Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-22
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been given out, Virginia did not cross
the Georgetown goal line In Saturdays
game. 1t was thought that Gooch, the
Virginia quarter, when he made the run
| close under the Blue and Gray goal, had
carried the ball across the line, but &C
curate statements of the play show that
| such was not the case.
The real play which was made was
this: That Gooch was tackled at least
four yards from the goal line and then
dropped the ball. It rolled across the
line and Hegarty, the Georgetown end,
fell on 1t, thus making a touchback. Had
1ooch he'd the ball II would not have
been a touchdown. as was generally sup
posed, but Virginia would have had three
downs in which to go the remaining three
or four yards. Whether or not 1t would
nave been able to drive the ball across
under those conditions will never be told,
but that 1t dlu not set across when the
touchback was made is certain.
If Virginia wins from North Carolina
Thanksgiving day there will be none to
even dispute the claim Of Georgetown
Geors etown will have won from Virginia.
and Virginia in that event will nave
beat Carolina and practically eliminated
that team from the running.
AS was predicted, Eastern had little
chance to win from Central yesterday
The Capitol Hill boys never had an oppor-
tunity to gel away with the winning score
against the heavy Central aggregation.
central has e heaviest team N the high
schools and there has been no eleven able
to break its line this season. Once or
twice the Blue and White forwards may
have been pierced for short gains. but
as a general thing they have been i'm
pregnabie since the first game. They
have kept their goal line uncrossed during
the entire season, and tat Is sufiicient
testimony to their ability.
In yesterdays game against Eastern,
Centrai had little trouble gaining through
it's line The light forwards had much
difficulty in stopping the heavy Central
backs at all, and the majority of the
gains made by Central were through the
line. it being able to tear of its distance
in almost every try. AT that, ough, the
Eastern team put up a stubborn game
and played good foot ball from the start,
and made showing against Central that
would have done credit to a much heavier
eleven
Western and Business will meet In the
last game Of the scholastic series Fri
day. Both the Stenographers and West
on the cards 70. this season. and both will
put in good ticks to get away with the
contest. Western viii probably use the
same lineup that 1T has In Its previous
games, with the exception of Brooks at
guard. Brooks will be missed, there be-
ing no other man on the squad who can
fill his position as creditabiy as he. His
wo. has been distinct feature Of every
contest in which Western has figured.
With this exception the same eleven that
has started the other games will repre-
sent the Red and White. Business Will
have its best eleven on the field also, ana
1t will undoubtedly p ay its best game OF
a great deal of imp ovement over their
former games when they faced Tech last
week. and the fact that they have had
nearly two weeks since that time would
seem to indicate that the eleven will show
lot better in the last meeting OF the
season in regularly scheduled schoias-
tic contest.
Although Western won It's first game
of the season Monday. 1t should not be
thought that that team has not played
good foot ball. because X has, From the
start Of the season the Red and White
has been a consistent perfo ner. II was
unfortunate that 1t had to play Its two
hardest games right at the start of the
season The fact that Western had to
be developed rapidly SO that 1T would
show Its best form against the n aviest
season worked against 1t to the ext Mt
that it was just the. opposite OF what
ought to have been done and which
should be done In the ma. ural course OF
a foot ball schedule Had western met
Eastern and Business in the fl st two
doubt that there would have been diff
ferent tale to tell In regard TO the games
won and lost in the series
Fury Of Georgetown played one Of the
best sames of has career in the Gecr e
town Virginia game Saturday. While 1t
is not generally known. last year was
Fury's first as a collegiate player, and
the fact that he made good to such an
extent that he was picked as all-sou h.
Atlantic hafback in many instances
shows that he did some mighty & cd
work Fury's yeNG of experience did him
a world Of good. AID he has done whole
lot better work this year than la t.
There is only one man who stands In
Furys way for being picked as an all,
south-Atlantic halfback this year, and
that is Robertson Of A and ".
King OF Central if he continues his good
work In foot ball will likely be found
holding down a job at Princeton one of
these days. There Is no doubt that King
has the natural ability to play OF a big
university eleven, and as he Is now being
coached In the Tigers style II 10 probable
that he will have less than the average
amount Of trouble In making the eleven
when he enters that university. King
would right now make an end above the
average found in the minor colleges.
The Maryland Asrtes have two good
tackles In Posey and Mudd. White the
latter Is not very heavy. he makes up
for his lack Of weight by his aggressive
ness Both men graduate this year. and
their places will be extremely dihicuit to
fill next season.
The victory which Johns Hopkins