The Washington times., 1911-09-16
AUSP|C|OUS YEAR
AHEAD FOR BLUE
AND GRAY ELEVEN
Gridiron Past Triumphs to
Be Dimmed by George
town This Season.
: STRONGER MATERIAL
THAN EVER BEFORE
Harry Costello Appears to Be Sure
Of His Place Back Of
By THOMAS KIRBY.

Georsetown's football preparation
! has been Inaugurated under wha
/ may rightfully be considered the
most auspicious circumstances in the
history of the sport at the university
About one year ago-on September
ls, to be exact-the following ap'
peared in these columns:
GEORGETOWN is on the threshold
Of O football campaign that offers
unlimited promise.
After waiting for nearly ten
years-the last victory was scored
in 1901-Georgetcwn men see at
Virginia, for viewed from every
standpoint the outlook is decided
ly roseate and, unless the unex-
pected develops, the team this fall
should be, by all odds, the fastest
since the housecleaning some time
ago which robbed the university of
practically all of its stars in every
branch of sports.
II the Virginia game is lost 1t
will because weakness Of some
sort has developed where strength
The indications today are that
unless Virginia has truly great
eleven the present student body
on the Heights will be the first in
two generations of undergradu-
the second Saturday in November.
Eleven Makes Good.
That these highly complimentary
notices at the beginning of practice
were warranted was shown by the
fact that the eleven not only won
from Virginia, but captured the
Southern title and went through it's
season with but one team crossing its
goal line.
Today, without any exaggeration, 1t
may be said that the prospects are even
brighter than a year ago.
That rush line that fairly tore asun-
der the front of the men from Char
lottesville Is virtually intact, for should
there be any holes to fill there is ma
terial available that. If anything, is
even stronger than the regulars of last
autumn. The status Of Fitzgerald IS still
uncertain. II he returns to take
course in law, Georgetown will once
more have the service Of the most fin
ished guard this section has produced
in years, but should he enter upon a
business career in Troy, his home city,
his place will be filled from the surfeit
Of line material that is promised.
Hart, the former George Washington
captain, who was twice chosen for the
All-Southern eleven, and Dave White,
the former Andover star, are among the
men for whom room must be found
among the forwards.
without attempting to disparage in
throughout the whole of last autumn,
il must be said that In general eff
cheney the backf1eld hardly compared
with the hnesmen. combination of
conspicuous among which
was the constant shifting resulting from
injuries, had much 20 do with this, but
the indications now seem to point to a
mighty battle for the four positions be-
tween now and the time the squad
Jumps over the ropes to give bsttle TO
the ancient foe from Virginia in the
gr1diron classic of this section.
Costello Looks Certain.
One man-Harry CosteIlo-appears to
be assured of his place back of the
line. Although considered for weeks as
but an humble scrub, this young man,
with a skilled toe, did work in the Vir-
ginia game that Was truly a revela-
ton to those in the west stand who fol-
lowed closely the work of the George
town team.
Nine of the Blue and Gray's fifteen
points were scored by this sudden grad
uate from the despised second squad,
and the manner in which he fired up the
whole team and drove it to the very
limit had never been approached since
the days when McGettigan was ac-
knowledged the peer of the quarter
backs in these parts. /
Kelly, the only other Georgetown man
to score in the Virginia game, is in
eligible, but Fury will be back, and
In this all-round athlete Georgetown has
Iast man who Is dangerous in wide
end runs.
Who will get the other places is i'm
PSssible TO foretell, as IT will be a case
e1 the survival Of the fittest. with no
Many a good team has been wrecked
on the rocks of overconfidence, and il
Is within the realm of a possibility that
this may be the fate of the team that
Coach Nielsen and Captain Daley have
started to develop.
Bar this. however, and 1t would TODAY
appear as though Georgetown is lust
beginning football season that will
not soon be forgotten.