Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-03
GEORGETOWN VIII L HAVE GOOD
NUCLEUS FOR 1912 ELEVEN
Blue and Gray Should Start Next Season
With Bright Prospects Thomas May
Not Coach Central Again.

enough ground against Pennsylvania to
score four touchdowns. The Indians
gained enough ground against Pennsyl-
vania and Harvard to run up tally of
81 points. Pennsylvania must have COW
cred some little ground when 1t won from
Cornell by p points to 8. Harvard must
have gained little when it beat Brown
20 to O. Minnesota must have made some
distances when it ran up total OF ii
points against Chicago and Nebraska.
There are few games among the smaller
colleges which fail to reach decision
and few among the larger for that mat
ter, and the assertion that neither eleven
can gain ground because it cannot make
it's offense strong enough fails to meet
with approval, because II points enough
are scored to win that is all that is
necessary.
The great clamor for the change in
the rules is coming from two or three
schools which have had reverses which
have redounded to the credit of much
smaller institutions, and they fail to
set well. And then there Is no doubt
elevens would be willing to develop
the open style Of play and take more
chances, rather than hold to con-
sentative safe style, they would score
more touchdowns and make better
showings against the smaller schools.
this fall simply because they failed to
take advantage of the variety of plays
offered under the new rules.
1t is very probable that Thomas will
not coach the Central High eleven next
season. There Is a rumor current that
he will. give up the foot ball team and
have nothing whatever to DO with its
development: Rumor has 1t that
Thomas is displeased at the way the
team is run. he thinking that there
is too much interference from the out
side. and that with it he cannot hope
to develop the kind of team he could
under other conditions.
the eleven next fall. it is certain
that If he does he should not allow
td0 much interference on the part~of
anybody. That is undoubtedly one of
advancing as it should this year. With
the players being instructed in two or
three different ways as to how to &C
complish something, and told to do that
one thing in a different manner each
day, there is little chance for them to
get anywhere. Whoever coaches the
Central eleven ought to coach it. teach
his ideas and keep other ideas out.
The muddle among the Maryland state
colleges regarding the championship is
old thing year after year. This season
both st. Johns and Washington College
are disputing the right Of Western Mary
land to the claim. 1t is held by Western
Maryland that as Hopkins admins
can claim the championship on the
ground that its game which 1t lost to
NJ. A. c. should not be counted. as 1t
was played on a field two inches deep In
water.
The latter part Of that assertion is not
true, as the field was in fair condition
when played. The real reason why West
ern Maryland failed to win from NJ A. {.
was that as it could not play post gradu-
ate fuilback whom 1t used in its other
games 1t had to change its lineup, and
under the conditions was fairly out
played by the Farmers. To take every
thing into consideration, it Is questionable
If there was any great amount OF diner-
ence between any of the four teams, but
longed to st. Johns. in spite OF the fact
that that eleven lost to Washington Col
lege.
There Is one man among the Maryland
colleges who certainly should have
place on the all-Maryland team. even
though the critics who pick that every
year seem to have overlooked him. and
that is Kemp of the Maryland Agricul-
tural College. The way he tore through
the Western Maryland line certainly
should have earned for him moro than
the respect Of that team, but they seem
to have forgotten hts performances
could make any team in the state OF
Maryland. And again It is hard to see
wherein Shipley Of the Maryland Aggies
was outclassed any by Sprague Of " est
ern Maryland In the game in which these
two teams met. II anything. Shipley had
the margin on him.
F2onar. who has outitna6 sam. ~ h,s