The Washington times., 1911-11-29
SCHOOLBOY GAME
HALTED BY RAIN
Battle of Lake Georgetown Victory for Tech and Board
of Education-"Merry Time Was Had" During
Farley Over Conditions of Field
By THOMAS KIRBY.

The battle OF Lake Georgetown be-
tween the heavily armored dreadnought
Wilson and the combined fleet Of Tech
and the Board of Education, resulted In
q victory for the allied parties Before
leaving the scene of engagement the
Wilson was allowed to salute its flag
before surfendering. and promised an
otner chance on Friday.
II there ever was a supposed gridron
IN horrible shape on the day on which
game was supposed to be played, 1t was
Georgetown Field yesterday afternoon
when Tech and Central were supposed
to meet to decide scholastic honors in
football. A sheet of water. in places
three inches deep, covered the whole
stretch. while a heavy fog made it diff
cult to recognise a person nifty yards
away. = ,.'- -
At noon a conference was held to de-
eide whether there should be post
ponement, and 1t was decided to go
tnrough with the arrangement made ten
days ago. When the field was reached,
however. an argument started that
lasted the greater part of an hour.
played, While % Tech pleaded for Calling
OFF. Before the dispute was well under
way it was being taken part in by mem
bers of the Board OF Education. princi-
lege students. pupils In the schools: cap
tains of teams, substitutes, officials for
the game, and newspaper men.
Wrapped In Blankets.
Wrapped up in blankets, the Central
squad trotted on the field. and went
Immediately to it's benches on the east
side, where 1t sat all during the spir-
tied discussion. Central players were
aching to play, but Techs squad was
not allowed to leave its bus.
Some of the language hurled back and
forth between the contending parties
would not make proper inscriptions for
but when everybody had gotten thor
oughly soaked and gotten most Of the
talk out Of their systems, the game was
p9stponed until Friday at 2:9o o'clock.
keeping the team primed for two days
longer. The opinion Of the coaches was
that the team had reached the height of
Its physical fitness Yesterday and IT was
That the condition OF the field would
have materially interfered with the play
of both elevens was admitted, and It
was along these lines that Tech argued.
and finally won.
Neither team will attempt had work of
practice will be Just hard enough to
kssp the players on edge.
No expense is being spared by George
town to get the field In shape for the
Lehigh game tomorrow afternoon That
Il will be muddy and break up open
play is now realized. Still force of
men under .f;u. Pat Dempsey Per has started to
steam roller will probably. be brought
into service to do its part In hardening
the surface.
The Georgetown squad had its briefest
YESTERDAY
men were kept on the wet field only long
enough to run through short signal
drill when they We're hustled back into
the gymnasium for explanations on the
blackboard of the formations that are
believed best to use against the Lehigh
defense.
be the same as started against Virginia.
while Lehieh's will be about the same
as against Lafayette Saturday.
The sale OF seats goes merrily on,
and the indications point to a large
crowd.
w. III. Lewis, the former Harvard
center, generally considered one OF the
greatest snapperbacks football has ever
known and at present Assistant Attorney
p General, Is the latest to go on record
against the present rules.
He has the following to say on the
subject:
|''Some years ago I recall reading in an
educational journal an item which ran
something like this: After an American
youth has spent twelve wears In public
school. four years In college and three
years in a professional school he ought
10 know something-about football The
writer of the article did not say how
long after he would know that some
thing about football
SIN fact, after all the experience and
several years coaching, I feel little
shy on the present game after an abb
sence from the coaching staY at Har-
ward for six years.
1.-THE reformers have changed the
game out of all resemblance to the orig
inal game as played a decade ago The
game Is no longer a test OF either In
diyiduai or collective skin, nor Is II a
test Of training or endurance. The rules
against helping the runner In anv way
by pulling or pushing prevent any SEM
blance OF team gain.
"There is absolutely no team gain In