The Washington times., 1911-11-09

Easy practice continues to be the
watchword at Georgetown in preparing
for the Virginia game.
Not since last Saturday have any or
the regulars been asked to extenu tnefh
selves, and with a wet field todaV anu
probably tomorrow, the Indications are
that Il will be Monday or Tuesday be-
fore the final hard raps are put IN ior
Virginia. which comes here the follow
ing Saturday.
After finding it impossible to connect
with any college team in this section
that Is without a cato for Saturday.
Manager Walsh finally got the Vigilant
Athletic Club Of Southeast Washlnston,
TO agree to go to the Heights and give
Georgetown the 2 prague c. Msrws wr,y. T colleS,
team, which suddenly called on its
game here AS the Vigilants hardly
compare with the university eievem,
OF the policy Of not working the col
fegians too hard.
.Georgetown showed sgainst ArmS a, ny
top of its game, and to hold 1t there
is one Of the principal problems con-
fronting the coaches; ,,hot, v,r-
ginia's Walter Camp, went to West
4 Point to get line on Georgetown
means there will have to be NUMBER
of new formations in reserve for No.
Vember IS, but the indications are that
the Blue and Gray will depend prin-
cipally on the tactics which resulted in
a score on the Indians and good scare
A long signal drill and just enough
scrimmaging to try new plays under
fire constituted the work at Georgetown
yesterday.
Gallaudet is indeed unfortunate to be
robbed of the services OF Battiste, the
Indian captain. at this stage tni;,oS OF me
practice scrimmage against Western
High School, and 1t Is feared that he
viii have to remain off the gridiron for
about week.
Stapleton Gooch, one Of the old quar-
terbacks, is the latest graduate to as
sst Virginia In getting ready Tor
Georgetown.
Cathedral School rolled up eighteen
points on Business High yesterday in
a game which was arranged to help
condition Business for its Tech contest.
More than one Georgetown man will
see Virginia In its engagement with
Hopkins at Baltimore Saturday.
Tickets for the Georgetown Virginia
game will be placed on sale down town
arly next week. The doubling Of the
stands now extending the full length OF
the gridron, will make 1t an easier
matter to handle the crowd than 1t
was last year.
h probable captains for next year,
and the makeup of the An-Star team
which is annually picked will soon be
the principal subject of discussion
among the high school football enthu-
siasts
There was an individual coach for
every member of the Yale team In
the practice at New Haven yesterday.
Percy Houghton. the Haryard gI6, coach, s6
mits that Princeton played much the
better football last Saturday and eX,
presses the belief that Harvard VIII IL
have to show a vast Improvement II
the Carlisle Indians are to be trimmed
the day after tomorrow.
Fear of getting the players over
trained before the Harvard game iss
now worrying the Yale coaches, and
Trainer Mack is keeping an especially
close watch on every man
The gates at Dartmouth are closed
every day now, and host of former
stars have returned to round the team
into shape for Princeton and Harvard.
McGregor. the line coach, Is coming
in for quite lot of credit for the
clever work of the Princetyl forwards
ninghams right hand man.
Exeter is being picked Dy many crlucs
10 trim Andover in the biggest prer
school game of the season. 1t will be
played Saturday.
AT Ithaca graduate coaches are roar
ing into the ears of the Cornell players
that Thanksgiving Day Will oner the
best chance ever for victory over
PENNSYLVANIA. At Philadelphia they nre
candidly admitting that there Is cause
for worry.
There is a disposition at Pennsylvania
to blame the coaches for the disaster
az noorer rudimentaTY football-taCk-
ling, blocking, starting, etc. by biz
college team than Penn showed against
. Rrown. and had it been dry held the
Ouakers would probably have beer
much worse beaten.
Although Georgeown is now far in the
lasd in public estimation. II Will be i'm