Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-03
BY n. C. BYRD.


Georgetown will have good nucleus
from which to build it's foot ball team
in 1912 The quality of the material
which will be out for the team when
practice starts next fall should be such
as to give the university another excel
lent chance to win the southern cham
pionship. While some valuable players
will be lost to the team by graduation. it
is not likely that the loss will be heavy
enough to interfere with the development
Of another team next season at least the
equal of the one which represented the
school this fall.
OF the men who will be lost from the
squad and who will not play next season
there are five regulars, Hart, Wymard.
Cunniff, Daley and Sitterding. or these
there is not a question that the tackle
positions, those left vacant by Hart and
Wymard, will be the hardest to fill. al
though the Hilltoppers will be lucky to
have somebody to fill the quarterback s
job as we'll as has Sitterding. Both
Daley and Cunniff will be missed, of
course. but not to the extent that will
the other three. good quarterback
and two tackles Of the caliber Of Hart
and Wymard are seldom found in this
section.
Despite the IdCC IIldC tneSe I'VE men
will have gone from the squad there will
be enough remaining from which to de-
velop an eleven which will at least COM
pare favorably with this years team. Be-
sides the six regulars who will return
there are many capable substitutes, men
who will show a great deal of foot ball
next fall.
The regulars who will return are Bry-
ant, Hegarty, Burgan. White, Fury and
Costello. 1t is seen from this that almost
lin v1,in hnx, 60 ha do
veloped, as Bryant. Hegarty and Burgan
are the only three men left of this year s
forwards. The baekfeld will be intact
With the exception Of Sitterding.
To play the guard position left open by
the graduation of Capt. Daley, there is
Williams, substitute during the past
season. who has shown signs of develop
ing into good man. He should be able
to fill the place satisfactorily. Petritz
although substitute. has been rated as
one of the best defensive players on the
Hilltop, and 1T is almost a surety that he
will be placed in the pivot position to
start the season. The tackles positions
will be hard to fill.
though could be sent back into the
position, and would do good work Reins-
child will develop considerably for the
other tackle. while one of the other sec
ond string linemen could be sent into
the guard left vacant by Bryant's change.
Mor'arity did some excellent playing at
guard in the Army game and he would
make a capable man for the position IL
he should be rsed there. Other men
for the line pc itions are Barriscello.
Stohlman and Mccartney, besides several
other men who are expected to develop
a great deal before next fall.
In the backfie!d there is a wealth Of
material left over for next years eleven.
Besides the regular men there are Mori-
arity, Campazzi, Mullahey, Magner, Foey
and two or three other men who should
come rapidly next season. Moriarity,
Campazzi and Mullaney are to be de-
pended on to carry the ball, while either
Magner or Foley Will likely run the
team from the quarterback's berth.
With the material which is sure to be
back from this years eleven. the addi-
ton of the substitutes of the team and
the new men who are expected In with
next years class. there should be nu-
cleus enough on the Hilltop to start
the season from which to develop an
aggregation in no wise inferior to that
which wore the Blue and Gray during
the past year.
When it comes to considering the
changes which are to be made in the
rules this year much care should be
used in accomplishing what Is desired.
Foot ball two years ago was placed in
foot ball enthusiasts want to go back.
The heavy mass play was legislated out
of existence in order that the danger In
the game might be lessened. and it is
very questionable as to whether 1t would
be wise to ever go back to 1t. The fact
that is being held forth that no team
has been able to gain ground consistent
ly this season against teams nearly its
equal in strength does not seem to hold
water in itself. Penn State gained