he refereed the Ohio
State VS.. Ohio Wesleyan game in Co
iumbus last Saturday. And. by the way.
Mikes team did good job in Chester
town while he was away beating Rut-
gers, 6 to 5.
Beef Field, formerly of Eastern High
School and a Washington boy, played
half back for Yale and helped down the
Princeton Tigers in the big surprise
game of the season. Fields work until
he was slightly injured was one of the
features
Bryan Morse is in great demand as an
official. The gOod-loOking quarter back
of last years George Washington team
helped handle the Hatchetites-V p. I.
game in Lynchburg Saturday and if re-
ports are to be credited, Morse was about