The Washington herald., 1911-10-15
By c. W. SWAN.


University, working like a piece of
smoOth-running machinery. lived up to
the traditions of the past at Georgetown
Field yesterday afternoon. and completely
demolished the Blue and Gray warriors.
winning. IS to 5.
The "old grad who had hurried to
the field confident that in the years that
have passed since Joe Reilly played the
dreaded red-skinned warriors had lost
their cunning, sat in Icy stiffness and
saw what was almost a duplication of the
games of other days. II was smash,
smash. smash. until Georgetown's line
was torn to pieces, her back field eX-
hausted. and her quick-witted ends be-
wildered by the hurricane assault 1t
was trick when the trick was not ex-
pected, and hard. straight football when
the trick was looked for.
Truly. for ways that are dark and for
tricks that are vain. that Indian team
is peculiar.
AS an epic Of savagery the game would
have brought tears of joy to the heart
Of the late Mr.. Nero, whose ideas OF
spectacular entertainment were limited
to the astronomical performances OF
man-eating lions.
Costello's head was badly cut early in
the day. Sitterding's shoulder was
wrenched, and Harts knee caused him
continuous suffering after the second
half. Little Arcasa, the Indian quarter
back, could scarcely walk at the end of
the game, and when Fury was replaced
by Quinlan 1t was because the battering-
ram attack had left him physically help
less.
Time Called Twelve Times.
Twelve times during the game time was
called while some player was brought
back from the, sweet land of dreams to
this hard and barren world
More than 5000 persons witnessed the
battle. The alumni, the veterans of other
gridirOn trays, the cynical senior, who
didn't hesitate to criticise his own team,
and the freshman, who patrioticaIly bel
lowed. That's a peachr' even when
Wymard futilely booted the ball on a
kickoff and gave the Indians 20 yards,
were there.
The western stand-Georgetown's strong
hOld-was ablaZe with riot of color that
outdid the lurid tints of dying leaves on
the clump of trees just beyond the field.
Above the browns and reds and puppies
gray pennants. The eastern stands were
crowded with the yellow and red pen
nants of Carlisle. and crowd of leather
lunged rooters howled and yelled as the
relentless red men rolled up point after
point.
For an hour before play began the
earnest rooter practiced those classics
of cacophony that only come during the
preparation of a college football game.
Georgetown had a new one called the
"siren." They might have called it ''the
scream Of anguish and been more de-
scriptive. II resembled a cross between
the unexpected eruption Of a safety
valve and the song of 600 irritated tom
cats. At the end there came the word
A few minutes before o'clock the
two teams. bundled up until they had
lost resemblance to anything human,
trotted out of the dressing-room, divest-
Ing sweaters and jackets as they ran.
When they reached the field a long, low
sigh went up from the Georgetown side
Of the field. According to the figures
given out before the game, Georgetown
slightly outweIghed the Indians. When
the men lined up for practice it-looked
Bryant, Hart, and Wymard
as II the Indians outweighed George
town at least ten pounds to the man.
Fifteen minutes or snappy practice
gave the crowd another insight into the
wonderful system of play those red men
have developed. AS they ran of sig
nails, the whole team pivoted to protect
one man-the man with the ball-and
the most enthusiastic of old Georgetown
awakened to the fact that the
home teams end had work, and plenty
Of It, cut put for them.
Thorpe Kicks on.
The chimes of Georgetown. sounded
he quarter-hour when Thorpe. left
lalf back for the Indians, placed the
Fellow pigskin in place, retreated a
hort distance, and with a beautifully
placed kick began the game by send
ng 1t to the 10-yard line of the south
,rn goal. which the home team had
elected TO defend
A wild howl went up.
That's a peachP' screamed the je-
une freshman, and declined to explain
whether he referred to the kickoff or
he fact that Georgetown ran the ball
,ack 10 yards before the Indian defense
,nded the play.
The tackle, Newaske, grinnlng like a
cheshire cat. crashed across the oppo- |
lite tackle for 5 and 10 yards at a |
line, often with three or four taeklers