Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-13
BY n. C. BYRD.

This afternoon will be almost an entire
lay-off for the Georgetown eleven. The
coach will do nothing more than give
the men final instructions as to how to
meet the attack of the Redskins and as
to Just what kind Of an offense will be
the best to use against them Yesterday
there was little done other than to give
the linemen different methods of blocking
and charging their opponents.
Just what chance Georgetown has
against the Indians Is problematic, al
though on all the dope that is to be gath
cred 1t appears decidedly improbable that
the Blue and Gray will win; in fact, the
chances are about so to that the In
dams will be returned the victors. II
Georgetown holds the Indians to a close
score it is certain that it may be con-
sidered as having done all that was ex-
pected. While there have been many pre-
dictions that everybody is confident that
the Hilltoppers will win, 1t Is certain That
they are more of expressions OF hope
rather than words of conviction.
II Georgetown were scheduled to play
the University of Pennsylvania tomorrow
1t could not be expected that it would win
from the Quakers, and yet the Indians
made a better score against the D1cAn-
son College eleven than did the Red and
Blue. l1ChlnSOn IlduS Two lOuCIuOWic
against Pennsylvania, while it could get
no nearer than the 20-yard line to the
Indians goal Figuring in rather
roundabout way 1t may be mentioned that
Princeton has the strongest team in years
this fall: Lehigh could barely beat West
ern Maryland. Dickinson walked all over
Western Maryland, "a to 5, and the Car
Isle Indians beat Dickinson, IL to o.
Georgetown will not face the same kind
of a team tomorrow that did George
Washington in 1900 and Virginia in 1910.
Carlisle tomorrow will be 30 per cent
stronger than either Of the teams which
represented the school In the two men
toned years.
AS for a comparison Of the two teams.
Il Is unlikely that there will be much diff
ference in their weight. Carlisle will
probably be slightly outweighed in the
line. while 1t is certain that the Indians
will have a much heavier backfield than
will the Hilltoppers. There is one thing
in which the Indians will probably out
class the Georgetown team, and that is
what may be termed foot ball form,
which will be due to nothing more nor
less than the length of time that the
Indians have been playing together under
the same system and the greater amount
OF practice put In this fall. The Indians
have been practicing six weeks, while
Georgetown has been working but four.
That difference will also be noticeable
in the physical condition Of the men.
AS far as the result OF the game goes
there is no one who can tell what it
will be. Every indication favors the In
dams to win. and 1t will be nothing
against Georgetown If they do. On the
contrary. il the Georgetown eleven holds
them to close score 1t can consider
that II has done work that Is a credit
to itself and to its supporters. Nothing
more could be expected Of 1t. Teams
which are much higher up in the foot
ball world than Georgetown have fallen
before the prowess of the Redskins and
there will be more teams this year among
the big colleges go down in defeat before
Glen Warmers crew. Consequently there
need be no dissatisfaction among the
Blue and Gray adherents II their team
fails to come up to what has been pre-
dicted for it in many instances.
Coach Nielsen of Georgetown. in speak
ing of the game, refused to commit him
self other than to say that he expected
his team to make good showing. and
that unless IL did he would be sorely
disappointed. Nielsen did make the state
ment, though, that he expected the In
dams to beat both Harvard and Penn
sylvania this year, even though the In
dams are playing the two big elevens on
subsequent dates. In regard to the George
| town-Carlisle game tomorrow, though
Nielsen said that he had given out moth
| ing and that he had said nothing to any
body concerning the probable result, as
neither he nor any one else is able to
tell. ne edlo tnal TIE game WOuiu uo-
pend on many little breaks In the luck
over which nobody would have control.
In speaking Of his being on the side
| lines at the Georgetown-William and
Mary gabe Bunny" Larkin stated that
he certainly was not there to get the
Georgetown system OF attack and defense
| for Carlisle. Although an interested
spectator at the game, he said that the
] interest was merely personal and had
4 nothing to do with any other team.
| tomorrow. The Kendall Green eleven
was booked to play the Mount st. Jo-
sephs aggregation. but the contest had to
be called of, owing TO the fact that the