The Washington times., 1911-10-02
MAGNER TORETURN:
GEORGETOWNGLAD
ST. Louis Athlete Made Favorable Impression at Quarter
back Before Being Called Home-Hiltop Foot
. ball Prospects Are Bright.
By THOMAS KIRBY.

Magner saying that he has left his
home in st. Louis and will be al
Georgetown Field tomorrow.
Magner, who comes from st. Louis
high school, made a most favorable
impression in the early practice at
quarterback, but the sudden illness OF
his father compelled him to return TO
Missouri. He has been home for near
ly q week and during that time the
health Of his father has improved TO
such an extent that he considers II sate
to return to resume his course
1t was reported that Magner Woulo
withdraw from the university to take
up his fathers business, so his return
Is a source of qualification to the foot
ball authorities.
The swapping and spinning OF innatea
spheroids on hundreds of gridirons on
Saturday, marked the inauguration Of
the regular gridiron campaign of 1911.
While there were a few scattered
games a week before, II was really Oh
last Saturday that practically all of the
most representative teams got under
way, and gave their followers an op-
portunity to gauge the probable strength
The principal interest in Washington
was centered ON Georgetown Field,
where the university squad met the tearI
from the Seaman GunnerS' School, ami
in forty minutes of actual play, the
Blue and Gray missed scoring a point
a minute BY the narrowest possible
margin-a lone point. Two dozen dlf-
ferent men had places in the George
town lineup during the course of the
whole game, and the contest. was eX-
actly what II was arranged fora test
for the candidates upon whom will be
placed dependence when the intercol-
Hafa uyofC
The game justified, in a way, the
statements made in these columns when
the squad first reported that George
town has no good reason for apprehen-
sion over the outlook for a winning
eleven.
Having had but two weeks of prac-
tice IL was not surprising that the heat
should greatly interfere with the work
OF the men on the heights, but after
they once caught their stride, after half
of the playing time had expired, they
showed flashes of strength that should
carry them through many grueling
match later on.
No matter how discouraging may be
reports and how recurrent the an
nouncement of an indigo hue, the cold
fact remains that the best team George
town can put on the field today is one
OF the heaviest, If not the heaviest univer-
slty eleven in the United States today.
The men are possessed OF good rudi-
mentsry training. Everyone upon whom
or more years of eXperwience in COLLEGE
football, and the whole combinat ton
should develop into & most impressive
and deadly machine.
Teams on the Georgetown schedule
have good reason to fear.
Barring Pennsylvania and Lafayette.
most of the big college teams won their
games on Saturday without any great
amount of trouble.
Against small but stubborn Holy
Cross, Yale, without the use of any
modern plays, showed that the material
at New Haven is coming along satis-
factorily, while at Cambridge, Percy
Houghton followed out his usual policy
lOf making no particular effort to run
up a score on Bates, but used the
match in order to increase the general
efficiency Of the individual players.
Stevens Institute, while fighting hard.
was unable to stop the long runs of
Princeton, and the Tigers won. What
the Nassau Iinemen will do in the later
games cannot be figured, as the heat
at Princeton was most depressing to
the big forwards, but If Saturdays
game can be taken as a criterion that
6ackfield will be one of the sensations
of the year. MarvelouslY fast, and
headed by that sci1tillating Tol PEN
6leton, who received his gridiron school
ing at Episcopal High School. near
Alexandria, Princeton has a quartet
that will command respect from any
opponent.
Little Gettysburg gave big Pennsyl-
veEia a mighty battle, and actually
scored on the team that is being so
highly touted in Philadelphia. In Cap
tain Mercer, Penn has a star upon
whom 1t was necessary to call to do
more than his own share of the work
against Gettysburg, and as a rGSult Of
the unsatisfactory showing some new
names are likely to be seen in the
Quaker lineup before another engage
ment ct Franklin Field
Ursinus, which suddenly crashed into |
fame by trimming Penn at the outset of
nht season, gave Lafayette a real bat |
4 tie, the final score being to o, all the |
result of field goal
Dartmouth showed improvement
eSsinst the Massachusetts Aggics, win
Ming by score of % TO 0, while In the |
extreme South Georgia got away 10 an
other flying start by piling UP 81 points
against Alabama Presbyterian College. |
Virginia's big total-eighty-o
was a surprise in this section and |
shows that there must be some fast |
@ifiam and Mana can Ssrdfy be Wale con
eidered q strong team. nevertheless |
scoring eiRht-one points at this sea-
son Of the year on any team is most |
creditable.
The fact that Cornell was held to six !
points by Colgate is not particularly |
Significant as the Ithacans were han? |
dicapped by the absence of several |
veterans who are being depended up
on in later games.
Eastern made the best showing /
among the high schools here. total T,
ing rs to the Varsity A. C.'s zero. |
while Gallaudet had a rather easy |
time with Tech. winning 21 to o.
Hardicarped bv injuries Charlev |
Donnelly's MARYLAND Aegies did well |
at Richmond by holding Richmond |
College to a scoreless tie.
The game which was tentatively |
scheduled by Georgetown with the I
Maryland Aggies for Wednesday is not [
likely to be played. The men from I
College Park are iu poor physical con-
ditinn Just now and they have about (
decided not to take further chances ot !,
weakening their squad by game with
Georgetown this week.
Peace Is Promised
Aroon Vo1o Coaches