The Washington times., 1910-02-21
Trying TO Arrange Game
With Indians Brings
Strong Protest.
G. w. u. HAS CLAIM
RECONSIDERATION
So Also Has Georgetown, Whose
Football Future Is Still
in Doubt.
By THOMAS S. RICE.

More athletic trouble, and from an en-
tirely unexpected source.
That the University Of Virginia and
the Carlisle Indian School should ever
butt into the already muddy waters Of
Washington athletic life and. by their
joint effort, kick up row of which the
Capital public would have 10 take cog
nizance would never have been supposed,
but so II has come 10 pass.
IN the present instance IL does seem
that George Washington University is
getting The short end of it. The row
arises from the fact that Coach Glenn
Warner OF the Indian football team. and
Manager Mcdonald. Of the Virginia
team have about reached an agreement
TO have Virginia and Carlisle play here
on November . This Is cutting into the
activities of George Washington and
Georgetown with vengeance, and the
end Is not yet.
HalleT Explains.
Manager Thomas Haller, Of George
WsshinEtons football team, said this
morning that he had a promise from
Mcdonald that II the Virginia eleven
were allowed 20 play more thar one
game away from home ,ne second game
would be I'm Washington with George
Washington. Virginia annually has one
game AT Richmond or Norfolk with
North Carolina. Agricultural and Me-
chanical. or some other big Southern
institution, and the facility is chary
about permitting another foreign date,
but IL there was 70 be one away from
home this year II was TO be allotted TO
q. ". T., according 20 Manager Hal
leT's Interpretation Of letter from
Manager Mcdonald. Also after the 1903
game. Warner promised q. W. I.
another game for this year.
nn tH HZE FhF
Manager Ealler to ! earn from the
lipF of Coach Warner that Virginia and
Carlisle were 10 play m Washington,
Virginia, it is said, Offering the Red
skins $500 guarantee
Jumped At Conclusions.
The point seems to be that both War
ner and Mcdonald took It for granted
that Georgetown would he without a
football team this year, and they consid-
cred f. a golden opportunity jump in,
furnish the city with a high-class con-
test, and pull down the gate money OF
from si.0oa to 5000 which Virginia and
Georgetown have been wont 10 get from
their annual contest
This is a pretty theory, but, In the
first place, there is by no means Ger
tainty that Georgetown viii he without
. football eleven in l9l0 and, IN the Sec
ond place. Georgetown has been work
ing vndcr an ironClad rule against lend
ing its grounds 10 other institutions
That Georgetown would lend it's grounds
for a NiTEinia-Indiau game and thereby
be a party 10 what looks very much like
@ deliberate throw-dOwn of even so bit
ter a rival as George washington is not
at all likely.
What About Grounds.
Gorge washington has long been neEo-
tiatig with Business Manager Billy FOw-
Ter Of the Washington ball club. for
American League Park as q training
and playing ground next fan. and the
deal has practically been completed. Il
viii probably be wound uD TO-DAY With
Washington and Georgetown refusing TO
Donald and Warner viii have a mighty
busy session finding "a place 70 pull of
their little mOney-getting scheme.
There rs also good reason 10 believe
that Secretary Ballinger and other high
officials in the Interior Department who
handle matters connected with Indian
affairs. would not view with great favor
an effort To have The Indians plav r.
game here which would obviously have
none but a mercenarv motive and work
more or less injury to the George Wash
fugtOn people, who have been going
along I'm good faith
In the meantime. it is un TO George
town TO decide quickly what in is going
70 do about football. fn- 81 IL waits much
longer IL viii experience great diff
Guilty IN compiling a schedule.