The Washington times., 1911-11-27
BLUE AND GRAY TO
HAVE SAME LINEUP
! AS FOR VIRGINIA
af
Lehigh Will Face Lads Who
Tied Army at West
Point.
| SCHOOLBOY CONTEST
| ATTRACTS ATTENTION
Large Crowd Sure to See Tech.
/, nical and Central
! Clash.
By THOMAS KIRBY.

Today and tomorrow will see the end
ing of the season of practice at George
town, and on Wednesday the squad will
have light work SO as to be primed for
] the Thanksgiving Day game with Le-
(; high.
Georgetown has had habit in the
past of usually playing a rather poor
game on its closing date. This is due
principally to the fact that the team
then the natural slump throws the
team far off it's form. This season,
however, this feature has been watched
Apr from the start, and the eleven which
yter condition than in the past. The
ffien have been given just enough work
ssince the Virginia game to keep them
con edge. and should be able to win from
'safe margin.
1T is understood that Georgetown's
1ine-up will be the same as the one
(which met the men Of Charlottesyille.
Bryant injured his shoulder at West
Point, and Rheinschilds. who substi-
tuted for him, injured his against Vir-
ginia. In the meantime Bryants hurts
next Thursday.
- Particular interest is centered in the
Thanksgiving game at Georgetown. for
At will depend largely ON the size Of the
crowd as to whether Lehigh will be
,Jnvited aG;,in next year.
The profits arising from football go
quite far in hclping other athletics at
Georgetown, so 1t Is natural .hat the
management should be most anxious to
get the best possible attraction on
THANKSGIVING. Seveial other colleges
gre ANXIOUS to come here for the end
Ing of the campaign. so should switch
ir obtaining AZ attractive opponent.
sn Washington has always been rated 4
good Lehish city, so there appears to lie
aI}o reason why there should not be a
Good crowd out to see the curtain drawn
ON the 1911 gridiron year.
fs,lntercst in the Tech Central game at
sGecrgetCWn tomorrow fo' the benef Of
Abe Playgrounds' Association and thu
10y Scouts continues to attract attcn.
1tion, and the management Is most
:srutificd by the distribution Of tick cts
3: The fact that the Secretary of the
sEavy has ordered out the Marine Band
for the occasion. and that official Wash.
ingtnn will be represented mas served t.
make the interest most widespread, and
"a mighty neat sum will be gathered In
for the two la'Idable objects.
.suThe two teams have reached tEeir
proper condition, and today 1nal In
etrllctionS and brief signal practice
will wind M the work for the game
Tech had complete rest yesterday
but Central put in about three hour.
that are supposed to have greatly bene
fitted the. team Leaving Mt. Pleasan
Through Rock Creek and the adjoining
Woods, and II was dark before the re
turn. The hike extended over abon
Ten miles. and all Of the players ap
Feature of preparation which was In
tended to not only keep the squad to
,gether but to give Zach man all thu
fresh air possible.
he Is not yet definitely known, accord
Scmorrow, IN Reuter- plays the, team
r vill be practically ihe same as It wa, wa
0be out. 1t will mean a switch carryinl
King back 20 left halfback and puttinl
Zappone in at right tackle.
tonably 'a as nc Coach s Hscox xviii will not Dc
ide until this afternoon how he vii
orange his backs.
The cry of Courses on you, Jack Dal
Ton" can be heard as far as the stronl
military arm of the Government ser
fce extends.
= 1t has been decided that Western ant
ABusiness cannot play, their game
Nieorgetown Field Wednesday. AS sool
DE commenced to put the gridiron II
2 he best possible condition for Thanks
kiving. The high schools will play eth
Br at Tenleytown or Kendall Green.
~ -
= The Vigilants galloped all over tear
represented the Baltimore Cross Coun
t4ry Club at the Capital Park yesterda
Hthe final score being AZ to O..
- A remarkably large crowd saw tn
Fgame. and 1t was through no fault o
@he Vigilant management that there wa
mot a closer contest 1t was though
3he Baltimore people would send over
SStrong eleven, but 1t took but a fey
8ninutes, to show the crowd that tn
Iigilants were to prance away wit
N1he game. a&-E
e However, the winners obtained enoug
&practice to keep them in good conditio
or their game Thursday morning wit
IN All-High school team. The pickle
Seam will contain some of the best pres
8nt and past scholastic stars, and wha
they may lack in the matter of teal
8Rork they expect to make up throug
s9ndividuai efforts. ~.