Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-04
BY II. C. BYRD.

my team Is in better shape than al
any time this year. and will play better
foot ball against the Army than any
other eleven we have met so far this sea-
son." said Coach Nielsen of Georgetown
yesterday morning before leaving with
the Blue and Gray squad for West Point
In discussing the probable result OF the
contest with the Soldiers. Nielson made
the mentioned statement, and, continuing.
said that while he was not optimistic
enough to believe that Georgetown would
win, he did think that the Blue and Gray
would do creditable work, and that If II
failed to hold the Army TO smaller
score than did I.ehigh he would Zee! very
much disappointed.
Such an opinion coming from Nielsen
would lead one to believe that the Hill
toppers are in great shape to put UP d
strong game today against an opponent
which has not more than two superlors
In the country and few equals. George
town will play better foot ball today
than it has at any time this year. and
will make 4 much better showing against
the Soldiers than ii did against the In
dams. Nielsen never says that his team
will play well unless II does.
Eastern High showed a varied attack
yesterday in its game against Business, an
offense that is bound to give both Cen
trail and Western lots Of trouble when
they meet the Capitol Hill lads. Forward
passes and onside kicks were executed In
brilliant style by Eastern. Every play
of that kind which IL tried went through.
More accuracy was shown by the Light
Blue and White eleven in handling the
ball than by either of the other high
school teams. Forward passes We're
thrown accurately by the men doing the
passing, and the ball was handled In
perfect style by the players on the re-
ceiving end Time and again. by sheer
aggressiveness. the Eastern players went
UP after a pass and grabbed the ball out
Of the hand of a Business man who was
waiting to break UP the play.
In the execution OF its play. in the indi-
vidual work of its extremely light backs
and In the aggressive style of play shown
by 10. the eleven put on the field by
Eastern yesterday looked to be the best
seen among the schools this year.
Business did not look strong enough
yesterday to defeat Western. and as the
series now stands ii looks as though
Western and Eastern will play next Sat-
urday for the honor of holding down
third place in the series. while Tech and
Central will meet Tuesday to decide
which WIFI hold down the top berth this
year. Between Tech and Central there
seems to be about an even break. and il
could not appear that there is much diff
ference between the Eastern and West
ern elevens. Ii anything. Western may
have the shade on the Eastern team in
weight. but the Capitol Hill lads will
more than make up for this in their
greater average age and experience.
At any rate. both games next week bid
fair to be good ones. because the teams
arc very evenly matched. and in the case
Of Tech and Central. neither will allow
the championship to slip from II without
n mighty big protest while Western will
not forget that Eastern Won from II last
year. and that IL has that score to even
Up II possible.
Out at the Maryland Agricultural Col
lege everything is i'm readiness for the
big game OF the year. The Farmers are
hoping to add another victory to their
credit, while St Johns is confident of
continuing fits string of victories. Judg-
ing by the past performances of the two